• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.652-662
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• 2021

Objective: To investigate the association between CT imaging features and survival outcomes in patients with primary invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma (IMA). Materials and Methods: Preoperative CT image findings were consecutively evaluated in 317 patients with resected IMA from January 2011 to December 2015. The association between CT features and long-term survival were assessed by univariate analysis. The independent prognostic factors were identified by the multivariate Cox regression analyses. The survival comparison of IMA patients was investigated using the Kaplan-Meier method and propensity scores. Furthermore, the prognostic impact of CT features was assessed based on different imaging subtypes, and the results were adjusted using the Bonferroni method. Results: The median follow-up time was 52.8 months; the 5-year disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival rates of resected IMAs were 68.5% and 77.6%, respectively. The univariate analyses of all IMA patients demonstrated that 15 CT imaging features, in addition to the clinicopathologic characteristics, significantly correlated with the recurrence or death of IMA patients. The multivariable analysis revealed that five of them, including imaging subtype (p = 0.002), spiculation (p < 0.001), tumor density (p = 0.008), air bronchogram (p < 0.001), emphysema (p < 0.001), and location (p = 0.029) were independent prognostic factors. The subgroup analysis demonstrated that pneumonic-type IMA had a significantly worse prognosis than solitary-type IMA. Moreover, for solitary-type IMAs, the most independent CT imaging biomarkers were air bronchogram and emphysema with an adjusted p value less than 0.05; for pneumonic-type IMA, the tumors with mixed consolidation and ground-glass opacity were associated with a longer DFS (adjusted p = 0.012). Conclusion: CT imaging features characteristic of IMA may provide prognostic information and individual risk assessment in addition to the recognized clinical predictors.

• 대한골관절종양학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.160-167
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• 2005

목적: 거대세포종은 대부분 대퇴골 원위부 및 경골 근위부에 주로 발생하며, 병소 내 소파술에서 광범위 절제술까지 다양한 수술 방법들이 시행되고있다. 저자들은 수술이 어렵고 재발율이 높은 슬관절 부위의 거대세포종 환자에서 재발율을 포함한 치료 성적을 분석하고, 재발율과 관련된 인자를 규명하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 병리학적으로 확진 되고, 고속 바(high-speed burring)와 골 시멘트를 이용한 병소내 소파술을 시행 한 41예의 슬관절 주위 거대세포종 환자를 대상으로 하였다. 재발율과 기능적 평가를 통한 치료 성적을 분석하였으며, 성별, 연령, 종양의 위치, 크기, 연골 하골의 침범과 관절 내 침범 유무 그리고 Campanacci 분류에 따른 인자들과 재발율과의 상관관계를 통계적으로 분석하였다. 평균 추시 기간은 50(12~122) 개월이었다. 결과: 최종 추시 상 재발율은 17%였고, 재발시기는 평균 술 후 10개월이었다. Musculoskeletal Tumor Society (MSTS) Grading System에 의한 술 후의 기능 평가점수는 평균 27.8(93%)로 78%에서 만족스러운 기능을 보였다. 성별, 연령, 종양의 위치, 크기, 연골 하침범, 관절 내 침범, Campanacci 분류 등은 종양의 국소 재발과 통계적으로 유의한 상관 관계를 보이지 않았다. 결론: 슬관절 주변 거대세포종의 재발과 관련된 인자를 찾지는 못하였다. 수술적 치료로서 고속 바를 이용한 세심한 소파술과 골시멘트 충진술을 이용한 국소 절제술 만으로도 만족할 만한 결과 및 재발율을 얻을 수 있었다.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.128-134
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• 2004

Background and Objectives: Angiogenesis is the process of new blood vessel development from preexisting vessel. Angiogenenesis has been considered to be essential for the growth and expansion of a solid tumor. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), known as one of the most important vascular permeability factors, induces proliferation of endothelial cells, stiumulates angiogenesis, and increases vascular permeability. Several recents reports have documented that VEGF overexpression is associated with poor clinical outcomes in many maligmancies. The aims of this study were to determine whether microvessel density and VEGF expression are related to clinicopathologic factors such as age, sex, tumor size, tumor stage, and prognostic factors and to evaluate the relationship between VEGF expression and angiogenesis in benign and malignant thyroid tumors. Materials and Methods: The subjects were 65 patients (27 with papillary carcinoma, 27 with adenomatous hyperplasia, 11 with follicular adenoma) who underwent thyroidectomy from 1995 to 2001. Imuunohistochemistry was used to detect VEGF expression and microvessel density (MVD) in paraffin-embedded thryoid tumor specimens. Results: The intensity of the VEGF expression did not show stastically difference between benign and malignant thyroid tumors. There was no apparent correlation between VEGF expression and age, tumor size, T stage or scores of the AGES, AMES and MACIS systems. The neo-microvessel density was higher in the maligant tumor than the benign tumors. Also, higher neo-microvessel density was associated with metastases of the lymph nodes and scores of the AMES and AGES systems. Conclusion: Our results suggest that neo-microvessel vessel density may be a significant prognostic factor in the thyroid papillary carcinoma. But the VEGF expression does not appear to be an significant independent prognostic factor for thyroid papillary carcinoma.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.945-950
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• 2014

Purpose: To explore the value of systemic inflammatory markers as independent prognostic factors and the extent these markers improve prognostic classification for patients with inoperable advanced or metastatic gastric cancer (GC) receiving palliative chemotherapy. Methods: We studied the prognostic value of systemic inflammatory factors such as circulating white blood cell count and its components as well as that combined to form inflammation-based prognostic scores (Glasgow Prognostic Score (GPS), Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR), Platelet Lymphocyte Ratio (PLR), Prognostic Index (PI) and Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI)) in 384 patients with inoperable advanced or metastatic gastric cancer (GC) receiving first-line chemotherapy. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to examine the impact of inflammatory markers on overall survival (OS). Results: Univariate analysis revealed that an elevated white blood cell, neutrophil and/or platelet count, a decreased lymphocyte count, a low serum albumin concentration, and high CRP concentration, as well as elevated NLR/PLR, GPS, PI, PNI were significant predictors of shorter OS. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that only elevated neutrophil count (HR 3.696, p=0.003) and higher GPS (HR 1.621, p=0.01) were independent predictors of poor OS. Conclusion: This study demonstrated elevated pretreatment neutrophil count and high GPS to be independent predictors of shorter OS in inoperable advanced or metastatic GC patients treated with first-line chemotherapy. Upon validation of these data in independent studies, stratification of patients using these markers in future clinical trials is recommended.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.189-198
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• 2024

Objective: To investigate the prognostic utility of radiomics features extracted from ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT combined with clinical factors and metabolic parameters in predicting progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in individuals diagnosed with extranodal nasal-type NK/T cell lymphoma (ENKTCL). Materials and Methods: A total of 126 adults with ENKTCL who underwent ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT examination before treatment were retrospectively included and randomly divided into training (n = 88) and validation cohorts (n = 38) at a ratio of 7:3. Least absolute shrinkage and selection operation Cox regression analysis was used to select the best radiomics features and calculate each patient's radiomics scores (RadPFS and RadOS). Kaplan-Meier curve and Log-rank test were used to compare survival between patient groups risk-stratified by the radiomics scores. Various models to predict PFS and OS were constructed, including clinical, metabolic, clinical + metabolic, and clinical + metabolic + radiomics models. The discriminative ability of each model was evaluated using Harrell's C index. The performance of each model in predicting PFS and OS for 1-, 3-, and 5-years was evaluated using the time-dependent receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Results: Kaplan-Meier curve analysis demonstrated that the radiomics scores effectively identified high- and low-risk patients (all P < 0.05). Multivariable Cox analysis showed that the Ann Arbor stage, maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax), and RadPFS were independent risk factors associated with PFS. Further, β2-microglobulin, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status score, SUVmax, and RadOS were independent risk factors for OS. The clinical + metabolic + radiomics model exhibited the greatest discriminative ability for both PFS (Harrell's C-index: 0.805 in the validation cohort) and OS (Harrell's C-index: 0.833 in the validation cohort). The time-dependent ROC analysis indicated that the clinical + metabolic + radiomics model had the best predictive performance. Conclusion: The PET/CT-based clinical + metabolic + radiomics model can enhance prognostication among patients with ENKTCL and may be a non-invasive and efficient risk stratification tool for clinical practice.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.437-445
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• 1994

The objective of this study was to evaluate outcome for the patients of the intensive care unit, using APACHE III prognostic system. We prospectively collected the information of 429 patients in intensive care units at 2 tertiary care hospitals and 4 secondary care hospitals in PUSAN who had been admitted from December 1, 1993 to February 28, 1994. The results were as follows. 1. APACHE III scores were various from 0 to 173. But the distribution of the scores were similar between tertiary care hospitals and secondary care hospitals. 2. The mortality rate significantly increased as APACHE III score rised (p<0.001). Within the interval of same score, generally, the mortality of operative patients was higher in secondary care hospitals but in the case of nonoperative patients higher in tertiary care hospitals. 3. When the tertiary care hospitals compared with secondary for ratio of the predicted mortality rate to the actual mortality rate, there was little difference. 4. When we compared the 6 hospitals, one hospital had significantly better results and another hospital was significantly inferior (p<0.05).

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.150-165
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• 2005

이 연구는 2003년 8월에서 2004년 8월까지 회복기 혹은 급성 정신병적 증상이 호전 된 뒤 사회복귀시설 혹은 낮 병원 등에서 재활치료 혹은 훈련을 받고 있는 정신분열병 환자를 대상으로 하여 주관적 및 객관적 우울증상의 정도와 그 우울증상에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 인구통계학적 요인, 임상적 요인 그리고 병식 등을 조사하여 정신분열병 환자의 우울증상에 영향일 미칠 수 있는 주요 요인들을 찾고 자 하였다. 연구대상자의 선발을 위해 PANSS, 추체외로증상 평가척도가 사용되었으며, 주관적 우울증상을 평가하기 위해 BDI와 ZDS, 객관적 우울증상을 평가하기 위해 HDRS와 CDSS, 병식 평가를 위해 KISP가 사용되었다. 최종 선발된 연구대상자는 80명이었으며, 남자가 56명(70.0%), 여자가 24명(30%), 평균 연령은 35.10세, 표준편차는 6.58이었다. 인구통계학적 특성에 따른 우울증상을 비교한 결과, 관찰자에 의한 객관적인 우울증상 비교에서 여자(CDSS; $7.00{\pm}3.33$, HDRS; $12.25{\pm}6.77$)가 남자(CDSS; $2.86{\pm}3.29$, HDRS; $6.21{\pm}6.98$)보다 유의하게 높았다(CDSS; p<0.001, HDRS; p<0.01). 교육수준에 따른 비교에서, BDI에서 중졸($24.80{\pm}19.20$), 고졸($11.10{\pm}9.51$), 전문대졸 이상($9.67{\pm}11.83$)의 순으로 유의한 차이가 있었다(p<0.05).임상적 특성에 따른 우울증상의 비교한 결과, 발병 연령대와 관련한 분석에서, BDI에서 유의한 차이가 있었으며(p<0.05), 20대 이후($23.75{\pm}15.31$), 20대 미만($16.45{\pm}13.97$), 20대($9.12{\pm}9.02$)의 순이었다. 자살시도 여부와 관련하여서는 HDRS에서 자살시도를 한 적이 있는 집단이($17.60{\pm}10.92$)이 그렇지 않았던 집단보다($6.66{\pm}5.72$) 성적이 유의하게 높았다(p<0.001). 각 척도에서 절단 점수 이상의 성적을 받은 연구 대상자는 BDI 20명(25.0%), ZDS 16명(20.0%), CDSS 18명(22.5%) 그리고 HDRS에서는 6명(7.5%)이었다. 각 우울척도의 성적에 인구통계학적 요인과 임상적 요인, KISP의 성적이 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해 단계적 중다회귀분석을 실시한 결과, BDI에서는 KISP와 학력(p<0.05), ZDS에서는 KISP와 종교(p<0.05), CDSS에서는 성별과 KISP, 그리고 HDRS에서는 자살시도 여부와 성별(p<0.05)이 유의하게 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제49권6호
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• pp.435-442
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• 2016

Background: Blunt traumatic cardiac rupture is rare. However, such cardiac ruptures carry a high mortality rate. This study reviews our experience treating blunt traumatic cardiac rupture. Methods: This retrospective study included 21 patients who experienced blunt traumatic cardiac rupture from 1999 to 2015. Every patient underwent surgery. Several variables were compared between survivors and fatalities. Results: Sixteen of the 21 patients survived, and 5 (24%) died. No instances of intraoperative mortality occurred. The most common cause of injury was a traffic accident (81%). The right atrium was the most common location of injury (43%). Ten of the 21 patients were suspected to have cardiac tamponade. Significant differences were found in preoperative creatine kinase-myocardial band (CK-MB) levels (p=0.042) and platelet counts (p=0.004) between the survivors and fatalities. The patients who died had higher preoperative Glasgow Coma Scale scores (p=0.007), worse Trauma and Injury Severity Scores (p=0.007), and higher Injury Severity Scores (p=0.004) than those who survived. Conclusion: We found that elevated CK-MB levels, a low platelet count, and multi-organ traumatic injury were prognostic factors predicting poor outcomes of blunt cardiac rupture. If a patient with blunt traumatic cardiac rupture has these factors, clinicians should be especially attentive and respond promptly in order to save the patient's life.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제60권12호
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• pp.29.1-29.11
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• 2018

Background: Respiratory troubles have economic impacts in countries where livestock industry is an important segment of the agricultural sector, as well as these problems may cause significant economic losses for bovine producers. Various practical methods are used to assess diseases that affect the bovine respiratory system. Ultrasonography is a noninvasive tool that has been used frequently in diagnosis of various animal diseases. The present study was designed to establish whether thoracic ultrasonography is a diagnostic tool for detection of respiratory troubles in weaned buffalo and cattle calves, as well as to assess its prognostic value in comparison with clinical respiratory scores. Thirty five (15 buffalo and 20 cattle) calves were included. Twelve (6 buffalo and 6 cattle) clinically healthy calves were enrolled as controls. Results: Based on physical examinations, clinical respiratory scores (CRS), ultrasound lung scores (ULS) and postmortem findings, animals were classified into 4 groups as pulmonary emphysema (n = 8), interstitial pulmonary syndrome (n = 7), bronchopneumonia (n = 12), and pleurisy (n = 8). The mean values of CRS and ULS were significantly higher in diseased calves (P < 0.01). In calves with pulmonary emphysema and interstitial syndrome, thoracic ultrasonography revealed numerous comet-tail artifacts, which varied in numbers and imaging features. Furthermore, variable degrees of pulmonary consolidation with alveolograms and bronchograms were noticed in bronchopneumonic calves. In addition, thick irregular or fragmented pleura with pleural effusions and fibrin shreds were imaged in calves with pleurisy. A weak correlation was calculated between CRS and ULS (r = 0.55, P < 0.01). Hematologically, the counts of white blood cells, activities of aspartate aminotransferase and partial tensions of carbon dioxide were significantly increased in all diseased groups. Serum concentrations of total globulins were higher in claves with bronchopneumonia (P < 0.05). The partial tension of oxygen was decreased in all diseased calves (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Thoracic ultrasonography is a diagnostic tool for various lung troubles and assessment the grade and severity of pulmonary diseases, as well as it can be used as a follow-up tool for evaluating the prognosis of respiratory troubles and monitoring the efficacy of therapies.

• Neonatal Medicine
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.26-31
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• 2017

Purpose: To identify the factors associated with differential diagnosis of neonatal bacterial meningitis at the earliest opportunities possible and to evaluate the value of the bacterial meningitis score especially in neonates. Methods: We conducted a single-center, retrospective study of neonates diagnosed meningitis at our hospital between January 2000 and March 2014. We compared the general characteristics, clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, bacterial meningitis scores between the bacterial group and the aseptic group. Results: Bacterial meningitis differs significantly from aseptic meningitis in platelet count, the cerebrospinal fluid polymorphonuclear leukocyte count, and the serum protein including also the albumin (P<0.05). Except two infants, the bacterial meningitis score over 2 accurately predict bacterial meningitis in the other 11 infants. Conclusion: The bacterial meningitis score appears highly useful to identify neonatal infants with bacterial meningitis. However, its diagnostic and prognostic value is just 'adjunctive', because low score cannot rule out bacterial meningitis.