• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.2771-2776
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• 2014

Background: Breast cancer screening and higher quality mammography have resulted in an increase in the diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ worldwide. We compared the incidence and other factors in our cases of ductal carcinoma in situ between two recent decades. Materials and Methods: Medical records of cases of ductal carcinoma in situ who had been admitted to the surgery wards of the Cancer Institute of Tehran, Iran were evaluated from March 1993 to March 2003 as phase 1, and from April 2003 to April 2013 as phase 2. Results: Ratio of ductal carcinoma in situ to overall breast cancer was 1.27 and 3.93 in phases 1 and 2, respectively. Rates of excisional or incisional biopsies versus core needle biopsies and clinically versus mammographically detected cases as well as median size of tumors dropped between the 2 phases while a substantial rise in the number of patients attending for screening was seen in this time period. Surgical treatments followed a trend from modified radical mastectomy and axillary lymphatic dissection toward breast conserving surgery and sentinel node dissection or no axillary intervention. Conclusions: Our study shows a considerable trend toward earlier detection of breast cancer and evolution of treatment strategies toward standard less invasive surgery of DCIS in Iran.

• 대한의사협회지
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• 제61권11호
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• pp.655-661
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• 2018

Incidence of basal and squamous cell carcinoma is increasing among Korean. With increasing this incidence we need to attend the management and prevention of these cutaneous malignancies. Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common skin malignancy. Sun exposure is the most important environmental cause of BCC. Daily sun protection especially avoiding sun exposure between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. provides most effective prevention against chronic ultraviolet-induced skin damage. Hedgehog pathway inhibitors are used locally advanced and metastatic BCC lesions in Korea. Until recently, there are no reports whether it developed resistance of Hedgehog pathway inhibitors with advanced BCC in Korean patients. Among malignant skin tumors, 19.1% were squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). The incidence of SCC was rapidly increased over the past years. However, the incidence rate of SCC in Japan has not been changed from the period 1976-1980 to 1986-1990. Sentinel lymph node biopsy for SCC did not provide diagnostic value. Bowen's disease and Erythroplasia of Queyrat are considered as carcinoma in situ of the skin. Erythroplasia of Queyrat have worse prognosis with a higher rate of malignant degeneration. Dermoscopy may helpful tool in assisting the noninvasive diagnosis of carcinoma in situ of the skin.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.79-83
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• 2019

Robotic surgery facilitates surgical procedures by employing flexible arms with multiple degrees of freedom and providing high-quality 3-dimensional imaging. Robot-assisted nipple-sparing mastectomy with immediate reconstruction is currently performed to avoid breast scars. Four patients with invasive ductal carcinoma underwent robot-assisted nipple-sparing mastectomy and immediate robot-assisted expander insertion. Through a 6-cm incision along the anterior axillary line, sentinel lymph node biopsy and nipple-sparing mastectomy were performed by oncologic surgeons. The pectoralis major muscle was elevated, an acellular dermal matrix (ADM) sling was created with robotic assistance, and an expander was inserted into the subpectoral, sub-ADM pocket. No patients had major complications such as hematoma, seroma, infection, capsular contracture, or nipple-areolar necrosis. The mean operation time for expander insertion was 1 hour and 20 minutes, and it became shorter with more experience. The first patient completed 2-stage prosthetic reconstruction and was highly satisfied with the unnoticeable scar and symmetric reconstruction. We describe several cases of immediate robot-assisted prosthetic breast reconstruction. This procedure is a feasible surgical option for patients who want to conceal surgical scars.

• Clinical Pain
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.129-132
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• 2020

Fracture is uncommon cause of lymphedema. The mechanism of lymphedema progression is still unknown, but disruption of the lymphatic system during and after fracture might be involved. In contrast, breast cancer surgery is a common cause of lymphedema and is usually caused by the removal of axillary lymph nodes. Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) has been adopted in early breast cancer to reduce the risk of lymphedema. Thus, the incidence of lymphedema in SNB was lowered. However, less than 10% of SNB patients are still diagnosed with lymphedema, but it is known that it took years to diagnose. Recently, we encountered atypical lymphedema occurred after breast cancer surgery with SNB. Symptoms started earlier than usual and were more severe. Interestingly, she has a history of a proximal radial fracture on the same side of SNB. We thought there could be a relationship between the acceleration of breast cancer-related lymphedema and fracture.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.99-108
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• 2016

Colorectal cancer is the third leading cancer worldwide. Although incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer are gradually decreasing in the US, patients with metastatic colorectal cancer have poor prognosis with an estimated 5-year survival rate of less than 10%. Over the past decade, advances in combination chemotherapy regimens for colorectal cancer have led to significant improvement in progression-free and overall survival. However, patients with metastatic disease gain little clinical benefit from conventional therapy, which is associated with grade 3~4 toxicity with negative effects on quality of life. In previous clinical studies, cell-based immunotherapy using dendritic cell vaccines and sentinel lymph node T cell therapy showed promising therapeutic results for metastatic colorectal cancer. In our preclinical and previous clinical studies, cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells treatment for colorectal cancer showed favorable responses without toxicities. Here, we review current treatment options for colorectal cancer and summarize available clinical studies utilizing cell-based immunotherapy. Based on these studies, we recommend the use CIK cell therapy as a promising therapeutic strategy for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권sup3호
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• pp.275-278
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• 2016

The membrane epithelial mucin MUC1 is expressed at the luminal surface of most simple epithelial cells, but expression is greatly increased in most breast cancers. The aims of present study were to investigate expression of the MUC1 gene and interactive affects in metastases. Whole cell RNA isolation from 50 sentinel lymph nodes (SNLs) of breast cancer patients was performed using reverse transcription and real-time PCR. All patients were diagnosed with breast cancer and without metastasis, confirmed by IHC staining. The evaluation of tumor and normal samples for expression of MUC1 gene, the results were 49.1% non-expressive and 45.3% expression (Student t, p = 0.03). Also in comparison of normal breast tissue and breast cancer SLN for MUC1 gene, MUC1 negative SLNs were 75.0% (18 samples) and MUC1 positive samples were 25.0% (6 samples). Over-expression of MUC1 gene may offer a target for therapy related to progression and metastasis in women with breast cancer.

• 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.138-141
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• 2009

Purpose: Squamous cell carcinoma of the scalp sometimes exhibits unusually aggressive behavior. We report a case of extradordinarily aggressive squamous cell carcinoma of the scalp with invasion into the skull and dura mater. Method: The patient is a 38-year-old man with two cystic masses on the occipital area. He was diagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma in that region and have undergone surgical resections including cortical osteotomy of the skull, several years ago. On this occasion, 3-dimensional computed tomographic imaging revealed an erosive lesion on the occipital bone and magnetic resonance imaging showed two cystic masses invasion into the skull and dura mater. Results: He has undergone wide resection of the masses and cranioplasty with dural repair. Histopathologic examination indicated squamous cell carcinoma with moderate differentiation of the masses, bone marrow and dura mater. Conclusion: Squamous cell carcinoma on the scalp can readily penetrate the full thickness of the cranium and invade the dura mater, sagittal sinus and brain. We suggest wide resection of the scalp and split thickness skin graft with sentinel lymph node biopsy, following by postoperative radiation therapy.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.37-46
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• 2015

Purpose: This report compared the diagnostic effectiveness between ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO) and gadolinium (Gd) based magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for differentiation of axillary status in breast cancer patients. Materials and Methods: The present authors performed a meta-analysis of previous studies that compared USPIO or Gd based MRI with histological diagnosis after surgery or biopsy. We searched PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, ScienceDirect, SpringerLink, Ovid databases and references of articles to identify studies reporting data until December 2013. Pooled sensitivity and specificity were calculated for every study; summary receiver operating characteristic and subgroup analysis was done. Analyses of study quality and heterogeneity were also assessed. Results: There were 14 publications that met the criteria for inclusion in our meta-analysis. USPIO based MRI showed 0.83 (95% CI: 0.75-0.89) and 0.97 (95% CI: 0.94-0.98) for pooled sensitivity and specificity, respectively. Gd based MRI represented pooled sensitivity and specificity of 0.61 (95% CI: 0.55-0.67) and 0.90 (95% CI: 0.87-0.92) for each. Overall weighted area under the curve for USPIO and Gd based MRI were 0.9563 and 0.9051, respectively. Conclusion: USPIO based MRI had a tendency toward high pooled sensitivity and specificity in detection of axillary metastases for breast cancer. This result may mean that USPIO based MRI could be used as complementary modality to differentiate axillary status more precisely, and assist in the decision-making process regarding possible invasive procedures, such as sentinel node biopsy.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.16-25
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• 2007

목 적: 조기병기 유방암에서 유방보존수술 후 방사선치료 및 항암화학 병용요법이 보편화되면서 표준적치료로 인정되고 있다. 유방보존치료를 받은 환자들을 대상으로 수년 이내의 재발양상, 생존율 및 그에 관련되는 위험인자를 알아보기 위하여 본 연구를 시행하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1999년 1월부터 2003년 12월까지 관내상피암을 제외한 침윤성 유방암으로 유방보존수술 후 방사선 치료를 시행 받은 129명의 환자를 대상으로 후향적 분석을 시행하였다. 전체 환자의 중앙연령은 45세($27{\sim}76$세)이었고, 연령대로는 40대가 62명(48.1%)으로 가장 많았다. TNM 병기는 I기 65명(50.4%), IIa기 41명(31.7%), IIb기 13명(10.1%), IIIa기 9명(7.0%), IIIc기 1명(0.7%)이었다. 액와림프절 전이가 있었던 환자는 32명(24.8%)이었다. 수술은 사분원절제술이 115명(89.1%), 종괴절제술이 14명(10.9%)에서 시행되었다. 액와림프절곽청술은 120명(93%)에서 시행되었다. 방사선치료는 동측 전체 유방에 6 MV X-선으로 50.4 Gy를 28회에 걸쳐 시행하고, 원발병소에 $9{\sim}16\;Gy$를 추가하였다. 쇄골상 림프절 방사선치료를 받은 환자는 30명(23.3 %)이었다. 항암화학요법은 대부분 CMF요법으로 $4{\sim}6$회가 시행되었다. 전체환자의 중앙 추적관찰기간은 50개월($17{\sim}93$개월)이었다. 결 과: 5년 생존율은 96.9%, 5년 무병 생존율은 93.7%이었다. 병기별 5년 생존율은 I기 97.1%, IIa기 100%, IIb기 84.6%, III기 100%이었고, 5년 무병생존율은 I기 96.8%, IIa기 92.7%, IIb기 76.9%, III기 100%이었다. 유방내 국소재발은 2명(1.6%)에서 발생하였고, 동측 쇄골상 림프절 재발이 1명(0.8%), 원격전이는 5명(3.9%)에서 발생하였다. 국소재발의 평균 기간은 32.5개월이었다. 원격전이는 평균 21개월에 발생하였고, 골전이 3명, 간전이 1명, 전신전이 1명이었다. 이 중 2명이 각각 17개월, 25개월에 사망하였다. 예후인자 분석에서 병기만이 단변량 분석에서 유의하였다. 본 연구에는 III기 환자가 10명 포함되었는데, 원발병소의 크기는 모두 3 cm 이하였으며, 액와림프절 전이가 4개 이상인 경우였다. 이들은 모두 액와부 및 쇄골상부 방사선치료를 받았으며, 추적기간 동안 국소재발이나 원격전이 소견은 발견되지 않았다. 부작용으로는 10명(7.8%)에서 무증상방사선폐렴이 있었으며 증상을 동반한 방사선 폐렴이 1명(0.8%) 그리고 상지부종이 10명(7.8%)에서 있었다. 결 론: 추적기간이 짧았지만 조기 병기 침윤성 유방암에서 유방보존수술 후 방사선치료 및 항암화학요법을 시행하여 높은 국소 제어율과 생존율을 얻었으며, 향후 장기적인 추적관찰이 필요할 것으로 사료된다. 유방내 국소 재발은 수년 내에는 적었으며, 원격전이는 상대적으로 일찍 발생함을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 원발병소의 크기가 3 cm 이하로 작고, 액와림프절 전이가 4개 이상인 환자를 대상으로 유방보존치료 적용가능 여부에 대한 장기적 추적관찰 및 추가적 분석이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2016

Radiopharmaceutical agents for positron emission tomography (PET), such as $^{18}F$-FDG and $^{68}Ga$, have been used not only for whole-body PET imaging but also for intraoperative radionuclide-guided surgery due to their quantitative and sensitive imaging characteristics. Current intraoperative probes detect gamma or beta particles, but not both of them. Gamma probes have low sensitivities since a collimator has to be used to reduce backgrounds. Positron probes have a high tumor-to-background ratio, but they have a 1-2 mm depth limitation from the body surface. Most of current intraoperative probes produce only audible sounds proportional to count rates without providing tumor images. This research aims to detect both positrons and annihilation photons from $^{18}F$ using plastic scintillators and a GAGG scintillation crystal attached to silicon photomultiplier (SiPM). The depth-of-interaction (DOI) along the plastic scintillator can be used to obtain the 2-D images of tumors near the body surface. The front and rear part of the intraoperative probe consists of $4{\times}1$ plastic scintillators ($2.9{\times}2.0{\times}12.0mm^3$) for positron detection and a Ce:GAGG scintillation crystal ($12.0{\times}12.0{\times}9.0mm^3$) for annihilation photon detection, respectively. The DOI resolution of $4.4{\pm}1.6mm$ along the plastic scintillator was obtained by using the 3M enhanced specular reflector (ESR) with rectangular holes between the plastic scintillators, which showed the feasibility of a 2-D image pixel size of $2.9{\times}4.4mm^2$ (X-direction ${\times}$ Y-direction).