• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.1981-1984
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• 2013

Objective: The optimal duration of adjuvant trastuzumab treatment in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer is not known. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of 6 months of adjuvant trastuzumab treatment in patients with stage II or III HER2-positive breast cancer. Methods: The records of patients with HER2-positive stage II or III breast cancer who were admitted to the Breast Center of Taipei Medical University Hospital and Yuan's General Hospital between 2000 and 2008 were reviewed. All patients received adjuvant trastuzumab at an initial dose of 4 mg/kg followed by a maintenance dose of 2 mg/kg/week for 22 weeks in combination with chemotherapy. Results: A total of 51 patients were included with a mean age of 46.9 years. Approximately 55% of the patients had stage III disease. The mean follow-up time from initiation of treatment was 45.2 months (range, 0.9 to 85 months). During follow-up, 46 patients (90.2%) did not experience tumor recurrence. The mean estimated disease free survival was 80.2 months. The estimated 1-, 2-, 5-, and 7-year survival rates were 97.9%, 93.1%, 93.1%, and 93.1%, respectively. The most common adverse effects were gastrointestinal symptoms (21.6%), chills (17.6%), dizziness (9.8%), and bone pain (7.8%). No cardiac or hematologic adverse events occurred. Conclusion: Adjuvant therapy with trastuzumab for 6 months resulted in a clinical benefit in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

• BMB Reports
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• 제56권7호
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• pp.410-415
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• 2023

Breast cancer has become the most common cancer among women worldwide. Among breast cancers, metastatic breast cancer is associated with the highest mortality rate. Twist1, one of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition-regulating transcription factors, is known to promote the intravasation of breast cancer cells into metastatic sites. Therefore, targeting Twist1 to develop anti-cancer drugs might be a valuable strategy. In this study, LY-290181 dose-dependently inhibited migration, invasion, and multicellular tumor spheroid invasion in breast cancer cell lines. These anti-cancer effects of LY-290181 were mediated through the down-regulation of Twist1 protein levels. LY-290181 inhibited extracellular signal-regulated kinase and c-Jun N-terminal kinase signaling pathways. Therefore, our findings suggest that LY-290181 may serve as a basis for future research and development of an anti-cancer agent targeting metastatic cancers.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.37-48
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• 2017

목 적: 방사선치료의 가장 기본적인 조건은 정상조직의 불필요한 피폭을 방지하는 것이다. 유방암의 경우는 폐와 심장에 조사되는 선량이 중요하게 평가되는 인자이다. 따라서 유방암 방사선치료 자세에 따른 정상조직에 조사되는 선량을 비교하고 그 연관성을 상관관계 분석을 통하여 결과를 확인하여 보다 효과적인 유방암 방사선 치료방법을 모색하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 본원을 내원한 좌측 유방암 환자 30명을 대상으로 Supine, Prone Position에서 CT image를 획득하였다. Eclipse Treatment Planning System(Version 11, USA)을 이용하여 전산화치료계획을 수립하였다. DVH(Dose Volume Histogram)을 통해 Position 별로 정상조직에 조사된 선량을 비교하였다. 그 결과를 바탕으로 SPSS(Version 18)을 이용하여 각 정상조직의 선량인자를 통계분석하고 항목 간 상관관계 분석 및 독립표본 t-test를 통하여 그 연관성을 알아보았다. 그리고 MIRADA RTx(Version Advanced 1.6, UK)를 이용하여 HI(Homogeneity Index)와 CI(Conformity Index)를 Supine, Prone Position에서 값을 구하고 비교하였다. 결 과: 유방암의 전산화치료계획의 결과 폐의 경우는 Supine Position에서 V20은 $16.5{\pm}2.6%$, V30은 $13.8{\pm}2.2%$, Mean dose는 $779.1{\pm}135.9cGy$(Absolute value)를 보였다. Prone Position은 위 순서대로 $3.1{\pm}2.2%$, $1.8{\pm}1.7%$, $241.4{\pm}138.3cGy$를 보였다. Prone Position이 전반적으로 낮은 선량을 나타내었고 평균선량 537.7 cGy가 더 적게 폐에 조사되었다. 심장의 경우에는 Supine, Prone 순서대로 V30은 $8.1{\pm}2.6%$, $5.1{\pm}2.5%$, Mean dose는 $594.9{\pm}225.3cGy$, $408{\pm}183.6cGy$를 보였다. Prone Position에서 평균선량 182.6 cGy가 더 적게 조사된다는 것을 확인하였다. 통계분석 결과 신뢰도 분석지표인 Cronbach's Alpha value는 0.563이였고 변수간의 상관관계분석 결과 치료자세와 폐의 선량평가인자는 대략 0.89 이상으로 그 상관관계가 높았다. 반면 심장의 경우는 V30은 0.488, Mean dose는 0.418로 상관관계가 다소 적었다. 마지막으로 독립표본 t-test 결과 치료자세와 폐, 심장의 선량평가인자가 신뢰수준 99 %에서 모두 유의하게 나타났다($p-value{\leq}0.05$). 결 론: 현재 방사선치료는 최첨단 선형가속기와 다양화된 전산화치료계획 기술이 개발되고 있다. 이 발전의 기본전제 조건은 PTV(Planning Target Volume) 주위의 정상조직 보호라고 생각한다. 물론 유방암 환자를 Prone Position에서 치료하면 Set-up의 재현성 문제와 다소 많은 시간이 소요되지만 이 실험결과에서 보듯이 Prone Position에서 폐와 심장에 들어가는 선량을 줄일 수 있으며 그 연관관계도 의미가 있다는 것을 확인하였다. 결론적으로 Prone Position에서 충분한 치료시간을 확보하고 정확한 치료부위 확인이 이루어진다면 환자에게 보다 좋은 방사선치료를 제공할 수 있다고 생각된다.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.401-406
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• 2008

목적 : 종속조사면 병합 치료방법(FIF : Field In Field)을 이용한 유방절선조사 시 반대편 유방의 표면선량을 평가하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법 : FIF치료방법 이용 시 반대편 유방에 흡수되는 표면선량을 평가하고자 동일한 기하학적 조건과 처방선량을 기반으로 열린조사면(Open), 금속쐐기(MW : Metal Wedge), 동적쐐기(EDW : Enhanced Dynamic Wedge)를 이용한 조사방법과 비교하였다. 3차원 치료계획장치를 이용하여 선량분포 최적화를 수행하였으며 계산 결과의 정확도를 검증하기 위해 인체 팬톰과 모스펫 측정기를 사용하여 측정을 수행하였다. 동측 유방 입사면 가장자리로부터 반대편 유방 쪽으로 2, 4, 6, 8, 10cm 지점을 선정하여 각각 표면(0cm : 가피)과 0.5cm(진피) 깊이에서 선량을 측정하였으며, 0.5cm 깊이 선량측정을 위해서 0.5cm 볼루스를 사용하였다. 선량분포의 계산은 불균질 물질을 보정(modified Batho method)하여 0.25cm 격자 해상도로 수행하였다. 결과 : 치료계획장치에서 각 지점의 평균표면선량은 금속쐐기의 경우 표면 및 0.5cm 깊이에서 $19.6{\sim}36.9%$, $33.2{\sim}138.2%$ 증가했고, 동적쐐기는 $1.0{\sim}7.9%$, $1.6{\sim}37.4%$까지 증가하였다. FIF는 $-18.4{\sim}0.7%$, $-8.1{\sim}4.7%$까지 선량이 변화하였다. MOSFET을 이용하여 측정한 경우는 금속쐐기는 표면 및 0.5cm 깊이의 경우 $11.1{\sim}71%$, $22.9{\sim}161.2%$ 증가했고, 동적쐐기는 $4.1{\sim}15.5%$, $8.2{\sim}37.9%$ 선량이 증가했다. FIF는 표면에서 $-15.7{\sim}-4.9%$로 선량이 오히려 감소했으며, 0.5cm 깊이에서의 선량도 $-10.5{\sim}3.6%$로 나타났다. 치료계획장치의 계산값과 실측값을 비교한 결과, 유사한 경향을 보였으나 치료계획장치의 경우 피부선량이 실제측정값보다 다소 과소평가되고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 결론 : 본 실험을 통해 FIF치료방법의 경우 기존 치료방법(MW, EDW)에 비해 치료표적에 최적화 된 선량 분포를 만들어 내면서도 반대편 유방의 피부에 불필요한 산란선량을 최소화하는 치료방법임을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2003년도 제27회 추계학술대회
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• pp.82-82
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• 2003

Introduction: With the development of dose calculation algorithms for electron beams, 3D RTP systerns are available for electron beam dose distribution commercially. However, no studies evaluated the accuracy of dose calculation with ADAC Pinnacle system for electron beams. So, the accuracy of the ADAC system is investigated by comparing electron dose distributions from ADAC system against the BEAMnrc/DOSXYZnrc. Methods: A total of 33 breast cancer patients treated with 6, 9, and 12MeV electrons in our institution was selected for this study. The first part of this study is to compare the dose distributions of measurement, TPS and the BEAMnrc/DOSXYZnrc code in flat water phantom at gantry zero position and for a 10 ${\times}$ 10 $\textrm{cm}^2$ field. The second part is to evaluate the monitor unit obtained from measurement and TPS. Adding actual breast patient's irregular blocks to the first part, monitor units to deliver 100 cGy to the dose maximum (dmax) were calculated from measurement and 3D RTP system. In addition, the dose distributions using blocks were compared between TPS and the BEAMnrc/DOSXYZnrc code. Finally, the effects of tissue inhomogeneities were studied by comparing dose distributions from Pinnacle and Monte Carlo method on CT data sets. Results: The dose distributions calculated using water phantom by the TPS and the BEAMnrc/ DOSXYZnrc code agreed well with measured data within 2% of the maximum dose. The maximum differences of monitor unit between measured and Pinnacle TPS in flat water phantom at gantry zero position were 4% for 6 MeV and 2% for 9 and 12 MeV electrons. In real-patient cases, comparison of depth doses and lateral dose profiles calculated by the Pinnacle TPS, with BEAMnrc/DOSXYZnrc code has generally shown good agreement with relative difference less than +/-3%. Discussion: For comparisons of real-patient cases, the maximum differences between the TPS and BEAMnrc/DOSXYZnrc on CT data were 10%. These discrepancies were due in part to the inaccurate dose calculation of the TPS, so that it needs to be improved properly. Conclusions: On the basis of the results presented in this study, we can conclude that the ADAC Pinnacle system for electron beams is capable of giving results absolutely comparable to those of a Monte Carlo calculation.

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 1999년도 Japanese Journal of Medical Physics
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• pp.376-378
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• 1999

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.4819-4823
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• 2016

Bckground: Adjuvant radiation therapy is commonly administered following breast-conserving surgery for breast cancer patients. Hypofractionated radiotherapy can significantly reduce the waiting time for radiotherapy, working load on machines, patient visits to radiotherapy departments and medical costs. Material/Methods: Fifty-two patients with operable breast cancer (pT1-3pN0M0) who underwent breast conservation surgery in Tehran Cancer Institute during January 2011 to January 2012, were randomly assigned to undergo radiotherapy in two arms (hypofractionated radiotherapy arm with 30 patients, dose 42.5 Gy in 16 fractions; and conventional radiotherapy arm with 22 patients, dose 50 Gy in 25 fractions). W compared these two groups in terms of overall survival, locoregional control, late skin complications and cosmetic results. Results: At a median follow-up of 52.4 months (range: 0-64 months), the follow-up rate was 82.6%. Overall, after 60 months, there was no detectable significant differences between groups regarding cosmetic results (p = 0.857), locoregional control or survival. Conclusions: The results confirm that hypofractionated radiotherapy with a subsequent boost is as effective as conventional radiotherapy, is well-tolerated and can be used as an alternative treatment method following breast conservation surgery.

• 생약학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.174-180
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• 2014

D-Pinitol, an anti-diabetic substance, is a naturally occurring compound found in legumes. In this study, we investigated the inhibitory effect of D-pinitol on growth and recurrence of breast cancer. When D-pinitol was treated on MDA-MB-231 or MCF-7 breast cancer cells, it was observed that the viability of the two cancer cell lines was reduced in MTT assay. In order to examine the effect on the growth of breast tumor, mouse xenograft assay was carried out. On day 0, nine millions cells of MDA-MB-231 were injected subcutaneously into nude mouse and D-pinitol was administered orally at the dose of 500 mg/kg or 1000 mg/kg body weight for consecutive 45 days. Tumor size was reduced in dose-dependent manner upto 95.4% in 1000 mpk-treated group, compared with the non-treated control group. When D-pinitol was co-administrated with $4{\mu}g$ of doxorubicin, recurrence of breast tumor was delayed by two weeks, compared with the mouse group of doxorubicin monotherapy. Consistent with this data, it was observed that the population of cancer stem cells (CSCs), responsible for recurrence of cancer, within tumor mass was significantly reduced. Taken together, D-pinitol inhibits the growth of breast cancer and relapse of the tumor by suppressing the proliferation of CSCs.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.100-106
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• 2023

Background: As breast tissue expanders consist of metallic materials in the needle guard and ferromagnetic injection port, irradiation can produce radioactivation. Materials and Methods: A CPX4 (Mentor Worldwide LLD) breast tissue expander was exposed using the Versa HD (Elekta) linear accelerator. Two photon energies of 6 and 10 MV-flattening filter free (FFF) beams with 5,000 monitor units (MU) were irradiated to identify the types of radiation. Furthermore, 300 MU with 10 MV-FFF beam was exposed to the CPX4 breast tissue expander by varying the machine dose rates (MDRs) 600, 1,200, and 2,200 MU/min. To assess the instantaneous dose rates (IDRs) solely from the CPX4, a tissue expander was placed outside the treatment room after beam irradiation, and a portable radioisotope identification device was used to identify the types of radiation and measure IDR. Results and Discussion: After 5,000 MU delivery to the CPX4 breast tissue expander, the energy spectrum whose peak energy of 511 keV was found with 10 MV-FFF, while there was no resultant one with 6 MV-FFF. The time of each measurement was 1 minute, and the mean IDRs from the 10 MV-FFF were 0.407, 0.231, and 0.180 μSv/hr for the three successive measurements. Following 10 MV-FFF beam irradiation with 300 MU indicated around the background level from the first measurement regardless of MDRs. Conclusion: As each institute room entry time protocol varies according to the working hours and occupational doses, we suggest an addition of 1 minute from the institutes' own room entry time protocol in patients with CPX4 tissue expander and the case of radiotherapy vaults equipped with a maximum energy of 10 MV photon beams.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2019

Whole Spine Scanography (WSS) using the Digital Radiography (DR) system is an examination that requires whole body X-ray exposure, which involves more exposure to radiation for patients than other general radiographies. This can affect the occurrence of breast cancer. This research measured radiation dose when breasts were shield and not shield using the Auto Exposure Control (AEC) mode. The radiation dose without a shield was 1.540 mGy, and that using a collimator was measured 0.506 mGy. Moreover, 0.733 mGy was measured when 1 shield (0.3 mm) was used, and $0.523{\mu}Gy$ when 5 of them (1.5 mm) were used. The results showed that the radiation dose with 5 shields and the radiation dose with a collimator were similar. Moreover, 0.233 mGy was measured when 8 shields (2.4 mm) were used. The standard deviation were 0.081 when using collimator and 0.014 when 5 shields were used. Also, when 8 shields were used, it was found to be 0.002. Most patients who go under a scoliosis test are children or young people who are highly sensitive to radiation. In the research results, the case where the organs sensitive to radiation, women's breasts, were shielded showed more distinct differences compared to without shields. It is considered that using shields can provide more constant shield than using a collimator and lower the risk of breast cancer caused by exposure to radiation.