• 대한수의학회지
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.7-12
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• 2014

Peripheral nerve sheath tumors (PNSTs) are heterogeneous tumor groups of peripheral nerves that originate from either Schwann cells or modified Schwann cells, fibroblasts, or perineural cells. In this study, signalment and clinical data such as tumor location and size were evaluated for 15 cases of PNSTs collected from local animal hospitals. The mean age of dogs with malignant PNST was higher than that of dogs with benign PNST. Additionally, the male to female ratio in dogs with PNST was 1 : 4. In dogs with PNST, the primary sites of involvement were the hindlimb, forelimb, around the mammary glands, the neck, and the abdomen. Histiopathologic examination revealed that eight PNSTs were benign and seven were malignant. The tumor cells were composed of loosely to densely arranged interlacing bundles and wavy spindle cells arranged in short bundles, palisading, and whirling. High mitotic figures, local invasion, multifocal necrosis and atypical multinucleated giant cells were observed in malignant PNST cases. All PNSTs showed immunoreactivity for vimentin and S-100. However, only 93.3% and 73.3% were immunoreactive for NSE and GFAP, respectively. Overall, these results indicated that immunohistochemical markers such as vimentin, S-100 and NSE could help confirm the diagnosis of canine PNSTs.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.556-562
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• 2009

피부와 유선 종양은 개에서 매우 빈번히 발생하는 종양으로, 종양 발생의 위험은 나이가 증가함에 따라 종양의 발생률은 증가하며, 발병률과 발병부위의 분포는 종양의 종류마다 다르다. 피부와 유선종양의 발생은 공기오염, 식생활 등 환경의 변화와도 관련이 있어 이들 종양들의 발생양상은 그 사회의 환경을 반영할 수 있어 시대와 지역에 따라 다양하게 다르게 나타날 수 있다. 따라서, 그 동안의 많은 보고들에도 불구하고, 피부와 유선종양발생에 대한 자료들은 종양에 대한 수의임상학적 진단과 치료를 위한 중요한 정보를 제공한다. 본 연구에서는 2005년 1월 1일부터 2006년 12월 31일까지 수의과학검역원과 강원대학교에 의뢰된 128증례의 개 피부종양과 240증례의 개 유선종양을 Goldschmidt와 Misdorp의 형태학적 기준에 의해 조직병리학적으로 진단하여, 종별, 성별 및 부위별로 각각 분류하여 국내에서 이들 종양의 발생양상을 체계적으로 분석하였다. 피부종양에서는 피부상피세포종양, 샘종양 및 간질종양이 각각 14.1%, 41.4%와 44.5%였다. Cutaneous histiocytoma가 피부종양에서 가장 빈번하게 관찰되어 전체 피부종양의 25.0%를 차지하였으며, 기름샘종 (sebaceous gland adenoma; 15.6%), 기저세포종(basal cell tumor; 8.6%), 항문둘레샘종 (perianal gland adenoma; 6.3%)와 지방종 (lipoma; 6.3%)순으로 높았다. 그 외에 비만세포종, 모낭세포종과 중층편평상피암 등이 관찰되었다. 이러한 피부종양들은 품종, 성과 나이 또는 부위에 따라 유사하거나 다른 양상을 나타내었다. 유선종양의 경우 양성과 악성이 201/240, 39/240으로 양성발생률이 현저히 높았으며, 양성혼합종 (benign mixed tumor)이 검사한 품종 모두에서 가장 높은 발생률 (35.0%)을 나타내었다. Complex adenoma는 Maltese와 Poodle에서 특히 높았으며, 악성종양에서는 simple carcinoma와 complex carcinoma가 각각 6.7%로, 악성 중 41.0%를 차지하여 가장 높은 발생률을 나타내었다. 본 연구결과는 최근 우리나라에서 여러 품종의 반려견에서 발생한 피부와 유선종양의 발생양상을 조직병리학적으로 진단 분석한 것으로, 임상수의사들이 지속적으로 증가추세에 있는 개의 피부와 유선종양을 진단하고 치료하는데 유용하게 활용될 수 있기를 기대한다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.3731-3740
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• 2012

Background: There have been few studies of Asian ovarian cancer and benign tumors. The primary aim of this paper was to report the protocol of the Ko-EVE study to examine epidemiological and molecular factors for ovarian cancer and benign neoplasms and to ascertain the major risk factors for ovarian cancer control in Korea. Methods: This case-control study covers incident epithelial ovarian cancers and benign neoplasms, four major centers participating in enrolling incident cases and 3 hospitals enrolling healthy controls among health examinees. Standardized questionnaires were administered by trained interviewers, including sections on socio-demographics characteristics, past medical history, medication usage, family history, lifetime consumption of alcohol and tobacco, diet, physical activity, and reproductive factors for women. Various biological specimens were collected in the biorepository according to the standardized protocol. Annual follow-up for cancer cases and follow-up at the 1st year for benign tumor cases are performing to evaluate treatment effect and progression. Passive follow to see long-term survival will be conducting using record linkage with national data. Results: The total number recruited in 2010-2011 was 246 epithelial ovarian cancer cases, 362 benign epithelial tumors and 345 controls. We are planning to collect subjects for at least 1,500 sets of ovarian cancer, 2,000 benign tumors and 1,500 controls till 2018. Conclusions: The Ko-EVE will provide unique and important data to probe the etiology and natural history of Korean epithelial ovarian cancer. It will be continued by genomic and proteomic epidemiological analyses and future intervention studies for the prevention of ovarian cancer among Koreans.

• 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.86-89
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• 2016

Despite the fact that benign skin lesions can undergo malignant transformation, the necessity and timing of the surgical resection have yet to be established. In this study, we analyse three cases of benign-appearing skin lesions, which were found to be carcinomatous on histologic examination and review the literature regarding the importance of prophylactic removal of benign-appearing skin lesion. The first and second cases were female patients wishing for cosmetic surgery. The first patient had a benign-appearing lesion on dorsum nasi, and the second patient had an inconspicuous lesion right along the right nasolabial fold. The third patient was a middle-aged male with a pigmented lesion on the left cheek, who presented to the clinic only after having met the operating surgeon through an acquaintance outside the hospital setting. All of the lesions were suspected to be of benign nature and were excised for cosmesis only. However, histologic examination of these lesions showed that the first two tumors were basal cell carcinoma with the last tumor being squamouse cell carcinoma. Thus, it is considered that removal of benign like skin lesion will result in good prognosis of patients scheduled to undergo other surgery.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.175-181
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• 2003

원발성 흉벽종양은 흉부의 연조직이나 뼈 또는 연골에서 다양하게 발생할 수 있는 종양으로서 전체 원발성 종양의 약 l∼2%를 차지한다. 수술적 절제술은 만성 궤양이나 심한 통증이 있는 환자에서 효과적인 치료법이며 조직학적 진단 및 수술방법에 따라서 장기생존이 가능할 수 있다. 대상 및 방법: 1976년 9월부터 2001년 3월까지 원발성 흉벽종양을 가진 125명(양성종양 86명, 악성종양 39명) 의 환자에서 수술적 절제술을 시행하여 수술결과와 예후에 영향을 미치는 요소들을 해석하고자 하였다. 결과: 양성종양은 수술적 치료로 재발 없이 완전 치료가 되었으며 악성종양은 대부분 광범위 절제술을 시행하였으며 환자에 따라 수술 후 보조요법을 병행하였다. 양성종양 중 신경초종이 가장 많았으며 악성종양은 악성섬유성조직구종이 가장 많은 빈도를 보였다. 악성종양의 경우 3년 생존율이 76.0%, 10년 생존율이 60.5%이었다. 수술과 관련된 사망은 없었으며 외래 추적 중 사망한 환자의 원인은 원격 전이에 의한 장기부전 이었으며 11명에서 재발하였다. 안전거리 절제면을 4 cm 이상과 미만으로 구분하였을 때 두 군간의 생존율에 차이가 없었다. 결론: 양성종양의 경우 수술적 치료로 재발 없이 완치가 가능하였으며 악성종양도 비교적 좋은 장기생존율을 나타내었다. 안전거리 4 cm는 예후에 미치는 영향은 발견할 수 없었으나 재발 시에는 예후가 좋지 않았다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.632-638
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• 1996

저자는 1985년 1월부터 1995년 12월까지 강북 삼성병원 흉부외과에서 수술치험한 42례의 원발성 종 격동 종양 및 낭종을 대상으로 후향적 임상분석을 실시하였다. 환자는27례의 남자와 15례의 여자로 구성되었다. 10개월의 영아부터 76세의 노인에 이르기까지 평균 연령은 40세 였다. 환자는 흉선종 12례 (28.6 %), 생식세포종 8례 (19.0 %), 원발성 낭종 7례 (16.7 %), 신경 종양 6례 (14.3 %)와 기타 종격동 종양 9례로 구성되었다. 종양의 3)례 (78.6 %)는 조직학적으로 양성이 었고, 9례 (21.4 %)는 악성 이 었다. 임상증세는 흉통, 호흡곤란, 기 침과 같은 호흡기증세로 주로 나타났다. 악성 종양을 지닌 환자는 전례 에서, 양성 환자는 55 %에서 입원당시에 증세가 나타났다. 환자 모두는 조직학적 진단과 절제를 위해 수술을 시행하였다. 2례의 유육종을 제외한 모든 양성의 종격동종양은 완전절제가 가능하였고 경과양호하였다. 그리고 일부 악성종양은 완전절제가 불가능하여 부분절제 및 항암 화학요법 혹은 방사선치료를 병용하였다. 술후 합병증은 7례(18%)였고 사망례는 없다. 결론적으로, 종격동종양은 개흥을 하기전에 다양하고 예측하기 어려운 愎昺㏏\ulcorner\ulcorner오랫동안 흉부외 과 의사에게는 관심의 대상이 되어왔으며, 적극적인 수술 및 다양한 병합요법으로 좋은 결과를 가져올 수 있다고 여겨진다.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.50-54
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• 2001

Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze the outcomes of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors(GISTs) of the stomach who were treated in our hospital. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively studied 31 patients who were treated for primary gastrointestinal stromal tumors of the stomach from 1990 to 1999 at Korea University Guro Hospital. Clinical characteristics, including age, sex and tumor size were analyzed. In addition, the relation between the 5-year survival rate and tumor size, operative procedure, and malignancy were analyzed to identify the factors that predict survival. Results: The malignant GISTs were 11 cases, borderline GISTs were 2 cases, and benign GISTs were 18 cases. The overall 5-year cumulative survival rate of the patients was $84.6\%$, and the 5-year survival rates according to malignancy were $100\%$ for benign and borderline GISTs and $78.1\%$ for malignant GISTs, p=0.1119. The 5-year survival rates according to tumor size were $100\%$ for tumor sizes smaller than 5 cm and $78.4\%$ for tumor sizes larger than 5 cm, p=0.0453. The 5-year survival rate according to lymph node dissection during operative procedure of malignant GISTs was not significant statistically. Conclusions: GISTs of the stomach are infrequently encountered tumors. Tumor size was the most important factor for predicting survival in a clinical situation, and performing a complete resection of the tumor, especially tumors larger than 5 cm, will improve the outcome of treatment.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.227-233
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• 1993

For malignant neoplasms of salivary tissues. two of the better determinants of progosis are histologic classification and size of the neoplasm. Proper management of these tumors requires an accurate diagnosis by the pathologist and correct interpretation by the surgeon. Malignant mixed tumors account for between 3 and 13 precent of all cancers of the salivary glands and 2 percent of all tumors in these locations. The typical history of these tumors is that of slowly growing mass demonstrating a sudden increase in growth. The duration of onset of the tumor mass and the diagnosis of malignancy has been demonstrated to be 10 to 18 years. The risk of malignat transformation of a benign mixed tumor increases with the duration of the tumor. We analyzed retrospectively 13 cases of malignant mixed tumor who visited from Jan. 1985 to Dec. 1992. Mean age of the patients was 56.5 years. The origin of tumors were parotid gland 7 cases, submandibular gland 2 cases, and minor salivary gland 4 cases(palate 3 cases, tonsil pillar 1 case). According to the criteria of the AJCC on staging, stage I was 1 case, stage II 1 case, stage III 2 cases, and stage IV 9 cases. Histopathologically, carcinma ex pleomorphic adenoma were 12 cases and the true malignant mixed tumor was 1 case. The major treatment modalities were curative surgery, and radiation therapy followed. In conclusion, aggressive therapy of combined surgery and postoperative radiation therapy is required for these lesions, and patients with known or suspected benign tumor should be encouraged to undergo surgery early on in their disease to avoid malignant degeneration at a later dete.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.47-54
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• 1987

In order to evaluate the clinical significances of the serum vitamin $B_{12}$, folate and ferritin levels in patients with malignant tumors, the levels were measured in 10 normal contol subjects, 70 patients with malignant tumors, 7 patients with liver cirrhosis and 25 patients with other benign diseases. The results are as follows: 1) In normal control subjects, mean serum values for vitamin $B_{12}$, folate and ferritin level were $588.80{\pm}131.58pg/ml,\;5.59{\pm}1.52ng/ml\;and\;89.22{\pm}42.78ng/ml$ retrospectively 2) There was no significant difference in serum levels between patients with benign diseases and normal control subjects. 3) The serum vitamin $B_{12}$ and ferritin levels in patients with liver cirrhosis were significantly higher than in normal control, and the serum folate levels in these patients were lower than in normal control subjects. 4) The serum vitamin $B_{12}$ and ferritin levels in patients with malignant tumors were significantly higher than in normal control subjects, and the serum folate levels in these patients were significantly lower than in normal control subjects. The above results suggest that the serum vitamin $B_{12}$ and ferritin may be useful as tumor markers in patients with malignant tumors.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.183-189
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• 2005

Objectives: Angiogenesis is the process of new blood vessel development from preexisting vessel. The growth of tumor is dependent on angiogenesis. This study was aimed to determine the role of the VEGF expression and MVD(microvessel density) in salivary gland tumors and to analyze the correlation between the expression of VEGF/MVD, and clinical manifestation. Material and Methods: We analyzed the expression of VEGF and average MVD and neo-MVD in the 57 cases of salivary gland tumors by immunohistochemistry. Results: VEGF expression was higher in malignant tumors than in benign tumors. Average and neo-MVD were not different in benign tumor and malignant tumor. There was a tendency of positive correlation between VEGF expression and MVD but it was not statistically significant. Stage, T stage and recurrance rate were not correlated with VEGF expression, average-MVD and neo-MVD. Expression of VEGF, average-MVD and neo-MVD were significantly increased in Warthin's tumor compared with pleomorphic adenoma. Conclusion: Overexpression of VEGF has an important role in malignant salivary gland tumors.