Table 1 Late deaths (> 5 years) in 5-year survivors of childhood solid tumour (N = 3,650, diagnosis period: 1973–2008, Hungarian Childhood Cancer Registry), time period of death, absolute and relative distribution of causes of death in main diagnostic groups.

From: Late mortality in survivors of childhood cancer in Hungary

Survivors > 5 yrs

Death

Time period

Causes of death:

Number: (median FUP time)

Number and ratio %

Death during 5–10 yrs

FUP

PROGR DIS−/ + complications

Progr dis and infection

Infection

Toxic event

Transpl-related

Cardiovascular

Secondary cancer

Neurol. disease

Other internal disease

External

Unknown

Non-Hodgkin

lymphoma

367

(14.4)

11

3%

7

64%

3

27%

2

18%

1

9%

1

9%

1

9%

2

18%

1

9%

Hodgkin

disease

473

(15.9)

49

10%

19

39%

14 (29%)

1 (2%)

4

8%

2

4%

2 (4%)

1 (2%)

10

20%

8

16%

2

4%

5

10%

Astrocytoma

529

(15.7)

41

8%

18

44%

27

66%

4

10%

3

7%

2

5%

1

2%

4

10%

Medullo-blastoma/

PNET

146

(11.4)

26

18%

22

85%

18 (69%)

1 (4%)

1

4%

1 (4%)

4

15%

1

4%

Ependymo-ma

90

(15.7)

22

24%

12

55%

16

73%

2

10%

2

10%

1

5%

1

5%

Craniopharyngeoma

81

(17.2)

13

16%

3

23%

2

15%

3

23%

3

23%

2

15%

1

7.5%

2

suddend

15%

CNS other types

255

(13.9)

19

7.5%

8

42%

9

47%

2

11%

2

11%

2

11%

3

16%

1

5%

Neuroblas-toma stage 1–2

202

(14.6)

2

1%

1

50%

1

50%

1

50%

Neuroblas-toma stage 3–4

179

(15.3)

23

12,8%

13

57%

15

68%

2

9%

4

17%

1

4%

1

4%

Wilms tumour

343

(18.7)

12

3,5%

7

58%

5

42%

1

8%

4

33%

2

17%

Softtissue sarcomas

256

(17.3)

20

7,8%

13

65%

14

70%

1

5%

4

20%

1

5%

Ewing sarcoma

108

(9.8)

20

18,5%

17

85%

14

74%

2

11%

3

16%

1

5%

Osteo- sarcoma

160

(15.2)

20

12,5%

8

40%

7

35%

1

5%

4

20%

6

30%

2

10%

Retinoblas-toma

127

(17.3)

4

3,1%

2

50%

2

50%

2*

50%

Primary hepatic tumours

50

(12.4)

2

4%

2

100%

2

100%

Carcinoma

135

(10.7)

8

6%

5

63%

5

63%

1

12%

2

25%

Germcell tumours

137

(16.3)

8

6%

3

38%

3

38%

1

12%

2

25%

2

25%

Other tumours

10

(10.7)

1

10%

1

100%

1

100%

All cases

3,650

(16.6)

301

8.2%

161

53.5%

158

52.5%

10

3%

11

4%

6

2%

25

8%

47

16%

12

4%

9

3%

7

2%

16

5%

  1. CNS central nervous system, FUP follow-up, Neurol neurologic, PROGR DIS progression of primary disease, PROGR DIS–/ + complications progression of primary disease without/with complications, Suddend sudden death, Transpl-related transplantation-related, yrs years.