• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권15호
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• pp.6715-6717
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• 2015

Background: The purpose of this study was to provide epidemiological and histological data of thyroid cancers in Togo. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study of cases of thyroid cancers diagnosed from 2000 to 2014 (15 years) at the pathology laboratory of the Sylvanus Olympio Teaching Hospital of $Lom{\acute{e}}$. All cases of review of a thyroid sample (biopsies, surgical specimens) were collected from the data records of that laboratory. Results: Thyroid cancers represented 1.1% (7930cases) of all cancers registered during the study period. Mean age was $45.4{\pm}0.3$ years and the proportion of females was 78.3%. We identified 92.4% carcinomas and 7.6% lymphomas. Carcinomas were well differentiated in 80 cases and were dominated by the papillary type (47 cases). Metastasis was observed in 13% of patients. The pTNM classification evaluated in 18 cases showed a predominance of grade I (13 cases). Lymphomas were dominated by lymphoma diffuse large B-cell (5 cases). Conclusions: This study is the first global standard for thyroid cancer pathology in Togo. The high frequency of follicular form suggests an unrecognized iodine deficiency. The improvement of the technical platform of the LAP (immunohistochemistry) will increase the diagnosis of rare forms of thyroid cancer.

• 대한핵의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한핵의학회 2000년도 2nd Korea-China Congress of Nuclear Medicine and 39th Annual Spring Meeting if the Korea SOciety Nuclear Medicine
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• pp.54.1-54.1
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• 2000

• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.287-292
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• 1997

We report 22 cases of well -differentiated thyroid carcinoma infiltrating the upper airway tract. This retrospective study was undertaken to evaluate the prognosis md to determine optimal therapy for thyroid carcinoma adhering to or invading the trachea or larynx from 1984.3 to 1996.12. The treatment was individualized depending on the extent of the cancer. There were 12 cases dissected free by an laryngotracheal shaving, 7 cases removed by an tracheal resection with end to end anastomosis, 3 cases removed by an total laryngectomy. In all of these cases, we performed a total thyroidectomy with an accompanying neck dissection. There were no major complications during the operation. Over the 5-years observation period, 11 patients are alive without a sign of recurrence, 4 Patients are alive with recurrence, 7 died of thyroid carcinoma; 2 of 12 in an laryngotracheal shaving cases, 2 of 7 in an tracheal resection with end to end anastomosis case, 3 of 3 in an total laryngectomy case. The result showed an radical operation for thyroid carcinoma invading the laryngotrachea improves the survival rate, but limits improving the cure rate, and the invasion of the thrchea or larynx must be treated whenever possible by an total resection followed by radioiodine and external beam radiation.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.87-89
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• 2002

A 30 year-old female patient with papillary thyroid carcinoma received her fifth radioiodine ablation therapy after the subtotal thyroidectomy. The scan, which was peformed one week after the last therapy, revealed residual uptake in the thyroid bed and uptake in the anterior mediastinum suggesting metastasis. However, further evaluation of the thorax with chest CT and camera-based FDG PET confirmed normal thymus without metastatic focus. Occasionally thymus remains intact in adult and has avidity for I-131 and FDG. Therefore, normal thymus (instead of metastasis) should be considered in patients with well differentiated thyroid carcinoma and anterior mediastinal radioiodine uptake.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.84-86
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• 2018

Salivary and lacrimal gland dysfunction is relatively frequent after radioiodine therapy. In most cases this is a transient side effect, but in some patients it may persist for a long period or appear late. Radioiodine ($^{131}I$) therapy is often administered to patients following total thyroidectomy to treat well-differentiated follicular cell-derived thyroid cancer. In addition to the thyroid, $^{131}I$ accumulates in the salivary glands, giving rise to transient or permanent salivary gland damage. Salivary gland dysfunction following radioiodine therapy can be caused by radiation damage. But, it also may be associated with $Sj{\ddot{o}}gren$ syndrome (SS) developed after radioiodine therapy. It would be recommended that the evaluation for SS including anti-SSA/Ro and anti-SSB/La should be considered before and after radioiodine therapy.

• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.151-158
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• 1995

Anaplastic carcinoma of thyroid gland account for no more than 10% of thyroid cancer, but it shows extremely poor prognosis. The purpose of this study is to review the outcome of patients with anaplastic carcinoma over the span of 5 years and to determine the patterns of clinical presentation, age, sex and other possible prognostic variables. We analyzed 30 cases of anaplastic carcinoma retrospectively from 1991 to 1995. There were 14 men and 16 women. There age ranged 33 to 75 years with a mean of 61.0 years. Sixteen patients presented with transformationqr of well differentiated carcinoma to anaplastic carcinoma, 1 with rapid in-crease in the size of long standing goiter, 8 with rapidly growing neck mass and 4 with meta static disease. Twenty-eight patients(93.3%) showed cervical lymphnode metastasis at presentation and twenty three patients(76.6%) showed laryngotracheal invasion. Nine patients (30.3%) showed distant metastasis. Treatment modalities included surgical resection, external irradiation, radioactive iodine and systemic chemotherapy. At decision making of treatment plan, we considered completeness of initial surgery, uptake rate of whole body radioactive io-dine scan, locoregional progression and distant metastasis. The median survival was 6.8 months and three cases survived beyond 12 months.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.64-68
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• 2000

Objectives: With the recent advances and increasing use of imaging techniques in examination of the neck, the incidence of incidentally discovered thyroid carcinoma has been increasing. This study was carried out to evaluate the clinicopathologic characteristics of incidental thyroid carcinomas and to find optimal therapeutic strategies for these lesions. Materials & Methods: From Jan. 1988 to Aug. 1998, 1,053 patients were operated on for thyroid cancer, of whom 127(12.1%) had incidentally discovered thyroid cancers which were identified during routine health checkups(n=40), diagnostic procedures for unrelated medical conditions(n=39) and mass screening for thyroid cancer(n=48). The preoperative diagnosis was obtained by ultrasound-guided FNAB and the extent of surgery was determined based on frozen section examinations, as well as prognostic factors and gross findings at the time of surgery. Results: There were 6 men and 121 women with a mean age of 45.9 years. Histopathological diagnosis included papillary carcinomas(n=1l9), follicular carcinomas(n=6), poorly differentiated carcinoma(n=l) and medullary carcinoma(n=1). Thirty patients(23.6%) had multifocallesions. The mean diameter of the tumors was 1.1 cm(0.2-3.4 cm). Capsular invasions were found in 53 patients(41.7%) and nodal metastases in 41(32.3%). The surgical procedures used were: 90 less-than total thyroidectomies and 37 total thyroidectomies with central neck node dissection. Lateral neck dissection was added in 5 patients. According to TNM staging, 79 patients(63.2%) were at stage I, 15(12.0%) at stage II, 31(24.8%) at stage III and 0(0.0%) at stage IV. By AMES scoring system, 102 patients(81.6%) were in the low-risk group and 23(18.4%) in the high-risk group. And by MACIS scoring system, 103(86.6%) of 119 papillary thyroid cancer patients were less than 6. Conclusions: The clinicopathological characteristics of incidentally discovered thyroid carcinomas are similar to ordinary thyroid carcinomas. The treatment of choice should be individualized based on the particular clinical situation encountered, as in ordinary thyroid carcinomas.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.339-345
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• 1997

저자들은 1984년부터 1996년까지 서울대학교병원에서 분화성 갑상선암으로 수술을 시행한 후 I-131을 이용하여 수술 후 잔여 갑상선 제거를 받은 350명을 관찰하여 다음과 같은 성적을 얻었다. 1) 분화성 갑상선암 수술 후 30mCi I-131을 평균 $2.6{\pm}1.7$회 투여하며 51%에서, 75mCi 이상 I-131을 평균 $1.6{\pm}1.1$회 투여하여 72%에서 성공적으로 잔여갑상선 조직을 제거하였다. 2) 30mCi 저용량 사용 시 1회 치료의 24%, 2회 치료 22%, 2회 치료 25%, 4회 치료 8%, 5회 치료19%, 6회 이상의 치료로 19%의 환자에서 성공적으로 잔여 갑상선 조직을 제거하였다. 3) 입원 치료가 필요한 75mCi 이상의 고용량 I-131 치료에서는 1회 치료군의 53%, 2회 58%, 3회 0%, 4회 이상 치료군에서 44%의 환자에서 잔여 갑상선을 완전히 제거하였다. 4) 갑상선 전절제 후 78%, 아절제 후 62%, 한엽 및 협부 절제 후 54%, 한엽이하 절제 시 33%에서 수술 후 잔여 갑상선을 제거하여 수술 후 잔여 갑상선 조직이 적을수록 I-131 효과가 있었다. 결론적으로 이 연구에서 수술 후 30mCi I-131을 이용한 경우의 일부에서는 잔여 갑상선의 제거는 충분히 이루어지지 않아, 재발의 위험도가 높은 군에서 분화성 갑상선 암 환자의 치료시 적극적인 수술로 갑상선 전절제 후 고용량의 방사성 옥소 치료가 바람직하리라 여겨진다.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.45-50
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• 1997

Total thyroidectomy has been advocated as the treatment of choice for most well differentiated thyroid carcinomas. Many surgeons have an aversion to total thyroidectomy, however, because of an allegedly high frequency of complications as compared with those resulting from other operation methods. In this report we reviewed our experience with 37 consecutive total thyroidectomy(January 1995 to December 1996). The clinical features are similar to other studies. The sex ratio is 1 : 3.1(M : F), third decade occupies 33% of cases. The anterior neck mass is the most frequent symptom(95%). In the duration of symptom, 35% of patients was within 3 months. Thirty five cases are cancer, and two cases are Hashimoto's thyroditis. The papillary carcinoma is the most common pathologic type(86%). Total thyroidectomy was done in 20 cases, and total thyroidectomy with modified neck dissection was done in 17 cases. The five postoperative complications occurred in 3 patients among 37 patients: postoperative bleeding in 1, transient hoarseness in 2, transient hypoparathyroidism in 2. Thirty four cases received $I^{131}$ scan and therapy, two cases received thyroid hormone replacement, and one case received chemotherapy. We think that total thyroidectomy can be done without additional risk compared with other thyroid operation methods, with meticulous and careful surgical technique.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.236-243
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• 1998

1991년부터 1997년월까지 7년간 한림대학교 이비인후과학교실에서 국소침범한 갑상선암으로 치료를 받은 10명의 환자들을 후향적으로 검토하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1) 성별 분포는 남녀비는 1:2.3이었으며 연령별 분포는 60대 이상이 7명으로 노인에 호발함을 알 수 있었다. 2) 임상승상은 애성이 5례(50%)로 가장 많았으며 무증상이면서 경부종괴로 온 경우가 3례 그외에 연하곤란, 호흡곤란 객혈 등이었다. 3) 침범된 구조는 기관 7례, 반회후두신경과 종격동임파절이 각각 5례, 경부식도 3례, 경동맥 3례, 기관주위임파절 3례, 하인두 1례, 미주신경 1례 순이었다. 4) 침범된 구조물들에 대한 수술로는 기관 수상절제술 및 단단문합술이 1례. 기관 수상절제와 윤상기관성형술 1례, 기관 창절제술 및 일차봉합술 1례. 기관 창절제술 및 흉쇄유돌근-근막피판재건술 1례, 기관 면도식절제술 1례, 식도 부분절제술 2례, 식도 면도식절제술 1례, 편측 윤상후두절제술 1례, 윤상연골 부분절제술 및 흉쇄유돌근-근골막피판재건술 1례, 갑상연골 면도식절제술 1례, 반회후두신경절제술이 2례, 미주신경절제술 1례, 경동맥절제술 및 $Gortex^{\circledR}$를 이용한 재건술 2례, 경동맥 면도식절제술 1례 등이었다. 이상에서 국소침범한 갑상선암은 대부분의 경우 가능한 완전절제를 시도하였으나 광범위 절제 후 재건술의 어려움이 있었으며 또한 대부분이 노인 환자로서 전신상태에 따른 예후가 불량한 경우가 있었다. 따라서 각 환자의 나이와 침범 정도에 따른 개별적인 술식으로 치료방법을 선택하는 것이 중요할 것으로 사료된다.하다고 생각된다. 6) 횡문근육종과 골육종의 경우 3례중 2례에서 광범위한 수술적 제거후 방사선치료를 병행하였으며, 현재 무병생존 중이고, 1례는 화학요법과 방사선치료의 병합요법을 시행하였으나 실패하였다. 육종의 경우 광범위한 수술적 절제가 가장 좋은 치료로 사료되며, 미세잔존암이 남아있는 경우는 방사선 치료의 병합이 필요하리라 생각된다.\beta$4-tyrosine phosphorylation site (Clone M)을 얻었다. 암 세포의 부착 및 침투 능력의 기능적 연구로 모노 클로날 항체와 fibronectin, laminin, Matrigel을 단백질 기질로 사용하였으며 결과 비교를 위하여 pRc/CMV 벡터만 주입시켰던 클로운과 방광암 세포주를 $\beta$4 integrin 음성 대조군으로 또한 이 Integrin의 높은 발현을 보이는 두경부 편평상피암 세포주를 양성 대조군으로 이용하였다. 결과 : 세포부착능력에 있어서 온전한 $\beta$4 cytoplasmic domain이 존재하는 클로운이 laminin에 강한 부착능력을 보였으나 fibronectin의 부착정도는 $\beta$4 integrin의 표현정도와 관계없이 모든 클로운에서 비슷하였다. Matrigel을 투과하는 암세포 침윤 능력에서는 $\beta$4 integrin의 표현이 존재하는 클로운들이 투과 능력이 높았으나 세포외 리간드가 없는 control membrane을 사용하였을 때와 비교하여 투과능력의 차이를 보이지 않았다. 결론 : 유전자 주입(transfection) 방법으로