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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Fertil Steril. 2022 Dec 17;119(3):475–483. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2022.12.024

Table 1.

Characteristics of Female AYA Cancer Survivors identified in North Carolina and California (n=801)

Na %

Demographic characteristics
Study site
North Carolina Cancer Registry 426 53%
 Kaiser Permanente Northern California 179 22%
 Kaiser Permanente Southern California 196 24%
Age at survey, median (IQR) 39 (34, 43)
Age at diagnosis in years
 15–24 121 15%
 25–29 167 21%
 30–34 237 30%
 35–39 276 34%
 Median (IQR) 32 (27, 36)
Years Since Diagnosis
 <6 320 40%
 6–<10 257 32%
 10+ 224 28%
 Median (IQR) 7 (4, 10)
Race
 White 577 76%
 Black 41 5%
 Asian 51 7%
 Other 88 12%
Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic 655 83%
 Hispanic 136 17%
Education Level
 < Some College 259 33%
 College 299 38%
 Post Grad 233 29%
Partnered at Diagnosis
 Not Partnered 299 37%
 Partnered 501 63%
Partnered at Survey
 Not Partnered 233 29%
 Partnered 557 71%
Health insurance at diagnosis
 No 26 3%
 Yes 775 97%
Reproductive characteristics
Live births before diagnosis
 None 476 59%
 One 189 24%
 More than one 136 17%
Infertility Prior to Diagnosis
 No Prior Infertility 682 85%
 Prior Infertility 118 15%
Cancer characteristics
Cancer Type
 Thyroid cancer 243 30%
 Gynecologic (cervical, endometrial, ovarian) 117 15%
 Breast cancer 313 39%
 Lymphoma 128 16%
Cancer Stage
 In situ (Breast only) 26 3%
 Localized 367 49%
 Regional 314 42%
 Distant 41 5%
 Unstaged 6 1%
Initial treatment
 Surgery Only 161 21%
 Radiation (No Chemo) 203 27%
 Chemotherapy 383 51%
 No recorded treatment 11 1%
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Ns may not sum to the total due to missing responses