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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Neurol. 2020 Dec 31;89(3):534–545. doi: 10.1002/ana.25981

Table 1:

Demographic, clinical and treatment characteristics.

CNS-Treated Survivors (N=1567) Non-CNS-Treated Survivors (N=1292)
N (%) M (SD) N (%) M (SD)
Age at evaluation, years 33.0 (8.84) 36.2 (9.84)
Age at diagnosis, years 7.6 (4.80) 9.1 (6.33)
Time since diagnosis, years 25.5 (9.05) 27.1 (9.57)
Male 835 (53.30) 653 (50.54)
Race/Ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic 1345 (85.83) 1012 (78.33)
Black, non-Hispanic 185 (11.81) 258 (19.97)
Hispanic 20 (1.28) 14 (1.08)
Other 17 (1.08) 8 (0.62)
Diagnosis
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia 977 (62.35) 1 (0.08)
CNS tumor 324 (20.68) 22 (1.70)
Ewing sarcoma 6 (0.38) 72 (5.57)
Hodgkin lymphoma 6 (0.38) 330 (25.54)
Neuroblastoma 0 (0.00) 106 (8.20)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 162 (10.34) 43 (3.33)
Osteosarcoma 2 (0.13) 119 (9.21)
Retinoblastoma 3 (0.19) 101 (7.82)
Rhabdomyosarcoma 17 (1.08) 81 (6.27)
Soft tissue sarcoma 6 (0.38) 64 (4.95)
Wilms tumor 2 (0.13) 183 (14.16)
Othersa 62 (3.96) 170 (13.16)
Radiation
Any radiation treatment 867 (55.33) 749 (57.97)
Cranial radiation (Gy) (yes) 822 (52.46) 32.1 (19.4)
≤ 20 227 (27.53) 17.7 (2.0)
> 20 to 30 321 (39.10) 24.2 (1.2)
>30 274 (33.37) 53.2 (21.0)
Chest (Gy) (yes) 27 (1.72) 46.7 (3.5) 380 (29.40) 36.7(25.7)
≤ 35 13 (48.15) 23.3 (9.7) 243(63.95) 23.1 (6.5)
> 35 14 (51.85) 68.5 (35.2) 137(36.04) 61.1 (28.6)
Chemotherapy (mg/m2)
High-dose IV cytarabineb 123 (7.85) 16053 (12945) 6 (0.46) 25647 (18394)
Standard-dose IV cytarabine 898 (57.31) 6284 (5157) 9 (0.70) 1473 (720)
High-dose IV methotrexateb 721 (46.01) 14112 (9694) 101 (7.82) 86920 (40971)
Standard-dose IV methotrexate 642 (40.97) 2334 (1634) 136 (10.53) 278 (606)
Intrathecal methotrexate 1156 (73.77) 174 (112)
IV Vincristine 1256 (80.15) 36 (27) 716 (55.42) 26 (19)
Anthracyclinec 931 (59.41) 158 (116) 733 (56.73) 243 (111)
Cyclophosphamided 902 (57.56) 9459 (6516) 732 (56.66) 10530 (7453)
Cisplatin 55 (3.51) 343 (216) 153 (11.84) 451 (205)
Corticosteroid (All) (Yes/No) 1132 (72.24) 249 (19.27)
Neurosurgery (yes) 370 (23.61)
Chronic Health Condition Severity/Burden Scoref
None/Low 126 (8.0) 88 (6.8)
Medium 762 (48.6) 652 (50.5)
High 506 (32.3) 425 (32.9)
Very High 173 (11.1) 127 (9.8)

CNS: central nervous system; M(SD): mean and standard deviation; IV: intravenous; Gray empty cells are not applicable.

a

Acute myeloid leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, colon carcinoma, histiocytosis, germ cell tumors, liver malignancies, myelodysplastic syndrome, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, other carcinoma, other leukemia, and other malignancy,

b

high dose: 1g/m2 per treatment,

c

based on COG Long-Term Follow Up Guidelines 2018,

d

Green at al Pediatr Blood Cancer 2014 Jan; 6(61(1):53–67,

e

methylprednisolone, prednisolone, and prednisone,

f

Low: having only grade 1 conditions; Medium: having ≥1 grade 2 and/or 1 grade 3 condition; High: having ≥ 2 grade 3 conditions or 1 grade 4 and 1 grade 3 conditions; Very High: ≥2 grade 4 events or ≥ 2 grade 3 conditions and a grade 4 condition.