• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.119-125
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• 2006

목 적: 본 연구에서는 근접치료 시 선량기준점에서 선량을 정확히 분석하고자 근접방사선치료용 다목적 팬텀(Multi Purpose Brachytherapy Phantom, MPBP)을 제작하여 그 유용성을 평가하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 자체 제작된 근접방사선치료용 다목적 팬텀(MPBP)에서 다기능삽입구(Multi Function Applicator, MFA)를 이용하여 치료 시와 동일한 조건을 재현한 후 열형광선량계(TLD)를 이용하여 전산화 치료계획 장치에서 계산된 좌표와 동일한 기준점에서 선량을 측정하였다. 측정 대상은 근접방사선 치료환자 중 탄뎀(tandem)과 난형체(ovoid)를 사용한 자궁경부암 환자 4명을 대상으로 환자 당 5회씩 총 20회 A point와 B point 그리고 방광에서 선량을 측정하였다. 결 과: MPBP에서 TLD의 측정 결과는 A Point에서 측정한 환자의 상대오차가 각각 -3.2%, -0.2%, 0%, 3.8%를 보였고, B point에서는 -1.4%, -1.4%, 2.4%, 4.0%를 보였다. 그리고 방광에서는 1.3%, 2%, 5.4%, 7.15%의 상대오차를 나타내었다. 결 론: 자체 제작된 근접치료용 다목적 팬텀(MPBP)은 다기능삽입구(MFA)를 사용하여 치료 시와 동일한 조건에서 선량측정의 재현성을 이룰 수 있었고, A, B point지점과 방광의 선량을 정확히 분석할 수 있었다. 따라서 본 연구에서 제작된 근접방사선치료용 다목적 팬텀은 기준점 선량분석에 매우 유용한 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.375-380
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• 1999

This study was conducted to develop an intrauterine inseminator (IUI) to deposit of frozen semen into uterus and to evaluate the results obtained after artificial insemination by IUI. Two Japanese spitzs (2 to 4 years of age) were used as semen donors. Semen was collected by manual masturbation into sterile glass collection tubes and separated into 3 fractions with only the sperm-rich fractions retained for further examination. Sperm motility >70%, sperm concentration of 200 to $400{\times}10^6 cells/ml$$\times$g for 5 min and poured out the suspended solution, and then diluted with 2 ml Tris-buffer which was consisted of 2.4 g Tris, 1.4 g citric acid, 0.8 g glucose, 0.1 $\mu\textrm{g}$/ml streptomycin, 100 IU/ml penicillin, 20 ml egg yolk to 100 ml mili-Q water (Ext I) or supplemented with 8 ml glycerol and 1 ml Equex STM paste to 100 rnl (Ext II). The diluted semen was cooled to 5$^{\circ}C$ in cold room, where the temperature in the sample reached 5$^{\circ}C$. Two h after beginning the cooling procedure, 2 ml of Ext II, also at 5$^{\circ}C$, was added and mixed by gently reversing the tubes several times during 1 h. The final sperm concentration for freezing was approximately $50{\times}10^6 cells/ml$. After equilibration, the semen was loaded into 0.5 ml straw and frozen on the liquid nitrogen vapour in styrofoam box. The straws were thawed at 7$0^{\circ}C$ for precisely 6 sec. After thawing of each straw, the frozen semen can survived over 50% motility. All the females were inseminated twice with 1 ml of $25{\times}10^6 cells/ml$

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.307-312
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• 2014

충북대학교 동물의료센터에 16년령 암컷 시츄견이 복부팽만과 배뇨, 배변곤란을 주증으로 내원하였다. 신체검사 시 복부에서 10 cm 가량의 종양이 촉진되었으며 방사선 상에서 확인되었고, 방광은 종양에 의해 배꼽 쪽으로 변위되어 있었다. 초음파 상에서 종양은 불균질한 실질과 국소적으로 무에코성 영역을 가지고 있었다. 혈액검사 소견상 혈소판증가증과 약한 호중구증가증이 나타났으며, 혈액화학치 검사 결과 ALP 상승을 확인할 수 있었다. 개복술을 시행하여 자궁경과 방광 사이의 $10.5{\times}9.6cm$ 크기의 단단한 종양이 요도를 포매하고 있는 것을 확인하고 주위조직과 둔성분리 후 절제하였다. 조직병리학적 검사와 면역화학 적 검사 결과 종양은 평활근육종으로 진단되었다. 수술 후 일주일 뒤 배뇨곤란을 주증으로 재 내원하였다. 배뇨곤란의 원인을 찾기 위하여 요도조영술을 실시하였으나 물리적인 폐색 등 특별한 원인을 찾을 수 없었다. 방광근과 방광조임근에 작용하는 몇몇 약물요법 등을 시행하였지만 반응이 없어 중장기의 보존요법이 지시되었으며 배뇨곤란 증상은 술 후 27일차에 갑작스럽게 호전되어 환자는 원활한 배뇨를 하게 되었다. 본 증례는 요도를 포매하고 있는 복강 내 종양의 수술 후 예후와 배뇨곤란과 같은 후유증을 나타낼 수 있음을 시사하고 있다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.191-198
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• 2011

Purpose: Although the role of squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCC-Ag) as a predictive and prognostic factor for uterine cervical cancer has been identified in previous studies, 1) the effective patient group of screening for recurrence with SCC-Ag, 2) the relationship between SCC-Ag and recurrence site, and 3) the relationship between the change of SCC-Ag and treatment outcome or recurrence have not been described. Materials and Methods: The study included 506 patients with histologically proven uterine cervical cancer between January 1994 and December 2010. We determining the serum SCC-Ag level before treatment and after treatment, and conducted a retrospective review of the patients' records. We evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of SCC-Ag for the detection of tumor recurrence by comparing biochemical recurrence with clinical recurrence. Results: The pretreatment SCC-Ag level and the proportion of patients over 1.5 ng/mL were higher in poor prognostic patient group. In the univariate and multivariate analysis, pretreatment SCC-Ag showed a statistically significant correlation with tumor size, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage, pathology. In patients with biochemical recurrence vs. those without, 5-year DFS and OS were 27.6 vs. 92.7% (p ${\leq}$ 0.001) and 53.7 vs. 92.5% (p ${\leq}$ 0.001), respectively. Conclusion: Our study reconfirmed the known function of pretreatment SCC-Ag, but could not confirm the function of biochemical response as a predictive factor for treatment and as a prognostic factor. There was no statistically significant relationship between SCC-Ag level and recurrence site. We confirmed the role of SCC-Ag as a follow-up tool for recurrence of disease and which patient groups SCC-Ag was more useful for.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권10호
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• pp.4197-4201
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• 2014

Minor trauma to the uterine cervix is supposed to induce local immunity to prevent cervical lesions caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. This study aimed to investigate the local cervical immunity in women with low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) and effects of abrasion after cryosurgery or Pap smear. One hundred women with LSIL and known results of HPV detection were recruited. HPV positive women were randomly divided according to abrasion into cryotherapy and Pap smear observation groups. Cervical tissues and cervico-vaginal lavage (CVL) were collected at 6 and 12 months after allocation. The levels of cytokines at first recruitment were compared with cytokine levels at 6 months after abrasions. The mRNA of IFN-${\gamma}$, TNF-${\alpha}$ and IL-10 in cervical tissues and these cytokines secreted in CVL were determined using real time PCR and ELISA, respectively. Anti-HPV16 IgG and IgA antibodies in CVL were assessed by western blotting. At first recruitment of women with LSIL (100 cases), IL-10 mRNA and cytokine in HPV positive group (60 cases) was significantly higher than negative group (40 cases). IFN-${\gamma}$ and TNF-${\alpha}$ mRNA level in both groups were comparable but their secretions in CVL were significantly increased in HPV negative group. After abrasion for 6 months in HPV-positive women, all mRNA and secreted cytokines were changed, but no significant difference was observed between cryotherapy and observation groups. When individuals were compared between first recruitment and after abrasion for 6 months, IFN-${\gamma}$ mRNA and anti-HPV16 L1 IgA antibodies were significantly increased in the cryotherapy group. The results suggest that modulation of local cervical immunities by abrasion might promote different effects in clearance of HPV-related cytological abnormalities.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.589-594
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• 2013

Background: Prospective cohort studies to determine cofactors with oncogenic HPV-infections for cervical cancer are very rare from developing countries and such data are limited to the few screening trials. Large screening trials provide such data as a by product. Some of the cases are prevented by screening and do not surface as invasive cancers at all. Also, pre-invasive lesions are detected almost entirely by screening. Screening causes selection bias if attendance in or effectiveness of screening is correlated with the risk factors. The aim of this study was to quantify the influence of screening on risk factors for cervical cancer. Materials and Methods: Our material stems from a rural cohort of 80,000 women subjected to a randomised screening trial. The effect of screening on the incidence of cervix cancer was estimated with reference to socio-demographic and reproductive risk factors of cervical cancer. We compared these risks with the incidence of cancer in the randomised control population by the same determinants of risk. Results: The results in the screening arm compared to the control arm showed that the women of low SES and young age were benefitting more than those of high SES and old age. The relative risk by age (30-39 vs 50-59) was 0.33 in the control arm and 0.24 in the screening arm. The relative risk by education (not educated vs educated) was 2.8 in the control arm and 1.8 in the screening arm. The previously married women did not benefit (incidence 113 and 115 per 100,000 women years in control vs screening arms) whereas the effect was substantial in those married (86 vs 54). Conclusions: The results in controls were consistent with the general evidence, but results in attenders and nonattenders of the screening arm showed that screening itself and self-selection in attendance and effectiveness can influence the effect estimates of risk factors. The effect of cervical cancer screening programmes on the estimates of incidence of cervical cancer causes bias in the studies on etiology and, therefore, they should be interpreted with caution.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.115-126
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• 1992

우리나라 일부지역의 암사망률을 추정하기 위하여 경상남도지역을 대상으로 조사연구를 시행하였다. 조사대상연구는 공무원및교직원의료보험공단 경상남도지부 피보험자 및 피부양자들이며, 이들중 1989년 1월부터 1990년 12월까지의 사망자 3,867명에 대하여 사망원인을 조사하였다. 사망원인의 확정은 사망진단서 및 의료보험공단의 전산화된 의료기관 이용자료를 기본자료로 3단계에 걸쳐 시행하였다. 사망진단서를 이용한 1차조사, 의료기관 이용자료를 이용한 2차조사, 가족설문조사인 3차조사를 시행한 결과 암질환으로 인한 사망자는 990명이었다. 사망원인이 암질환인 사망자 990례를 분석하여 우리나라 경상남도지역의 암사망률 및 부위별 암사망률을 추정하였다. 우리나라 경상남도지역 암질환의 조사망률은 10만 인 년당 남자 138.7, 여자 65.7으로 추정되었다. 또한 부위별 암사망률의 순위는 남자의 경우 위암, 간암, 폐암, 식도암, 조혈기계 암의 순이었으며, 여자는 위암, 폐암, 간암, 유방암, 자궁경부암의 순으로 나타났다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.1061-1075
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• 2016

Context: There are no recent authoritative data about incidence and prevalence of various types of cancers in Pakistan. Aim: To determine the frequency of malignant tumors seen in our practice and provide a foundation for building a comprehensive cancer care strategy. Materials and Methods: 10,000 successive cases of solid malignant tumors reported in 2014 were included. All cases had formalin fixed, paraffin embedded specimens available and diagnosis was based on histological examination of H&E stained slides plus ancillary studies at the Section of Histopathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. The latest WHO classifications were used along with the latest CAP protocols for reporting and the most updated TNM staging. Results: There were 9,492 (94.9%) primary tumors while 508 (5.1%) were metastatic. Some 5,153 (51.5%) were diagnosed in females and 4,847 (48.5%) in males. The commonest malignant tumors in females were breast (32%), esophagus (7%), lymphomas (6.8%), oral cavity (6.7%) and ovary (4.8%), while in males they were oral cavity (13.9%), lymphomas (12.8%), colorectum (7.9%), stomach (6.9%) and esophagus (6.6%). Malignant tumors were most common in the 5th, 6th and 7th decades. About 8% were seen under 20 years of age. Conclusions: Oral cavity and gastrointestinal cancers continue to be extremely common in both genders. Breast and esophageal cancers are prevalent in females. Lung and prostate cancer are less common than in the west. Ovarian cancer was very common but cervix cancer was less so.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.1037-1047
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• 2016

HOX transcription factors are evolutionarily conserved in many different species and are involved in important cellular processes such as morphogenesis, differentiation, and proliferation. They have also recently been implicated in carcinogenesis, but their precise role in cancer, especially in cervical cancer (CC), remains unclear. In this work, using microarray assays followed by the quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), we found that the expression of 25 HOX genes was downregulated in CC derived cell lines compared with non-tumorigenic keratinocytes. In particular, the expression of HOXA9 was observed as down-modulated in CC-derived cell lines. The expression of HOXA9 has not been previously reported in CC, or in normal keratinocytes of the cervix. We found that normal CC from women without cervical lesions express HOXA9; in contrast, CC cell lines and samples of biopsies from women with CC showed significantly diminished HOXA9 expression. Furthermore, we found that methylation at the first exon of HOXA9 could play an important role in modulating the expression of this gene. Exogenous restoration of HOXA9 expression in CC cell lines decreased cell proliferation and migration, and induced an epithelial-like phenotype. Interestingly, the silencing of human papilloma virus (HPV) E6 and E7 oncogenes induced expression of HOXA9. In conclusion, controlling HOXA9 expression appears to be a necessary step during CC development. Further studies are needed to delineate the role of HOXA9 during malignant progression and to afford more insights into the relationship between downmodulation of HOXA9 and viral HPV oncoprotein expression during cercical cancer development.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권15호
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• pp.6429-6438
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• 2015

Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) play an important role in detoxification of carcinogenic electrophiles. The null genotypes in GSTM1 and GSTT1 have been implicated in carcinogenesis. Present study was planned to evaluate the influence of genetic polymorphisms of GSTM1 and GSTT1 gene loci in cervical carcinogenesis. The study was conducted in Lok Nayak hospital, New Delhi. DNA from clinical scrapes of 482 women with minor gynaecologic complaints attending Gynaecology OPD and tumor biopsies of 135 cervical cancer cases attending the cancer clinic was extracted. HPV DNA was detected by standard polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using L1 consensus primer pair. Polymorphisms of GSTM1 and GSTT1 were analysed by multiplex PCR procedures. Differences in proportions were tested using Pearson's Chi-square test with Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI). The risk of cervical cancer was almost three times in women with GSTM1 homozygous null genotype (OR-2.62, 95%CI, 1.77-3.88; p<0.0001). No association of GSTM1 or GSTT1 homozygous null genotypes was observed in women with normal, precancerous and cervical cancerous lesions among ${\leq}35$ or >35 years of age groups. Smokers with null GSTT1 genotype had a higher risk of cervical cancer as compared to non-smokers (OR-3.01, 95% CI, 1.10-8.23; p=0.03). The results further showed that a significant increased risk of cervical cancer was observed in HPV positive smoker women with GSTT1 (OR-4.36, 95% CI, 1.27-15.03; p=0.02) and GSTM1T1 (OR-3.87, 95% CI, 1.05-14.23; p=0.04) homozygous null genotypes as compared to HPV positive non smokers. The results demonstrate that the GST null genotypes were alone not associated with the development of cervical cancer, but interacted with smoking and HPV to exert effects in our Delhi population.