TABLE 3.
Characteristics of Newly Diagnosed AYAs (Aged 15–39 Years) Enrolled Versus Those Not Enrolled onto Therapeutic and Nontherapeutic Cancer Studies (Across All Institutions)
| Therapeutic |
Nontherapeutic |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrolled | Not Enrolled | P | Enrolled | Not Enrolled | P | |
| Age, y | ||||||
| 15–19 | 31 (12%) | 237 (88%) | <.01 | 90 (34%) | 178 (66%) | <.01 |
| 20–24 | 10 (4%) | 241 (96%) | 14 (6%) | 237 (94%) | ||
| 25–29 | 16 (5%) | 290 (95%) | 30 (10%) | 276 (90%) | ||
| 30–34 | 14 (4%) | 357 (96%) | 69 (19%) | 302 (81%) | ||
| 35–39 | 33 (7%) | 470 (93%) | 84 (17%) | 419 (83%) | ||
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 48 (6%) | 812 (94%) | .35 | 107 (12%) | 753 (88%) | <.01 |
| Female | 56 (7%) | 783 (93%) | 180 (21%) | 659 (79%) | ||
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 13 (4%) | 340 (96%) | .06 | 38 (11%) | 315 (89%) | <.01 |
| African American | 2 (3%) | 78 (97%) | 6 (7%) | 74 (93%) | ||
| Hispanic | 77 (7%) | 1011 (93%) | 212 (19%) | 876 (81%) | ||
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 12 (7%) | 166 (93%) | 31 (17%) | 147 (83%) | ||
| Hospital | ||||||
| Children’s hospital | 29 (15%) | 162 (85%) | <.01 | 87 (46%) | 104 (54%) | <.01 |
| Adult cancer hospital | 10 (3%) | 310 (97%) | 30 (9%) | 290 (91%) | ||
| Public hospital | 65 (5%) | 1123 (95%) | 170 (14%) | 1018 (86%) | ||
| Diagnosis | ||||||
| Extracranial germ cell tumor | 7 (3%) | 237 (97%) | <.01 | 12 (5%) | 232 (95%) | <.01 |
| Lymphoma | 15 (8%) | 171 (92%) | 12 (6%) | 174 (94%) | ||
| Sarcoma | 9 (5%) | 156 (95%) | 17 (10%) | 148 (90%) | ||
| Acute leukemia | 23 (15%) | 131 (85%) | 41 (26%) | 113 (73%) | ||
| Breast carcinoma | 26 (19%) | 114 (81%) | 80 (57%) | 60 (43%) | ||
| Other | 24 (3%) | 786 (97%) | 125 (15%) | 685 (85%) | ||
Abbreviation: AYAs, adolescents and young adults.