• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.198-203
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• 2008

Purpose: Multiple early gastric cancer (MEGC) accounts for between 4.5% and 11.7% of all early gastric cancers (EGC). We investigated the treatment of MEGC from the viewpoint of the clinicopathologic features of the disease. Materials and Methods: 2,281 patients with EGC underwent gastric resection at the Department of Surgery, Severance Hospital during the 11 years between January 1994 and December 2004 and we carried out a retrospective analysis of these patients. Results: There were 91 cases of synchronous MEGC (4.0%) according to the diagnostic criteria of Moertel: there were 81 double, 9 triple and 1 quadruple lesions. Of the 102 accessory lesions, 64 (62.7%) were less than 10 mm in diameter and 83 (81.4%) were located in the same region as the main lesion. The most frequent histologic type of main lesion was a well differentiated adenocarcinoma, which was found in 52 cases (57.1%). There were 49 mucosal main lesions and 42 submucosal main lesions. Lymph node metastasis was detected in 6 cases (6.6%): 1 in mucosal lesions and 5 in submucosal main lesions Conclusion: Solitary EGC and MEGC had very similar clinopathological features and a similar prognosis. Therefore, we believe that the general EGC treatment guidelines can be applied for multiple EGC. It is important to evaluate the whole stomach before and during the operation and then after examining the resected specimen.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.39-45
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• 2009

Endoscopic resection has been established as one of the treatment options for selected cases of early gastric cancer in Korea. Yet the indications, best treatment methods, management of complications and follow-up methods after the procedure are still uncertain. Some large-scale multicenter studies have recently been reported in Korea. In this review, I will provide an overview of the recent published articles and future directions for endoscopic resection of early gastric cancer.

• Journal of Digestive Cancer Research
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.102-108
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• 2020

Background: This study was performed to evaluate the effect of gastric cancer screening through analysis of screening-related data. Methods: We investigated claims data of gastric cancer from 2009 to 2015. We evaluated whether the screening was performed to prior to registration as patients with gastric cancer. The effect of gastric cancer screening was also analyzed by gender. Results: We collected total 196,293 patients with gastric cancer. 74% of them had previous experience of gastric cancer screening. In patients with screening, early gastric cancer was 33.4% and advanced gastric cancer was 17.3%. 22,548 (15.5%) patients were diagnosed with gastric cancer within 2 years after screening. In the case of patients without screening, early gastric cancer was 15.1% and advanced gastric cancer was 25.3%. In case of men, 76% of them confirmed gastric cancer through screening, and 70.2% of women confirmed the gastric cancer. In both men and women, the rate of early gastric cancer was higher among those with screening than those without screening. Conclusion: In this study, we were able to indirectly confirm the stage shift of gastric cancer screening. However, within 2 years after screening, not a few patients with gastric cancer were diagnosed. Therefore, more studies are warranted to in the future.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.71-77
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• 2009

Endoscopic resection is one of the curative options for early gastric cancer. However, based on large-scale data about the risk of lymph node metastasis in early gastric cancer, endoscopic resection has been attempted for the following: differentiated intramucosal gastric cancer, regardless of size and without ulcers; differentiated intramucosal cancer, 30 mm in size with ulcers; minute submucosal differentiated cancer <30 mm in size; and undifferentiated intramucosal cancer, <20 mm in diameter without venous or lymphatic involvement. However, undifferentiated early gastric cancer exhibits different biologic behavior from differentiated early gastric cancer. Thus, the application of endoscopic resection for undifferentiated early gastric cancer remains controversial. In this review, we discuss the application of endoscopic resection for undifferentiated early gastric cancer based on analysis of biologic behavior and data of endoscopic resection.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.173-181
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• 1996

위암 환자의 수술후 5년 생존율은 조기암의 경우 90%이상으로 매우 좋으나 진행암의 경우 20~30%를 넘지 못한다. 위암의 예후에 영향을 주는 요인 중 조기 발견보다 더 중요한 것은 없으며, 조기암의 진단율에 노력을 기울이는 것이 현실적 타개책이라 하겠다. 현재 우리나라의 조기암 진단율은 16~22%로 일본의 40~45%보다 극히 저조하므로 소화기계 증상이 있는 경우 위내시경 검사를 적극 권고함이 바람직하다. 위암은 외과적 절제술이 유일한 근치치료법임은 주지의 사실이며 근래에는 위내시경 및 복강경을 이용하여 위장관 기능을 보존하는 술식도 시도되고 있어 바람직한 발전이라 사료되나, 림프절 곽청의 원칙을 훼손하지 않는 범위내에서 이루어져야할 것이다. 근치적 절제술의 정의에 합당한 외과적 치료법만이 5년 생존율 향상을 기대할 수 있으며, 보조적 항암화학요법과 면역요법은 대상 환자의 엄선으로 부분적 치료효과를 기대할 수 있다. 절제불능 위암이나 국소진행암에서 절제율을 높이기 위한 술전치료방법들의 적극적 도입이 바람직하다. 그러나 대상 환자의 선정에 있어 객관적 타당성이 있는 병기 결정 방법과 치료효과를 판정하는 방법의 혁신이 있어야 할 것으로 사료되며 현재의 부정확한 검사방법들의 대안으로 복강경의 이용이 바람직하리라 사료된다.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.213-218
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• 2004

Purpose: The superficial spreading type of early gastric cancer has different clinicopathologic features from other types of early gastric cancer in terms of its invasiveness and lymph-node metastases. Therefore, we attempted to elucidate the pathological features, surgical procedures and patients prognoses. Materials and Methods: Clinical information was reviewed for patients who had undergone a gastrectomy for gastric cancer during an 8-year period ($1995\~2002$) at Dankook University Hospital and Ulsan University, with an average follow-up of 48 months. Three hundred (300) superficial spreading lesions were analyzed with respect to macroscopic type, lymph-node (LN) metastasis, recurrent pattern, survival rate and method of surgical operation. In addition, the clinicopathological features of the superficial spreading type were compared with those of 739 other patients with small-sized cancer. Results: In both groups, the IIc-type macroscopic lesion, the elevated subtype to be more specific, occurred most frequently. There was no significant difference in the method of surgery between the groups. The submucosal invasion was $39.8\%$ in small-sized cancer, and $61.7\%$ in superficial spreading cancer (P=0.005). The incidence of LN metastasis was $11.3\%$ in early gastric cancer, $7.8\%$ in small-sized cancer and $20.0\%$ in superficial spreading cancer (P=0.005). The incidence of lymphatic invasion was $4.6\%$ in small-sized cancer and $13.0\%$ in superficial spreading cancer (P=0.009). The incidence of recurrence was $1.4\%$ in small-sized cancer and $3.6\%$ in superficial spreading cancer. The overall 5-year survival rate was $84.8\%$ in superficial spreading cancer and $93.0\%$ in small-sized cancer (P=0.052). The 5-year diseasefree survival rate was $94.7\%$ in superficial spreading cancer and $87.5\%$ in small-sized cancer (P=0.053). Conclusion: The superficial spreading type of early gastric cancer tends to be more invasive and to show a higher incidence of lymph-node metastasis than small-sized early gastric cancer. A wide resection with extensive lymph-node dissection seems to be an appropriate treatment for a superficial spreading type of early gastric cancer.

• Journal of The Korean Radiological Technologist Association
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.101-101
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• 2003

• 대한위암학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.36-36
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• 2001

• 건강소식
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• v.17 no.11 s.180
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• pp.2-5
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• 1993

현대인들이 가장 많이 걸리는 질병 중의 하나가 위장질환이다. 그중에서도 위암은 우리나라 사망원인 중에서 1ㆍ2위를 다투는 질환 중의 하나이다. 그럼에도 불구하고 이 위암의 조기발견을 위한 건강검진에는 대부분의 사람들이 아주 인색(?)한 편이고 생활형편이 어려운 생활보호대상자에게는 건강검사란 어떤 면에서는 그림의 "떡"이기도 하다. 이번에 대전직할시가 시민건강증진을 위해 3억 6천여만원이라는 과감한 예산을 투자해 마련한 위암 이동검진버스는 바로 이와같은 사람들에게 위암의 조기발견을 위한 검진, 그것도 무료 순회검진의 기회를 주게 되었다는 측면에서 아주 의의가 크다고 할 수 있다. 앞으로 건협 대전ㆍ충남지부가 맡아서 순회ㆍ건진을 실시하게 된 이 버스의 운행 발대식과 검진 현장을 둘러봤다.

• 대한위암학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.25-25
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• 2003