• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.14-17
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• 2009

대장암이나 타 장기 암의 간전이 경우 간 절제는 비교적 좋은 결과를 가지는 치료 방법으로 보고되고 있으나, 위암의 간전이에 대한 치료로 절제 수술의 역할과 생존율에 대한 효과는 연구가 많지 않은 실정이다. 위암의 수술 전 진단 때나 수술 후 추적 검사 중 진단된 간전이의 경우 많은 예에서 다발성 전이, 좌, 우엽에 전이, 간외 전이, 복막 파종이나 다발성 림프절 전이 양상으로 절제 수술의 적응이 되지 못하는 악성 경로를 가지는 경우가 많다. 그러나 몇몇 보고에서는 수술 적응 대상 환자가 적으나 간절제 치료로 좋은 결과를 보고하는 경우도 있어 제한된 간전이 환자에 대한 맞춤 치료의 영역은 있다고 하였다. 위암의 간전이 절제 예에 대한 보고를 종합하여 보면 간전이 병소가 진단되는 시기가 예후에 중요하여 동시성으로 전이가 진단된 경우가 나쁘며, 절제연이 10 mm 이상 유지 될 때 좋은 결과를 보고하였다. 반면 전이 병소의 개수는 생존율 검사에서 통계학적 의미는 없는 것으로 보고 되었다. 또한 충분한 절제연을 확보하면서 해부학적 구역 절제 이상의 수술이 시행된 경우와 이시성 간전이가 좋은 생존율을 보이는 것으로 보고되었다. 또한 간 절제 수술 후 가장 많은 재발 병소는 역시 간으로, 재발 시 대부분 2년 내 사망을 초래하여 절제 후 보조항암화학요법 치료도 중요하다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.166-169
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• 2016

Afferent loop obstruction following gastrectomy is a rare but fatal complication. Clinical features of afferent loop obstruction are mainly gastrointestinal symptoms. A 56-year-old female underwent radical total gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y esophagojejunostomy for treatment of advanced gastric cancer. After fourteen months postoperatively, she showed gradual development of edema of both legs. Computed tomography (CT) scan showed disease progression at the jejunojejunostomy site and consequent dilated afferent loop, which resulted in inferior vena cava (IVC) compression. A drainage catheter was placed percutaneously into the afferent loop through the intrahepatic duct and an IVC filter was placed at the suprarenal IVC, and self-expanding metal stents were inserted into bilateral common iliac veins. With these procedures, sympotms related with afferent loop obstruction and deep vein thrombosis were improved dramatically. The follow-up abdominal CT scan was taken 3 weeks later and revealed the completely decompressed afferent loop and improved IVC patency. Surgical treatment should be considered as the first choice for afferent loop obstruction; however, because it is more immediate and less invasive, non-surgical modalities, such as percutaneous catheter drainage or stent placement, can be effective alternatives for inoperable cases or risky patients who have severe medical comorbidities.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.626-631
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• 1996

The forty patients with carcirLoma of the esophagus or cardia seen at National Medical Center between November 1983 and April 1994 underwent surgical exploration. The esophagogastrectomy was carried out in 29 of 40 patients, one case through right thoracotomy, the others through left thoracotomy. Two patients underwent colon bypass surgeries due to upper esophageal cancer Transhiatal esop agectomy was performed In one case. Feeding gastrostomy or feeding jejunostomy were performed in 8 patients due to the advanced stage or malnutrition. In this report, we evaluated the long-term results in the 28 patients who underwent esophagogastrectomy for palliation through the left thoracotomy. There were 25 men(89%) and 3 women(11 %), and the mean age was 58.65$\pm$7.15 years(range, 46 to 73 years). The most frequent preoperative symptoms included dysphagia (22), weight loss (15), chest pain (6), vomiting (1), and hoarsness (1). Twenty-three patients had sqamous cell cancers of mid-and lower esophagus and five adenocarcionomas of cardia. One patient died in the hospital within 30 days of the op- eration for a hospital mortality rate of ).7%, Cause of death was sepsis due to anastomotic leakage. There were five additional complications in five patients; acute respiratory distress syndrome (1), post-op- erative bleeding (1), diaphragmatic hernia (1), acute renal failure (1) and late raft stenosis (1). The one year, 1틴o years, and three years acturial survival rate were 75.6$\pm$9.5%, 43.2$\pm$ 11.6%, 21.6: 10.5$\circledcirc$ re- spectively. The average survival was 21.8 months. The data from this study suggest that esophagogastrectomy through the left thoracotomy can achieve resonable long-term palliation for carci- noma of the esophagus. The operation can be performed with a low operative mortality and few serious postoperative complications.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.120-134
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• 2022

Purpose: This study aimed to identify prognostic factors for patients with distant lymph node-involved gastric cancer (GC) using a machine learning algorithm, a method that offers considerable advantages and new prospects for high-dimensional biomedical data exploration. Materials and Methods: This study employed 79 features of clinical pathology, laboratory tests, and therapeutic details from 289 GC patients whose distant lymphadenopathy was presented as the first episode of recurrence or metastasis. Outcomes were measured as any-cause death events and survival months after distant lymph node metastasis. A prediction model was built based on possible outcome predictors using a random survival forest algorithm and confirmed by 5×5 nested cross-validation. The effects of single variables were interpreted using partial dependence plots. A contour plot was used to visually represent survival prediction based on 2 predictive features. Results: The median survival time of patients with GC with distant nodal metastasis was 9.2 months. The optimal model incorporated the prealbumin level and the prothrombin time (PT), and yielded a prediction error of 0.353. The inclusion of other variables resulted in poorer model performance. Patients with higher serum prealbumin levels or shorter PTs had a significantly better prognosis. The predicted one-year survival rate was stratified and illustrated as a contour plot based on the combined effect the prealbumin level and the PT. Conclusions: Machine learning is useful for identifying the important determinants of cancer survival using high-dimensional datasets. The prealbumin level and the PT on distant lymph node metastasis are the 2 most crucial factors in predicting the subsequent survival time of advanced GC.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.113-119
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• 1997

목적 : 국소적으로 진행된 위암치료는 수술이 주 치료로 5년 생존율은 그리높지 않아 좀더 완치율을 높이기 위하여 화학요법이나 화학요법과 병용하여 방사선치료 등이 시행되고 있다 저자들은 위암환자에서 수술후 방사선치료를 받은 환자의 치료성적을 후향적으로 분석하였다. 방법 : 1985년 3월부터 1993년 6월까지 한양대학병원 치료방사선과에서 위절제수술후 방사선 치료를 3500cGy 이상 받고 병기 3및 4기인 68명을 대상으로 후향적인 분석을 하였다. 연령분포는 28세부터 66세였고 중앙연령은 50세였다. 추적기간은 3개월에서 133개월(3명이 36개월 미만)로 중앙값은 50개월이었다. 조직병리상 37명이 non signet ring adenocarclnoma였고 29명이 signet ring cell이었다. 병기로 IIIA가 19명, IIIB가 25명, IV가 24명이었다. 항암화학요법은 65명의 환자에게 투여되었으며 FAM계통의 치료가 28예 cispiatln, 5FU계통이 26예이었다. 결과 : 5년생존율은 36.6% 5년무병생존율은 33.6%였다. 예후인자로 병소침입 임파선개수, 조직세포 종류 등이 생존율에 통계적으로 유의하게 영향을 주었고 잔존세포의 유무, 병기, 나이, 세포분화도 및, 방사선치료 총 기간 등도 생존율에 영향을 주었으나 통계적인 유의성은 없었고 항암화학제의 종류에따른 생존율의 차이는 없었다. 37명환자에서 재발이 있었고 위치로는 장망(omentum) 및 복막에 23.5%로 가장 재발율이 놀았으며 남은 위나 봉합부위에 13.2%의 재발율을 보였다. 전체 국소재발은 20.7% 전체 원격전이는 39.7%였다. 방사선치료로 인한 부작용은 22.1%에서 grade 3의 백혈구감소가 있었고 1.5%에서 grade 4 부작용이 있었다. 치료중 10% 이상의 체중감소는 8.8%였다. 결론 : 본 연구결과 수술후 화학요법과 방사선치료요법은 큰 부작용이 없었으며 실패양상은 주로 장망 및 복막이었고 치료부위내 국소재발율이 다음으로 많았다. 국소재발은 원격전이에 비해 많이 낮아지는 추세를 보였다 방사선역할에 평가를 조금 더 명확하게 규명하기위해 향후 재발 위험이 큰 환자에서 수술후 화학요법만 한 군과 화학요법 및 방사선치료를 병용한 군과의 재발 양상 및 생존율 등의 전향적 비교 연구가 필요할 것으로 생각되며 더 나아가 수술후 항암화학요법 및 방사선 병용요법에 복강내 약물치료도 고려되어야 하겠다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.213-219
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• 2018

Stomach cancer is the most diagnosed cancer in Korea. When gastric cancer is detected early, the 5-year survival rate is as high as 90%. Gastroscopy is a very useful method for early diagnosis. But the false negative rate of gastric cancer in the gastroscopy was 4.6~25.8% due to the subjective judgment of the physician. Recently, the image classification performance of the image recognition field has been advanced by the convolutional neural network. Convolutional neural networks perform well when diverse and sufficient amounts of data are supported. However, medical data is not easy to access and it is difficult to gather enough high-quality data that includes expert annotations. So This paper evaluates the efficacy of transfer learning in gastroscopy classification and diagnosis. We obtained 787 endoscopic images of gastric endoscopy at Gil Medical Center, Gachon University. The number of normal images was 200, and the number of abnormal images was 587. The image size was reconstructed and normalized. In the case of the ResNet50 structure, the classification accuracy before and after applying the transfer learning was improved from 0.9 to 0.947, and the AUC was also improved from 0.94 to 0.98. In the case of the InceptionV3 structure, the classification accuracy before and after applying the transfer learning was improved from 0.862 to 0.924, and the AUC was also improved from 0.89 to 0.97. In the case of the VGG16 structure, the classification accuracy before and after applying the transfer learning was improved from 0.87 to 0.938, and the AUC was also improved from 0.89 to 0.98. The difference in the performance of the CNN model before and after transfer learning was statistically significant when confirmed by T-test (p < 0.05). As a result, transfer learning is judged to be an effective method of medical data that is difficult to collect good quality data.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.196-203
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• 2014

Purpose: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is one of the most important growth factors for metastatic tumors. To clarify the role of VEGF-A and C in patients with peptic ulcer disease (PUD) or gastric cancer (GC), we evaluated the expression levels of these two molecules. We also analyzed the effect of Helicobacter pylori infection on VEGF-A and C expression levels. Materials and Methods: Patients with dyspepsia who needed diagnostic endoscopy were selected and divided into three groups: nonulcer dyspepsia (NUD), PUD, and GC, according to their endoscopic and histopathological results. Fifty-two patients with NUD, 50 with PUD, and 38 with GC were enrolled in this study. H. pylori infection was diagnosed by the rapid urease test. After RNA extraction and synthesis of cDNA, the expression levels of VEGF-A and C were determined by quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. Results: The VEGF-C expression level in the PUD and GC groups was significantly higher than that in the NUD group. Moreover, the VEGF-A expression level in the PUD and GC groups was higher than in the NUD group, although the differences were not statistically significant. Significant positive correlations were also observed between the expression levels of these two molecules in the PUD and GC groups. In addition, the expression levels of these two molecules were higher in H. pylori positive patients with PUD or GC than in H. pylori negative patients of the same groups; however, these differences did not reach statistical significance. Conclusions: Up-regulation of VEGF-C expression during gastric mucosal inflammation may play a role in the development of peptic ulcers or GC.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.83-91
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• 2001

Purpose: This study was to observe whether the apoptotic function of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) is induced in human gastric epithelial dysplasia and gastric adenocarcinoma according to the role of FasL expression. Materials and Methods: A total of 56 gastric epithelial dysplasia and gastric adenocarcinoma patients were enrolled in this study: 9 cases of gastric epithelial dysplasia, 18 cases of early gastric carcinomas (EGC) and 29 cases of advanced gastric carcinomas (AGC). Immunohistochemical staining was performed for FasL and CD45, and the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase mediated dUTP nick end labelling (TUNEL) method was used to detect cell death in tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes. Results: 1) Positive reactions of FasL to neoplastic cells were $88.9\%$ (8/9) in gastric epithelial dysplasia, $83.3\%$ (15/18) in EGC, and $75.9\%$ (22/29) in AGC. 2) Expression of TIL was decreased in the FasL positive region and was increased in the FasL negative region, and significant expression of TIL was observed in the AGC group (P=0.001). 3) Expression of apoptotic TIL was very similar to the FasL expression, and $100\%$ expression was observed in gastric epithelial dysplasia group. 4) Expression of apoptotic TIL was increased in the FasL positive region and decreased in the FasL negative region, and significant apoptotic expression was observed in the gastric epithelial dysplasia and EGC groups (P=0.0420, P=0.0263, respectively). Conclusion: These results suggest that FasL is a prevalent mediator of immune privilege in epithelial dysplasia and cancer of the stomach.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.604-615
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• 2022

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate cancer-specific survival (CSS) and associated risk factors in elderly gastric cancer (EGC) patients. SUBJECTS/METHODS: EGC patients (≥ 70 yrs) who underwent curative gastrectomy between January 2013 and December 2017 at our hospital were included. Clinicopathologic characteristics and survival data were collected. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was used to extract the best cutoff point for body mass index (BMI). A Cox proportional hazards model was used to determine the risk factors for CSS. RESULTS: In total, 290 EGC patients were included, with a median age of 74.7 yrs. The median follow-up time was 31 (1-77) mon. The postoperative 1-yr, 3-yr and 5-yr CSS rates were 93.7%, 75.9% and 65.1%, respectively. Univariate analysis revealed risk factors for CSS, including age (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.08; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.01-1.15), intensive care unit (ICU) admission (HR = 1.73; 95% CI, 1.08-2.79), nutritional risk screening (NRS 2002) score ≥ 5 (HR = 2.33; 95% CI, 1.49-3.75), and preoperative prognostic nutrition index score < 45 (HR = 2.06; 95% CI, 1.27-3.33). The ROC curve showed that the best BMI cutoff value was 20.6 kg/m². Multivariate analysis indicated that a BMI ≤ 20.6 kg/m² (HR = 2.30; 95% CI, 1.36-3.87), ICU admission (HR = 1.97; 95% CI, 1.17-3.30) and TNM stage (stage II: HR = 5.56; 95% CI, 1.59-19.43; stage III: HR = 16.20; 95% CI, 4.99-52.59) were significantly associated with CSS. CONCLUSIONS: Low BMI (≤ 20.6 kg/m²), ICU admission and advanced pathological TNM stages (II and III) are independent risk factors for CSS in EGC patients after curative gastrectomy. Nutrition support, better perioperative management and early diagnosis would be helpful for better survival.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.154-160
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• 2006

목적: 1998년도에 제정된 일본위암학회의 위암취급규약 영문판 제2판에 따르면 원위부 위암에 있어 2군에 속하는 림프절 중 14v (상장간막정맥) 림프절도 포함되어 있으나 조기 위암에서는 14v 림프절의 절제가 제외되는 등 상황과 술자에 따라 선택적으로 절제되고 있다. 저자들은 원위부 진행성 위암에 있어 14v 림프절의 전이 정도를 조사하여 14v 림프절 절제의 필요성에 대해 알아보고 이 림프절의 절제 적응증을 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 2004년 4월부터 2005년 8월까지 서울아산병원 외과 위암팀에서 원위부 위암으로 수술 받은 환자 중 수술장에서 육안적 소견으로 진행성 위암으로 판단된 환자를 대상으로 일본위암학회의 위암취급규약 영문판 2판에 정의된 D2 림프절 곽청술을 시행하고 림프절의 구획을 표기하였다. 각 림프절 구획의 위암 전이 여부를 확인하여 전이율을 계산하고, 6번 림프절의 양성율과 14v 림프절 양성율의 상관 관계와 14v 림프절 양성군과 음성군을 비교하여 14v 림프절 전이를 예측할 수 있는 인자가 있는지 분석하였다 후향적으로 의무기록을 검토하였고 환자의 예후에 대한 장기 추적은 하지 않았다. 결과: 전체 환자는 50명이었고 평균 연령은 56 ($30{\sim}80$)세, 남녀비는 1.63 : 1이었다. 47명(94%)에서 위원위부 절제술과 위십이지장 문합술을 시행하였고 3명(6%)에서는 위원 위부절제술과 위공장문합술을 시행하였다. D2 림프절 곽청술을 시행 후 림프절의 전이율이 가장 높았던 림프절은 3번(위소만부) 림프절과 6번(유문하림프절)이 54%)로 가장높았고 14v 림프절의 전이율은 10%로 다른 2군 림프절 중 7번 9번 림프절의 전이와 비슷하였다. 14v 림프절 양성군과 음성군을 비교하였을 때 전이된 림프절의 수와(평균 25.4개 vs 4.91개, P<0.001) 6번 림프절의 전이된 림프절 수에서(평균 6.5개 vs 1.42개, P<0.001) 차이를 보였고, 14v 양성군은 UICC 병기 3기 이상으로 음성군에 비해 진행된 위암인 경우가 많았다. 결론: 위암의 상태가 진행되어 있고 6번 림프절이 양성일수록 14v 림프절로의 전이 가능성이 높았다. 따라서 수술장 소견에서 3기 이상, 6번 림프절이 양성일 경우 14v 림프절의 절제가 필수이다. 그러나 14v 림프절 절제의 유용성에 대한 판단은 14v 림프절 절제하지 않은 군과 전향적인 연구를 시행하여 재발과 생존율 분석을 통해 이루어져야 할 것이다.