• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제75권3호
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• pp.104-110
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• 2013

Background: Osteopontin (OPN) and carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX), which are expressed on the surface of tumor cells, are associated with hypoxia during tumor development and progression. However, the roles of these proteins in the plasma of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are poorly understood. Herein, we hypothesized that plasma OPN and CAIX levels could be used as diagnostic and prognostic tumor markers in patients with NSCLC. Methods: Fifty-three patients with NSCLC and 50 healthy control subjects were enrolled. We selected controls without malignancy and matched them with NSCLC patient cases according to age and gender. Blood samples were collected at the time of diagnosis; the plasma levels of OPN and CAIX were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. Results: The plasma levels of OPN in the patients with NSCLC were significantly elevated as compared to those in the controls (p=0.016). However, there was no difference in the plasma level of CAIX between the NSCLC patients and controls. NSCLC patients with a distant metastasis had a remarkable increase in plasma OPN compared with patients without metastasis (p=0.026), but no such correlation was found for CAIX. There was no difference in overall survival rates according to the plasma level of OPN between the two groups (by Kaplan-Meier survival analysis). Conclusion: Plasma OPN levels were elevated in patients with NSCLC as compared with the controls, with greater elevation of OPN levels in the advanced stages of disease. Therefore, plasma OPN may have utility as a diagnostic, but not prognostic, biomarker of advanced NSCLC.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.475-484
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• 2002

연구배경 : 수술적 절제가 불가능한 진행된 병기의 비소세포폐암에 대한 항암화학요법의 성적에 대해서 논란이 있어왔다. 이에 저자들은 기존의 여러 연구에서 보고 된 vinorelbine의 항암효과와 비교적 적은 독성의 결과를 바탕으로 수술적 절제가 불가능한 진행된 병기의 비소세포폐암 환자들을 대상으로 vinorelbine 단독요법의 치료효과와 부작용을 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 조직학적으로 비소세포폐암으로 진단을 받은 환자들 중 치료 당시 III 또는 IV 병기이고 초치로로 다른 항암화학요법을 받지 않고 vinorelbine 단독요법을 받은 16명을 대상으로 하였으며, 매주 30mg/$m^2$ 용량으로 정주 하였다, 임상기록을 통한 후향적인 방법으로 분석하였다. 결 과 : 1) 수술적 절제가 불가능한 병기 3,4기의 비소세포폐암으로 조직학적 진단을 받은 16 명중 남녀 비는 14:2이고 중앙연령은 64세였다. 2) 반응평가로 완전 관해는 없었고 부분 관해는 6명(38%), 불변이 4명(24%), 진행이 6명(38%)으로 전체적인 반응률은 38%이었다. 3) 중앙생존기간은 16주 (95% 신뢰구간 : 12주-20주)였고 반응군에서 중앙 반응지속기간은 (95% 신뢰구간 : 6주-47주), 중앙 무진행생존기간은 16주 였다(95% 신뢰구간 : 6주-26주). 4) 생존기간에 영향을 미치는 통계적으로 유의한 요인은 없었다. 5) 부작용으로 3도 이상의 백혈구 감소증이 총 112회 중 10회(9%)에서 있었으나 호중구감소로 인한 발열로 입원치료를 받은 경우는 1예에서 있었고 vinorelbine 투여와 관련된 정맥염은 16명 중 5명(31%)에서 있었다. 그 외 다른 부작용은 보조적 요법으로 잘 조절되었다. 결 론 : Vinorelbine을 매 주마다 수술적 절제가 불가능한 진행성 병기 및 ECOG 활동도가 저하되어 있는 비소세포폐암 환자들에게 투여하는 것은 비교적 안전하고 효과적인 항암치료법으로 사료된다. 그러나 이에 대해서 더 많은 비소세포폐암 환자를 대상으로 하는 전향적인 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권8호
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• pp.3419-3424
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• 2014

Background: Our aim was to conduct a meta-analysis to compare the efficacy and safety of pemetrexed and docetaxel for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Materials and Methods: We systematically searched the Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase, China Biology Medicine Database for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing the efficacy and toxicities of pemetrexed versus docetaxel as a treatment for advanced NSCLC. We limited the languages to English and Chinese. Two reviewers independently screened articles to identify eligible trials according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria and assessed the methodological quality of included trials, and then extracted data. The meta-analysis was performed using STATA12.0. Results: Six RCTs involving 1,414 patients were identified. We found that there was no statistically significant differences in overall response rate, survival time, progression-free survival, disease control rate, and 1-2yr survival rate (p>0.050) but it is worthy of mention that patients in the pemetrexed arms had significantly higher 3-yr survival rate (P=0.002). With regard to the grade 3 or 4 hematological toxicity, compared with docetaxel, pemetrexed led to lower rate of grade 3-4 febrile neutropenia, neutropenia, and leukocyts toxicity (p<0.001). There was no significant difference in anemia between the two arms (p=0.08). In addition, pemetrexed led to higher rate of grade 3-4 thrombocytopenia toxicity (p=0.03). As for the non-hematological toxicities, compared with docetaxel, pemetrexed group had lower rate of grade 3-4 diarrhea and alopecia. Conclusions: Pemetrexed was almost as effective as docetaxel in patients with advanced NSCLC. At the same time, pemetrexed might increase the 3-yr survival rate. As for safety, pemetrexed led to lower rate of grade 3-4 febrile neutropenia, neutropenia, leukocytes, diarrhea and alopecia toxicity. However, it was associated with a higher rate of grade 3-4 thrombocytopenia.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.2005-2008
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• 2013

Background: Pemetrexed (PEM) is effective in first-line treatment for patients with non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However there are currently no definitive determinants to certify which patients could benefit from PEM. To improve the efficacy of PEM combined with platinum as first-line therapy for advanced non-squamous NSCLC, we conducted this retrospective study to detect potential determinants of this regimen. Methods: We recruited 109 patients with advanced non-squamous NSCLC who received PEM with a platinum as first-line therapy from June 2006 to February 2013 in Jiangsu Cancer Hospital. Multiple variables (age, sex, smoking, degree of cell differentiation, hemoglobin, platinum drugs combined, positions of metastasis) were selected. Logistic regression analysis was used to analyse relationships between these variables and tumor response. Result: In univariate analysis, we found that age and platinum significantly influenced the results of PEM therapy (P<0.05). In multivariable analysis, no factors were independently significant. Conclusion: Our analysis did not suggest that the age, sex, metastasis of liver or other organs, hemoglobin, smoking history and pathological differentiation are associated with the response of PEM. We should conduct further analyses with larger sample size to reconfirm this issue.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.1699-1702
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• 2014

Objective: To evaluate clinical efficacy of a dose escalating schedule of paclitaxel concurrent with radiotherapy in treating patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung (NSCLC). Methods: Patients with locally advanced NSCLC were treated with conventional fractionated radiotherapy or three dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3 DCRT), concurrently with a dose escalating schedule of paclitaxel. All patients were divided into three groups, A with paclitaxel $30mg/m^2$, B with paclitaxel $60mg/m^2$ and C with paclitaxel $90mg/m^2$. Paclitaxel was repeated every week for a total of 4 or 6 weeks. Results: Among 109 patients, response rates were 68.8%, 71.1% and 71.8% (p>0.05) for group A (n=32), B (n=38), and C (n=39) respectively. Accordingly, disease control rates were 81.3%, 81.6% and 82.1% (p>0.05). Progression-free survival time was $8.0{\pm}5.0$ months, $11.6{\pm}6.1$ months, and $14.8{\pm}7.9$ months (p<0.05), respectively. Overall survival time was $15.4{\pm}7.6$ months, $18.2{\pm}8.0$ months, and $22.0{\pm}7.6$ months (p<0.05), one-year survival rates were 62.5%, 73.1% and 90.0% (p>0.05) and two-year survival rates were 31.3%, 38.5% and 50.0% (p<0.05). Main side-effects were bone marrow suppression, radiation related esophagitis and gastrointestinal reaction. Conclusion: In treating patients with NSCLC, concurrent chemoradiotherapy with paclitaxel improves early response compared with conventional fractionated radiotherapy or 3 DCRT. The survival rate was improved with the addition of paclitaxel, but there was an increase in adverse reactions when the dose of paclitaxel was increased.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권23호
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• pp.10171-10174
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• 2015

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the prognostic significance of the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) on F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) in patients undergoing surgical treatment for non-small cell lung cancer. Materials and Methods: Seventy-eight consecutive patients (58 with adenocarcinomas, 20 with squamous cell carcinomas) treated with potentially curative surgery were retrospectively reviewed. Results: The SUVmax was significantly higher in the patients with recurrent than with non-recurrent adenocarcinoma (p<0.01). However, among the patients with squamous cell carcinoma, there were no differences with or without recurrence (p=0.69). Multivariate analysis indicated that the SUVmax of adenocarcinoma lesions was a significant predictor of disease-free survival (p=0.04). In addition, an SUVmax of 6.19, the cut-off point based on ROC curve analysis of the patients with pathological IB or more advanced stage adenocarcinomas, was found to be a significant predictor of disease-free survival (p<0.01). Conclusions: SUVmax is a useful predictor of disease-free survival in patients with resected adenocarcinoma, but not squamous cell carcinoma. Patients with adenocarcinoma exhibiting an SUVmax above 6.19 are candidates for more intensive adjuvant therapy.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제35권9호
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• pp.659-663
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• 2002

이 논문은 비소세포폐암으로 새로이 진단 받은 환자에서 수술 전 병기판정에 통상적으로 골 스캔의 유용성에 대하여 연구하였다. 대상 및 방법: 서울대병원에서 2000년 1월부터 12월까지 비소세포 폐암으로 진단 받은 환자 258명을 대상으로 하였다. 수술 전 병기는 과반수에서(132명) 수술이 불가능할 정도로 진행된 상태였다. 골 원격전이의 임상 평가 항목으로 증상, alkaline phosphatase, calcium 등을 채택하였고 모든 환자의 골 스캔 결과를 검토하여, 각각의 민감도, 특이도, 음성 예측률, 양성 예측률을 산출하였다. 최종적인 골 전이의 판단은 일반 X-lay나 MRI 또는 골 생검을 기준으로 하였다. 골 전이만 없다면 수술이 가능한 (“potentially operable”)환자 126명의 임상 경과를 따로 분석하여 수술 대상 환자에서 골 전이에 대한 임상 평가의 중요성을 검토하였다. 결과: 골 전이에 대한 골 스캔의 민감도는 96%, 특이도는 75% 양성 예측률은 44%, 음성 예측률은 99%였고, 골 스캔에 대한 임상 평가의 민감도, 특이도, 양성 예측률, 음성 예측률은 각각 54%, 73%, 54%, 72%였다. 골 전이에 대한 임상 평가의 경우는 80%, 70%, 38%, 94%였다. 골 전이만 배제하면 수술이 가능하였던 “potentially operable”군 환자 126명에서 골 전이에 대한 임상 평가의 음성 예측률은 99%였다. 결론: 폐암 진단 당시 병기 결정에 있어서, 골 전이에 대한 철저한 임상 평가가 필수적이다. 특히 골 전이 외에 다른 수술 불가능 요인이 없는 환자군에서 임상 평가 결과 특이사항이 없을 경우 골 전이의 확률이 매우 낮아, 통상적인 골 스캔 없이도 근치적 수술을 고려할 수 있음을 확인하였다. 그러나 임상 평가 결과 양성인 경우에는 약 30% 이상의 환자에서 골 전이가 발견되므로 골 전이를 발견하기 위한 골 스캔은 물론 다른 여러 가지 진단법을 적극적으로 검토해야 한다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제58권5호
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• pp.465-472
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• 2005

연구배경 : 일차항암화학요법 후에 생존의 이득을 얻었음에도 불구하고 비소세포폐암 환자들의 대다수가 결국은 재발하거나 진행성 병변을 보인다. 이에 저자들은 기존의 여러 연구에서 보고 된 구제요법으로서 docetaxel의 항암효과와 비교적 적은 독성의 결과를 바탕으로, platinum을 근거로 한 항암화학요법을 시행 받았으나 재발되거나 진행된 비소세포폐암 환자들을 대상으로 docetaxel 단독요법의 치료효과와 부작용에 대하여 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 조직학적으로 비소세포폐암으로 진단을 받고 platinum을 근거로 한 항암화학요법을 받았으나 재발 또는 진행성 병변을 보인 31명의 환자들을 대상으로 docetaxel $75mg/m^2$ 또는 $100mg/m^2$을 3주마다 정주하였다. 임상기록을 통한 후향적인 방법으로 분석하였다. 결 과 : 1) 재발 또는 진행성 병변을 보인 31명중 남녀 비는 24:7이고 중앙연령은 60세였다. 2) 반응평가로 완전 관해는 없었고 부분관해는 14명(45.2%), 불변이 10명(32.3%), 진행이 7명(22.6%)으로 전체적인 반응율은 45.2%이었다. 3) 중앙생존기간은 12.5개월(95% 신뢰구간: 7.3개월-17.6개월) 이었고, 1년 생존율은 52%였다. 무진행생존기간의 중앙값은 3.0개월(95% 신뢰구간: 1.6개월 - 4.5개월)이며, 반응군에서의 중앙반응지속기간은 3.7개월(95% 신뢰구간: 3.0개월 - 4.4개월)이었다. 4) 60세 미만인 경우(20.1 months vs 6.6 months, p=0.0105), 조직학적 아형이 선암일 경우(25.6 months vs 7.9 months, p=0.0055) 통계적으로 유의한 생존기간의 증가가 있었다. 5) 부작용으로 3도 이상의 백혈구 감소증은 12명(38.7%), 호중구 감소증에 동반된 발열은 6명(19.3%), 감염이 동반된 호중구 감소증은 4명(12.9%)에서 발생했다. 치료와 관련되어 1명이 사망하였다. 6) Docetaxel 용량에 따른 생존기간의 차이나 독성의 차이는 없었다. 결 론 : Platinum을 근거로 하는 항암화학요법으로 치료받은 후 재발 또는 진행성 병변을 보이는 비소세포폐암 환자들에게 docetaxel을 투여하는 것은 비교적 안전하고 효과적인 항암치료법으로 사료된다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권12호
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• pp.3525-3529
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• 2010

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are currently used in the treatment of patients with advanced lung cancer. Recent studies on non-small cell lung cancer have shown that some patients carry somatic mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene. Such mutations correlate with the effectiveness of certain TKIs. To detect a small amount of mutant EGFR among an abundance of wild-type EGFR, we have developed a highly sensitive and simple method using PNA-mediated real-time PCR clamping. The PNA-mediated real-time PCR clamping enables detection of EGFR mutants down to approximately 1% mutant -to- wild type. The total assay time was short as it required only 2.0 hr. Thus, PNA-mediated real-time PCR clamping can easily be applied to clinical samples for identification of DNA carrying EGFR mutations and also appear to be the best assay to detect somatic mutations.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.366-372
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• 2014

Objectives: This is a report of a case of a stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patient whose malignant pleural effusion & respiratory symptoms have been relieved with Korean medicinal prescription, modified Yieum-jeon. Methods: A 56-year-old male diagnosed with stage IV NSCLC suffering malignant pleural effusion with complaints of cough, sputum, bilateral leg edema, dysphagia, post neck and left scapular pain was treated with modified Yieum-jeon and acupuncture during 16days. After treatment, blood lab and chest X-ray were used to follow the condition of malignant pleural effusion & pulmonary symptoms. Results: Malignant pleural effusion and pulmonary symptoms were improved with modified Yieum-jeon intake without any related adverse side effects. Conclusions: This study suggests Yieum-jeon may play a positive role in improving the malignant pleural effusion symptoms in advanced lung cancer cases.