Long-term survivors of childhood Ewing sarcoma: report from the childhood cancer survivor study.
BACKGROUND
The survival of Ewing sarcoma (ES) patients has improved since the 1970s but is associated with considerable future health risks.


METHODS
The study population consisted of long-term (> or =5-year) survivors of childhood ES diagnosed before age 21 from 1970 to 1986. Cause-specific mortality was evaluated in eligible survivors (n = 568), and subsequent malignant neoplasms, chronic health conditions, infertility, and health status were evaluated in the subset participating in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (n = 403). Outcomes were compared with the US population and sibling control subjects (n = 3899). Logistic, Poisson, or Cox proportional hazards models, with adjustments for sex, age, race/ethnicity, and potential intrafamily correlation, were used. Statistical tests were two-sided.


RESULTS
Cumulative mortality of ES survivors was 25.0% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 21.1 to 28.9) 25 years after diagnosis. The all-cause standardized mortality ratio was 13.3 (95% CI = 11.2 to 15.8) overall, 23.1 (95% CI = 17.6 to 29.7) for women, and 10.0 (95% CI = 7.9 to 12.5) for men. The nonrecurrence-progression non-external cause standardized mortality ratio (subsequent non-ES malignant neoplasms and cardiac and pulmonary causes potentially attributable to ES treatment) was 8.7 (95% CI = 6.2 to 12.0). Twenty-five years after ES diagnosis, cumulative incidence of subsequent malignant neoplasms, excluding nonmelanoma skin cancers, was 9.0% (95% CI = 5.8 to 12.2). Compared with siblings, survivors had an increased risk of severe, life-threatening, or disabling chronic health conditions (relative risk = 6.0, 95% CI = 4.1 to 9.0). Survivors had lower fertility rates (women: P = .005; men: P < .001) and higher rates of moderate to extreme adverse health status (P < .001).


CONCLUSIONS
Long-term survivors of childhood ES exhibit excess mortality and morbidity.
Ginsberg
Jill P
JP
Division of Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Colket Translational Research Bldg, 3501 Civic Center Blvd, 10th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. ginsbergji@email.chop.edu
Goodman
Pamela
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Leisenring
Wendy
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Ness
Kirsten K
KK
Meyers
Paul A
PA
Wolden
Suzanne L
SL
Smith
Stephanie M
SM
Stovall
Marilyn
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Hammond
Sue
S
Robison
Leslie L
LL
Oeffinger
Kevin C
KC
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000453:epidemiology; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D011159:Population Surveillance; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012512:Sarcoma, Ewing / Q000401:mortality*; D017741:Survivors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult