• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.271-278
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• 1998

비소세포폐암에서 종격동 임파절에 대한 흉부 전산화 단층 촬영의 효용성을 알아 보고자 1992년부터 1995년까지 폐암으로 진단받고 수술한 552 명의 환자 중에서 수술전 흉부 전산화 단층 촬영을 하고, 개흉술로 폐엽 절제술 이상의 수술과 종격동 및 폐문부 임파절 곽청술을 실시하고 병리학적으로 비소세포폐암으로 보고된 환자 77 명을 대상으로 모두 581개의 임파절을 분석하였다. ROC curve로 부터 흉부 전산화 단층 촬영에서 적절한 진단 기준이 되는 임파절의 크기는 10mm 로 분석되었고, 이때의 민감도 43.9%, 특이도 87.4%, 정 \ulcorner\ulcorner83.1% 였다. 선암의 경우 편평상피 세포암보다 작은 크기 기준이 필요한 것으로 분석되었다. 결핵이나 기관지확장증이 있는 경우에는 흉부 전산화 단층 촬영상에서의 임파절 병기가 실제 병기보다 과장된 경우가 많고 임파절도 위양성이 많았다. 이러한 흉부 전산화 단층 촬영의 한계를 알고 적극적인 검사와 수술을 고려해야 하겠다.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.32-35
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• 2004

Purpose: The most important prognostic factors in gastric cancer is the depth of invasion of the primary tumor and lymph node metastasis. The nodal staging of the 5th edition of the Union Internationale Contrala Cancrums (UICC) TNM classification in 1997 was changed based on the number of metastatic lymph node. We attempted to evaluate the prognostic significance of N2 group metastasis in pT3pN1 gastric cancer patients by comparing two different nodal staging systems. Materials and Methods: A retrospective analysis was made for 352 gastric cancer patients who underwent curative resection, including D2 dissection, from 1991 to 1997 at Asan Medical Center. A clinicopathologic comparison between two groups by using a nodal staging systems was summarized into a table. Cumulative survival rates were calculated by using the Kaplan-Meier method. The difference between the two groups was evaluated by using the log rank test with SPSS 11.5 for Windows Results: There were no statistical differences in clinicopathologic factors. However, there was a significant difference in survival rate between the two groups (P=0.0009). This suggests that N2 group metastasis in pT3pN1 gastric cancer patients has a clinical significance for predicting prognosis. Conclusion: Our results suggest a possibility of prognostic significance of N2 group metastasis. Therefore, anatomical location of the lymph node should be described.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.207-214
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• 2016

Purpose: The utility of N classification has been questioned after the 7th edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC)/Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) was published. We evaluated the correlation between ratio-based N (rN) classification with the overall survival of pathological T4 gastric cancer patients who underwent D2 lymphadenectomy. Materials and Methods: We reviewed 222 cases of advanced gastric cancer patients who underwent curative gastrectomy between January 2006 and December 2015. The T4 gastric cancer patents were classified into four groups according to the lymph node ratio (the number of metastatic lymph nodes divided by the retrieved lymph nodes): rN0, 0%; rN1, ${\leq}13.3%$; rN2, ${\leq}40.0%$; and rN3, >40.0%. Results: The rN stage showed a large down stage migration compared with pathological T4N3 (AJCC/UICC). There was a significant difference in overall survival between rN2 and rN3 groups in patients with pT4N3 (P=0.013). In contrast, the difference in metastatic lymph nodes was not significant in these patients (${\geq}16$ vs. <15; P=0.177). In addition, the rN staging system showed a more distinct difference in overall survival than the pN staging system for pathological T4 gastric cancer patients. Conclusions: Our results confirm that rN staging could be a good alternative for pathological T4 gastric cancer patients who undergo D2 lymphadenectomy. However, before applying this system to gastric cancer patients who undergo D2 lymphadenectomy, a larger sample size is required to further evaluate the usefulness of the rN staging system for all stages, including less advanced stages.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.77-82
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• 2001

Purpose: The most important prognostic factors in gastric cancer are depth of invasion and lymph node metastasis. Therefore, the prognosis for serosa and lymph node negative gastric cancer is favorable. However, there is no general agreement on the prognostic factors in this subset of patients. This study was undertaken to evaluate the prognostic significances of venous invasion (VI), lymphatic invasion (LI), and perineural invasion (NI) in T1 and T2 gastric cancer without lymph node involvement. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 206 patients with T1 and T2, lymph node negative gastric cancer who underwent a curative resection from 1989 to 1993 at Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea. The Chi-square test was used to determine the statistical significance of differences, and the Kaplan-Meier method was used to calculate survival rates. Significant differences in the survival rates were assessed using the log-rank test, and the Cox regression method was used to evaluate independent prognostic significance. Results: The rate of VI, LI and NI correlated well with the depth of tumor invasion. The rates of VI (+) for T1 vs T2 was $0\%\;vs\;5.1\%$, of LI (+) was $5.6\%\;vs\;26.8\%$, and of NI (+) was $1.6\%\;vs\;26.8\%$ in NI (+). There were 13 recurrent cases, 10 cases out of the 13 were T2 gastric cancers, and the recurrence rate was higher in LI (+) and NI (+) cases than in LI (-) and NI (-) cases. The 5-year survival rates were $93.4\%$ in LI (-) cases, $77.4\%$ in LI (+) cases, $92.5\%$ in NI (-) cases, $74\%$ in NI(+) cases, $95.9\%$ in LI (-) NI (-) cases, and $73.9\%$ in LI (+) NI (+) cases. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that simultaneous LI and NI was the only significant factor influencing the prognosis. Conclusion: These results suggest that simultaneous lymphatic and perineural invasion may be an independent prognostic factor in patients with T1 and T2 gastric cancer without lymph node metastasis.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.105-110
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• 2016

Purpose: In the Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Stomach Tumors (ARTIST) trial, we investigated whether chemoradiotherapy after D2 gastrectomy reduces the rate of recurrence. Recently, the ratio of metastatic lymph nodes to examined lymph nodes (N ratio) has been proposed as an independent prognostic factor in gastric cancer (GC). The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the metastatic N ratio and prognosis of GC after curative D2 surgery. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the data of 458 ARTIST patients who underwent D2 gastrectomy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy (XP, n=228) or chemoradiotherapy (XPRT, n=230). The disease-free survival (DFS) rates of patients were used to evaluate the influence of N ratio on the treatment outcome. To achieve this, 4 different N ratio categories (0%, 1%~9%, 10%~25%, and >25%) were compared on the basis of their influence on the treatment outcome. Results: On multivariate analysis, the N ratio remained an independent prognostic factor for DFS. The hazard ratios (HRs) for the N ratio categories of 0%, 1%~9%, 10%~25%, and >25% were 1, 1.061, 1.202, and 3.571, respectively. In patients having N ratio >25%, the 5-year DFS rates were 55% and 28% for the XPRT and XP arms, respectively (HR, 0.527; 95% confidence interval, 0.307~0.904; P=0.020). Conclusions: In patients with curatively resected GC, the N ratio was independently associated with DFS. Although this finding warrants further investigation in future prospective studies, the benefit of chemoradiotherapy for D2 resected GC appears to be more beneficial in cancers having N ratios >25%.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.591-597
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• 2008

배경: 만성 폐동맥 색전증에 의한 폐동맥고혈압은 내막제거술에 의해 효과적으로 치료할 수 있는 질환으로서 본원에서의 수술 경험을 분석하여 질환에 대한 이해와 이를 토대로 향후 수술적 예후를 향상시킬 수 있는 방안에 대해 알아보고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 1998년 1월부터 2008년 3월까지 본원에서 만성 폐동맥 색전증에 의한 폐동맥 고혈압으로 내막제거술을 받은 20명을 대상으로 후향적으로 분석하였다. 주증상은 주로 호흡곤란이었고 페동맥 색전증의 원인으로는 심부혈전증 11명(55%)이 가장 많았다. 17명(85%)의 환자에서 하대정맥 필터를 삽입하였다. 수술은 완전 순환 정지하(n=13) 또는 low flow (n=7)를 유지한 상태에서 시행하였고 수술 전 삼첨판 폐쇄부전이 grade IV/IV 이상인 환자들 중 6명(66%)에서 삼첨판륜 성형술을 함께 시행하였다. 평균 추적 관찰 기간은 $45{\pm}32$개월이었다. 결과 University of California, San Diego (UCSD)분류에 따른 폐동맥 색전증의 종류는 type I이 4명 (20%), type II, III가 각각 8명(40%)씩이었고 우심실 수축기압은 수술 전 평균 $77{\pm}29$ mmHg에서 수술 직후 $37{\pm}19$ mmHg로 감소하였으며(p<0.001) 삼첨판 폐쇄부전의 정도 및 NYHA functional class 모두 수술 후 호전을 보였다. 재관류 손상은 7예(35%)로 UCSD type I, II인 환자군에 비해 type III인 환자에서 재관류 손상의 발생률이 더 높았고(25% vs 50%, p=0.25) 중환자실 재원기간도 길었다($5{\pm}2$일 vs $9{\pm}7$일, p=0.07). 조기사망은 2명(10%)이었고 만기사망은 기저질환의 악화 1명, 폐동맥 색전증의 재발 1명, 그리고 지속된 폐동맥 고혈압 1명, 모두 3명(15%)이었다. 결론: 내막제거술은 만성 폐동맥 색전증의 효과적인 수술적 치료 방법으로서 정확한 진단을 통해 적극적으로 시행하여야 하며, 수술적 예후를 향상시킬 수 있도록 더욱 노력해야 할 것이다.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.134-138
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• 2003

Purpose: The lymph node (N) classification in the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) TNM staging system for gastric adenocarcinomas has been revised from the anatomic sites of metastatic lymph nodes to the number of metastatic lymph nodes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the proper number of retrieved lymph nodes for applying the new TNM staging system. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively studied 267 patients who had undergone a curative resection performed by one surgeon for gastric adenocarcinomas from March 1993 to December 1996 at Korea University Guro Hospital. We compared the old staging system to the new one and analyzed the number of retrieved and metastatic lymph nodes. We also analyzed the number of retrieved and metastatic lymph nodes according to the operative procedure and the extent of the lymphadenectomy, as well as the correlation of lymph-node metastasis to the number of retrieved lymph nodes. Results: The mean number of retrieved lymph nodes was $34.27\pm14.18$, of those $6.85\pm6.24$ were metastatic. According to the extent of the lymphadenectomy, these numbers were $17.8\pm9.3\;and\;7.0\pm5.3$ in D1, $33.1\pm14.6\;and\;3.0\pm3.0$ in $D1+\alpha$, $33.9\pm13.8\;and\;7.5\pm6.2$ in D2, and $40.6\pm13.3\;and\;7.9\pm7.5$ in $D2+\alpha$. There was no correlation between the percentage of the specimen with positive lymph nodes and the number of retrieved lymph nodes, but a logistic regres sion analysis showed that the probability of lymph-node metastasis increased as the number of retrieved lymph nodes increased. Conclusion: The mean number of retrieved lymph nodes was about 34. Although by logistic regression analysis, the probability of lymph-node metastasis increased as the number of retrieved lymph nodes increased, we failed to determine the minimum number of nodes retrieved during a lymphadenectomy needed for accurate staging in a gastric adenocarcinoma. Further study is required to identify the optimum number of lymph nodes that need to be retrieved.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2004

Purpose: Despite numorous reports on the relationship between the level of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in gall bladder bile and liver metastasis in colorectal cancer, no similar studies have been carried out for gastric carcinomas. We, therefore, undertook the present study to establish the relationship between the gall bladder bile CEA and liver metastasis as well as the post-operative survival rate in gastric carcinoma patients with curative resections. Materials and Methods: In 373 gastric cancer patients (252 males, 121 females, age $21\∼76$ years) operated on at Kosin University Hospital between 1989 1996, the CEA concentration in the gall bladder bile was determined during the operation and the value was related to the rates of post-operative survival and liver metastasis during follow-up period. Results: The overall rate of patient survival decreased gradually with increase in TNM stage. The 13-year postoperative survival rates for stages Ia, Ib, II, IIIa, and IIIb were $95.7\%,\;92.5\%,\;79.9\%,\;50.9\%,\;and\;43.3\$, respectively, and the 10-year survival rate for stage IV was $22.6\%$. The patients with a high ($\geq$10 ng/ml) biliary CEA showed a significantly lower rate of survival than those with a low (<10 ng/ml) biliary CEA. The 13-year cumulative survival rate was $55.4\%$ for the high CEA group and $76.5\%$ for the low CEA group (P<0.01). Also, the patients with a high biliary CEA showed a significantly higher rate ($11.5\%$) of liver metastasis than those with a low biliary CEA ($1.9\%$) (P<0.000). In patients with TNM stages (I and II), the CEA level did not affect the post-operative survival rates ($95.4\%\;and87.7\%$ in the high and low CEA groups, P>0.10), but in those with high TNM stages (III and IV), the survival rate was significantly lower in the high CEA group ($25.9\%$) than in the low CEA group ($57.8\%$) (P<0.05). Conclusion: These result suggest that the gall bladder bile CEA level obtained in an advanced-staged gastric cancer operation may be used in predicting the post-operational survival rate and in sorting out patients with a high risk for cancer recurrence, especially in the liver area.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.217-221
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• 2005

목적: 최근 평균수명의 증가로 고령자에서 위암 진단율이 증가하고 있으며, 수술방법 및 수술 전후 환자관리법이 발전함에 따라 수술적 치료의 적용이 점차 많아지고 있다. 저자들은 고령 위암환자들의 임상적 특징 및 수술에 따른 합병증 및 치료효과를 비고령군과 비교하여 고령 위암환자의 특성을 규명하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 조선대학교병원 외과에서 1995년 3월부터 2002년 2월까지 위암으로 수술적 치료를 시행 받은 706명의 환자를 대상으로 의무기록 확인을 통한 후향적 방법을 사용하여 고령군(75세 이상)과 비고령군(75세 미만)을 임상적 특성, 수술의 근치도 및 술 후 합병증, 전체생존율에 따라 비교하였다. 결과: 임상적 특성에 해당하는 성별, 위암의 위치, 암의 침윤도, 림프절 절제범위, 조직학적 병기에서 고령군과 비고령군 간의 통계적 유의성은 없었다. 수술의 근치도와 수술 후 조기합병증의 발생 빈도에서도 두 군간의 통계적 유의성은 없었다. 결론: 위암발현 양상은 고령군과 비고령군에서 차이를 보이지 않았고, 수술적 근치도, 술 후 합병증, 전체생존율에서도 차이를 보이지 않았다 따라서 위암환자의 수술적 치료의 적용에서 고령은 제한인자가 아니며, 위암수술 후 예후에도 영향을 미치지 않는다는 결론을 내릴 수 있다.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.218-224
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• 1994

Soft tissue sarcoma of the head and neck is not frequent neoplasm, accounting for less than 1% of all malignant neoplasm in the region. The histological varieties include osteogenic sarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, tenosynovial sarcoma, angiosarcoma and chondrosarcoma. Rhabdomyosarcomas of the head and neck usually occur in children under the age of 10 years (over 70%) and rarely develop in adults over the age of 20 years. The prevalent sites of involvement include the orbit, nasal cavity, external ear, paranasal sinus and soft tissue of mouth and the primary location of tumor is considered to be one of the important prognostic factors. Before the 1960s, when surgical resection was the only method of treatment, the 5-year survival rate was less than 20%, but recently it has been greatly improved by the multimodality treatment, combining surgery with chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Here we treated a rhabdomyosarcoma woman with three cycles of high dose chemotherapy followed by radiation therapy. After the, completion of preoperative treatments, successful result of more than partial response was achieved. Three months later total maxillectomy and radical neck dissection was performed. There was no evidence of tumor infiltration in the resected tumor and regional lymphnodes but metastasized tumor cells in cervical lymphnodes were detected. Tumor cell infiltration was also found on the bone marrow biopsy to evaluate the pancytopenia which occurred during postoperative recovery. Two months later she died of secondary bone marrow failure. We think that this multimodality treatment combining pre-operative chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery might play an important role in curative resection and eyeball preservation in patients with rhabdomyosarcoma involving the eyeball.