• 한국간담췌외과학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.248-261
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• 2024

Backgrounds/Aims: This study aimed to investigate patterns and factors affecting recurrence after curative resection for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Methods: Consecutive patients who underwent curative resection for PDAC (2011-21) and consented to data and tissue collection (Barts Pancreas Tissue Bank) were followed up until May 2023. Clinico-pathological variables were analysed using Cox proportional hazards model. Results: Of 91 people (42 males [46%]; median age, 71 years [range, 43-86 years]) with a median follow-up of 51 months (95% confidence intervals [CIs], 40-61 months), the recurrence rate was 72.5% (n = 66; 12 loco-regional alone, 11 liver alone, 5 lung alone, 3 peritoneal alone, 29 simultaneous loco-regional and distant metastases, and 6 multi-focal distant metastases at first recurrence diagnosis). The median time to recurrence was 8.5 months (95% CI, 6.6-10.5 months). Median survival after recurrence was 5.8 months (95% CI, 4.2-7.3 months). Stratification by recurrence location revealed significant differences in time to recurrence between loco-regional only recurrence (median, 13.6 months; 95% CI, 11.7-15.5 months) and simultaneous loco-regional with distant recurrence (median, 7.5 months; 95% CI, 4.6-10.4 months; p = 0.02, pairwise log-rank test). Significant predictors for recurrence were systemic inflammation index (SII) ≥ 500 (hazard ratio [HR], 4.5; 95% CI, 1.4-14.3), lymph node ratio ≥ 0.33 (HR, 2.8; 95% CI, 1.4-5.8), and adjuvant chemotherapy (HR, 0.4; 95% CI, 0.2-0.7). Conclusions: Timing to loco-regional only recurrence was significantly longer than simultaneous loco-regional with distant recurrence. Significant predictors for recurrence were SII, lymph node ration, and adjuvant chemotherapy.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.412-419
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• 2016

Objective: Because the number of geriatric cancer patients is on the rise but information on treatments for this population is limited, this study aimed to analyze clinical characteristics and the factors that influence treatment decisions among elderly cancer patients.Method: Data on elderly cancer patients (≥65 years of age) who were admitted to a traditional Korean medicine hospital from March 2014 to February 2016 were collected. We compared the clinical characteristics and overall survival rates of the chemotherapy group and the non-chemotherapy group.Results: Nineteen patients were included in this study. Nine people received chemotherapy, and ten people did not receive chemotherapy due to concerns about quality of life. Age, activities of daily living (ADL) score, and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status all showed differences between the two groups, although median survival times did not differ significantly between the two. Compared with chemotherapy alone, traditional Korean medicine combined with chemotherapy prolonged median survival times.Conclusion: Old age and low ECOG performance status and ADL scores appear to be influential factors for the decision to undergo chemotherapy. Further studies are needed to confirm that these factors influence decisions about cancer treatment methods among geriatric cancer patients.

• 대한비뇨기종양학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.89-96
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• 2018

Upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) has a relatively low prevalence rate of about 1.8 per 100,000 people. According to the recent literature, the development of diagnostic techniques has gradually increased the prevalence and diagnosis rate. In the past, when UTUC was diagnosed, more than 60% of the patients were diagnosed as locally advanced or metastatic cancer. However, since 2010, approximately 70% of the patients have been diagnosed as operable stage. Although radical nephroureterectomy is known as the basis of treatment for UTUC, overall survival is poor in patients with lymph node invasion. Especially, the finding that a localized UTUC is associated with a high risk of cancer metastasis in approximately 50% of patients suggests that these patients may not have sufficient treatment through surgery alone. The European Association of Urology and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guideline 2017 suggested that postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy may be considered in patients with advanced UTUC beyond pT2. Also, recent meta-analyses have reported that cisplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy can be expected to have a synergistic effect of overall survival and disease-free survival. However, many patients with UTUC undergo postoperative renal failure, which may result in failure to perform cisplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy with adequate dose. For this reason, several researchers have suggested that it is beneficial to apply neoadjuvant chemotherapy when the preoperative renal function is maintained to a certain extent. But, neoadjuvant chemotherapy has not been used by many clinicians because of the lack of studies and the rarity of the disease. We are currently discussing the outcomes and prospects of perioperative chemotherapy.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.151-159
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• 2007

목적: 국소 진행된 하인두암에서 치료 결과 및 생존율에 영향을 미치는 예후인자를 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1985년 10월부터 2000년 12월까지 국소 진행된 하인두암 IV기로 근치적 치료를 받은 90명을 대상으로 후향적 분석을 실시하였다. 방사선 단독치료는 12명, 항암화학요법과 병용치료는 65명, 그리고 수술과 수술 후 방사선치료 시행은 13명이었다. 방사선 단독군의 경우 총 방사선 선량은 $59.0{\sim}88.2$ Gy (중앙값 70 Gy)이었다. 항암화학요법은 대부분 5-FU와 cisplatin을 병용하였고, 일부 환자에서는 clsplatin을 기본으로 pepleomycin 또는 vincristin 등을 병용 투여하였다. 추적관찰기간의 중앙값은 15개월이었다. 통계적 방법으로 생존율의 산출은 Kaplan-Meier 법을, 두군의 생존율간의 차이는 Log-rank test를, 그리고 다변량분석에는 Cox prportional hazard model을 각각 이용하였다. 결과: 전체 90명 환자의 3년 및 5년 생존율은 각각 26%, 17%였다. 2년 국소종양제어율은 방사선치료 단독군의 경우 33%, 방사선치료와 항암화학요법을 병용한 군은 32%, 수술 후 방사선치료군 81%로 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다(p=0.006) 생존율에 영향을 미치는 예후인자에 대한 다요인 분석에서 T병기, 동시적 항암화학요법의 유무 및 국소 치료 후 완전 관해 여부가 통계적으로 유의하였다. 방사선치료와 항암화학요법을 병용한 군의 3년 및 5년 후두 보존율은 각각 26%, 22%였다. 이중 동시적 항암항암화학방사선요법이 시행된 11명 환자의 5년 후두 보존율은 52%로 선행화학요법이 시행된 54명의 16%에 비해 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다(p=0.012). 결론: 국소 진행된 하인두암에서 근치적 수술과 방사선치료 병용요법이 방사선치료 단독요법이나 항암화학요법 병용방법에 비하여 더 좋은 결과를 보여주었다. 한편 방사선치료와 동시적 항암화학요법은 후두를 보존할 수 있는 유용한 치료법이 될 수 있음을 시사하였다. 향후 더 많은 환자를 대상으로 전향적 무작위 임상연구가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한두경부종양학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한두경부종양학회 2003년도 제20차 학술대회
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• pp.239-239
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• 2003

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권9호
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• pp.4379-4385
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• 2012

Purpose: To investigate the efficacy and safety of intraperitoneal chemotherapy (IPC) for patients with gastric cancer and to compare effects between different regimens of IPC. Method: Randomized controlled trials comparing the effects of surgery plus intraperitoneal chemotherapy with surgery alone or comparing the efficacy between different regimens of intraperitoneal chemotherapy were searched for in Medline, Embase, Pubmed, the Cochrane Library and the Chinese BioMedical Disc and so on by two independent reviewers. After quality assessment and data extraction, data were pooled for meta-analysis using RevMan5.16 software. Tests of interaction were used to test for differences of effects among subgroups grouped according to different IPC regimens. Results: Fifteen RCTs with a total of 1713 patients with gastric cancer were included for quality assessment and data extraction. Ten studies were judged to be of fair quality and entered into meta-analysis. Hyperthermic intraoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HR=0.60, P<0.01), hyperthermic intraoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy plus postoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HR=0.47, P<0.01) and normothermic intraoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HR=0.70, P=0.01) were associated with a significant improvement in overall survival. Tests of interaction showed that hyperthermia and additional postoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy did not impact on its effect. Further analysis revealed that intraperitoneal chemotherapy remarkably decrease the rate of postoperative hepatic metastasis by 73% (OR=0.27, 95% CI=0.12 to 0.67, P<0.01). However, intraperitoneal chemotherapy increased risks of marrow depression (OR=5.74, P<0.01), fever (OR=3.67, P=0.02) and intra-abdominal abscess (OR=3.57, P<0.01). Conclusion: The present meta-analysis demonstrates that hyperthermic intraoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy and normothermic intraoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy should be recommended to treat patients with gastric cancer because of improvement in overall survival. However, it is noteworthy that intraperitoneal chemotherapy can increase the risks of marrow depression, intra-abdominal abscesses, and fever.

• Asian Spine Journal
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.1069-1077
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• 2018

Study Design: A case study. Purpose: To assess the chronological changes of the disease-related kyphosis after chemotherapy alone, secondly to clarify the role of growth cartilage in the healed lesion on kyphosis change, and to define the accurate prediction time in assessing residual kyphosis. Overview of Literature: None of the previous papers up to now dealt with the residual kyphosis, stability and remodeling processes of the affected segments. Methods: One hundred and one spinal tuberculosis children with various stages of disease processes, age 2 to 15 years, were the subject materials, between 1971 to 2010. They were treated with two different chemotherapy formula: before 1975, 18 months of triple chemotherapy (isoniazid [INH], para-aminosalicylic acid, streptomycin); and since 1976, 12 months triple chemotherapy (INH, rifampicin, ethambutol, or pyrazinamide). The first assessment at post-chemotherapy one year and at the final discharge time from the follow-up (36 months at minimum and 20 years at maximum) were analyzed by utilizing the images effect of the remaining growth plate cartilage on chronological changes of kyphosis after initiation of chemotherapy. Results: Complete disc destruction at the initial examination were observed in two (5.0%) out of 40 cervical spine, eight (26.7%) out of 30 dorsal spine, and six (19.4%) out of 31 lumbosacral spine. In all those cases residual kyphosis developed inevitably. In the remainders the discs were partially preserved or remained intact. Among 101 children kyphosis was maintained without change in 20 (19.8%), while kyphosis decreased in 14 children (13.7%), and increased in 67 children (66.3%) with non-recoverably damaged growth plate, respectively. Conclusions: It could tentatively be possible to predict the deformity progress or non-progress and spontaneous correction at the time of initial treatment, but it predictive accuracy was low. Therefore, assessment of the trend of kyphotic change is recommended at the end of chemotherapy. In children with progressive curve change, the deformity assessment should be continued till the maturity.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.106-110
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• 2011

In pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the Philadelphia chromosome translocation is uncommon, with a frequency of less than 5%. However, it is classified as a high or very high risk, and only 20-30% of Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) children with ALL are cured with chemotherapy alone. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from a closely matched donor cures 60% of patients in first complete remission. Recent data suggest that chemotherapy plus tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) may be the initial treatment of choice for Ph+ ALL in children. However, longer observation is required to determine whether long-term outcome with intensive imatinib and chemotherapy is indeed equivalent to that with allogeneic related or alternative donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Reports on the use of second-generation TKIs in children with Ph+ ALL are limited. A few case reports have indicated the feasibility and clinical benefit of using dasatinib as salvage therapy enabling HSCT. However, more extensive data from clinical trials are needed to determine whether the administration of second-generation TKIs in children is comparable to that in adults. Because Ph+ ALL is rare in children, the question of whether HSCT could be a dispensable part of their therapy may not be answered for some time. An international multicenter study is needed to answer the question of whether imatinib plus chemotherapy could replace sibling allogeneic HSCT in children with Ph+ ALL.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.2377-2381
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• 2013

A total of 285 patients with stage Ib2 and IIa2 cervical cancer were categorized into three groups, and received preoperative neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with vaginal intracavitary irradiation, neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone or radiotherapy, respectively. The effective rate of 70.6 % in group 1 was much higher than 41.4% in group 2 (P=0.000) and 46.9 % in group 3 (P=0.000); The percentage of patients receiving postoperative adjuvant therapy was 44.1% in group 1, much lower than 67.8% in group 2 (P=0.001) and 64.6% in group 3 (P=0.004); The percentage of patients with no postoperative risk factor in group 1 was 52.0%, much higher than 32.2% in group 2 (P=0.006) and 35.4% in group 3 (P=0.019); The occurrence rate of surgery-related complications in groups 1, 2 and 3 were 29.4%, 28.7%, and 33.3%, respectively, with no statistical differences among the groups (P=0.981). Regarding preoperative neoadjuvant complications, none were obvious in group 3, while occurrence rates of myelosuppression in groups 1 and 2 were 89.1% and 86.6%, of nausea and vomitting were 78.4% and 78.2%, but without significant differences (all P>0.05). Among 166 patients who received postoperative adjuvant therapy in the three groups, the occurrence rates were: 65.4%, 64.3% and 61.1% respectively for myelosuppression; 42.3%, 38.1%, and 38.9% for nausea and vomiting; 9.6%, 9.5% and 9.7% for urocystitis; and 63.5%, 69.0% and 65.3% enteritis and rectitis. There were no statistically significant differences among them (all P>0.05). The five-year disease-free survival rates (DFS) in groups 1, 2, 3 were 78.3%, 75.1%, 80.9%, respectively; the five-year overall survival rates (OS) were 81.4%, 78.2%, and 81.1%, respectively. The five-year OS of 166 patients receiving postoperative in the three groups were 72.4%, 69.5%, and 71.8%, respectively, with no significant variation (all P>0.05). Although there were no differences among three groups in DFS and OS, preoperative neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with intracavitary radiotherapy may increase the effective rate and the percentage of patients with no postoperative risk factors and decrease the percentage of patients receiving postoperative adjuvant therapy, thereby decreasing complications indirectly and increasing quality of life.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.205-213
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• 1991

수술불가능한 두경부 종양에서 유도 화학요법의 효과를 알아보기 위해, 저자들은 후향성 조사를 실시하였다. 55명의 환자가 유도 화학요법 및 방사선 병용요법으로 치료를 받았으며, 이 환자군은 방사선 단독요법으로 치료받은 54명의 환자와 비교되었다. 치료에 이용된 화학요법은 CF (cis-platine+5-FU), CVB(cyclophosphamide+vincristine, bleomycin), CAP (cyclophosphamide+adriamycine+prednisolone) 혹은 PVBM(cis-platine+vincristine+ bleomycine+methotrexate)이었다. 유도화학요법의 독성은 미미했고, 주로 오심 및 구토, 점막 염증그리고 골수 억제였다. 화학요법에 대한 주관해율은 $61.8\%$였고, 이중 완전관해율은 $14.5\%$ 그리고 부분관해율은 $47.3\%$로 나타났다. 유도 화학요법 및 방사선 병용요법에 있어서, 국소 치료이후 주관해율은 $87.3\%$(48/55), 이중 완전관해율은 $58.2\%$ (32/55)그리고 부분관해율은 $29.1\%$ (16/55)였다. 방사선 단독요법으로 치료한 군에서는 주관해율 $81.5\%$(44/55), 완전관해율 $50\%$(27/55) 그리고 부분관해율$31.5\%$ (17/55)로 나타났다(p=0.57) . 중앙 추적기간은 유도 화학요법 및 방사선 병용요법으로 치료한 군에서는 17개월, 방사선 단독요법으로 치료한 군에서는 11개월 이었다. 중앙 생존기간은 유도 화학요법 및 방사선 병용요법으로 치료한 군에서는 30개월, 방사선 단독요법으로 치료한 군에서는 24개월이었다(p=0.3). 2년, 3년, 그리고 5년 생존율은 유도 화학요법 및 방사선 병용요법으로 치료한 군에서는 각각 $60.9\%,\;48.6\%,\;42.5\%$로 나타났고, 방사선 단독요법으로 치료한 군에서는 $54.9\%,\;49.9\%,\;49.9\%$로 나타났다(p=0.33). 방사선 단독군과 유도 화학요법 및 방사선 병용요법 군에서 전체 종양의 병기, 원발 종양 및 임파절의 병기, 원발 병소의 위치, 그리고 조직학적 소견에 대하여 비교하여 보았으나, 모든 경우에 있어 생존율에 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 따라서, 저자들은 이 후향성 조사에서 수술 불가능한 두경부 종양에 있어서 유도 화학요법의 이점을 발견하지 못했다.