Table 6.

Risk for squamous-cell carcinoma (SCC) associated with risk factors other than GVHD in multivariate analyses adjusted for duration of chronic GVHD therapy


Risk factors

Case patients, no.

Control patients, no.

RR

95% CI

P
Transplantation-related factors      
   Any TBI in conditioning regimen       
      No   28   70   1.00   Reference   -  
      Yes   30   85   0.40   0.13-1.24   .11  
   High-dose TBI conditioning regimen, 13 Gy or higher       
      No   35   98   1.00   Reference   -  
      Yes   23   57   0.99   0.44-2.22   .98  
   Any limited field radiation (TLI, TAI) as part of the conditioning regimen       
      No   49   140   1.00   Reference   -  
      Yes   9   15   3.07   0.37-37.63   .27  
   T-cell depletion of donor bone marrow       
      No   52   146   1.00   Reference   -  
      Yes   6   9   1.76   0.52-5.95   .36  
   Use of ATG in conditioning regimen or as GVHD prophylaxis or therapy       
      No   50   135   1.00   Reference   -  
      Yes   8   20   1.02   0.39-2.65   .97  
   Donor-recipient relationship       
      HLA identical sibling   54   142   1.00   Reference   -  
      HLA mismatched donor   2   10   0.82   0.17-4.05   .81  
      Unrelated donor   2   3   1.18   0.09-15.83   .90  
Treatment of primary disease before transplantation      
   Pretransplantation RT       
      None, RT to distant site   52   140   1.00   Reference   -  
      Yes, RT within or near second cancer site   5   12   6.98   0.38-128.7   .19  
      Unknown RT   1   3   -   -   -  
   Duration of pretransplantation chemotherapy, mo       
      None   12   31   1.00   Reference   -  
      1-11   29   83   0.49   0.13-1.86   .30  
      12 or greater   12   33   0.66   0.14-3.08   .59  
      Unknown chemotherapy or duration   5   8   -   -   -  
   Duration of pretransplantation alkylating agent therapy, mo       
      None   45   119   1.00   Reference   -  
      1-5   5   14   0.78   0.19-3.14   .73  
      6 or greater   6   17   1.28   0.37-4.43   .70  
      Unknown duration   2   5   -   -   -  
   Pretransplantation chemotherapy, including epipodophyllotoxins       
      No   51   141   1.00   Reference   -  
      Yes   5   11   1.10   0.31-3.94   .88  
      Unknown   2   3   -   -   -  
Follow-up after transplantation      
   Disease relapse or recurrence       
      No   57   138   1.00   Reference   
      Yes
 
1
 
17
 
0.16
 
0.18-1.39
 
.09
 

Risk factors

Case patients, no.

Control patients, no.

RR

95% CI

P
Transplantation-related factors      
   Any TBI in conditioning regimen       
      No   28   70   1.00   Reference   -  
      Yes   30   85   0.40   0.13-1.24   .11  
   High-dose TBI conditioning regimen, 13 Gy or higher       
      No   35   98   1.00   Reference   -  
      Yes   23   57   0.99   0.44-2.22   .98  
   Any limited field radiation (TLI, TAI) as part of the conditioning regimen       
      No   49   140   1.00   Reference   -  
      Yes   9   15   3.07   0.37-37.63   .27  
   T-cell depletion of donor bone marrow       
      No   52   146   1.00   Reference   -  
      Yes   6   9   1.76   0.52-5.95   .36  
   Use of ATG in conditioning regimen or as GVHD prophylaxis or therapy       
      No   50   135   1.00   Reference   -  
      Yes   8   20   1.02   0.39-2.65   .97  
   Donor-recipient relationship       
      HLA identical sibling   54   142   1.00   Reference   -  
      HLA mismatched donor   2   10   0.82   0.17-4.05   .81  
      Unrelated donor   2   3   1.18   0.09-15.83   .90  
Treatment of primary disease before transplantation      
   Pretransplantation RT       
      None, RT to distant site   52   140   1.00   Reference   -  
      Yes, RT within or near second cancer site   5   12   6.98   0.38-128.7   .19  
      Unknown RT   1   3   -   -   -  
   Duration of pretransplantation chemotherapy, mo       
      None   12   31   1.00   Reference   -  
      1-11   29   83   0.49   0.13-1.86   .30  
      12 or greater   12   33   0.66   0.14-3.08   .59  
      Unknown chemotherapy or duration   5   8   -   -   -  
   Duration of pretransplantation alkylating agent therapy, mo       
      None   45   119   1.00   Reference   -  
      1-5   5   14   0.78   0.19-3.14   .73  
      6 or greater   6   17   1.28   0.37-4.43   .70  
      Unknown duration   2   5   -   -   -  
   Pretransplantation chemotherapy, including epipodophyllotoxins       
      No   51   141   1.00   Reference   -  
      Yes   5   11   1.10   0.31-3.94   .88  
      Unknown   2   3   -   -   -  
Follow-up after transplantation      
   Disease relapse or recurrence       
      No   57   138   1.00   Reference   
      Yes
 
1
 
17
 
0.16
 
0.18-1.39
 
.09
 

Analyses were based on 58 case patients and 155 control patients.

TBI indicates total body irradiation; TLI, total lymphoid irradiation; TAI, thoraco-abdominal irradiation; ATG, antithymocyte/antilymphocyte globulin or serum; RT, radiation therapy.

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