• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.3605-3609
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• 2012

Lung cancer seriously threatens human health, so it is important to investigate gene expression changes in affected individuals in comparison with healthy people. Here we compared the gene expression profiles between smokers with and without lung cancer. We found that the majority of the expressed genes (threshold was set as 0.1 RPKM) were the same in the two samples, with a small portion of the remainder being unique to smokers with and without lung cancer. Expression distribution patterns showed that most of the genes in smokers with and without lung cancer are expressed at low or moderate levels. We also found that the expression levels of the genes in smokers with lung cancer were lower than in smokers without lung cancer in general. Then we detected 27 differentially expressed genes in smokers with versus without lung cancer, and these differentially expressed genes were foudn to be involved in diverse processes. Our study provided detail expression profiles and expression changes between smokers with and without lung cancer.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.1547-1551
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• 2012

Background: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer morbidity and mortality. Its management has a significant economic impact on society. Despite a high incidence of cancer, so far, there is no national register for this disease in Morocco. The main goal of this report was to estimate the medical costs of lung cancer in our country. Methods: We first estimated the number of annual new cases according to stage of the disease on the basis of the Grand-Casablanca-Region Cancer Registry data. For each sub-group, the protocol of treatment was described taking into account the international guidelines, and an evaluation of individual costs during the first year following diagnosis was made. Extrapolation of the results to the whole country was used to calculate the total annual cost of treatments for lung cancer in Morocco. Results: Overall approximately 3,500 new cases of lung cancer occur each year in the country. Stages I and II account for only 4% of cases, while 96% are diagnosed at locally advanced or metastatic stages III and IV. The total medical cost of lung cancer in Morocco is estimated to be around USD 12 million. This cost represents approximately 1% of the global budget of the Health Department. According to AROME Guidelines, about 86% of the newly diagnosed lung cancer cases needed palliative treatment while 14% required curative intent therapy. The total cost of early and advanced stages lung cancer management during the first year were estimated to be 4,600 and 3,420 USD, respectively. Conclusion: This study provides health decision-makers with a first estimate of costs and the opportunity to achieve the optimal use of available data to estimate the needs of health facilities in Morocco. A substantial proportion of the burden of lung cancer could be prevented through the application of existing cancer control knowledge and by implementing tobacco control programs.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.577-587
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• 2012

Warm disease: Any of various heat disease characterizer by rapid onset and shifts, pronounced heat signs, and a tendency to form dryness and damage yin. Exterior heat sign: exterior heat patterns are characterizer by pronounced heat signs, such as a red sore pharynx and a relatively red tongue with dry fur, the pulse is floating and rapid, cough and the production of thick white or yellow phlegm. If wind-heat evil exist in weifen, it becomes exterior syndrome, and a remedy about that is dispelling wind-heat but when wind-heat evil invades in nasal and throat part so the disease occurs, you need to add relieving sore throat worsens invades in lung it makes disharmony of diffuse in lungs. So a remedy about it is diffuse the lung. disharmony of diffuse in lungs makes metabolic disorder of qi and liquid and humor malfunction therefore it occurs cough and heat-phlegm syndrome. heat from weifen invades the whole of lungs and form lung heat. So a remedy about lung heat is clearing away lung heat, this lung heat makes inevitably bleed in lungs, therefore a remedy in this case is clearing the lung to stop bleeding, or moistening the lung. Exterior heat sign means that exterior syndrome coexists with heat syndrome and it means that a remedy of this syndrome need to mix prescriptions for relieving exterior syndrome and heat-clearing prescriptions to treat this syndrome.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.373-377
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• 2001

정상 폐로의 체순환 동맥 공급은 드문 것으로 알려져 있는데 저자들은 단순 흉부 X-선상 우연히 폐의 이상 음영을 발견하여 조영증강 전산화단층촬영상 좌하엽 저분절로 가는 체순환 동맥 분지를 진단한 1예를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.139-150
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• 1997

인터루킨-1 (IL-1)을 횐쥐의 기관지로 투여하여 급성 폐손상을 유도하고 폐세척액 내의 단백질 함량 측정과 조직학적, 미세구조적 관찰 및 폐조직 내 $H_2O$$_2$ 분포를 관찰하기 위한 세포화학적 실험을 수행하였다. 또한 노화가 급성 폐손상을 가중시키는 한 요소인지를 검토하였다. IL-1으로 유도된 급성 폐손상은 호중구의 침윤으로 인해 산화적 손상이 가해졌으며, 이로 인해 폐포강 내로 단백질 삼출과 백혈구의 유주가 발생하였다. 하지만 노화에 따른 $H_2O$$_2$분포 양상은 IL-1 투여군 4개월, 20개월간의 차이를 인정할 수 없었다. 따라서 본 연구결과를 통하여 급성호흡곤란 증후군 환자의 폐세척액에서 증가하는 IL-1을 흰쥐의 기관지 내로 투여하여 유도된 급성 폐손상은 호중구의 침윤으로 인한 산화적 손상이 매우 큰 원인으로 작용함을 형태적으로 확인할 수 있었으며, 노화 자체가 급성 폐손상을 가중시키지는 않는 것으로 사료되었다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.641-650
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 지오데식 동적 윤곽선 모델에서 곡선을 물체의 경계에 수렴시키기 위하여 사용되는 기존의 에지지시함수를 대신하여 CT 폐영상에서 폐실질 영역의 CT계수를 기반으로 하는 곡선제어함수를 제안하였다. 제안한 방법이 기존의 방법보다 폐실질 영역을 잘 검출할 수 있음을 세 가지 척도를 이용하여 보였다. 실제 폐영상에 적용시켜 폐실질 검출 과정과 결과를 시각적으로 관측함으로써 제안한 방법의 유효성을 검증하였다. 제안한 방법을 이용하여 실제 EBCT(electron beam computer tomography) 폐 영상에서 폐실질 영역이 정확하게 검출되었으므로 폐질환 및 국소적 폐기능 이상을 조기진단에 도움을 줄 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.208-211
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• 2005

저자들은 11세 남아가 내원 1개월 전부터 요통과 3일 전부터 양 하지로의 방사성 동통, 양 하지의 쇠약감을 주소로 본원에 입원하여 방사선학적 검사와 조직학적으로 진단된 기저세포양편평상피세포폐암 1례를 경험하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.587-593
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• 2016

본 연구는 폐암 환자의 정위방사선치료 시 환자의 호흡인자를 적용한 치료계획을 설정하여 그 유용성을 평가하고자 하였다. 폐암 환자 10명을 대상으로 4차원 컴퓨터단층촬영을 시행하고, 환자의 호흡 인자를 적용한 치료계획과 기존의 치료계획과 비교 평가하였다. 실험은 폐의 용적변화, 폐의 방사선 흡수선량 변화, 폐암 주위의 중요 장기의 흡수선량 등을 분석하였다. 본 연구에서 호흡인자를 적용한 방사선 치료계획 시 기존의 방법과 비교하여 폐의 용적변화, 폐의 방사선 흡수선량 변화, 폐암 주위의 중요 장기의 흡수선량의 차이를 확인할 수 있었다. 결론적으로 폐암 환자의 정위체부방사선치료를 위하여 호흡인자를 적용한 방사선 치료계획 방법은 유용할 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.227-233
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• 2017

To reduce swine production costs, a slaughter check system has been developed in countries with an advanced swine industry. Evaluation of lung lesions in carcasses is a critical part of the slaughter check system. This study was performed to collect background information for use in developing a slaughter check system in Korea. Lung tissues and their gross images were collected from slaughterhouses in Gyeonggi-do, Korea. Scoring of the gross lung lesions was performed on the lung images. Histopathologic examination was conducted to classify the pulmonary lesions as bronchopneumonia or interstitial pneumonia. Scores of the gross lung lesions were significantly different between bronchopneumonia and interstitial pneumonia groups (p < 0.001). A 90% confidence interval of gross lung lesion scores was established for the bronchopneumonia group, and the lesion scoring had a sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 77.3%. The gross lung lesion scoring test was subjected to a diagnostic distinction evaluation by examining the receiver operating characteristic curve and was appraised as having good discrimination for bronchopneumonia. Establishment of a gross lung lesion scoring test for the diagnosis of bronchopneumonia could be valuable as a screening test of macroscopic bronchopneumonia in swine slaughter check system.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.105-123
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• 1989

Yuk Gi (六氣) in oriental medicine have influence on the body and, the body which adapt itself to the change of Yuk Gi, can maintain the activity of life, so five vital organs of the body have relation to Yuk Gi. The relation between Lung and Jo (燥) is well described from Whang Jae Nai Kyung (黃帝內經), the oldest book in oriental medicine, to the old books of Chung (淸) dynasty and modern documents. By the way, when autumn has come and the environment become dry, clear and mild ability of lung is losed. It's because dryness evil (燥邪) occured the trouble of Lung. The following results were obtained according to these facts which is considreed peviodically and bibliographically. 1. According to flourishing the functional activities of dryness (燥氣), as reducing the functional activities of water (水氣) of upper portion of the body cavity (上焦), Kidny Water (腎水) is not nutrited and Fire-Heat (火熱) is activiting, which is evoking the disease of Lung. 2. In the disease of Lung, there are many diseases because of dryness evil (燥邪), thinking that, which methods of treatment are the principal one of 'Clear up the lung and moisten dryness (淸肺潤煥)'. I found that Lung and Jo (燥) have the relation of intimacy. 3. Creating the vital essence of the kidney (腎水) to the functional activities of the lung (肺氣) is in prosperous condition, the functional activities of fire (火氣) stabilize the function of Lung become normal condition which wear said in the literary.