• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.285-294
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• 1993

A total of forty patients with resected N2 stage non-small cell lung cancer treated with postoperative adjuvant radiation therapy between Jan. 1975 and Dec. 1990 at the Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei Cancer Center were retrospectively analysed to evaluate whether postoperative radiation therapy improves survival. Patterns of failure and prognostic factors affecting survival were also analysed. The 5 year overall and disease free survival rate were $26.3\%,\;27.3\%$ and median survival 23.5 months. The 5 year survival rates by T-stage were $T1\;66.7\%,\;T2\;25.6\%\;and\;T3\;12.5\%.$ Loco-regional failure rate was $14.3\%$ and distant metastasis rate was $42.9\%$ and both $2.9\%.$ Statistically significant factor affecting distant failure rate was number of postitive lymph nodes(>=4). This retrospective study suggests that postoperative radiation therapy in resected N2 stage non-small cell lung cancer can reduce loco-regional recurrence and may improve survival rate as compared with other studies which were treated by surgery alone. Further study of systemic control is also needed due to high rate of distant metastasis.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제26권9호
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• pp.686-695
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• 1993

A total of eighty one patients with resected stage II and IIIA non-small cell lung cancer treated with postoperative adjuvant radiation therapy between Jan. 1971 and Dec. 1990 were retrospectively analysed to evaluate whether postoperative radiation therapy improves survival. Patterns of failure and prognostic factors were also analysed. The 5 year overall and disease free survival rate were 40.5%, 43.4% and median survival 30 months. The 5 year actuarial survival rates by stage II and IIIA were 53.9% and 36.2%. Loco-regional failure rate was 14.7% and distant metastasis rate was 33.3% and both 4%. Statistically significant prognostic factor affecting survival was presence of mediastinal lymph node metastasis[N2]. This retrospective study suggests that postoperative radiation therapy in resected stage II and IIIA non-small cell lung cancer can reduce loco-regional recurrence and may improve survival rate as compared with other studies which were treated by surgery alone.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.1421-1425
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• 2015

Aims: Pleiotrophin (PTN), an angiogenic factor, is associated with various types of cancer, including lung cancer. Our aim was to investigate the possibility of using serum PTN as an early indicator regarding disease diagnosis, classification and prognosis, for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods: Significant differences among PTN levels in patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC, n=40), NSCLC (n=136), and control subjects with benign pulmonary lesions (n=21), as well as patients with different pathological subtypes of NSCLC were observed. Results: A serum level of PTN of 300.1 ng/ml, was determined as the cutoff value differentiating lung cancer patients and controls, with a sensitivity and specificity of 78.4% and 66.7%, respectively. Negative correlations between serum PTN level and pathological differentiation level, stage, and survival time were observed in our cohort of patients with NSCLC. In addition, specific elevation of PTN levels in pulmonary tissue in and around NSCLC lesions in comparison to normal pulmonary tissue obtained from the same subjects was also observed (n=2). Conclusion: This study suggests that the serum PTN level of patients with NSCLC could be an early indicator for diagnosis and prognosis. This conclusion should be further assessed in randomized clinical trials.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.415-423
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• 2017

Background: Recently, many surgeons have chosen sublobar resection for the curative treatment of lung tumors with ground-glass opacity, which is a hallmark of lepidic lung cancer. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the oncological results of sublobar resection for non-lepidic lung cancer in comparison with lobectomy. Methods: We conducted a retrospective chart review of 328 patients with clinical N0 non-small cell lung cancer sized ${\leq}2cm$ who underwent curative surgical resection from January 2009 to December 2014. The patients were classified on the basis of their lesions into non-lepidic and lepidic groups. The survival rates following lobectomy and sublobar resection were compared within each of these 2 groups. Results: The non-lepidic group contained a total of 191 patients. The 5-year recurrence-free survival rate was not significantly different between patients who received sublobar resection or lobectomy in the non-lepidic group (80.1% vs. 79.2%, p=0.822) or in the lepidic group (100% vs. 97.4%, p=0.283). Multivariate analysis indicated that only lymphatic invasion was a significant risk factor for recurrence in the non-lepidic group. Sublobar resection was not a risk factor for recurrence in the non-lepidic group. Conclusion: The oncological outcomes of sublobar resection and lobectomy in small-sized non-small cell lung cancer did not significantly differ according to histological type.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제33권8호
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• pp.662-668
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• 2000

Background: Many recent results of clinical trials show that pre-operative concurrent chemoradiotherapy and surgical resection could increase the survival of N2 positive stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer. This study was performed to assess the feasibility, toxicity, and affect rates of concurrent chemoradiotherapy and surgical resection in N2 positive stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer. Material and Method: Thirty-one patients who underwent preoperative concurrent chemoradiotherapy for N2 positive stage IIIA non-small-cell lung cancer from May 1997 to April 1999 were entered into the study. Mean age was 61 yrs(43∼70 yrs), There were 24 men and 7 women. The confirmation of N2 disease were achieved through mediastinoscopic biopsy(24) and CT scans(7). Induction was achieved by two cycles of cisplatin and etoposide(EP) plus concurrent chest radiotherapy to 45 Gy. Resections were done at 3 weeks after the complection of preoperative concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Resections were performed in 23 patients, excluding 5 refusals and 3 distant metastasis. Result: All patients were compled the thoracic radiotherapy except one who had distant metastasis. Twenty three patients were completed the planned 2 cycles of EP chemotherapy, and 8 patients were received only 1 cycle for severe side effects(6), refusal(1), and distant metastasis(1). There was one postoperative mortality, and the cause of death was ARDS. Three patients who had neutropenic fever and one patient who had radiation pneumonitis were required admission and treatment. Esophagitis was the most common acute side effect, but relatively well-tolerated in most patients. The complection rate of concurrent chemoradiotherapy was 74%, resection rate was 71%, pathologic complete remission rate was 13.6%, and pathologic down-staging rate was 68%. Conclusion: Morbidity related to each treatment was acceptable and many of the patients have benefited down staging of its disease. Further prospective, preferably randomized, clinical trials of larger scale may be warranted to confirm the actual benefit of preoperative concurrent chemoradiotherapy and surgical resection in N2-positive stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.457-466
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• 2014

Proteomic analysis is helpful in identifying cancerassociated proteins that are differentially expressed and fragmented that can be annotated as dysregulated networks and pathways during metastasis. To examine metastatic process in lung cancer, we performed a proteomics study by label-free quantitative analysis and N-terminal analysis in 2 human non-small-cell lung cancer cell lines with disparate metastatic potentials - NCI-H1703 (primary cell, stage I) and NCI-H1755 (metastatic cell, stage IV). We identified 2130 proteins, 1355 of which were common to both cell lines. In the label-free quantitative analysis, we used the NSAF normalization method, resulting in 242 differential expressed proteins. For the N-terminal proteome analysis, 325 N-terminal peptides, including 45 novel fragments, were identified in the 2 cell lines. Based on two proteomic analysis, 11 quantitatively expressed proteins and 8 N-terminal peptides were enriched for the focal adhesion pathway. Most proteins from the quantitative analysis were upregulated in metastatic cancer cells, whereas novel fragment of CRKL was detected only in primary cancer cells. This study increases our understanding of the NSCLC metastasis proteome.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.19-26
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• 1995

Purpose : Surgery is the treatment of choice for resectable non-small cell lung cancer. For patients who are medically unable to tolerate a surgical resection or who refuse surgery, radiation therapy is an acceptable alternative. A retrospective analysis of Patients with stage I non-samll cell lung cancer treated with curative radiation therapy was performed to determine the results of curative radiation therapy and patterns of failure, and to identify factors that may influence survival. Materials and Methods : From 1986 through 1993, 39 Patients with T2N0M0 non-small cell lung cancer were treated with curative radiation therapy at department of radiation oncology, Kyungpook national university hospital. All Patients were not candidates for surgical resection because of either Patient refusal (16 patients), poor pulmonary function (12 patients), old age (7 patients), Poor Performance (2 patients) or coexisting medical disease (2 patients). Median age of patients was 67 years. Histologic cell type was squamous cell carcinoma in 36, adenocarcinoma in 1, large cell carcinoma in 1 and mucoepidermoid carcinoma in 1. All patients were treated with megavoltage irradiation and radiation dose ranged from 5000cgy to 6150cGy with a median dose of 6000cGy. The median follow-up was 17 months with a range of 4 to 82 months, Survival was measured from the date therapy initiated. Results : The overall survival rate for entire Patients was $40.6\%$ at 2 years and $27.7\%$ at 3 years, with a median survival time of 21 months. The disease-free survival at 2 and 3 years was $51.7\%$ and $25.8\%$, respectively. Of evaluable 20 patients with complete response, 15 patients were considered to have failed. Of these, 13 patients showed local failure and 2 patients failed distantly. Response to treatment (p=0.0001), tumor size (p=0.0019) and age (p=0.0247) were favorably associated with overall survival. Only age was predictive for disease-free survival (p = 0.0452). Conclusion : Radiation therapy is an effective treatment for small (less than 3cm) tumors, and should be offered as an alternative to surgery in elderly or infirm patients. Since local failure is the prominent Patterns of relapse, potential methods to improve local control with radiation therapy are discussed.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.151-158
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• 2004

연구배경 : 임상적 병기 $T_{1-2}N_0M_0$인 비소세포폐암에서 주 종괴와 같은 엽 혹은 다른 엽에 폐 결절이 존재하는 경우, 이 결절의 악성여부에 따라 환자의 예후는 물론 치료방침이 크게 달라진다. 그러나 조직검사가 어려워 악성여부를 감별하기 어려운 경우가 많고, 악성 혹은 양성을 시사하는 임상적, 조직학적 예측인자가 알려져 있지 않아 악성의 빈도 및 예측인자를 알아보고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법 : 2001년 7월부터 2003년 9월까지 서울대학교병원에서 비소세포폐암으로 수술 받은 환자 444명의 흉부 전산화 단층촬영을 후향적으로 검토하였다. 수술 전 임상적 병기가 $T_{1-2}N_0M_0$이고 주 종괴 외의 폐 결절이 존재하는 환자 중, 결절에 대한 조직검사가 이루어진 경우나 수술 후 최소한 6개월 이상의 추적검사가 가능했던 경우만을 포함하였으며 수술 전후 항암치료나 방사선치료를 시행 받은 경우나 석회화된 결절의 경우는 제외하였다. 결 과 : 대상환자는 총 39명이었으며 이 중 양성이 33 예, 악성이 6 예였다. 양성군과 악성군에 대하여 환자의 성별, 나이, 조직형, 병기, 결절의 모양, 크기, 동반결절유무, 위치, 주변의 석회화 존재여부 등을 비교하였으나 이 중 어느 인자에 관하여도 통계적으로 의미 있는 차이는 관찰되지 않았다. 결 론 : 비소세포암의 임상적 병기가 $T_{1-2}N_0M_0$인 경우, 동반된 폐결절 중 다수가 양성결절이므로 수술적 치료를 고려할 수 있다. 또한 양성 혹은 악성 여부를 시사하는 임상적, 방사선학적 소견이 없으므로 조직학적 확인을 하기 위한 노력이 필요하다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.616-623
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• 1994

연구목적: 수술전 전산화 단층촬영상 임파절종대의 소견이 없는 $T_{1-3}N_0M_0$비소세포폐암 환자들을 대상으로 수술전 후 병기의 차이를 비교하여 이들에 있어 수술전 관혈적인 병기판정의 필요성에 대하여 검토하였다. 방법: 경북대학교병원에서 비소세포폐암으로 개흉절제술을 받았던 환자들 가운데 수술전 병기가 $T_{1-3}N_0M_0$인 41명을 대상으로 수술전과 수술후의 병기의 차이를 비교하였다. 결과: 1) 수술전 병기는 I기의 경우 $T_1N_0M_0$ 3예, $T_2N_0M_0$ 32예로 모두 35예였고 IIIa기 ($T_3N_0M_0$)는 6예였다. 종양의 위치는 중심형 폐암 24예, 말초형 폐암 17예였는데 IIIa기는 모두 중심형 폐암이었다. 2) 수술후 병기는 I기의 경우 $T_1N_0M_0$ 2예, $T_2N_0M_0$ 25예로 모두 27예였고 II기의 경우 $T_1N_1M_0$ 1예, $T_2N_1M_0$ 3예로 모두 4예였으며 IIIa기는 $T_3N_0M_0$ 1예, $T_3N_1M_0$ 2예, $T_3N_2M_0$ 4예, $T_2N_2M_0$ 2예로 모두 9예였고 IIIb기($T_4N_1M_0$)는 1예였다. 3) 수술후 T의 변화가 있은 경우는 $T_2$ 32예 가운데 2예는 $T_3$로 $T_3$ 6예중 1예는 $T_4$로 판명되었다. 4) 수술후 $N_1$으로 판명된 경우는 7예였고 $N_2$로 판명된 경우는 6예였다. 5) 수술전 T에 따른 임파절전이는 $T_{1-2}$인 경우는 35예 중 8예($N_1$ 5예, $N_2$ 3예)였고 $T_3$인 경우는 6예중 5예($N_1$ 2예, $N_2$ 3예)로 $T_{1-2}$에 비해 $T_3$에서 임파절 전이빈도가 높았고 $N_2/N_1$비도 높았다 그러나 수술전 $T_{1-2}$경우 종양의 위치에 따른 임파절전이의 차이는 없었다. 6) 41예의 대상환자중 $N_2$ 6예와 $T_4$ 1예를 제외한 34예에서 완전 절제가 가능하였다. 결론: 이상의 결과로 전산화 단층촬영상 임파절종대가 없는 비소세포암의 수술전 병기판정시 수술전 $T_3$에서는 종격동경 검사 등의 관혈적인 병기판정방법이 필요하리라 생각된다.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.136-157
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• 2018

Objectives: This systematic review aimed to put the case reports of lung cancer on Korean medicine (KM) together and adopt the results in clinical practice. Methods: Researches were searched using the PubMed, EMBASE, OASIS, KoreanTK, KISTI, RISS, KISS, and NDSL. The search term were 'lung cancer' and KM. There was no restriction in year. Results: 1. Among the 48 studies, 68 patients were reported in total. The types of lung cancer were non-small-cell lung cancer (n=41) and small-cell lung cancer (n=6). 2. The number of patients who received KM therapy alone was 40. On the other hand, 25 patients were treated with KM and chemotherapy simultaneously. All case reports used herbal medicine except 2 studies. Other types of treatment were acupuncture, moxibustion, pharmacopuncture, cupping, meditation, etc. 3. Several efficacy evaluation variables were used such as tumor size, changes of symptoms, duration of survival, the quality of life, and so on. The safety was evaluated by checking adverse effects using blood test. 4. Regarding the tumor response, partial response was reported in 12 cases, stable disease was in 22 cases, 50% of the total cases, which is a high level of tumor response. Furthermore, all 11 cases with the evaluation on the length of survival showed prolonged survival than the expectancy of corresponding stage, with the stable quality of life. Conclusion: We have found that the applicability of KM for treatment of lung cancer through this review. Evidence based medicine can be realized by checking cases and applying them in clinical practice.