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Table 1 Description of survivors of young adult malignancies and matched controls cohort at diagnosis/referent dates

From: Patterns of diagnostic imaging and associated radiation exposure among long-term survivors of young adult cancer: a population-based cohort study

 

Survivors

Controls

(n = 20,911)

(n = 104,524)

Age, mean (SD)

36 (6.3)

36 (6.3)

Median Follow-up Yearsa (IQR)

13.5 (5.0,18.0)

13.5 (5.0,18.0)

Sex

  

  Male

6,801 (32.3)

33,997 (32.3)

  Female

14,110 (67.7)

70,527 (67.7)

Malignancy Type

  

  Breast

4581 (21.9)

-

  Gynecologicb

2782 (13.3)

-

  Thyroid

2388 (11.4)

-

  Melanoma

2088 (10.0)

-

  Testicular

1390 (6.6)

-

  Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

1277 (6.1)

-

  Hodgkin Lymphoma

1072 (5.1)

-

  Urologic

895 (4.3)

-

  Other

887 (4.2)

-

  Colorectal

785 (3.8)

-

  Head & Neck

768 (3.7)

-

  Brain

632 (3.0)

-

  Bone & Soft-tissue

463 (2.2)

-

  Chest & Lung

345 (1.6)

-

  Leukemia

284 (1.4)

-

  Upper Gastrointestinal

274 (1.3)

-

Received Radiation

6,517 (32.1)

 

Evidence of Recurrence

1,199 (7.2)

-

Diedc

1,270 (6.1)

1,600 (1.5)

Income Quintile

  

  1 (lowest)

3,983 (19.0)

20,709 (19.8)

  2

4,082 (19.5)

20,701 (19.8)

  3

4,176 (20.0)

21,084 (20.2)

  4

4,425 (21.2)

21,604 (20.7)

  5 (highest)

4,245 (20.3)

20,426 (19.5)

  1. Percentages reported in parenthesis, except for age and median follow -up time
  2. aFrom date of diagnosis/reference.
  3. bIncludes ovarian, uterine and cervical malignancies.
  4. cAfter 5-year survival.
  5. Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range