• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.5721-5724
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• 2012

We conducted this study to detect associations between XRCC1 Arg399Gln and XPD Lys751Gln genotypes and survival of colorectal cancer patients treated with 5-FU/oxalipatin chemotherapy. We included 289 Chinese patients with advanced colorectal cancer, who had received 5-FU/oxalipatin chemotherapy as first-line treatment from January 2005 to January 2007. All patients were followed up till Nov. 2011. Genotyping for XRCC1 Arg399Gln and XPD Lys751Gln polymorphisms was based upon duplex polymerase-chain-reaction with the PCR-RFLP method. In our study, we found the XRCC1 399 Gln/Gln genotype to confer significantly higher rates of response to chemotherapy when compared to the Arg/Arg genotype [OR (95% CI)= 2.56(1.57-2.55)]. patients with the XPD 751 Gln/Gln genotype had significantly higher rates of response to chemotherapy [OR (95% CI)= 1.54(0.87-2.65)] and those with the XRCC1 399 Gln/Gln genotype had a longer average survival time and significantly lower risk of death than did those with the Arg/Arg genotype [HR (95% CI)= 0.66(0.36-0.95)]. Similarly, those carrying the XPD 751Gln/Gln genotype had 0.51-fold the risk of death of those with XPD 751Lys/Lys [HR (95% CI)= 0.51(0.33 -0.94)]. In conclusion, it is suggested that the XRCC1 Arg399Gln and XPD Lys751Gln polymorphisms should be routinely assessed to determine colorectal patients who are more likely to benefit from 5-FU/oxalipatin chemotherapy.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.76-83
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• 1995

연구방법: 수술적 절제가 불가능하거나, 수술을 거부한 40예의 병기 3기와 4기의 비소세포성 폐암환자에서 MVP 복합화학요법을 2회이상 시행하였다. 결과: 1) 반응률에 있어서는, 부분 관해를 보인 예는 9예(23%)였으며, 23예(57%)에서 불변이었고, 8예(20%)에서 진행성 병변을 보였다. 완전 관해를 보인 예는 없었다. 2) 전체적인 중앙생존기간은 36주이었으며, 반응군에서의 중앙생존기간은 60주로서 비반응군의 31주에 비해 유의하게 연장되었다(p=0.03). 3) 여성에서 생존기간이 유의하게 연장되었다(p=0.01). 그외 예후인자인, 나이, 활동도, 조직형, 병기, LDH치, 혈색소치, 혈청 CEA치 등에 따른 반응률과 생존기간의 유의한 차이는 없었으나, 활동도가 양호한 군에서 반응률이, stage IIIa군에서 반응률 및 생존 기간이 높았음이 관찰되었다. 4) 화학 요법만을 받은 군과 고식적인 방사선 요법을 받은 군간의 생존기간의 차이는 없었다. 5) 부작용은 2예(5%)에서 지속적인 백혈구 감소증, 5예(12.5%)에서 말초 신경염이 관찰되었으나, 대다수 예에서 부작용 정도는 가역적이었고, 수용할만 하였다. 결론: 진행된 비소세포성 폐암의 치료에 있어서 MVP 요법은 반응률을 증가시키고 전체적인 생존기간을 연장시키는데 만족스럽지 못하였으나, 반응군에서는 유의하게 생존기간이 연장 되었다. 그래서, 새로운 화학요법의 개발과 아울러 대규모의 대상으로 수술이나 방사선 요법과의 병용치료등에 대한 연구가 필요하겠다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.2703-2706
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• 2013

Purpose: This study was to determine the efficacy and safety of pemetrexed based chemotherapy in treating patients with metastatic gastric cancer who failed to respond to first and (or) second line chemotherapy. Patients and Methods: Metastatic gastric cancer patients who failed first and (or) second line chemotherapy, were enrolled. All patients were recruited from Jiangsu Cancer Hospital & Research Institute, and were treated with pemetrexed $500mg/m2$ (intravenous; on day 1), and a platinum (or irinotecan) every 3 weeks until disease progression, or intolerable toxicity. Evaluation on efficacy was conducted after two cycles of chemotherapy using the Response Evaluation Criteria for Solid Tumors. Toxicity was recorded according to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 3.0. Results: From Jun 2011 to May 2013, 23 patients were enrolled. All eligible 23 patients completed at least 2 cycles of chemotherapy with pemetrexed based chemotherapy, and were evaluable. Their median age was 55 years (range 40 to 78 years). Seventeen patients were male and 6 female. Three patients (13%) achieved partial response, five patients (22%) stable, 15 patients (65%) with disease progression, and none with complete response. Grade 2 neutrophil suppression occurred in 4.3%, grade 3 in 13% of patients, and no grade 4 was reported. Thrombocytopenia was encountered as follows: 4.3% grade 2, 4.3% grade 3 and 4.3% grade 4. Incidence of anemia was 34.8% in grade 2, 8.7% grade 3 and 0% grade 4. Only 4.3% of patients required packed red blood cell infusion. Elevated transaminase were 4.3% in grade 2 and 0% in grade 3 or 4. Other toxicity included oral mucositis. Conclusions: Pemetrexed based chemotherapy is mildly effective in treating patients with metastatic gastric cancer with tolerable toxicity.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.207-212
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• 1990

유도화학요법과 방사선치료후 종양 관해의 상호 관련성을 파악하고자 1986년부터 1989년까지 원자력병원에서 소정의 충분한 유도화학요법과 근치적 방사선치료를 받은 국소적으로 진행된 두경부 악성종양 환자 60예에 대한 후향적 분석을 시도하였다. 유도화학요법은 CDDP를 기본으로한 복합요법을 2 내지 3회 시행한바, 20예에서 Bleomycin+CDDP(BP), 37예에서 5-FU+CDDP(FP), 그리고 3예에서 BP/FP의 교대요법을 시행하였으며, 방사선은 병소에 따라서 65 Gy 내지 75 Gy 또는 그이상을 조사하였다. 유도화학요법에 의한 종양의 관해율은원발병소에서는 $80\%$(48/60), 경부임파절에서는 $79\%$(31/39)였으며, 약제, T-병기, 그리고 N-병기에 의한 통계적 유의성은 관찰되지 않았다. 방사선조사 6개월후 원발부위에서는 $67\%$(40/60)의 완전관해를, 경부임파절에서는 $77\%$(30/39)의 완전관해를 보인바, 이를 유도화학요법에 의한 관해 유무에 따른 차이를 분석한 결과 원발부위에서는 유도화학요법에 의한 관해(완전관해 또는 부분 관해)를 얻었던 48예중 39예에서 완전관해를 얻었으나($81\%$), 관해를 얻지못한 12예에서는 1예에서만이 방사선 치료에 의해 완전관해를 얻을 수 있었으며 ($8\%$) (p<0.0005), 경부임파절에서는 유도화학요법에 의해 관해를 얻었던 32예중 28예에서 완전관해를 얻은 반면 ($90\%$), 관해를 얻지 못한 8예에서는 2예에서만이 방사선 치료에 의해 완전관해를 얻을 수 있었던바($25\%$) (p<0.001), 모두 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다. 한편 이를 원발부위, T-병기 그리고 N-병기에 따라 분석해본 결과, 특히 T-병기중 T3, 4에서는 유의한 차이가 관찰되었으나(p<0.0005), T1, 2에서는 유의한 차이가 관찰 되지 않았다(0.3

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.801-811
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• 2019

Objective: To determine whether diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) is effective in monitoring tumor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with osteosarcoma. Materials and Methods: Twenty-nine osteosarcoma patients (20 men and 9 women; mean age, 17.6 ± 7.8 years) who had undergone magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and DKI before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy were included. Tumor volume, apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), mean diffusivity (MD), mean kurtosis (MK), and change ratio (ΔX) between pre-and post-treatment were calculated. Based on histologic response, the patients were divided into those with good response (≥ 90% necrosis, n = 12) and those with poor response (< 90% necrosis, n = 17). Several MRI parameters between the groups were compared using Student's t test. The correlation between image indexes and tumor necrosis was determined using Pearson's correlation, and diagnostic performance was compared using receiver operating characteristic curves. Results: In good responders, MD_post, ADC_post, and MK_post values were significantly higher than in poor responders (p < 0.001, p < 0.001, and p = 0.042, respectively). The ΔMD and ΔADC were also significantly higher in good responders than in poor responders (p < 0.001 and p = 0.01, respectively). However, no significant difference was observed in ΔMK (p = 0.092). MD_post and ΔMD showed high correlations with tumor necrosis rate (r = 0.669 and r = 0.622, respectively), and MD_post had higher diagnostic performance than ADC_post (p = 0.037) and MK_post (p = 0.011). Similarly, ΔMD also showed higher diagnostic performance than ΔADC (p = 0.033) and ΔMK (p = 0.037). Conclusion: MD is a promising biomarker for monitoring tumor response to preoperative chemotherapy in patients with osteosarcoma.

• Journal of Digestive Cancer Research
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.66-69
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• 2017

대장암의 치료에 여러 약물이 사용되지만, 5-FU는 오랫동안 대장암의 항암치료의 근간이 되고 있다. Capecitabine은 경구 복용하는 5-FU의 전구체로서, 최근 전이성 대장암의 치료에 사용이 증가되고 있는 약물이다. 저자들은 전이성 대장암 환자에서 고식적인 항암화학요법으로 1차 치료로서 FOLFOX에 좋은 반응을 보였으나, 부작용으로 중단 후 2차 치료로서 Capecitabine 단독요법만을 시행하였음에도 지속적으로 좋은 반응을 보이며 추적관찰하고 있는 사례를 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.426-433
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• 2011

Objective : The Histoculture Drug Response Assay (HDRA), which measures chemosensitivity using minced tumor tissue on drug-soaked gelfoam, has been expected to overcome the limitations of in vitro chemosensitivity test in part. We analyzed interim results of HDRA in malignant gliomas to see if the test can deserve further clinical trials. Methods : Thirty-three patients with malignant gliomas were operated and their tumor samples were examined for the chemosensitivity to 10 chosen drugs by HDRA. The most sensitive chemotherapy regimen among those pre-established was chosen based on the number of sensitive drugs or total inhibition rate (IR) of the regimen. The response was evaluated by 3 month magnetic resonance image. Results : Among 13 patients who underwent total resection of the tumor, 12 showed no evidence of disease and one patient revealed progression. The response rate in 20 patients with residual tumors was 55% (3 complete and 8 partial responses). HDRA sensitivity at the cut-off value of more than one sensitive drug in the applied regimen showed a sensitivity of 100%, specificity of 60% and predictability of 70%. Another cut-off value of >80% of total IR revealed a sensitivity of 100%, specificity of 69%, and predictability of 80%. For 12 newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients, median progression-free survival of the HDRA sensitive group was 21 months, while that of the non-sensitive group was 6 months ($p$=0.07). Conclusion : HDRA for malignant glioma was inferred as a feasible method to predict the chemotherapy response. We are encouraged to launch phase 2 clinical trial with chemosensitivity on HDRA.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.2225-2228
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• 2012

Background: We assessed the efficacy and toxicity of ifosfamide and doxorubicin combination chemotherapy (CT) regimen retrospectively in Turkish patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) previously treated with platinum-based chemotherapy. Methods: A total of thirty patients who had received cisplatin based chemotherapy/chemoradiotherapy as a primary treatment received ifosfamide 2500 $mg/m^2$ days 1-3, mesna 2500 $mg/m^2$ days 1-3, doxorubicin 60 mg/m2 day 1 (IMA), repeated every 21 days. Eligible patients had ECOG PS< 2, measurable recurrent or metastatic disease, with adequate renal, hepatic and hematologic functions. Results: Median age was 47 (min-max; 17-60). Twenty six (86.7 %) were male. Median cycles of chemotherapy for each patient were 2 (range:1-6). Twenty patients were evaluable for toxicity and response. No patient achieved complete response, with nine partial responses for a response rate of 30.0% in evaluable patients. Stable disease, and disease progression were observed in five (16.7%) and six (20.0%) patients, respectively. Clinical benefit was 46.7%. Median time to progression was 4.0 months. Six patients had neutropenic fever after IMA regimen and there were one treatment-related death due to tumor lysis syndrome in first cycle of the CT. No cardiotoxicity was observed after CT and treatments were generally well tolerated. Conclusion: Ifosfomide and doxorubicin combination is an effective regimen for patients with recurrent and metastatic NPC. For NPC patients demonstrating failure of cisplatin based regimens, this CT combination may be considered as salvage therapy.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.831-835
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• 2014

Background: Predictor factors determining complete response to treatment are still not clearly defined. We aimed to evaluate clinicopathological features, risk factors, treatment responses, and survival analysis of patient with advanced nonseminomatous GCTs (NSGCTs). Materials and Methods: Between November 1999 and September 2011, 140 patients with stage II and III NSGCTs were referred to our institutions and 125 patients with complete clinical data were included in this retrospective study. Four cycles of BEP regimen were applied as a first-line treatment. Salvage chemotherapy and/or high-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) with autologous stem cell transplantation were given in patients who progressed after BEP chemotherapy. Post-chemotherapy surgery was performed in selected patients with incomplete radiographic response and normal tumor markers. Results: The median age was 28 years. For the good, intermediate and poor risk groups, compete response rates (CRR) were, 84.6%, 67.9% and 59.4%, respectively. Extragonadal tumors, stage 3 disease, intermediate and poor risk factors, rete testis invasion were associated with worse outcomes. There were 32 patients (25.6%) with non-CR who were treated with salvage treatment. Thirty-one patients died from GCTs and 94% of them had stage III disease. Conclusions: Even though response rates are high, some patients with GCTs still need salvage treatment and cure cannot be achieved. Non-complete response to platinium-based first-line treatment is a negative prognostic factor. Our study confirmed the need for a prognostic and predictive model and more effective salvage approaches.

• Journal of Digestive Cancer Research
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.22-30
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• 2022

Immune checkpoint inhibition has been established as a new treatment option for various types of carcinoma, and many clinical trials are being actively conducted as a treatment for advanced or metastatic gastric cancer, either as a monotherapy with an immune checkpoint inhibitor or as a combination therapy with standard chemotherapy. In the CheckMate-649 clinical trial to confirm the efficacy of the combination of nivolumab and chemotherapy (FP) in advanced gastric cancer and gastroesophageal junction cancer, nivolumab group showed improvement in overall survival in programmed death ligand 1-positive cancer patients compared with placebo group. Also, the combination therapy of pembrolizumab, trastuzumab and chemotherapy (FP) in first-line treatment was tested through the KEYNOTE-811 trial. The pembrolizumab group showed 22.7% of improvement in objective response rate compared with placebo group. Accordingly, the combination of nivolumab/pembrolizumab with standard chemotherapy was approved for the first-line treatment. In KEYNOTE-059 trials for patients with progressive disease after at least two lines of chemotherapy, pembrolizumab monotherapy showed improvement in objective response rate and overall survival, and the use of pembrolizumab was approved for the third-line or more treatment. In this article, we review the result of clinical trials related to immune checkpoint inhibitors that have been recently introduced in the treatment of gastric cancer.