• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.269-275
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• 2003

목적: 비인강암 환자에서 방사선치료 후 재발 양상, 생존율 및 생존율에 미치는 예후인자를 분석평가하기 위해 후향적으로 분석을 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1984년 1월부터 2000년 6월까지 한양대학병원 치료방사선과에서 방사선치료를 위해 의뢰된 비인강암 49명을 대상으로 후향적 분석을 하였다. 추적기간은 평균 76개월이었고 최소 2년 6개월이었다. 연령분포는 17세부터 78세였고 중앙연령은 52세였다 조직병리상 편평상피세포암이 21예, 미분화암이 25예, 샘모양 낭암종이 3예였다. 미국암합동위원회의 1997년 개정판으로 재분류한 병기로 T1 14예, T2 24예, T3 3예, T4 8예였다. N0 17예, Nl 15예, N2 4예, N3 13예였다 병기군별은 stage I, IIa, IIb, III, IVa IVb가 각각 4예, 7예, 12예, 5예, 8예, 13예였다. 방사선은 원발병소나 임파선전이부위에 58$\~$70 Gy를 조사 시행하였다. 결과: 5년 생존율 및 10년 생존율은 각각 54.5$\%$ 및 47$\%$였다. 5년 무병 생존율 및 10년 무병생존율은 가각 55.7$\%$ 및 45.3$\%$였다. 병기별로 100$\%$, IIa 80$\%$, IIb 59.5$\%$, III 40$\%$, IV 42.2$\%$의 5년 생존율을 보였다. 총 23예의 재발을 보였고 10예(20.4$\%$)에서 국소 재발, 4예(8.2$\%$)에서 임파선재발, 10예(20.4$\%$)에서 원격전이가 있었다. 병기에 따른 국소재발률은 T1 2예(4.3$\%$),T23 예(12.5$\%$), T4 5예(62.6$\%$)로 T병기가 높을수록 재발률이 높았다. 원격전이는 N2-3환자에서 많았다(41.2$\%$). 국소 재발시기는 50$\%$가 2년 이내였고 원격 전이시기는 70$\%$에서 2년 이내였다. 예후로는 여성, 젊은 연령, 조기 T병기 및 조기 전체적인 병기 및 미분화세포가 생존율이 높았으며 그중 조기 T병기 및 전체적인 병기가 통계적인 유의성이 있었다. 결론: 비인강암의 방사선치료결과는 국소 재발률은 T4 병기에 높고 원격전이는 2$\~$3병기에 현저히 높음을 알 수 있었다. 국소재발을 낮추기 위해 특히 T4에서 좀더 많은 양의 방사선이 요구되며 방사선량을 높이기 위해 삼차원적인 치료계획을 이용한 입체조형 방사선 치료나 세기조절 방사선 치료 등이 필요하리라 생각되며 임파선전이환자에서 보다 효과적인 항암제와 방사선의 병용요법의 개발이 필요하리라 생각된다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.66-71
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• 2013

Purpose: We evaluated the effectiveness and safety of ipsilateral radiotherapy for the patient with well lateralized tonsil cancer: not cross midline and <1 cm of tumor invasion into the soft palate or base of tongue. Materials and Methods: From 2003 to 2011, twenty patients with well lateralized tonsil cancer underwent ipsilateral radiotherapy. Nineteen patients had T1-T2 tumors, and one patient had T3 tumor; twelve patients had N0-N2a disease and eight patients had N2b disease. Primary surgery followed by radiotherapy was performed in fourteen patients: four of these patients received chemotherapy. Four patients underwent induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT). The remaining two patients received induction chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy and definitive CCRT, respectively. No patient underwent radiotherapy alone. We analyzed the pattern of failure and complications. Results: The median follow-up time was 64 months (range, 11 to 106 months) for surviving patients. One patient had local failure at tumor bed. There was no regional failure in contralateral neck, even in N2b disease. At five-year, local progression-free survival, distant metastasis-free survival, and progression-free survival rates were 95%, 100%, and 95%, respectively. One patient with treatment failure died, and the five-year overall survival rate was 95%. Radiation Therapy Oncology Group grade 2 xerostomia was found in one patient at least 6 months after the completion of radiotherapy. Conclusion: Ipsilateral radiotherapy is a reasonable treatment option for well lateralized tonsil cancer. Low rate of chronic xerostomia can be expected by sparing contralateral major salivary glands.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.5747-5752
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• 2012

Purpose: The main objective of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of concurrent chemoradiotherapy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy compared with concurrent chemoradiotherapy alone in the treatment of locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Methods: The search strategy included Pubmed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Internet Web, Chinese Biomedical Database and Wanfang Database. We also searched reference lists of articles and the volumes of abstracts of scientific meetings. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compared concurrent chemoradiotherapy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy with concurrent chemoradiotherapy alone in locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma were included. Meta-analysis was performed with RevMan 5.1.0. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation system (GRADE) was used to rate the level of evidence. Results: Five studies were included. Risk ratios of 1.02 (95%CI 0.89-1.15), 0.93 (95%CI 0.72-1.21), 1.07 (95%CI 0.87-1.32), 0.95 (95%CI 0.80-1.13) were observed for 3 years overall survival, 5 years failure-free survival, 5 years locoregional failure-free survival and 5 years distant metastasis failure-free survival. There were no treatment-related deaths in both groups of five studies. Hematologic and gastrointestinal toxicity were the most significant for patients during adjuvant chemotherapy. The level of evidence was low. Conclusion: Compared with concurrent chemoradiotherapy alone, concurrent chemotherapy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy did not improve prognosis. More toxicity was found during adjuvant chemotherapy.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.469-475
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• 1998

목적 : 병기 I, IIA 자궁경부암환자중 자궁절제술후 골반 림프절 전이가 발견되어 방사선치료를 받은 환자를 대상으로 생존율과 재발양상 및 이들에 영향을 미치는 인자들을 후향적으로 분석함으로써 방사선치료의 역할을 규명하고저 한다. 대상 및 방법 : 1983년 10월에서 1996년 6월까지 초기 자궁경부암으로 진단받고 수술후 골반림프절 전이가 확인되어 방사선치료를 받았던 68명을 대상으로 하였다. 방사선치료는 외부방사선 및 강내 방사선치료가 시행되었으며 외부방사선치료는 4 MV의 선형가속기를 이용하여 골반조사야로 주어졌다. 54례는 질ovids 또는 질실린더를 사용하여 강내 방사선조사를 추가 시행받았다. 5년 생존율 및 5년 무병생존율, 재발양상과 이들에 관련되는 다양한 예후인자들을 분석하였다. 결과 : 평균 추적기간은 52개월이었다. 전체 환자의 5년생존율 및 무병생존율은 각각 81.8$\%$, 81.7$\%$이었다. 자궁내막의 침윤이 없었던 경우와 있었던 경우 5년 무병생존율이 각각 87.5$\%$와 57.1$\%$를 보였으며 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보여 주었다(p=0.0074). 림프혈관계의 침윤이 있었던 경우와 없었던 경우 5년 무병생존율이 각각 91.3$\%$, 65.0$\%$(p>0.05)이었고 자궁옆조직 침윤이 없었던 경우와 있었던 경우 각각 85.6$\%$, 65.3$\%$(p>0.05)이었다. 다변량분석시 5년 무병생존율에 유의한 영향을 미치는 인자는 자궁내막(endometrial) 침윤으로 확인되었다. 총 15례 (22$\%$)의 재발중 국소재발은 2례(3$\%$), 원격전이는 11례(16$\%$), 국소와 원격전이 동시재발은 2례에서 발생하였다. 결론 : 골반 림프절 전이가 동반된 초기 자궁경부암 환자에서의 수술후 방사선치료는 국소관해율의 향상에 큰 역할을 하고 있으나 원격전이 재발율이 여전히 높아 주요 사망 원인이 되고 있다. 따라서 고위험군 즉 자궁내막 침윤과 같은 불량한 예후를 지닌 환자에서는 방사선치료와 더불어 원격전이를 효과적으로 예방할 수 있는 치료방법이 적극적으로 고려되어야 할 것이다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.173-181
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• 2012

Purpose: To evaluate the prognostic value of preoperative neck lymph node (LN) assessment with $^{18}F$-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography ($^{18}F$-FDG PET), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients with pathologically positive LN. Materials and Methods: In total, 47 OSCC patients with pathologically positive LN were retrospectively reviewed with preoperative $^{18}F$-FDG PET and CT/MRI. All patients underwent surgical resection, neck dissection and postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy between March 2002 and October 2010. Histologic correlation was performed for findings of $^{18}F$-FDG PET and CT/MRI. Results: Thirty-six (76.6%) of 47 cases were correctly diagnosed with neck LN metastasis by $^{18}F$-FDG PET and 32 (68.1%) of 47 cases were correctly diagnosed by CT/MRI. Follow-up ranged from 20 to 114 months (median, 56 months). Clinically negative nodal status evaluated by $^{18}F$-FDG PET or CT/MRI revealed a trend toward better clinical outcomes in terms of overall survival, disease-free survival, local recurrence-free survival, regional nodal recurrence-free survival, and distant metastasis-free survival rates even though the trends were not statistically significant. However, there was no impact of neck node standardized uptake value ($SUV_{max}$) on clinical outcomes. Notably, $SUV_{max}$ showed significant correlation with tumor size in LN (p < 0.01, $R^2$ = 0.62). PET and CT/MRI status of LN also had significant correlation with the size of intranodal tumor deposit (p < 0.05, $R^2$ = 0.37 and p < 0.01, $R^2$ = 0.48, respectively). Conclusion: $^{18}F$-FDG PET and CT/MRI at the neck LNs might improve risk stratification in OSCC patients with pathologically positive neck LN in this study, even without significant prognostic value of $SUV_{max}$.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.44-51
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• 2020

Purpose: To evaluate the necessity of regional nodal irradiation (RNI) for pT1-2N1 breast cancer patients treated with breast-conserving surgery and radiotherapy, we compared clinical outcomes of patients treated with and without RNI. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the data of 214 pT1-2N1 breast cancer patients treated with breast-conserving surgery and whole breast irradiation from 2007-2016. There were 142 (66.4%), 51 (23.85%), and 21 (9.8%) patients with one, two, and three positive lymph nodes, respectively. Thirty-six patients (16.8%) underwent RNI. Adjuvant chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, and anti-HER2 therapy were given to 91.6%, 79.0%, and 15.0% patients, respectively. The most common chemotherapy regimen was anthracycline + cyclophosphamide, followed by taxane (76.5%). The median follow-up was 64 months (range, 6 to 147 months). Patients were propensity matched 1:2 into RNI and no-RNI groups. Results: Two patients experienced locoregional recurrences simultaneously with distant metastases, ten patients developed distant metastases, and one patient died. Before matching, the 5-year actuarial locoregional control (LRC), distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS), and overall survival (OS) rates in the RNI and no-RNI groups were 100.0% and 99.4% (p = 0.629), 94.1% and 96.0% (p = 0.676), and 100.0% and 99.4% (p = 0.658), respectively. After matching, the 5-year LRC, DMFS, and OS were 98.3% and 100.0% (p = 0.455), 96.6% and 93.9% (p = 0.557), and 100.0% and 100.0% (p > 0.999) in the RNI and no-RNI groups, respectively. No clinicopathologic or treatment-related factors were significantly associated with LRC, DMFS, or OS. Conclusion: Adding RNI did not show superior LRC, DMFS, or OS in pT1-2N1 breast cancer patients.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.149-156
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• 1995

Purpose : Since February 1991 a Prospective study for non-small cell lung cancer patients who underwent radical resection and had a risk factor of positive resection margin or regional lymph node metastasis has been conducted to evaluate the effect of MVP chemotherapy and radiotherapy on the pattern of failure, disease free and overall survival. and tolerance of combined treatment. Materials and Methods: Twenty nine patients were registered to this study until Sep. 1993; of these 26 received planned therapy Within 3 weeks after radical resection, two cycles of MVP(Mitomycin C $6mg/m^2,$ Vinblastin $6mg/m^2,$ Cisplatin $60mg/m^2$) chemotherapy was given with 4 weeks intervals. Radiotherapy (5040cGy tumor bed dose and 900cGy boost to high risk area) was started 3 to 4 weeks after chemotherapy. Results: One and two year overall survival rates were $76.5\%\;and\;58.6\%$ respectively. Locoregional failure developed in 6 patients$(23.1\%)$ and distant failure in 9 patients$(34.6\%)$ Number of involved lymph nodes, resection margin positivity showed some correlation with failure pattern but T-stage and N-stage showed no statistical significance. The group of patients who received chemotherapy within 2 weeks postoperatively and radiotherapy within 70 days showed lower incidence of distant metastasis. Postoperative combined therapy were well tolerated without definite increase of complication rate, and compliance rate in this study was $90\%$. Conclusion: 1) MVP chemotherapy showed no effect on locoregional recurrence, but appeared to decrease the distant metastasis rate and 2) combined treatments were well tolerated in all patients. 3) The group of patients who received chemotherapy within 2 weeks postoperatively and radiotherapy within 70days showed lower incidence of distant metastasis. 4) Addition of chemotherapy to radiotherapy failed to increase the overall or disease free survival.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권10호
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• pp.5775-5781
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• 2013

Background: The gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm (GEP-NEN) is the most common type of neuroendocrine neoplasm. We summarized data in our centre to investigate the clinicopathological features, diagnostic methods, therapeutic approaches and prognosis for this neoplasm to increase knowledge of this disease in Asian populations. Method: A total of 122 patients treated at Sun Yet-san Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University between January 2000 and December 2011 were analyzed retrospectively. Results: Pancreas was the most common site of involvement (65/122, 53.3%); this disease has no special symptoms; positive rates of chromogranin A (CgA) and synaptophysin (Syn) were 81.1% and 87.7%, respectively. The positive rate of Syn had statistical difference among the three grades, but not CgA. Some 68 patients had G1 tumors, 32 G2 tumors and 22 G3 tumors, and Chi-square test showed that higher grading was correlated with worse prognosis (${\chi}^2=32.825$, P=0.0001). A total of 32 patients presented with distant metastasis, and 8 cases emerged during following up. Cox proportional hazards regression modeling showed that the tumor grade (P=0.01), lymphatic metastasis (P=0.025) and distant metastasis (P=0.031) were predictors of unfavorable prognosis. The overall 5-year survival rate was 39.6%, the 5-year survival rate of G1 was 55.7%, and the G2 and G3 were 34.2% and 0%, respectively. Conclusions: The incidence of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors has risen over the last 12 years. All grades of these diseases metastasize readily, and further research regarding the treatment of patients after radical surgery is needed to prolong disease-free survival.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.315-320
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• 2014

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the recurrence pattern and characteristics of patients based on the 2013 St. Gallen surrogate molecular subtypes after breast-conserving surgery (BCS) in Chinese women. Methods: This retrospective analysis included 709 consecutive breast cancer patients undergoing BCS from 1999-2010 at our institution. Five different surrogate subtypes were created using combined expression of the estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2. Locoregional relapse-free survival (LRRFS), distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS), and disease-free survival (DFS) rates were calculated. Results: The 5-year LRRFS, DMFS, and DFS rates were 90.5%, 88.2%, and 81.5%, respectively. Multivariate analysis revealed that young age, node-positive disease, and HER2 enrichment were independent prognostic factors in LRRFS patients. There was also an independent prognostic role of lymph node-positive disease in DMFS and DFS patients. Patients with luminal A tumors had the most favorable prognosis, with LRRFS, DMFS, and DFS rates of 93.2%, 91.5%, and 87.4% at 5 years, respectively. Conversely, HER-2-enriched tumors exhibited the highest rate of locoregional recurrence (20.6%). Conclusion: Surrogate subtypes present with significant differences in RFS, DMFS, and LRRFS. Luminal A tumors have the best prognosis, whereas HER2-enriched tumors have the poorest.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권13호
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• pp.5253-5256
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• 2015

Background: A number of randomized trials addressing alternative operative and multimodality approaches to gastric cancer have characterized early postoperative morbidity and mortality rates. The aim of this study was to compare mortality and morbidity and disease free survival after D1 and D2 gastrectomy for adenocarcinomas of the stomach Materials and Methods: From June 2006 to January 2012, patients were selected according to information of the cancer administrator center of Ahvaz Jundishapur Medical University. The inclusion criteria were age between 20-85 years and histologically proven adenocarcinoma of the stomach without evidence of distant metastasis. Patients were excluded if they had previous or coexisting cancer or disability disease. In this research, D1 was compared to D2 gastrectomy. Results: 131 patients were randomised, 49 allocated to D1 and 82 to D2 gastrectomy. The two groups were comparable for age, sex, site of tumors, and type of resection performed. The overall post-operative morbidity rate was 17.5%. Complications developed in 14.2% of patients after D1 and in 19.5% of patients after D2 gastrectomy (p=0.07). Postoperative mortality rate was 0.8% (one death); it was 2% after D1 and 0% after D2 gastrectomy. In this research disease free-survival after 3 years was 71.2 % with 63.2% after D1 and 76.8% after D2 gasterctomy. Conclusions: This study indicates that D2 gastrectomy with pancreas preservation is not followed by significantly higher morbidity and mortality than D1 resection. Based on the results of present study, D2 resection should be recommended as the standard surgical approach for resectable gastric cancer.