Table 1 Demographic and treatment characteristics of childhood cancer survivors.

From: Cerebral microbleeds in adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with cranial radiation

Characteristic

Subgroup

N (%)

Biological sex

Female

55 (54.5)

 

Male

46 (45.5)

Race

Black

8 (7.9)

Other

2 (2.0)

White

91 (90.1)

Cranial radiation dose (Gy)

18

64 (63.4)

24

37 (36.6)

Radiation source type

Cobalt 60

27 (26.7)

Linear Acceleration

74 (73.3)

Radiation site

Cranio-Spinal

1 (1.0)

Cranium

99 (98.0)

Total Body Irradiation

1 (1.0)

High dose MTX use

No

51 (50.5)

Yes

50 (49.5)

Intrathecal MTX use

No

3 (3.0)

Yes

98 (97.0)

Education

Unknown

3

<High school

9 (9.2)

High school/GED

23 (23.5)

Some college

32 (32.7)

>=College graduate

34 (34.7)

Employment

Unknown

5

Unemployed

17 (17.7)

Part time

6 (6.3)

Full time

73 (76.0)

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