• 대한위암학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한위암학회 2004년도 제18회 추계학술대회
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• pp.46-46
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• 2004

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제37권8호
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• pp.665-671
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• 2004

배경: 흉부 식도암에서의 림프절 전이는 식도암이 점막하층에만 국한된 경우라도 흔하게 발견된다고 보고되고 있다. 림프절 전이가 수술 후의 예후에 큰 영향을 주고 있음에도 불구하고 조기식도암의 림프절 전이 양상은 완전히 조사되어 있지 않으며 림프절 절제술의 역할에 대해서도 여전히 의견이 분분하다. 대상 및 방법: 저자는 1995년 12월부터 2001년 8월까지 수술한 표층부(T1)식도암 환자 44예를 대상으로 림프절 전이의 양상을 후향적으로 연구하였다. 결과: 총 44예의 환자 중에서 림프절 전이는 총 10예(22.7%)에서 있었다. 식도암의 침윤 정도에 따라 볼 때 상피성 점막층에 국한된 경우 3예 중 0예, 점막고유 점막층까지 침윤된 경우 4예 중 0예, 근육성 점막층까지 침윤된 경우 4예 중 2예, 그리고 점막하층까지 침윤된 경우 33예 중 8예에서 림프절 전이가 발견되었다. 반회후두신경 림프절 전이는 5예, 복강내 림프절 전이가 8예에서 있어 흉부내 림프절 전이 3예보다 흔히 있었다. 수술사망은 없었고 병원사망이 점막고유층 환자에서 1예, 만기사망이 점막하식도암 환자에서 1예 있었다. 병원사망을 제외한 3년 생존율은 점막식도암이 100%, 점막하식도암은 97.0% (32/33예)였다(p＞0.05). 림프절 전이가 없는 환자들의 3년 생존율은 100%, 림프절 전이가 있는 환자들은 90.0% (9/10예)였다(p＞0.05). 결론: 표층부(T1) 식도암은 수술적 절제 후 생존율이 우수하다. 그러나 표층부(T1) 식도암에서 근육성 점막층 이상의 침윤이 있는 암에서는 림프절전이가 있을 수 있으며 특히 반회후두신경 림프절과 복강내 림프절 등 원격 림프절에도 빈번한 전이가 관찰되므로 광범위한 림프절 절제술이 필요하다고 생각된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.582-587
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• 1987

Castleman`s disease, giant lymph node hyperplasia, is a rare benign disease. The lesion usually consists of a single node, unassociated with any abnormality of the adjacent lymph nodes or other organs. In the first accounts of giant lymph node hyperplasia of Castleman, the lesion was described as solitary and localized to the mediastinum, which is still the most frequent site of involvement. The disease occurs in all age groups and there is no particular sex preference. It is symptomless and is usually detected on chest films as an incidental finding. On a single involvement, it does not recur after excision, whether total or partial, and the main indication of operation is to rule out more serious tumors. Recently multicentric form appears to be a variant of classic giant lymph node hyperplasia and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Histologically, two distinct types have been reported; hyaline-vascular and plasma cell. The hyaline-vascular type of lesion is much more common than the plasma cell type. We report two cases of the hyaline-vascular type of Castleman`s disease.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.193-204
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• 2006

Purpose: Various postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy regimens have been proposed for the patients with advanced gastric cancer. The majority of clinical trials have shown no significant difference in the survival benefit. The aim of this study was to compare the survival rates of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapies used in stage III gastric cancer patients who received curative gastrectomy. Materials and Methods: Between 1990 and 1999, a survival analysis was performed in 260 patients who received curative gastric resection and postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy. The patients were divided into four groups according to the chemotherapeutic regimens received. The groups were: the F group: furtulon alone, FM group: furtulon and mitomycin, FAM group: 5-FU, adriamycin and mitomycin, FLEP group: 5-FU, leucovorin, etoposide and cisplatin. The survival rates were analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method and the Cox proportional hazards model. Results: There were no differences among the groups of patients with regard to tumor characteristics except for lymph node metastasis and the ratio of metastasis to lymph nodes. In the FLEP group, the ratio of metastasis to lymph nodes was higher than in the other groups. The five and ten year survival rates of F, FM, FAM and FLEP were 51.9%, 28.9%, 59.5%, 49.8%, 66.1%, 57.4% and 30.0%, 27.5%, respectively. The univariate analysis showed that age, Borrmann type, lymph node metastasis, ratio of metastasis to lymph nodes, postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy and recurrence were significant factors for survival. For the multivariate analysis, recurrence, age, Borrmann type, ratio of lymph node metastasis and lymph node dissection were independent prognostic factors; however, the postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy was not an independent prognostic factor. Conclusion: The FAM regimen was the most beneficial postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for improved survival rates; the FM regimen was the second and the FLEP regimen was the last. In order to determine the effectiveness of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy in stage III gastric cancer, well designed prospective studies including a surgery only group will be needed.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.251-254
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• 2012

Purpose: To explore the relationship between auxiliary lymph node metastasis and clinical features, and to identify the factors that affect metastasis occurrence. Methods: A total of 164 cases of primary breast cancer were selected to investigate features such as age, concomitant chronic disease and pathologic diagnosis. Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of the estrogen receptor (ER) and CerbB-2. Logistic regression was employed to analyze the factors that affect the incidence of lymph node metastases. Results: The incidence of lymph node metastases was 46.3% among elderly patients with breast cancer. Based on logistic regression, chronic disease, scale of tumor, age, and ER expression affected the occurrence of lymph node metastases; the ORs were 3.05, 2.18, 0.34, and 3.83, respectively. Between different pathologic diagnoses and the risk factors, the OR scores were 12.7 and 8.02, respectively, for aggressive ductal carcinoma and aggressive lobular carcinoma auxiliary lymph node metastases. Conclusion: The incidence of lymph node metastases is affected by chronic disease, scale of tumor, age, ER expression and pathologic diagnosis.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.215-219
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• 2014

Distant metastasis from papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), particularly from papillary thyroid microcarcinoma, is rare. We present a case of perigastric lymph node metastasis from PTC in a patient with early gastric cancer and breast cancer. During post-surgical follow-up for breast cancer, a 56-year-old woman was diagnosed incidentally with early gastric cancer and synchronous left thyroid cancer. Therefore, laparoscopic distal gastrectomy with lymph node dissection and left thyroidectomy were performed. On the basis of the pathologic findings of the surgical specimens, the patient was diagnosed to have papillary thyroid microcarcinoma with perigastric lymph node metastasis and early gastric cancer with mucosal invasion. Finally, on the basis of immunohistochemical staining with galectin-3, the diagnosis of perigastric lymph node metastasis from PTC was made. When a patient has multiple primary malignancies with lymph node metastasis, careful pathologic examination of the surgical specimen is necessary; immunohistochemical staining may be helpful in determining the primary origin of lymph node metastasis.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.285-291
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• 2003

The use of skin whitening agents has been recently increased in various kinds of cosmetic products, although there were some reports that whitening agents might cause allergic contact dermatitis. A murine local lymph node assay (LLNA) has been developed as an alternative to guinea pigs for contact sensitization potential. This study was carried out to investigate the skin sensitization potential of three whitening agents, arbutin, azelaic acid, and kojic acid, by LLNA using a non-radiois-topic endpoint. Female Balb/c mice were exposed topically to a weak allergen, $\alpha$-hexylcinnamalde-hyde (HCA), and three whitening agents following LLNA protocol. Lymph node (LN) weight and cell proliferation in ears and auricular lymph node using bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) immunohistochemistry were evaluated. LN weights were significantly increased at the HCA group compared to the vehicle control. A weak allergen, HCA elicited 3-fold or greater increase in cell proliferation of lymph nodes as well as increase in cell proliferation of ear as measured by BrdU immunohistochemistry. However, in the case of skin whitening agent groups, there were no significant changes in LN weight and cell proliferation in the ear and lymph node of mice treated with 5, 10 and 20% of three whitening agents compared to the vehicle control. These results show that these three skin whitening agents may not have contact sensitization potentials at tested concentrations in Balb/c mice by LLNA.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.68-73
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• 2008

배경: 원발성 비소세포성 폐암에서 종격동 림프절 전이는 중요한 예후인자 중의 하나이다. 이 연구는 원발성 비소세포성 폐암으로 수술 받은 환자에서 폐엽에 따른 종격동 림프절 전이 양상을 파악하여 적극적인 종격동 림프절 절제술을 시행하고 그로 말미암아 병기 결정에 도움이 되고자 시행하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1998년 1월부터 2005년 12월까지 원발성 폐암으로 완전한 종격동 림프절 절제술과 함께 근치적 폐 절제술을 시행받았던 293명의 환자를 대상으로 의무기록을 토대로 후향적 연구를 시행하였다. 환자의 평균나이는 $63.0{\pm}8.3$세($37{\sim}88$세)였으며 남자가 220명(75.1%)이었다. 원발성 종양과 림프절의 분류는 Mountain등이 발표한 TNM 병기를 근거로 하였으며 조직학적 분류는 WHO 분류를 기초로 하였다. 통계 처리는 Fisher's exact test와 chi-square test를 사용하였고 p 값이 0.05 미만일 경우 의의 있는 결과로 받아들였다. 결과: 전체 환자 중에서 폐엽절제술은 180명, 폐이엽절제술은 50명, 소매폐엽절제슬은 10명, 전폐절제술은 53명에서 시행되었다. 수술 후 폐종양의 병리학적 진단은 선암(adenocarcinoma)이 124명, 편평세포암(squamous cell carcinema)이 138명, 선편평세포암(adenos-quamous cell carcinoma)이 14명이었으며 카르시노이드종양(carcinoid tumor) 1명, 대세포암(large cell carcinoma) 8명, 암육종(carcinosarcoma) 1명, 점액표피양암(mucoepiderrnoid carcinoma) 2명, 미분류된 암이 5명이었다. 술 후 TNM 병기는 IA가 51명, IB가 98명, IIA가 9명, IIB가 41명, IIIA가 71명, IIIB가 16명, IV가 6명이었다. 전체 환자 중 N2 이상의 병기를 보인 환자는 25.9%(76명)이었고 그 중 우상엽의 병변인 경우 4번 림프절로의 전이가 가장 많았으며 좌상엽의 병변인 경우 4번과 5번, 나머지 폐엽에서는 7번 림프절로의 전이가 가장 많았으나 통계적 의의는 없었고 도약 전이가 전체 환자 중12.3% (36명)에서 발견되었다. 결론: 원발성 비소세포성 폐암의 폐엽에 따른 종격동 림프절 전이 양상은 뚜렷한 규칙이 없으며 도약 전이도 12.3%에서 발생되었으므로 완전한 종격동 림프절 절제술만이 정확한 병기를 결정하는데 도움이 되고 환자의 예후를 결정하는데 중요한 역할을 한다고 생각한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.506-512
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• 2010

배경: 이 연구는 비소세포암 환자에서 종격동 임파선 전이 여부를 정확히 예측하기 위해서 PET/CT에서 종격동 임파선과 폐종괴의 FDG 섭취비와 폐종괴의 Glut-1 발현 정도를 이용하여 분석 하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: PET/CT에서 폐종괴와 종격동 임파선에서 측정할 수 있는 정도의 FDG섭취가 있는 환자를 대상으로 하였다. FDG 섭취비는 종격동 임파선의 섭취를 폐종괴의 섭취로 나누어 구하였다. 폐종괴의 Glut-1 발현은 발현 면적으로 나타내었다. 결과: 폐종괴와 종격동 임파선의 mSUV값은 악성군에서 각각 $7.4{\pm}2.2$와 $4.2{\pm}2.2$, 양성군에서 각각 $7.6{\pm}3.7$와 $2.8{\pm}6.9$였다. FDG의 섭취비는 악성군과 양성군에서 각각 $0.58{\pm}0.23$과 $0.45{\pm}0.20$ (p<0.05)였다. FDG 섭취비와 Glut-1 발현 정도를 결합한 모델 중에서 {p/(1-p)}=ratio+glut+ratio${\times}$glut의 식으로 표시된 모델이 FDG 섭취비만을 이용한 모델 보다 정확히 종격동 임파선의 악성 정도를 예측할 수 있었다. 결론: 염증성 폐질환의 병력이 있는 일부 폐암 환자에서 Glut-1 발현 정도를 고려한 FDG 섭취비를 분석한 모델은 종격동 임파선의 악성 정도를 정확히 진단할 수 있다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권8호
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• pp.3435-3441
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• 2014

Background: Axillary lymph node status at diagnosis remains the strongest predictor of long-term survival in breast cancer. Patients with more than ten axillary lymph nodes at diagnosis have a poor long-term survival. In this single institutional study, we set out to evaluate the prognosis of this high-risk group in the era of multimodality therapy. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective study, we looked at all breast cancer patients with greater than ten axillary lymph nodes diagnosed at Mount Sinai Medical Center (MSMC) from January 1st 1990 to December 31st 2007 (n=161). In the univariate analysis, descriptive frequencies, median survival, and 5- and 10-year survival rates were estimated for common prognostic factors. A multivariate prognostic analysis for time-to-event data, using the extended Cox regression model was carried out. Results: With a median and mean follow-up of 70 and 89.9 months, respectively, the overall median survival was estimated to be 99 months. The five-year disease-free survival (DFS) was 59.3% and the ten-year DFS was 37.9%, whereas the five- and ten-year overall survival (OS) was 66.6% and 43.9%, respectively. Multivariate analysis revealed a significant improvement in DFS among black patients compared to whites (p=0.05), improved DFS and OS among young patients (ages 21-45) compared to elderly patients (age greater than 70) (p=0.00176, p=0.0034, respectively), and improved DFS and OS among patients whose tumors were ER positive (p=0.049, p=0.0034). Conclusions: In this single institution study of patients with greater than 10 positive axillary nodes, black patients had a significantly improved DFS compared with white patients. Young age and ER tumor positivity was associated with improved outcomes. Using multivariate analysis, there were no other variables associated with statistically significant improvements in DFS or OS including date of diagnosis. Further work is needed to improve breast cancer survival in this subgroup of patients.