• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제34권12호
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• pp.930-936
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• 2001

배경 : 식도-위 경계부위에 발생되는 암의 원발병소에는 하부식도의 편평상피세포암, 바렛씨 식도에서 발생한 선암, 위의 분문부에서 발생한 선암, 그리고 상부 위암에서 하부식도를 침범하는 경우들이 있다. 이중 국내에서는 식도-위 경계부위를 침범하는 선암의 대부분은 상부위암의 경계부 침범으로 생각된다. 대상 및 방법 : 저자등은 식도-위 경계부위를 침범하는 위암중 1988년부터 1999년까지 원자력병원에서 수술적 절제를 시행받은 환자를 조사하였다. 결과 : 총 212명이 수술을 받았고 남녀비는 156:56 이었다. 나이는 22세에서 78세였고 정중복부절개, 좌 우 흥부절개 및 복부절개, 그리고 흉-복부 동시절개 등이 이용되었다. 술후 병기는 IA가 7명, IB가 11명, II가 26명, IIIA가 75명, IIIB가 35명, 그리고 IV기가 58명 이었다. 199명에서 근치적 절제를 할 수 있었고 200명에서 위의 전절제를 시행하였다. 164례 에서 하부식도의 침습이 있었다(77.4%). 74.1%는 복부 임파절에 전이가 있었고 17례(8%)에서 종격동 임파절의 침범이 있었다. 수술 사망률은 3.3%였고 전체환자의 5년 생존율은 35%였다. 결론 : 또 여러 가지 수술 접근방법이나 수술시 고려해야 할 점들이 많지만 식도-위 경계부위를 침범한 위암의 수술시 충분한 절제길이와 적절한 임파절의 절제를 위하여 흉부 및 복부의 동시접근이 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.555-560
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• 2006

Objectives : The objective of this study is to analyze what quality of life(QOL) scales are frequently used in cancer patients and lay a cornerstone to develop new QOL scales adequate for oriental medical anti-cancer treatment in the future. Methods : We searched 151 articles concerned with 'QOL and scale and cancer' from PubMed and classified them according to periods. nations. cancer types and symptoms. Results: 138 articles(91%) were published after 1996. 65 articles(43%) were published in USA. For breast. lung, prostate. esophageal cancer and melanoma. European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer-quiality of life questionaire(EORTC-QLQ) was used most frequently to evaluate quality of life. Functional Assessment of Cancer Treatment(FACT) for bladder cancer. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale(HADS) for colorectal cancer and of Washington Quality of Life questionnaire(UW-QOL) for Head & Neck cancer were used repeatedly. And for the patients with the symptoms such as bone marrow depression. depression. pain. dyspnea. nausea & vomiting and voice change. the investigators used EORTC-QLQ mainly to evaluate QOL. FACT-An(anemia) for anemia. FACT-BMT(bone marrow transplant) for bone marrow depression were applicated generally. Conclusions It is anticipated that further investigations will be performed to develop adequate QOL scales for oriental medical anti-cancer therapy.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.642-648
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• 1999

감성돔, Acanthopagrus schlegeli의 소화관은 식도, 위, 장, 항문 그리고 위의 유문부 말단에서 유래한 4$\~$5개의 맹낭 형태인 유문수로 이루어져 있었다 어체 체장에 대한 식도에서 항문까지의 소화관 길이의 비 (RLG: relative length of gut)는 1.04(n=10)였다. 소화관의 조직층은 장막, 근육층, 점막하층, 점막층으로 구성되는데, 점막하층의 발달은 전체적으로 매우 미약했다. 식도 점막주름의 형태는 규칙적인 분지형이었으며, 점막근층은 아주 잘 발달되어 있었다. 점막상피층은 입방형 또는 원주형 상피세포와 점액분비세포로 구성되며, 상피세포의 자유면에서 미세융모의 관찰은 어렵다. 위점막주름의 형태는 규칙적인 미분지형이며, 위의 근육충과 점막근층은 잘 발달되어 있었다. 점막충의 표면상피에서는 미세융모가 관찰되며, 위선과 분비과립은 체부에서 가장 잘 발달되어 있었다 유문수와 장의 점막주름은 불규칙한 분지형이다 장은 점막주름의 길이와 조직학적인 특징에 의해 전장부, 중장부, 후장부의 구분이 가능하였다. 유문수와 장의 선조연과 배상세포는 후장부에서, 영양분흡수세포는 중장부에서 가장 발달된 양상을 보였다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.5203-5209
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• 2016

Objective: To explore the prevalence of malignant tumors in the adult population through 2003-2014 in parts of the Aral Sea region: a zone of ecological disaster, a zone of ecological crisis and a zone of precritical conditions. Methods: The long-time average annual levels of cancer morbidity stratified by zones of the Aral Sea region and trends of long-time average annual incidence indicators of malignant tumors were identified. Leading cancer localizations in the adult population was established and associations between cancer incidence and environmental pollution were analyzed. In addition, associations between individual risk factors and cancer incidence in the adult population was established. Correlations between a hazard index and the cancer incidence in the adult population were calculated. Results: In all three Aral Sea regions, as well as in Zhanaarkinskii district, leading cancer in adult population was esophageal, stomach, tracheal, lung, hepatobiliary, and breast. Long-time average annual levels of cancer morbidity in adult population living in the Aral sea region is 1.5 times higher comparing to the control region. In particular, long-time average annual levels of cancer morbidity in adult population living in the zone of ecological disaster was 57.2% higher, in the zone of ecological crisis - 61.9% higher, and in the zone of precritical condition - 16.8% higher. Long-time average annual levels in the adult population of the Aral Sea region significantly exceeded control levels for brain and central nervous system cancer, cancer of bone and articular cartilage, and thyroid cancer. Conclusion: It has was established that the total cancer morbidity depended on the total hazard index associated with the inhalation of nickel and the combined cadmium intake (r=0.8).

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.511-517
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• 2019

Purpose: On the basis of evidence, we aimed to reevaluate the necessity of the empirical proton pump inhibitor (PPI) trial for children with suspected gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Methods: We analyzed the frequency of GERD in 85 school-age children with gastroesophageal reflux (GER) symptoms, who received 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring and/or upper endoscopy. According to the reflux index (RI), the children were classified into normal (RI <5%), intermediate (5%${\leq}$ RI <10%), or abnormal (RI ${\geq}$10%) groups. Results: Fifty six were female and 29 were male. Their mean age was $12.6{\pm}0.5$ (${\pm}$standard deviation) years (range: 6.8-18.6). The RI analysis showed that the normal group included 76 patients (89.4%), the intermediate group included 6 patients (7.1%), and the abnormal group included 3 patients (3.5%). The DeMeester score was $5.93{\pm}4.65$, $14.68{\pm}7.86$ and $40.37{\pm}12.96$ for the normal, intermediate and abnormal group, respectively (p=0.001). The longest reflux time was $5.56{\pm}6.00$ minutes, $9.53{\pm}7.84$ minutes, and $19.46{\pm}8.35$ minutes in the normal, intermediate, and abnormal group, respectively (p=0.031). Endoscopic findings showed reflux esophagitis in 7 patients. On the basis of the Los Angeles Classification of Esophagitis, 5 of these patients were included in group A, 1 patient, in group B and 1 patient, in group C. Conclusion: The incidence of GERD was very low in school-age children with GER symptoms. Therefore, injudicious diagnostic PPI trials would be postponed until the actual prevalence of GERD is verified in future prospective studies.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.975-982
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• 2021

본 연구는 체내의 식도용 스텐트와 일플란트에 많이 사용되는 티타늄 성분의 금속성 물질을 사용하여 구리와 black metal, polyester로 구성된 머리카락 보다 가늘게 제작된 mesh로 시험관을 부분적으로 RF를 차폐하여 주변에 위치한 자기공명영상용 팬텀에 미치는 영향을 평가하고자 하였다. 3T Achieva X-series의 Cardiac Coil을 사용하여 TR 500 ms, TE 20 ms, NEX 1, slice thickness 5 mm의 Spin Echo T1강조영상에서 field of view(FOV)에 따른 자기공명영상을 분석하였다. FOV 304 mm × 304 mm에서는 발생하지 않았던 aliasing artifact가 발생하지 않았지만 250 mm × 250 mm 과 170 mm × 170 mm에서는 발생되었다. FOV 170 mm × 170 mm에서 mesh를 사용하지 않은 경우는 SNR이 78.23으로 가장 낮았으며, mesh를 가운데 세워 분리한 경우에는 215.05, mesh로 완전히 차폐한 경우에는 366.44로 높게 측정되었다. 또한 mesh로 완전히 감싸고 차폐한 경우에는 aliasing artifact도 제거되었고, 영상의 왼쪽과 가운데, 오른쪽의 신호 대 잡음비가 높으면서 다른 조건과 비교하여 균질한 영상을 획득할 수 있었다. 결론적으로 mesh로 RF를 부분적으로 감싸고 차단하면 aliasing artifact를 제거할 수 있고, 작은 FOV를 사용하여 영상의 해상도와 균질성이 우수한 자기공명영상을 획득할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제82권3호
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• pp.227-233
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• 2019

Background: Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), a transmembrane protein, binds to the programmed death-1 (PD-1) receptor, and anti-PD-1 therapy enables immune responses against tumors. This study aimed to assess clinical characteristics of PD-L1 expression using immunohistochemistry among Korean patients with lung cancer. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the data of patients with pathologically proven lung cancer from a single institution. PD-L1 expression determined by Tumor Proportion Score (TPS) was detected using 22C3 pharmDx (Agilent Technologies) and SP263 (Ventana Medical Systems) assays. Results: From July 2016 to July 2017, 267 patients were enrolled. The main histologic type was adenocarcinoma (69.3%). Most participants were smokers (67.4%) and had clinical stage IV disease (60.7%). In total, 116 (42%) and 58 (21%) patients had TPS ${\geq}1%$ and ${\geq}50%$, respectively. The patients were significantly older in TPS ${\geq}1%$ group than in TPS <1% group ($64.83{\pm}9.38years$ vs. $61.73{\pm}10.78years$, p=0.014), not in TPS ${\geq}50%$ cutoff value ($64.69{\pm}9.39$ vs. $62.36{\pm}10.51$, p=0.178). Regarding histologic grade, higher proportions of poorly differentiated tumor were observed in the TPS ${\geq}1%$ (40.8% vs. 25.8%, p=0.020) and TPS ${\geq}50%$ groups (53.2% vs. 27.2%, p=0.004). Among 34 patients examined with 22C3 and SP263 assays, 27 had positive results in both assays, with a cutoff of TPS ${\geq}1%$ (r=0.826; 95% confidence interval, 0.736-0.916). Conclusion: PD-L1 expression, defined as TPS ${\geq}1%$, was related to older age and poorly differentiated histology. There was a similar distribution of PD-L1 expression in both 22C3 and SP263 results.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.18-26
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• 2023

Objectives: Terminalia chebula, the main ingredient of Altan Arur 5, has been used for many years in traditional medicine. This medicine is more effective than other drugs and is used to treat chronic gastritis and gastrointestinal disorders such as peptic ulcers and esophageal reflux. Other ingredients of Altan Arur 5 are Punica granatum (pomegranate), tulip seeds, black balm, and excreta of Trogopterus xanthipes. The main ingredients of T. chebula are antibacterial and analgesic in traditional medicine. Despite having been used for many years and although many studies have been conducted on the beneficial effects of this medicine and its ingredients, the toxicity of Altan Arur 5 has not yet been elucidated. Therefore, we aimed to study the toxicity of Altan Arur 5 to ensure that it is safe to use. Methods: Acute and chronic toxicity of Altan Arur 5 were assessed in 10 Kunming mice and 8 Sprague-Dawley rats, respectively, in different doses. In the acute toxicity study, Altan Arur 5 was orally administered to Kunming mice in doses of 12 g/kg, 24 g/kg, and 48 g/kg for 14 days. In the chronic toxicity study, it was orally administered to Sprague-Dawley rats in doses of 1.25 g/kg, 2.5 g/kg, and 5 g/kg for 12 weeks. Results: No significant differences were observed in the relative organ weights for mice treated with Altan Arur 5 compared with those in the control group. Furthermore, no macro- or microstructural changes were noted in the organs of any group. Conclusion: Our toxicity testing revealed that the traditional medicine Altan Arur 5 has no toxic effects in vivo.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.325-340
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• 2024

There are several novel uses for dispersing many nanoparticles into a conventional fluid, including dynamic sealing, damping, heat dissipation, microfluidics, and more. Therefore, melting heat and mass transfer characteristics of a 3-D MHD Hybrid Nanofluid flow over a rotating disc with presenting dufour and soret effects are assessed numerically in this study. In this instance, we investigated both ferric sulfate and molybdenum disulfide as nanoparticles suspended within base fluid water. The governing partial differential equations are transformed into linked higher-order non-linear ordinary differential equations by the local similarity transformation. The collection of these deduced equations is then resolved using a Chebyshev spectral collocation-based algorithm built into the Mathematica software. To demonstrate how different instances of hybrid/ nanofluid are impacted by changes in temperature, velocity, and the distribution of nanoparticle concentration, examples of graphical and numerical data are given. For many values of the material parameters, the computational findings are shown. Simulations conducted for different physical parameters in the model show that adding hybrid nanoparticle to the fluid mixture increases heat transfer in comparison to simple nanofluids. It has been identified that hybrid nanoparticles, as opposed to single-type nanoparticles, need to be taken into consideration to create an effective thermal system. Furthermore, porosity lowers the velocities of simple and hybrid nanofluids in both cases. Additionally, results show that the drag force from skin friction causes the nanoparticle fluid to travel more slowly than the hybrid nanoparticle fluid. The findings also demonstrate that suction factors like magnetic and porosity parameters, as well as nanoparticles, raise the skin friction coefficient. Furthermore, It indicates that the outcomes from different flow scenarios correlate and are in strong agreement with the findings from the published literature. Bar chart depictions are altered by changes in flow rates. Moreover, the results confirm doctors' views to prescribe hybrid nanoparticle and particle nanoparticle contents for achalasia patients and also those who suffer from esophageal stricture and tumors. The results of this study can also be applied to the energy generated by the melting disc surface, which has a variety of industrial uses. These include, but are not limited to, the preparation of semiconductor materials, the solidification of magma, the melting of permafrost, and the refreezing of frozen land.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.104-114
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• 2024

Licochalcone C (LCC; PubChem CID:9840805), a chalcone compound originating from the root of Glycyrrhiza inflata, has shown anticancer activity against skin cancer, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, and oral squamous cell carcinoma. However, the therapeutic potential of LCC in treating colorectal cancer (CRC) and its underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Chemotherapy for CRC is challenging because of the development of drug resistance. In this study, we examined the antiproliferative activity of LCC in human colorectal carcinoma HCT116 cells, oxaliplatin (Ox) sensitive and Ox-resistant HCT116 cells (HCT116-OxR). LCC significantly and selectively inhibited the growth of HCT116 and HCT116-OxR cells. An in vitro kinase assay showed that LCC inhibited the kinase activities of EGFR and AKT. Molecular docking simulations using AutoDock Vina indicated that LCC could be in ATP-binding pockets. Decreased phosphorylation of EGFR and AKT was observed in the LCC-treated cells. In addition, LCC induced cell cycle arrest by modulating the expression of cell cycle regulators p21, p27, cyclin B1, and cdc2. LCC treatment induced ROS generation in CRC cells, and the ROS induction was accompanied by the phosphorylation of JNK and p38 kinases. Moreover, LCC dysregulated mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), and the disruption of MMP resulted in the release of cytochrome c into the cytoplasm and activation of caspases to execute apoptosis. Overall, LCC showed anticancer activity against both Ox-sensitive and Ox-resistant CRC cells by targeting EGFR and AKT, inducing ROS generation and disrupting MMP. Thus, LCC may be potential therapeutic agents for the treatment of Ox-resistant CRC cells.