• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.181-188
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• 2009

목 적: 수술 후 방사선치료를 시행한 간문부 담도암 환자를 대상으로 생존율, 재발양상, 예후 인자, 치료 부작용을 분석하여 방사선 치료의 결과를 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 98년 1월부터 2008년 3월까지 서울아산병원에서 근치적 또는 고식적 절제술 후 방사선 치료를 시행 받은 총 39명의 환자 중 총 방사선 조사량이 30 Gy 이상이었던 38명의 환자를 대상으로 후향적으로 분석하였다. 대상 환자들의 연령은 28~72세(중앙 연령, 59세)였으며, 남자가 23명 여자가 15명이었다. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 활동도는 모두 2 이하였다. AJCC에 따른 병리적 병기 1기, 2기는 각각 15명(40%), 23명 (60%)이었다. 수술은 완전 절제가 시행된 경우는 9명(24%), 절제연 양성인 경우는 29명(76%)이었다. 동시 항암화학요법은 30명(79%)에서 시행되었다. 방사선치료는 원발 종양이 있던 부위와 주변 림프절에 조사하였으며, 1회 선량은 1.8 Gy 또는 2 Gy로, 총 방사선량은 35~61 Gy (중앙값, 59.4 Gy)였다. 대상 환자들의 추적 관찰 기간은 6~45개월(중앙값, 14개월)이었다. 대상 환자의 생존율 분석은 Kaplan-Meier 법, 예후 인자 분석은 log-rank 법을 사용하였다. 결 과: 전체 환자의 3년 생존율은 30%, 3년 무진행 생존율은 8%이었으며, 중앙생존기간은 28개월이었다. 생존율에 유의하게 영향을 준 예후 인자는 종양의 분화도(p=0.003)였고, 무진행 생존율에 유의하게 영향을 준 예후 인자는 혈관-림프 침범(p=0.0307), 종양의 분화도(p=0.0245), 수술 후 CA 19-9 (p=0.0172)이었다. 완전 절제가 시행된 환자 9명의 3년 생존율은 34%로서 불완전 절제가 시행된 환자 29명의 20%보다 높았으나 유의한 차이는 보이지 않았다(p=0.3067). 최초 재발 양상은 국소 재발 18명(47%), 원격전이는 16명(42%)이었다. 치료에 연관된 EORTC Grade 3 이상의 급성 부작용은 관찰되지 않았으며, 만성 부작용으로는 십이지장 궤양에 의한 출혈이 2명(5.1%)에서 발생하였다. 결 론: 본 연구에서는 완전 절제가 시행된 경우와 절제연 양성인 경우에서의 생존율이 유의한 차이를 보이지 않아 방사선 치료의 국소재발 억제 효과가 있었을 가능성을 시사하였으나, 환자수가 적고 수술 단독군과의 비교가 이루어지지 않아 결론을 내리기는 어려웠다. 게다가 완전 절제 수술 후 방사선 치료를 시행한 군에서도 높은 국소 재발률을 보여, 향후 항암제와의 병용치료 및 정밀 방사선 치료 등을 통한 국소 제어율을 높이기 위한 연구가 필요하다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제35권11호
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• pp.799-806
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• 2002

화학요법이 확립되고 유병율이 점진적인 감소에도 불구하고 폐결핵은 여전히 수술의 대상이 되고 있다. 이에 저자등은 폐결핵으로 수술을 시행한 예들을 분석, 검토함으로써 향후 폐결핵 치료에 도움이 되고자 한다. 방법 : 국립의료원 흥부외과에서 1991년1월부터 2000년12월까지 10년간 폐절제술을 시행한 144례를 토대로 본과에서 기왕에 발표된 4보까지와 비교관찰하여 폐결핵의 외과적 치료에 대한 최근 경향 및 그 결과를 검토,분석하였다. 방법으로 연간수술빈도 및 연령분포, 술전 결핵병소범위, 객담도말검사, 수술적응 및 술식의 종류, 합병증, 술후 추적관찰 결과들을 분석하였다. 결과 : 연간 수술빈도는 감소추세를 보였으며, 남녀성 비는 2:1로 남자환자가 많았고, 20대 이하의 감소와 50대 이상이 현저히 증가함으로써 연령의 고령화 현상을 볼 수 있다. 수술 전 병변의 범위는 대부분 중증 및 중등도에 속하였으며, 술전 항결핵제를 사용한 기간을 보면 3년 이상의 예가 16.0%에서 55.6%로 현저히 증가하는 추세를 보이고 있다. 한편 술전 결핵균에 대한 객담도말검사 양성율은 91%에서 27%로 급격한 감소 현상을 보였다. 수술적응에 있어서는 전폐파괴 및 폐부분파괴가 대부분을 차지하였으며, 폐실질 병소를 동반한 농흉이 4.0%에서 20.1%로 유의한 증가를 보이고 있다. 술식의 종류에 있어서 편측 폐절제술 및 폐엽 절제술이 대부분을 차지하고 있다. 술후 합병증으로는 농흉의 증가와 잔여 결핵 병소의 재발의 증가가 특징적으로 관찰되었다. 술후 추적관찰결과 완치율이 70% 이상을 나타내는 가운데 지속적으로 항결핵제 치료를 받고 있는 예가 5.8%에서 18.0%로 점진적 증가추세임을 나타냈다. 절론 : 최근 추세를 보면 화학치료에 내성을 보이는 환자가 증가하고, 늑막결핵의 증가와 중증의 병변환자의 증가가 특징적으로, 내과적 요법만으로 치유하기 어려운 병소를 정확히 판단하고 다제 내성균이 발생하기 전에 적극적으로 외과적 요법을 고려하는 것이 바람직하겠다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.2055-2060
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• 2015

Purpose: To present information about prognostic factors of gastric cancer patients treated in our Erzurum center including age, gender, tumour location, pathological grade, stage and the effect of treatment on survival. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study was performed on patients who applied to our clinic and diagnosed as gastric cancer. Age and gender of the patients, primary location, histopathological characteristics, TNM stage of the gastric cancers (GCs), treatment applied, oncological treatment modalities and survival outcomes were studied. A univariate analysis of potential prognostic factors was performed with the log-rank test for categorical factors and parameters with a p value < 0.05 at the univariate step were included in the multivariate regression. Results: A total of 228 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of gastric cancer were included in the study with a male/female ratio of 1.47. Median follow-up period was estimated as 22.3 (range, 3 to 96) months. When diagnosis of the patients at admission was analysed, stage III patients were most frequently encountered (n=147; 64.5%). One hundred and twenty-six (55.3%) underwent surgical treatment, while 117 (51.3%) were given adjuvant chemotherapy. Median overall survival time was 18.0 (${\pm}1.19$) months. Mean overall survival rates for 1, 2, 3 and 5 years were $68{\pm}0.031%$, $36{\pm}0.033%$, $24{\pm}0.031%$and $15.5{\pm}0.036%$, respectively. Univariate variables found to be significant for median OS in the multivariate analysis were evaluated with Cox regression analysis. A significant difference was found among TNM stage groups, location of the tumour and postoperative adjuvant treatment receivers (p values were 0.011, 0.025 and 0.001, respectively). Conclusions: This study revealed that it is possible to achieve long-term survival of gastric cancer with early diagnosis. Besides, in locally advanced GC patients, curative resection followed by adjuvant concomitant chemoradiotherapy based on the McDonald regimen was an independent prognostic factor for survival.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제38권8호
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• pp.583-588
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• 2005

선천성 기관 협착증은 드문 질환이며, 장분절성 기관 협착은 아주 치명적이다. 신생아나 영아에서 심한 호흡 부전이 발생하고 복합 심기형이 동반되면 수술 교정이 쉽지 않다. 선천성 심기형을 동반한 장분절성 기관 협착으로 인공 호흡기 이탈이 불가능한 2.6 kg 체중의 어린 영아 1예와 신생아 1예에 서 기관성형술을 시행하였다. 심실중격결손증 수술 후 미만성 기관 협착이 발견된 어린 영아는 기관 절제술 및 좌측 주 기관지로의 확장 문합술을 시행받았으며, 미만성 근위부 기관 협착과 팔로사징을 동반한 신생아는 활주 기관성형술과 팔로사징 완전 교정술을 동시에 시행받았다. 두 환아 모두 술후 컴퓨터 단층 촬영에서 양호한 결과를 보였으며, 현재 증상 없이 건강한 상태이다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.173-181
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• 2012

Purpose: To evaluate the prognostic value of preoperative neck lymph node (LN) assessment with $^{18}F$-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography ($^{18}F$-FDG PET), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients with pathologically positive LN. Materials and Methods: In total, 47 OSCC patients with pathologically positive LN were retrospectively reviewed with preoperative $^{18}F$-FDG PET and CT/MRI. All patients underwent surgical resection, neck dissection and postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy between March 2002 and October 2010. Histologic correlation was performed for findings of $^{18}F$-FDG PET and CT/MRI. Results: Thirty-six (76.6%) of 47 cases were correctly diagnosed with neck LN metastasis by $^{18}F$-FDG PET and 32 (68.1%) of 47 cases were correctly diagnosed by CT/MRI. Follow-up ranged from 20 to 114 months (median, 56 months). Clinically negative nodal status evaluated by $^{18}F$-FDG PET or CT/MRI revealed a trend toward better clinical outcomes in terms of overall survival, disease-free survival, local recurrence-free survival, regional nodal recurrence-free survival, and distant metastasis-free survival rates even though the trends were not statistically significant. However, there was no impact of neck node standardized uptake value ($SUV_{max}$) on clinical outcomes. Notably, $SUV_{max}$ showed significant correlation with tumor size in LN (p < 0.01, $R^2$ = 0.62). PET and CT/MRI status of LN also had significant correlation with the size of intranodal tumor deposit (p < 0.05, $R^2$ = 0.37 and p < 0.01, $R^2$ = 0.48, respectively). Conclusion: $^{18}F$-FDG PET and CT/MRI at the neck LNs might improve risk stratification in OSCC patients with pathologically positive neck LN in this study, even without significant prognostic value of $SUV_{max}$.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.1317-1320
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• 2012

Biliary tract cancers, broadly described as malignancies that arise from the biliary tract epithelia, are usually divided into two major clinical phenotypes: cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancer, differing in etiopathogenesis, risk factors, and perhaps molecular and genetic signatures. Atypical symptoms and lack of tumor biomarkers make it difficult to diagnose in early stages. At the time of presentation, few patients are candidates for potentially curative surgical resection. We here assessed and compared features of a total of 150 cases divided into extra- and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas and gallbladder cancers (GBC). Althought there were no significant differences in serum tumour marker levels, GBC patients had the poorest prognosis. Furthermore, gallbladder cancer respond poorly to chemotherapy or radiation therapy and approximately half of untreated patients died within 10 months. Therefore, treatment for patients with gallbladder cancer is still in challenge. Outcomes and survival of these patients had improved little over the past three decades - a period in which new successful treatments have greatly contributed to the prolonged patient survival for many other cancers.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권13호
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• pp.5355-5358
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• 2014

Background: To assess the role of sonographic endometrial thickness and hysteroscopic polyp size in predicting premalignant and malignant polyps in postmenopausal women. Materials and Methods: A total of 328 postmenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding and thickened endometrium underwent operative hysteroscopy due to detection of endometrial polyps were included in this retrospective study. Preoperative endometrial thickness measured by transvaginal ultrasonography and polyp size on hysteroscopy were noted. Hysteroscopic resection with histology was performed for endometrial polyps. Endometrial thickness and polyp size were evaluated on the basis of final diagnosis established by histologic examination. Receiver operator characteristic curves were calculated to assess the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and diagnostic accuracy of endometrial thickness and polyp size for detecting pemalignant and malignant polyps. Results: Premalignant and malignant polyps were identified in 26 (7.9%) of cases. Sonographic measurement showed a greater endometrial thickness in cases of premalignant and malignant polyps when compared to benign polyps. On surgical hysteroscopy, premalignant and malignant polyps were also larger. Endometrial thickness demonstrated a sensitivity of 53.8%, specificity of 85.8%, PPV of 24.6% and NPV of 95.6% at a cut-off limit of 11.5 mm with diagnostic accuracy of 83.2%. Polyp size has a diagnostic accuracy of 94.8% with a sensitivity of 92.3%, specificity of 95.0%, PPV of 61.5% and NPV of 99.3% at a cut-off point of 19.5mm. Conclusions: Endometrial thickness measured by transvaginal ultrasonography is not sufficient in predicting premalignant and malignant endometrial polyps in postmenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding and thickened endometrium. Polyp size on hysteroscopy is a more accurate parameter, because of better sensitivity and specificity. However, while polyp size ${\geq}19.5mm$ seems to have a great accuracy for predicting premalignancy and malignancy, histologic evaluation is still necessary to exclude premalignant and malignant polyps.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권13호
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• pp.5337-5341
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• 2014

Background: The standard therapy for stage I rectum cancer is surgical resection. Currently, there is no strong evidence to suggest that any type of adjuvant therapy is beneficial. The risks of local relapse and distant metastasis are higher in rectal tumors. Therefore, while there is no clearly defined absolute indication for adjuvant therapy in lymph node negative colon cancers, rectum tumors that are T3N0 and higher require adjuvant treatment. Due to the more aggressive nature of rectal cancers, we explored the clinical and pathologic factors that could predict the risk of relapse in Stage I (T1-T2) disease and whether there was any progression-free survival benefit to adjuvant therapy. Materials and Methods: This multicenter study was carried out by the Anatolian Society of Medical Oncology. A total of 178 patients with rectal cancers who underwent curative surgery between January 1994 and August 2012 in 13 centers were included in the study. Patient demographics, including survival data and tumor characteristics were obtained from medical charts. Results: The median age was 58 years (range 26-85 years). Most tumors were well or moderately differentiated. For adjuvant treatment, 13 patients (7.3%) received radiotherapy alone, 12 patients (6.7%) received chemotherapy alone and 15 patients (8.4%) were given chemoradiotherapy. Median follow up was 29 months (3-225 months). Some 42 patients (23.6%) had relapse during follow up; 30 with local recurrence (71.4%) whereas 12 (28.6%) were distant metastases. Among the patients, 5-year DFS was 64% and OS was 82%. Mucinous histology and receiving adjuvant therapy were found to have statistically insignificant correlations with relapse and survival. Conclusions: In our retrospective analysis, approximately one quarter of patients exhibited either local or systemic relapse. The rates of relapse were slightly higher in the patients who had no adjuvant therapy. There may thus be a role for adjuvant therapy in high-risk stage I rectal tumors.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.33-42
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• 1994

1982년부터 1991년까지 경희대학병원 치료방사선과에서 원발성 중추신경계 림프종으로 확진되어 방사선치료를 받은 16명의 환자를 대상으로 치료결과를 후향적으로 분석하였다. 가장 흔한 세포아형은 large, noncleaved cell과 B cell의 immunoblastic 림프종이었으며 측두엽과 심핵부위에 호발하였다. 치료는 환자를 생검 또는 절제술후 전뇌에 40 Gy(range=30-50 Gy)를 방사선 조사하였으며 원발병소에 15-20 Gy를 추가조사하였다. 16명의 환자중 14명은 방사선치료후 2개월에서 49개월 사이에 사망하였으며, 2명은 재발없이 각각 8개월과 22개월째 생존하고 있다. 1년 및 2년생존율은 각각 55.6$ \% $와 34.7$ \% $이었고, 중간 생존기간은 12개월이었다. 16명의 환자중 재발된 11명을 분석하였다. 방사선치료후 원발부위에 재발은 드물었으나 전뇌조사에서 불구하고 다른 부위에서 재발하였다. 재발율은 뇌에서 68.7$ \% $ (l1/16)이고 척추에서 25.0$ \% $(4/16)이었다. 나이, 성별 발생부위, 병소수, 방사선치료선량등은 각각 생존율과 무관하였다. 이와 같은 결과로 중추신경계 림프종은 방사선 치료의 초기반응은 양호하나 통상적인 방사선치료만으로는 조절이 어려운 질환이다. 따라서 분할치료방법에 의한 방사선량 증가와 항암제의 병용으로 중추신경계 림프종에 대한 치료효과를 향상시키리라 기대한다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.472-476
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• 2011

Purpose: Traditional transcutaneous incision and transconjunctival incision methods are commonly used in the lower blepharoplasty. The transconjunctival method leaves no visible scars nor does it change the shape of lower eyelid contour and the surgical technique is not difficult. However removal of excess baggy skin is not possible through this method. Therefore, the transconjunctival incision method is useful only for patients who still have normal elasticity of the lower eyelids and fat that is protruding only anterocaudally. The Author will introduce a technique, which complements the limitations of these two methods mentioned above. Methods: The author combined the transconjunctival approach and lower blepharoplasty with only the excised skin flap method. This method does not go beyond the previous methods but does apply the advantages of them. Results: From March 2007 to October 2010, this new technique was performed in a total of 62 patients. Fat was removed and repositioned through transconjunctival incision. Drooped skin was excised as in the traditional blepharoplasty but only the skin flap was elevated. This prevents post-operative complications such as ectropion, sclera show, and deformation of the shape of the lower eyelids or under-resection of fat. All patients were satisfied with the post-operative appearance. Conclusion: The author was able to get satisfactory results while avoiding complications of traditional transcutaneous technique with this combined technique of the transconjunctival approach and the lower blepharoplasty method of skin flaps only.