• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.9-21
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• 2015

Cancer, a serious public health problem in worldwide, results from an excessive and uncontrolled proliferation of the body cells without obvious physiological demands of organs. The gastrointestinal tract, including the esophagus, stomach and intestine, is a unique organ system. It has the highest cancer incidence and cancer-related mortality in the body and is influenceed by both genetic and environmental factors. Among the various chemical elements recognized in the nature, some of them including zinc, iron, cobalt, and copper have essential roles in the various biochemical and physiological processes, but only at low levels and others such as cadmium, lead, mercury, arsenic, and nickel are considered as threats for human health especially with chronic exposure at high levels. Cadmium, an environment contaminant, cannot be destroyed in nature. Through impairment of vitamin D metabolism in the kidney it causes nephrotoxicity and subsequently bone metabolism impairment and fragility. The major mechanisms involved in cadmium carcinogenesis could be related to the suppression of gene expression, inhibition of DNA damage repair, inhibition of apoptosis, and induction of oxidative stress. In addition, cadmium may act through aberrant DNA methylation. Cadmium affects multiple cellular processes, including signal transduction pathways, cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Down-regulation of methyltransferases enzymes and reduction of DNA methylation have been stated as epigenetic effects of cadmium. Furthermore, increasing intracellular free calcium ion levels induces neuronal apoptosis in addition to other deleterious influence on the stability of the genome.

• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.7-15
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• 2000

Background and Objectives:Submucosal spread of hypopharyngeal canceris frequently incriminated for the high incidence of local recurrence after resection. Although mucosal spread is better detected by means of direct visualization, submucosal spread is better evaluated by using cross-sectional imaging rather than endoscopy. This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of MRI in diagnosing involvement of inferior margin of hypopharyngeal cancer. Materials and Method : Eight patients with hypopharyngeal cancer underwent MRI prior to surgery. And postoperative histopathopogic involvement of tumor was compared with the preoperative MRI axial scan. Results : In preoperative MRI findings, involvement of pyriform sinus apex was 6 cases(definitive 5 cases, probable 1 cases), that of esophageal inlet was 1 case(probable), that of cervical esophagus was 1 case(probable). In postoperative histopathologic findings, the results were same. Conclusion : MRI evaluation for patient with hypopharyngeal cancer ensures accurate staging and provides essential information about the tumor involvement of inferior margin. And there is needed to be thin section thickness in evaluation of inferior margin of hypopharyngeal cancer.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.1162-1185
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• 2022

Purpose: We examined the effects of Dansam (Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, SM) and Dansam-eum (DSE) on gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and reflux esophagitis by comparing the inhibitory effects of SM and DSE with the representative treatment of PPI Omeprazole to determine if the effects of the prescription DSE based on Korean medicine are better than those of a single-use of SM. Methods: We performed experiments using both animal models and cancer cells. Results: Comparison of SM and DSE with PPI in the animal model tests revealed that the effects were superior for SM and DSE than for PPI in all categories (8-OHdG, p-IκB, PAR2, COX-1, cathelicidin, p-JNK, Caspase 3, ATP6V1B1, GRPR, serotonin, and NPY). In three categories (COX-1, serotonin, and NPY), SM and DSE showed superior results over the Controls. In the animal model tests, DSE was superior to SM in all categories except for serotonin. The anti-cancer effects observed in cancer cell tests revealed that SM and DSE had meaningful results in terms of cytotoxicity and cell movement rate, as well as in cancer cell apoptosis. Conclusions: We confirmed that SM and DSE can have effects on reflux esophagitis through the regulation of oxidative stress, inflammation, mucosal protection, apoptosis, proton pumping, and the enteroendocrine system in the stomach and esophagus. We also confirmed that SM and DSE have superior effects to those of PPI on all aspects, especially gastric mucosa protection and enteroendocrine system control. We also confirmed that SM and DSE have anti-cancer effects. Above all, we confirmed that DSE has superior effects on almost all aspects compared to using SM alone.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권11호
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• pp.4699-4704
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• 2015

Medical diagnostic X-ray workers are one occupational group that expose to the long-term low-dose external radiation over their working lifetime, and they may under risk of different cancers. This study aims to determine the relationship between the occupational X-ray radiation exposure and cancer risk among these workers in Jiangsu, China. We conducted Nested case-control study to investigate the occupational X-ray radiation exposure and cancer risk. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaire, which includes but not limits to demographic data, personal behaviors and family history of cancer. Retrospective dose reconstruction was conducted to estimate the cumulative doses of the x-ray workers. Inferential statistics, t-test and 2 tests were used to compare the differences between each group. We used the logistic regression model to calculate the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of cancer by adjusting the age, gender. All 34 breast cancer cases and 45 esophageal cancer cases that detected in a cohort conducted among health workers between 1950~2011 were included in this presented study, and 158 cancer-free controls were selected by frequency-matched (1:2). Our study found that the occupational radiation exposure was associated with a significantly increased cancer risk compared with the control, especially in breast cancer and esophageal cancer (adjusted OR=2.90, 95% CI: 1.19-7.04 for breast cancer; OR=4.19, 95% CI: 1.87-9.38 for esophageal cancer, and OR=3.43, 95% CI: 1.92-6.12 for total cancer, respectively). The occupational X-ray radiation exposure was associated with increasing cancer risk, which indicates that proper intervention and prevention strategies may be needed in order to bring down the occupational cancer risk.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.49-56
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• 2008

Purpose: Whole body imaging with radioiodine can detect functioning metastases. Non-physiologic I-131 uptake detected on images usually is interpreted as suggesting functioning thyroid metastases. However, extra-thyroidal I-131 accumulation does not always imply thyroid cancer metastases and has been reported in many circumstances. In order to avoid unnecessary therapeutic interventions it is important to distinguish false-positive sites of I-131 localization. We study here to remove false-positive sites around esophagus region on I-131 whole body imaging in patients who were administrated thyroidectomy. Materials and Methods: From April to August in 2007, we had the patients who had visited our department after they received thyroidectomy due to thyroid cancer. They were given I-131, and performed radioiodine body scan after 41 to 50 hours. Patients were whole-body-scanned for the speed of 8 cm per minute. After that, we took anterior and posterior static images around the patients' neck measured by 300 thousand counts per image. We selected 44 patients who had hot spots around neck region, we divided the patients into two groups. One group was given 0.5 L of water and the other group was given 0.5 L of water with 1 g of Vitamin C dissolved. The patients were asked to drink the fluid for one minute in sitting position and after that, we measured 300 kilo counts per image again. We compared prior anterior, posterior static images with anterior, posterior images after the patients had water or water that Vitamin C resolved. Results: In using water, both observer 1 and 2 interpreted 6 patients were washed out. In the water with Vitamin C resolved, observer 1 and 2 interpreted 9 and 8 patients were washed out. Observer 1 and 2 interpreted 6 and 5 patients had 'indeterminate' when they used water. Both observer 1 and 2 interpreted 6 patients had 'indeterminate' when they used water with Vitamin C resolved. When they used water, observer 1 interpreted 10 patients had 'unchanged' and observer 2 interpreted 11 patients had 'unchanged'. Differently, when they used water with vitamin C resolved, observer1 had 8 patients having 'unchanged'and observer 2 had 9. Conclusion: As a result, by making patients drink 0.5 liter of water which has vitamin C resolved helped getting rid of false-positive sites in esophagus. Therefore, based on this study, we believe that drinking water with vitamin C dissolved is very in terms of reducing false-positive hot spot around the esophagus for the iodine-131 whole body scan.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제32권9호
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• pp.799-805
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• 1999

배경: 식도 및 분문부암에서 식도절제를 시행한 후 문합부에 생길 수 있는 중대한 합병증으로는 문합부 누출, 양성 협착, 그리고 종양재발 등을 들 수 있고 이러한 술후 합병증의 발생 빈도는 그 문합의 위치가 경부 또는 흉부 어디인가에 따라 달라질 수 있으므로 문합의 위치에 따른 합병증을 서로 비교할 필요가 있다. 대상 및 방법: 1987년부터 1998년까지 식도암 근치술을 시행 받은 36명의 환자를 대상으로 흉부절개에 의한 식도절제 후 그 문합 위치에 따라 경부 문합군(NA군, 20명) 및 흉부 문합군(C군, 16명)으로 각각 구분하여 비교하였다. 식도암환자의 병기는 2A기 13명, 2B기 7명, 3기 16명으로 술후 각각 판정되었고, 종양의 위치별로는 중흉부에 22명, 하흉부 및 분문부에 14명이 각각 위치하였다. 결과: 전체 수술사망률은 8.3%(경부 문합군 5%, 흉부 문합군 12.5%)였다. 문합부 누출율은 경부 문합군 15.0%, 흉부 문합군 12.5%으로 문합위치에 따른 차이는 없었으나, 문합 방법상 수봉합(27.3%)과 staple봉합(8.0%)에 따른 차이는 있었다(p＜0.05). 종양으로부터 근위부 절제연은 평균 9.6 cm(경부문합군) 및 5.8 cm(흉부문합군)였고, 문합부 종양 재발율은 5.3%(경부문합군) 및 28.6%(흉부문합군) (p＜0.05)였다. 양성 협착률-중등도 이상의 연하장해로 정의함-은 흉부문합군(21.4%)에 비해 경부문합군 (36.8%)에서 보다 높게 나타났고, 특히 staple봉합법에 의한 문합시에는 staple의 크기가 작을수록 협착의 빈도는 높았다(25-mm staple에서 41.7%, 28-mm에서 9.1%) (p＜0.05). 결론: 근위부 절제연을 크게 할수록 문합부의 종양 재발율을 줄일 수 있었고 staple봉합의 도입후 문합부 누출율은 크게 감소하였다. 양성 협착률은 경부 문합후 상대적으로 높았지만 작은(25-mm) sstaple이 사용과 술후 문합부 누출의 합병이 중등도 이상의 협착의 더욱 큰 위험 요소라고 사료된다.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.53-64
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• 2017

목 적: 표적의 길이가 긴(length) 환자의 용적회전변조 방사선치료(V-MAT) 시 회전방향 오차의 크기에 따른 선량차이 경향을 $HexaPOD^{TM}$ evo RT system(6DoF couch)을 통해 알아보고 그 유용성을 평가하고자 하며, 이에 따른 회전오차 보정의 필요성을 제안하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 본원에서 치료를 받은 Esophagus cancer와 SCL을 포함한 Breast cancer 환자 중 HexaPOD 6DoF(Six-Degree of Freedom) couch를 사용한 10명을 대상으로 하였다. 6DoF couch를 이용하여 Rx(pitch), Ry(roll), Rz(yaw) 방향의 회전오차의 적용여부에 따른 선량차이를 알아보기 위하여 x, y, z축에 대한 자세오차를 확인하고, 자세 회전오차 값을 6DoF couch에 부여 임의의 오차를 발생시켜 변형된 선량계측 품질보증(Delivery Quality Assurance, DQA)을 시행, 점 선량과 감마값을 비교 분석하였다. 추가적으로 3cm의 직경에 5, 10, 15, 20 cm의 길이를 가진 각각의 표적의 치료계획에 회전오차의 크기를 $1^{\circ}$ 간격으로 적용한 후, 표적의 길이와 회전오차의 종류 및 크기에 따른 감마통과율의 변화양상을 확인했다. 결 과: 자세 회전오차가 적용된 경우의 점 선량과 감마통과율의 평균오차는 각각 Rx 방향에서 $2.50{\pm}1.11%$, $84.1{\pm}7.39%$, Ry 방향에서 $2.36{\pm}1.16%$, $81.0{\pm}8.49%$, Rz 방향에서 $2.35{\pm}1.10%$, $84.4{\pm}6.99%$를 나타냈다. 또한, 표적의 길이와 회전오차의 종류 및 크기에 따른 감마통과율 분석 결과 Ry 방향을 제외한 Rx와 Rz 방향에서 회전오차가 커질수록 감마통과율은 전반적으로 감소하는 경향을 보였으며, 특히 10 cm의 표적, Rz 방향으로 $2.5^{\circ}$ 회전오차가 부여된 경우에서 가장 낮은 감마통과율인 74.2 %를 나타냈다. 결 론: 표적의 길이가 긴 치료부위의 용적회전변조 방사선치료 시 회전오차의 보정은 필요하며, 6DoF couch의 사용은 환자자세의 재현성과 치료의 질적 효율을 높일 것으로 사료된다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.811-816
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• 2013

Background: Pervious studies suggested occupational workers exposure to pentachlorophenol (PCP) might contribute to increased risk of cancer. However, few studies have focused on associations between PCP and cancer risk at the community level. Objective: The present study was to explore the cancer risk for the community population living long-term in a PCP contaminated area. Methods: All the cancer cases diagnosed in 2009-2011 in Tongling City were collected. The cancer patients' residencies were geo-referenced in each district. The historical PCP usage for each district of Tongling was calculated as the PCP pollution index, which was further used to divide into PCP exposure categories. Standardized rate ratios (SRRs) of cancer incidence were applied to detect the cancer risk as exposure grade elevated. Correlation analysis was performed to analyze the relationship between PCP pollution and cancer incidence. Results: A total of 5,288 cancer cases (3,451 male and 1,837 female) were identified. PCP usage was correlated with the incidence of leukemia (r=0.88, P=0.002) for males, and with cancer of the esophagus for males (r=0.83, P=0.008) and females (r=0.71, P=0.020). Compared with the low exposure category, significant SRRs for total cancer sites was obtained for high PCP exposure category (SRR=1.61, 95%CI=1.59-1.62). Most SRR values of the cancer sites were significantly increased as exposure grade elevated and exposure time extended. Conclusion: The present study found that community residents living in the PCP contaminated area had increased risk of cancers. Leukemias, lymphomas and nasopharyngeal and esophageal cancers are most possibly associated with PCP exposure.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.319-323
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• 2012

Objective: To explore the feasibility of shrinking field technique after 40 Gy radiation through 18F-FDG PET/CT during treatment for patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods: In 66 consecutive patients with local-advanced NSCLC, 18F-FDG PET/CT scanning was performed prior to treatment and repeated after 40 Gy. Conventionally fractionated IMRT or CRT plans to a median total dose of 66Gy (range, 60-78Gy) were generated. The target volumes were delineated in composite images of CT and PET. Plan 1 was designed for 40 Gy to the initial planning target volume (PTV) with a subsequent 20-28 Gy-boost to the shrunken PTV. Plan 2 was delivering the same dose to the initial PTV without shrinking field. Accumulated doses of normal tissues were calculated using deformable image registration during the treatment course. Results: The median GTV and PTV reduction were 35% and 30% after 40 Gy treatment. Target volume reduction was correlated with chemotherapy and sex. In plan 2, delivering the same dose to the initial PTV could have only been achieved in 10 (15.2%) patients. Significant differences (p<0.05) were observed regarding doses to the lung, spinal cord, esophagus and heart. Conclusions: Radiotherapy adaptive to tumor shrinkage determined by repeated 18F-FDG PET/CT after 40 Gy during treatment course might be feasible to spare more normal tissues, and has the potential to allow dose escalation and increased local control.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.63-70
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• 2018

Purpose: The objective of this study was to compare dosimetric characteristics of three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) and two types of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) which are step-and-shoot intensity modulated radiotherapy (s-IMRT) and modulated arc therapy (mARC) for thoracic esophageal cancer and analyze whether IMRT could reduce organ-at-risk (OAR) dose. Materials and Methods: We performed 3D-CRT, s-IMRT, and mARC planning for ten patients with thoracic esophageal cancer. The dose-volume histogram for each plan was extracted and the mean dose and clinically significant parameters were analyzed. Results: Analysis of target coverage showed that the conformity index (CI) and conformation number (CN) in mARC were superior to the other two plans (CI, p = 0.050; CN, p = 0.042). For the comparison of OAR, lung V5 was lowest in s-IMRT, followed by 3D-CRT, and mARC (p = 0.033). s-IMRT and mARC had lower values than 3D-CRT for heart $V_{30}$ (p = 0.039), $V_{40}$ (p = 0.040), and $V_{50}$ (p = 0.032). Conclusion: Effective conservation of the lung and heart in thoracic esophageal cancer could be expected when using s-IMRT. The mARC was lower in lung $V_{10}$, $V_{20}$, and $V_{30}$ than in 3D-CRT, but could not be proven superior in lung $V_5$. In conclusion, low-dose exposure to the lung and heart were expected to be lower in s-IMRT, reducing complications such as radiation pneumonitis or heart-related toxicities.