• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.204-209
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• 2008

목적: 위에 발생하는 신경내분비 종양은 국내에서도 그 보고가 드문 매우 독특한 조직형인데, 이 종양의 임상병리학적 특징들에 대해 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1999년 1월부터 2007년 8월까지 고신대학교 의과대학 외과학교실에서 위암으로 수술받은 4,159예 중 신경내분비 종양으로 진단받은 13예를 대상으로 의무기록 및 조직 표본을 후향적으로 분석하였다. 결과: 위 신경내분비 종양은 남자 11예, 여자 2예였고, 평균나이는 54.9세(42~72)였으며, 주증상은 상복부 통증과 속쓰림이 많았다. 점막 또는 점막하 종양 2예를 제외하고 나머지 9예는 모두 근육층 이상을 침범한 진행성이었고, 종양의 평균 크기는 7.0 cm (0.7~15)였다. WHO 분류법에 의한 내분비 종양의 유형은 제 3형이 8예, 제 4형이 4예, 제 1형이 1예였다. 림프절 전이는 11예에서 있었고, 추적 기간내 재발한 4명의 환자 모두 제 3형과 제 4형이었고, 재발한 장기는 간이 2예, 다장기(복막, 폐) 1예, 다장기(간, 췌장, 십이지장) 1예였고, 생존 기간은 평균 12.8개월이었다. 결론: 위에 발생하는 신경내분비 종양은 진단 당시 진행된 경우가 많았고 간 전이를 잘 하였으며 예후가 나쁜 독특한 조직형이다.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.121-131
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• 2019

Purpose: The significance of neuroendocrine differentiation (NED) in gastric carcinoma (GC) is controversial, leading to ambiguous concepts in traditional classifications. This study aimed to determine the prognostic threshold of meaningful NED in GC and clarify its unclear features in existing classifications. Materials and Methods: Immunohistochemical staining for synaptophysin, chromogranin A, and neural cell adhesion molecule was performed for 945 GC specimens. Survival analysis was performed using the log-rank test and univariate/multivariate models with percentages of NED ($P_{NED}$) and demographic and clinicopathological parameters. Results: In total, 275 (29.1%) cases were immunoreactive to at least 1 neuroendocrine (NE) marker. GC-NED was more common in the upper third of the stomach. $P_{NED}$, and Borrmann's classification and tumor, lymph node, metastasis stages were independent prognostic factors. The cutoff $P_{NED}$ was 10%, beyond which patients had significantly worse outcomes, although the risk did not increase with higher $P_{NED}$. Tumors with ${\geq}10%$ NED tended to manifest as Borrmann type III lesion with mixed/diffuse morphology and poorer histological differentiation; the NE components in this population mainly grew in insulae/nests, which differed from the predominant growth pattern (glandular/acinar) in GC with <10% NED. Conclusions: GC with ${\geq}10%$ NED should be classified as a distinct subtype because of its worse prognosis, and more attention should be paid to the necessity of additional therapeutics for NE components.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.419-422
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• 2013

Conventional classifications of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (GEP-NETs) are rather unsatisfactory because of the variation in survival within each subgroup. Molecular markers are being found able to predict patient outcome in more and more tumours. The aim of this study was to characterize the expression of the proteins cyclin D1, cyclin E and P53 in GEP-NETs and assess any prognostic impact. Tumor specimens from 68 patients with a complete follow-up were studied immunohistochemically for cyclin D1, cyclin E and P53 expression. High cyclin D1 and cyclin E immunostaining (${\geq}$ 5% positive nuclei) was found in 48 (71%) and 24 (35%) cases, and high P53 staining (${\geq}$ 10% positive nuclei) in 33 (49%). High expression of P53 was more common in gastric neuroendocrine tumors and related to malignant behavior, being associate with a worse prognosis on univariate analysis (RR=1.9, 95%CI=1.1-3.2). High expression of cyclin E was significantly associated with shorter survival in the univariate analysis (RR=2.0, 95%CI=1.2-3.6) and multivariate analysis (RR=2.1, 95%CI=1.1-4.0). We found no significant correlation between the expression of cyclin D1 and any clinicopathological variables. Our study indicated a prognostic relevance for cyclin E and P53 immunoreactivity. Cyclin E may be an independent prognostic factor from the 2010 WHO Classification which should be evaluated in further studies.