• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.210-216
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• 2008

목적: 위식도접합부선암의 임상병리학적 특성은 서구와 아시아 간의 많은 차이를 보인다고 알려져 있다. 그러나, 한국의 경우 위식도접합부선암의 유병율이 매우 낮고 이에 대한 연구 또한 부족하다. 따라서 저자들은 우식도접합부선암의 Siewert 분류에 따른 임상병리학적 특성을 조사하여 서구와 다른 국내 위식도접합부선암의 특성을 연구하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 2004년 5월부터 2008년 2월까지 본원에서 위암으로 수술을 시행 받은 환자들을 대상으로 수술소견 및 병리 사진을 토대로 Siewert 분류법에 따라 위식도접합부선암을 분류하고, 의무기록을 바탕으로 환자들의 임상병리학적 특성들을 조사하였다. 결과: 위식도접합부선암은 전체 1,778예 중 70예(3.9%)였다. Siewert 1형은 3예(4.3%)로 매우 드물었으며, 2형과 3형이 각각 30예(42.8%) 37예(52.8%)였다. 2형이 3형에 비하여 평균연령이 높았으나(64세 vs 59세, P=0.049), 남녀비에는 차이가 없었다. 2형과 3형간에 Barrett 식도의 발현 정도나 Lauren 분류의 차이는 없었으나, 저분화암의 빈도는 3형에서 유의하게 높았다(P=0.045). 68예(97.1%)에서 근치적 절제가 시행되었으며, 각 아형간에 TNM 병기의 차이는 없었다. 결론: 국내의 위식도접합부선암은 매우 드물며 특히 1형의 유병율이 매우 낮다. 본 연구에서 서구의 보고와 부분적으로 일치하지 않는 병리학적 특성을 보였다. 향후 보다 많은 환자들을 대상으로 한국인의 위식도접합부선암의 특성을 연구할 필요가 있다.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.143-148
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• 2004

Purpose: To determine the clinical value of the Siewert classification for gastic-cancer patients in Korea, we evaluated and compared the clinicopathologic factors of type II and type III cancer. Materials and Methods: The medical records of 89 consecutive patients who had undergone surgery for an adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) at the Department of Surgery, Hanyang University Hospital, between Jun. 1992 and Dec. 2003 were reviewed retrospectively. Results: There were one patient with type I, 12 pateints with type II and 77 patients with type III. During the same period, 1,341 patients underwent surgery for a gastric carcinoma, so proportion of GEJ cancer being $6.6\%$. The median followup duration was 31 months (range: $2\∼135$ months), and the follow-up rate was $100\%$. Between type II and type III cancers, there were no significant differences in the clinicopathologic variables including age, sex, gross appearance, histologic type, depth of invasion, and pathologic stage. The longest diameter of the tumor was larger in type III ($6.1\pm2.1$ cm) than in type II ($3.9\pm1.1$ cm)(P=0.001). A total gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y esophagojejunostomy was done most frequently, while jejunal interposition was done in 3 cases of type II and 2 cases of type III. More than a D2 lymphadenectomy was done all cases. The numbers of dissected lymph nodes and metastatic lymph nodes in type II were 43.8 and 5.8 respectively, while they were 49.8 and 8.1 in type III, but the difference between the two groups were not statistically significant. The mean length of the proximal resection margin was $15\pm5$ mm in type II and $21\pm13$ mm in type III, but this difference was not statistically significanct. The time to recurrence after operation was 19.3 months in type II and 16.9 months in type III. The five-year survival rates of type II and III were $68.8\%\;and\;52.7\%$ respectively, but difference was not significant. Conclusion: There were no significant differences in the clinicopathologic variables, including survival rate, between type II and type III cancers in Korean patients According to these findings, it appears to be reasonable to classify type III cancer as a cardia cancer in a broad sense.