• 부모자녀건강학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.119-130
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• 2009

Purpose: This study was designed to examine the effects of Therapeutic Play Program on the pre-operative anxiety of the preschoolers. The design of this study is a quasi experimental study of non-equivalent control group pre-test/post-test design. Method: The subjects of this study were the hospitalized preschoolers receiving an operation in C University Hospital. These totalled 60 and were divided into a 30-person-control-group and a 30-person-experimental-group. The data was collected from June 1 to October 5, 2002. The Experimental treatment was carried out according to Therapeutic Play Program developed by Researcher. The instruments used in this study were the observational records for Hospitalized preschooler's Anxiety behavior response, pulse rate, and respiration rate of the preschooler's. The collected data were analyzed with real numbers, percentage, t-test, and $X^2$-test, using SPSS WIN 11.0 program. Result: Hypothesis, "The experimental group provided with a Therapeutic Play Program would show a lower score of the pre-operative anxiety behavior(t=13.79, p=.00), pre-operative pulse(t=4.50, p=.00) and pre-operative respiration rate(t=4.29, p=.00) response than when the control group was not provided", was supported. Conclusion: Therapeutic Play Program is determined to be useful for reducing Pre-operative anxiety of the preschoolers.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.12-17
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• 2011

본 연구는 노발리스용 치료테이블(couch top)을 투과하는 광자선의 감쇠율(attenuation rate)을 기하학적 모델을 통해 계산하고 보정함으로써, 치료부위에 정확한 선량이 전달되게 하는데 그 목적이 있다. 실험은 치료테이블을 투과하는 광자선의 투과율과 감쇠율을 기하학적인 모델에 의해 예측하고 이를 바탕으로 실험적으로 측정된 것을 비교 및 분석하였다. 그 결과 기하학적 모델에 의해 예측된 값과 실험값이 매우 잘 일치하는 것으로 나타났다. 또 실제 임상적용의 가능여부를 판단하기 위하여, 척추 방사선수술(spine radiosurgery)환자의 치료계획에 모델링화한 감쇠율을 보정한 뒤 측정한 중심점 선량과 그렇지 않은 것을 비교하였더니, 전자가 치료계획된 것과의 오차율이 감소함을 보였다. 본 논문에서는 치료테이블을 투과하는 광자선의 기하학적 모델을 통해 투과율과 감쇠율을 계산하고 이를 실험적으로 증명하였다. 이 방법은 노발리스를 이용한 방사선 수술뿐만 아니라 일반적인 방사선 치료에 있어서도 매우 유용할 것으로 판단된다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.45-50
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• 1989

From Feb.1985 to Feb.1988,76 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung treated at the Department of Therapeutic Radiology in Kyungpook National University Hospital were available for the analysis of this study. All patients received radiation of 4000cGy-6600cGy with curative aim. The overall rate of complete response was 25.0% and partial response was 452.6% The complete and partial regression of tumor was 14.3% in patients treated with dose below 5000cGy and 84.1% in the group treated with dose above 5000cGy (p<0.01). The complete response was seen only in the group of patients received radiation at least 6000cGy. The patterns of failure were as follows. The rate of initial intrathoracic recurrence was 52.6% in patients with complete response. The overall rate of failure was 68.8%. Distant metastasis was found in 47.4% of patients. Bone, contralateral lung, and brain were common metastatic sites in decreasing order All of the distant metastases and 80% of local recurrences were found within the first year after treatment.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권20호
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• pp.8793-8796
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• 2014

Objective: To explore the influence of serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) level on therapeutic outcome and diagnosis/prognostic value in patients with cervical cancer. Materials and Methods: A total of 37 patients diagnosed with cervical cancer by biopsy were selected and treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was adopted before treatment to assess VEGF levels, and its relationships with clinicopathological features and short-term therapeutic effects were analyzed. Results: The median VEGF level in 37 patients before treatment was 647.15 (393.35~1125.16) pg/mL. Serum VEGF levels in patients aged <50 years, in International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IIIa~IVa, with lymph node metastasis and tumor size >4 cm were significantly increased (P<0.05). The complete remission (CR) rate was 48.7% (18/37), partial remission (PR) rate was 35.1% (13/37), stable disease (SD) rate was 13.5% (5/37) and progressive disease (PD) rate was 2.70% (1/37), so the objective remission rate (ORR) after treatment was 83.8% (31/37). Logistic regression analysis showed that tumor size and serum VEGF level before treatment were independent risk factors affecting the therapeutic outcome, and the higher the level of serum VEGF, the worse the prognosis when tumor size>4 cm. Some 56.8% of patients manifested with myelosuppression, 37.8% with leucopenia, 24.3% with thrombocytopenia, 5.41% with diarrhea, 46.0% with nausea and vomiting, 21.6% with hair loss and 8.11% with hepatic and renal injury during the treatment. Conclusions: Serum VEGF level may reflect the degree of malignancy of cervical cancer and predict therapeutic effect, which is of great importance to cancer diagnosis and prognosis.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.249-262
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• 2011

Since May 1st in 2008, the products of ginkgo biloba extract have had to be used with the patient's out-of-pocket payment due to reimbursement restriction guidelines. This study aims to analyze the policy effects of reimbursement restriction on pharmaceutical expenditures using interrupted time series(ITS) analysis. We retrieved monthly NHI claims data for the period between May, 2005 and December 2009. The ingredients identified as a substitute for ginkgo biloba have similar indications based on the similar pharmacological activities. The effects of changes in reimbursement scope were evaluated both for all relevant pharmaceuticals within the same therapeutic class and for 2 separate groups : ginkgo biloba's and its substitutes. According to the study results, restrictions on reimbursement scope resulted in savings of the drug expenditures in the targeted therapeutic class. Direct restriction on ginkgo biloba was associated with a decrease in expenditure level by 60.1% and changes in trend from an average increase rate of 1.4% to an average decrease rate of 1.5% for the therapeutic class, with a dramatic decrease in expenditure level(-191.5%) for ginkgo biloba itself, but with an increased expenditure level(+50.1%) and changes in trend from an average increase rate of 2.0% to an average decrease rate of 1.0% for the substitute group. Further policy to restrict nicergoline was associated with additional decrease in expenditure level for the therapeutic class. Additionally, we could identify the balloon effect - a new policy squeezing one part results in bulging out elsewhere. After the restriction of ginkgo biloba, the utilization of and expenditures on its substitutes increased significantly. In conclusion, we demonstrated that consecutively introduced policies effectively reduced overall expenditures on the therapeutic class of interest. Some ingredients played as a substitute while others did not. Further studies need to be conducted to identify which factors determine a substitute.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.147-151
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• 1988

식도암 환자에서 외부 방사선 치료와 고 선량률 강내 치료를 병용하여 자각 증상의 호전은 물론 식도 촬영상에서도 좋은 반응을 보인 환자에서 장기간이 경과후에 발생한 식도 출혈과 식도 기관루를 경험하였기에 문헌 고찰도 함께 하였다

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.127-132
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• 1993

Total of 53 patients of unresectable and recurrent rectal cancer treated with neutron beam during the period from Oct.1987 to Apr.1992 were analyzed. Dose fractionation for the neutron only group was 1.5 Gy per fraction,3 fraction per week,21 Gy/41/2 wks for 42 patients out of 53 ($76{\%}$). Neutron only but modified fractionation schedule ($10{\%}$ more or less of total dose) was applied for 9 patients, and mixed beam (neutron boost) was for 4 patients, Complete tumor response was obtained in 40 patients ($76{\%}$, response rate). Local control rate was 28 out of 53 ($53{\%}$). Statistically significant better prognostic factors for local control were age below 49 years old (15/22, $68{\%}$) than above 50 years old (13/31, $42{\%}$), male (20/32, $63{\%}$) than female (8/21, $38{\%}$), tumor size less than 5 cm and non-metastatic (16/24, $67{\%}$) than size more than 5 cm or metastatic (12/29, $41{\%}$). Major complication had developed in 7 patients ($13{\%}$). Two year overall survival rate by Kaplan-Meier method was $30{\%}$, but it was rised to, $47{\%}$ when the turner was less than 5 cm non-metastatic.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.185-190
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• 1984

To assess the result of radiation therapy for fifteen fears experience, a total of 125 cases of pathologically proven supraglottic laryngeal cancer had been analyzed according to patient survival retrospectively. All the patients had been treated with radiation therapy in curative aim using Co-60 teletherapy machine. The results are as follows ; 1. According to AJCC staging, five year survival rate was $58.3\%$ in stage I, $44.4\%$ in II, $31.8\%$ in II, and $28.6\%$ in IV. 2. According to T-staging, five year survival rate was $57.1\%$ in T1, $40.5\%$ in T2, $34.0\%$ in T3, and $19.0\%$ in T4. 3. According to N staging, five year survival rate was $43.5\%$ in negative node group and $26.8\%$ in positive node group. 4. According to the histologic grade, the better in differentiation, the more in number of cases and the better in prognosis. 5. In summary, five year actuarial survival rate was $37.3\%$ and ten year surrival rate was $34.2\%$, and ten year survivors totalled 16 cases.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.51-58
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• 1994

1980년 6월부터 1986년 12월까지 고신의료원 치료방사선과에서 방사선 치료를 받았던 상악동 암환자 79예에서 생존율과 치료실패에 대해 후향적으로 비교 분석하였다. 43예에서는 방사선 단독 치료를 하였고, 36예에서는 수술과 방사선 치료를 병용 하였다. 전체 환자들의 5년 생존율은 32$ \% $ 였으며 방사선 단독 치료만을 받았던 환자들의 5년 생존율은 23$ \% $였으며 수술과 방사선 치료를 병용한 환자들의 5년 생존율은 42$ \% $였다. 전체 환자 79예중 54예 (68.3$ \% $ )였고 국소치료 실채 및 원격전이가 동시에 나타난 경우가 16예(29.6$ \% $ )였으며 원격전이 단독으로 인한 경우가 1예였다. 상기와 같은 치료결과에서 상악동 암의 국소치료율을 높이고 생존율을 증가시키기 위해서는 방사선 단독 치료보다는 수술과 방사선 치료의 병용 요법이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.13-18
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• 1985

To assess the result of radiation therapy for fifteen years experience, a total of 81 cases of pathologically proven vocal cord cancer had been analysed according to patient survival retrospectively. All the patients had been treated with radiation therapy using Co-60 teletherapy unit in curative aim. The results are as follows ; 1. According to AJCC staging, (ive year survival rate was $75.0\%$ in stage I, $73.1\%$ in stage II, $36.0\%$ in stage III, and $20.0\%$ in stage IV. 2. According to T-staging, five year survival rate was $75.0\%$ in T1, $73.1\%$ in T2, $24.3\%$ in T3, and $25.0\%$ in T4. 5, According to nodal status, five year survival rate was $59.4\%$ in negative node group and $14.2\%$ in positive group. 4. According to the histologic grade, the better in differentiation, the more in number of cases and the better in prognosis. 5. In summary, five year actuarial survival rate was $55.5\%$ and ten year survival rate was $49.8\%$ and ten year survivors totalled 12 cases.