• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.141-145
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• 2017

This paper uses a glass dosimeter to evaluate the lens-absorbed dose of scattered radiation generated in tomotherapy intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). The head and neck portion of the rando phantom was subjected to a CT scan. The tomotherapy plan was designed to ensure delivery of the prescribed total 70 Gy day 2.2 Gy. With the lens portion of the glass dosimeter, a 5mm bolus was subjected to the scattered radiation treatment, and the dose was measured in each of the three megavoltage CT (MVCT) modes. The result is multiplied by 30 times and was determined once as the mean value. The measurement at the MVCT Coarse mode is RT mode 10.797 mGy, that for the Normal mode is 13.360 mGy, for the Fine mode is a maximum of 22.872 mGy, and for the treatment mode is 895.830 mGy. A small amount of scattered radiation in the MVCT is measured in the lens scattered radiation, but scattered radiation during treatment was measured to be near 1 Gy on the lens. Compared to a one-time radiation treatment of 2.2 Gy, the survey showed something unexpected in that it was half the value of that research to the patient. Therefore, will be aware of how much of an influence there will be on sensitive organs, such as the lens by scattered radiation generated during intensity modulated radiation therapy.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권10호
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• pp.6187-6192
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• 2014

전이성 뇌종양의 증가에 따라 전뇌 방사선치료가 증가하게 되었다. 그리고 치료기법의 발전은 삶의 질 향상의 중요성을 증가시키게 되었다. 체적변조회전 전뇌조사는 용적별 선량을 차등시킬 수 있는 우수한 치료기법이다. 이에 두피선량 증가에 따른 탈모에 대하여 기존 전뇌조사와 체적변조회전 전뇌조사를 비교하고자 하였다. 두정부 인체모형을 이용하여 치료계획을 비교하였다. 뇌 실질의 경우 정합지수, 동질성지수, 범위의 질지수를 적용하였으며, 두피, 안구, 수정체, 경추의 경우 20%선량의 용적, 50%선량의 용적을 적용하여 비교하였다. 비교결과 뇌 실질은 기존 전뇌조사가 10%정도 우수하였지만, 두피, 안구, 수정체, 경추의 경우는 체적변조회전 전뇌조사가 1000%정도 우수하였다. 향후 체적변조회전 전뇌조사의 처방선량을 조정한다면 탈모를 방지하는 전이성 뇌종양 방사선치료로 선정될 것이다.

• 사상체질의학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.33-52
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• 2018

Objectives The purpose of this study was to analyze the clinical characteristics of patients with hyperhidrosis who visited a Korean medicine hospital, and provide information on treated hyperhidrosis, based on Sasang Constitutional medicine. Methods A retrospective review was made of the electronic medical record (EMR) charts for 157 Korean patients with hyperhidrosis (90 male, 67 female), who first visited hospital from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2017. The following information was collected: sex, age, height, weight, body mass index (BMI) and clinical data (diagnosis, area of onset, duration of illness, aggravating factors, medication, healing process, et al). Results There were many patients with hyperhidrosis, in the other of So-Yang type (57.3%), Tae-Eum type (35.0%) and So-Eum type (7.6%). The proportion of male was higher than female. The most common area of hyperhidrosis was hands and feet (44.0%), followed by generalized whole body (27.4%) and head and face (25.5%). The cure rate of hyperhidrosis was 32.2%, and effectiveness rate of that was 72.7%. In individual patients, the better the usual health condition expressed by original symptoms, the higher the possibility of treatment success, with shortened duration of treatment and reduced total drug dose. The most frequent treatment modality in patients was that consistently improved, and this duration of treatment was statistically significantly shorter than that experienced worsening of excessive sweating during treatment period (p<0.001). Conclusions This study provides some original information on the Korean patients with hyperhidrosis, and suggests the suitability of Sasang Constitutional medicine as treatment methods for hyperhidrosis.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.441-448
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• 2019

Background Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare neuroendocrine malignancy affecting the skin, for which timely diagnosis and aggressive treatment are essential. MCC has most often been reported in Caucasians, and case reports in Asians are rare. This study presents our experiences with the surgical treatment and radiotherapy of MCC in Asian patients. Methods We retrospectively reviewed the records of seven MCC patients between 2000 and 2018 from a single institution, and analyzed patient characteristics, tumor characteristics, surgical treatment, sentinel lymph node evaluation, reconstruction, adjuvant radiation therapy, and prognosis. Results Eight MCC lesions occurred in seven patients, most commonly in the head and neck region. All patients underwent surgical excision with reconstruction. The final surgical margin was 1.0 cm in most cases, and reconstruction was most commonly performed with a splitthickness skin graft. Five patients received adjuvant radiotherapy, and two patients received sentinel lymph node biopsy. During the follow-up period, three patients remained well, two died from other causes, one experienced recurrence, and one was lost to follow-up. Conclusions We treated seven Asian MCC patients and our series confirmed that MCC is a very dangerous cancer in Asians as well. Based on our experiences, thorough surgical excision of MCC with histopathological clearance should be considered, with sentinel lymph node evaluation if necessary, followed by appropriate reconstruction and careful postoperative observation. Adjuvant radiation therapy is also recommended for all Asian MCC patients. The results of this case series may provide guidance for the treatment of Asian MCC patients in the future.

• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.282-288
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• 2022

Background: Pilates exercises are used for body shape correction because they can achieve correct posture alignment through spinal stabilization. Objects: This study aimed to determine whether the use of reformers increases the effectiveness of Pilates core exercises on body alignment in standing. Methods: The study included 30 women without known diagnoses of musculoskeletal and neurological disorders or cancer. Those who had taken more than 10 Pilates lessons were excluded. The participants were randomly assigned to either the reformer exercise group or the mat exercise group, and interventional Pilates exercises were performed for 60 minutes a day, three times a week, for a total of 8 weeks. Ten movements of the reformer and mat Pilates core exercise programs were included. Exbody^® 9100 MOMI musculoskeletal analysis equipment (Exbody Inc.) was used to assess the alignment of the standing posture in the frontal plane. Results: As a result of comparing the differences within and between the groups before and after the intervention using the two-way mixed analysis of variance test, height differences in the head, pelvis, left and right, shoulders, scapulas, knees, and ankles in the frontal plane after the intervention were found in both groups. For example, the left-right symmetry of the body alignment in the standing posture was significantly improved within each group (p < 0.05). However, no significant difference was found between the groups (p > 0.05). Conclusion: Both the reformer and mat Pilates core exercises were effective for standing posture alignment, which has clinical significance. If an exercise program is developed based on the analysis of movements necessary for posture improvement and the target muscles to be strengthened, the same effect can be achieved only with mat exercise without using the reformer equipment at the beginner stage.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.555-561
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• 2023

A 63-year-old female patient was admitted to the hospital with complaints of coldness in the head and right femur, persistent vertigo, dry mouth, vexation, general weakness, anorexia, and hot flashes. After being diagnosed with left-sided ductal carcinoma in 2017 and undergoing partial resection, she was recommended radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and hormone therapy, but she refused and did not receive any treatment. At a checkup in November 2022, the left-sided invasive ductal carcinoma recurred. She underwent partial resection and was scheduled to receive radiotherapy two months later. During hospitalization, the patient received traditional Korean medicine treatment, including Korean herbal medicine (Osuyubujaijung-tang), acupuncture, moxibustion, and cupping. Subjective symptom changes were evaluated daily. At discharge, the patient's symptoms improved, and her condition varied with the presence of Aconitum carmichaelii. This study suggests that "Osuyubujaijung-tang" cared the coldness and vertigo caused by "Han-dam (寒痰)" in patients with Soeumin visceral syncope pattern (少陰人 臟厥症) and that A. carmichaelii played a major role in this outcome.

• Clinical Endoscopy
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.315-324
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• 2023

Background/Aims: Image-enhanced endoscopy can detect superficial oro-hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma; however, reliable endoscopy of the pharyngeal region is challenging. Endoscopy under general anesthesia during transoral surgery occasionally reveals multiple synchronous lesions that remained undetected on preoperative endoscopy. Therefore, we aimed to determine the lesion detection capability of endoscopy under general anesthesia for superficial oro-hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Methods: This retrospective study included 63 patients who underwent transoral surgery for superficial oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma between April 2005 and December 2020. The primary endpoint was to compare the lesion detection capabilities of preoperative endoscopy and endoscopy under general anesthesia. Other endpoints included the comparison of clinicopathological findings between lesions detected using preoperative endoscopy and those newly detected using endoscopy under general anesthesia. Results: Fifty-eight patients (85 lesions) were analyzed. The mean number of lesions per patient detected was 1.17 for preoperative endoscopy and 1.47 for endoscopy under general anesthesia. Endoscopy under general anesthesia helped detect more lesions than preoperative endoscopy did (p<0.001). The lesions that were newly detected on endoscopy under general anesthesia were small and characterized by few changes in color and surface ruggedness. Conclusions: Endoscopy under general anesthesia for superficial squamous cell carcinoma is helpful for detecting multiple synchronous lesions.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.355-362
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• 2014

목 적 : 두경부 치료 시 환자의 고정을 위해 고정용 열성형가면(Thermoplastic mask, mask)을 사용한다. 치료 중 변동의 오차가 적은 정위적방사선수술에 사용되는 특수 제작된 마스크를 토모치료에 적용 했을 때 표면선량의 변화의 경향을 알아보고 유용성을 평가해보고자 한다. 대상 및 방법 : 일반적인 마스크(conventional mask, C-mask)와 정위적방사선수술 마스크(SRS mask, S-mask)를 이용하여 인체팬텀(rando phantom)을 동일한 중심선으로 고정한 후 모의 치료를 실시하였다. 획득한 영상은 치료계획시스템(treatment planning system, TPS)을 이용하여 안와부와 침샘부위를 치료 부위로 설정하여 각 각의 토모치료계획을 세웠다. 마스크의 특성에 따른 표면선량 측정을 위해 정위적방사선수술 마스크를 기준으로 치료부위에 주변에 위치한 두꺼운 부분과 얇은 부분을 관심영역으로 설정하여 마스크의 종류에 따른 동일한 위치의 표면 선량을 비교해보았다. 그리고 토모치료기를 이용하여 모의치료와 동일한 조건으로 인체팬텀을 위치시키고 치료계획에서 설정된 관심영역의 위치에 Gafchromic EBT3 필름을 팬텀 표면에 부착 하여 마스크를 착용한 후 치료 조사하였다. 선량 농도 분석 시스템(RIT)을 이용하여 조사된 필름의 표면선량을 측정하여 마스크의 종류에 따른 표면선량 변화의 양상을 비교해보았다. 결 과 : TPS에서 마스크의 종류에 의한 표면선량 변화는 안와에서 0.65~2.53 Gy, 타액선에서 0.85~1.84 Gy의 측정 변화값을 보여주었다. Gafchromic EBT3 필름을 이용한 표면선량 측정에서는 안와에서 -0.2~+3.46 Gy, 타액선에서 1.04~3.02 Gy의 측정 변화값을 보여 주었다. Smask를 적용하였을 때 C-mask를 기준으로 하였을 때 TPS에서 최대 4.26% Gafchromic EBT3 필름에서 최대 5.82%의 각 각의 표면선량 증가 경향을 나타내었다. 결 론 : S-mask의 사용으로 인한 표면선량은 무작위적으로 변하였으나 대체적으로 유효한 범위 안에 들어옴을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구에서는 표면선량의 변화값을 극대화 하기 위해 표면에 위치한 표적을 실험 하였으며 치료 표적이 심부에 위치할 경우와 치료 계획의 조건에 따라 표면 선량은 더 감소할 것으로 생각되어지며 이는 마스크에 따른 표면선량의 차이는 피부 부작용에 영향을 미치지 않을 것으로 사료된다. 그리고 치료 중 또는 치료 간 위치변화 감소의 장점은 치료 표적이 작고 결정 장기가 밀접한 경우 S-mask의 두경부 치료 적용은 유용할 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.227-235
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• 2013

적응방사선치료(adaptive radiotherapy, ART)시 획득된 다단계 CT영상으로부터 변형영상정합을 이용하여 전체 처방선량에 대한 주변 정상조직의 합성선량을 획득하고, 각각의 단일 치료계획으로부터 합산되어진 선량을 비교분석하여 임상적 의의를 얻고자 한다. 2011년 5월 1부터 2012년 7월 31일까지 두경부 종양으로 3차원 입체조형치료, 세기변조방사선치료를 시행한 환자 중에서 치료기간 중 종양크기의 변화, 체중의 급격한 감소 등으로 인해 적응방사선치료를 시행한 환자를 대상으로 하였다. 변형영상정합을 이용하여 전체 처방선량에 대한 주변 정상조직의 합성선량을 획득할 수 있었으며, 단일 치료계획으로부터 합산되어진 선량과의 비교에서 하악골($48.95{\pm}3.89$ vs $49.10{\pm}3.55$ Gy), 구강($36.93{\pm}4.03$ vs $38.97{\pm}5.08$ Gy), 이하선($35.71{\pm}6.22$ vs $36.12{\pm}6.70$ Gy), 턱관절($18.41{\pm}9.60$ vs $20.13{\pm}10.42$ Gy)에서 차이의 결과를 보였다. 적응방사선치료시 변형영상정합에 의한 합성선량과 단일 치료계획으로부터 합산되어진 선량과의 유의한 차이를 확인할 수 있었으며, 다단계 CT영상을 사용하는 경우 변형영상정합에 의한 합성선량획득은 주변 정상조직에 대해 보다 정확한 평가가 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.131-136
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• 2005

목적: 귀밑샘 악성종양의 수술 후 방사선 치료 성적 및 예후인자를 분석하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1980년부터 2002년까지 130명의 귀밑샘 악성 종양 환자가 서울대병원 방사선 종양학과 데이터베이스에 등록되었고 이 중 수술 후 방사선 치료를 받은 72명의 환자에 대하여 후향적 분석을 실시하였다. 남자는 42명, 여자는 30명이었고, 나이의 중앙값은 46.5세였다. 점액표피양암종이 가장 흔한 조직학적 유형이었다. 병기에 따라서는 I, I, III, IV 병기에 각각 6, 23, 23, 20명이 해당되었다. 수술 부위의 방사선 조사량의 중앙값은 60 Gy였고, 일회 조사량의 중앙값은 1.8 Gy였다. 결과: 5년 전체 생존율 및 10년 전체 생존율은 각각 $85\%$와 $76\%$였다. 5년 국소제어율은 $76\%$였고 6년이 지나면서 변화가 없었다. 다변량분석을 하였을 때, 성별, 조직학적 유형이 생존율과 통계적 유의성이 있었다. 나이, 안면신경마비증상, 병기(T 병기, N병기, 병기)는 생존율과 관련된 통계적 유의성이 없었다. 국소제어율의 경우, 림프절 전이 및 절제연 침범여부가 의미있는 예후인자였다. 조직학적 유형, 종양의 크기, 신경침윤여부 및 수술의 종류는 국소제어율의 예후인자가 아니었다. 결론: 귀밑샘 악성종양에서 수술 후 방사선치료의 우수한 성적을 확인하였다. 성별 및 조직학적 유형이 생존율에 대한 의미있는 예후인자였고, 림프절 전이 및 절제연의 침윤이 있는 경우 국소제어율이 불량했다.