• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.5.1-5.11
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• 2021

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the most frequent type of head and neck cancer that usually arises from the mucosal surfaces of several organs including nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, oral cavity, tongue, pharynx, and larynx. The Wnt signaling pathway is a crucial mechanism for cellular maintenance and development. It regulates cell cycle progression, apoptosis, proliferation, migration, and differentiation. Dysregulation of this pathway correlates with oncogenesis in various tissues including breast, colon, pancreatic as well as head and neck cancers. The present study aims to assess the gene alterations in the Wnt family of genes so as to derive an association with HNSCC. Computational approaches have been utilized for the identification of gene alterations in the Wnt family of genes. Several databases such as cBioportal, STRING, and UALCAN were used for the purpose. The frequency of alteration was high in case of Wnt family member 11 (5%). Gene amplification, deep deletions, missense and truncating mutations were observed in HNSCC patients. There was a marked difference in the gene expression profile of WNT11 between grades as well as normal samples. The survival probability measured using the Kaplan-Meier curve also presented with a significant difference among male and female subjects experiencing a low/medium level expression. The female patients showed less survival probability when compared to the male subjects. This provides the prognostic significance of the WNT11 gene in HNSCC. Taken together, the present study provides clues on the possible association of WNT11 gene alterations with HNSCC, which has to be further validated using experimental approaches.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권12호
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• pp.6059-6062
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• 2012

Regional cancer epidemiology is an important basis for determining the priorities for cancer control in different countries worldwide. There is no reliable information about the pattern of head and neck cancer in western Nepal and hence an attempt was here made to evaluate the situation based on hospital data, which provide the only source in the western region of Nepal. A clinicopathological analysis of head and neck cancers treated between 2003 and 2006 in Manipal Teaching Hospital affiliated to Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Western Development Region, Nepal was performed. A total of 105 head and neck cancer cases were identified with a male to female ratio of 1.8:1. The median ages of male and female patients were 62 and 64 years, respectively. Ninety-seven (92.4%) of the cancer patients were suffering from carcinoma, three (2.9%) had blastoma, three (2.9%) had sarcoma, and two (1.9%) had lymphoma. The majority (61.9%) of carcinoma cases were squamous cell carcinoma followed by anaplastic carcinoma (7.2%). Of the carcinoma cases, the most common site of primary lesion was larynx (19.6%), followed by the thyroid (14.4%), the tongue and hypopharynx with 10.3% cases each. Comparative analysis among males and females did not reveal any sex difference in type of head and neck cancers. The head and neck cancer pattern revealed by the present study provides valuable leads to cancer epidemiology in western Nepal and useful information for health planning and cancer control, and future research in western Nepal.

• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.365-370
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• 2010

Herpes virus family is highly infectious to patients, their families and dentists. The diagnosis of herpes infection is based on the characteristic clinical appearance and the location of the lesions. Herpes Simplex Virus(HSV) usually acquired through direct contact with infected lesions or body fluids, and the prevalence of HSV infection increases progressively from childhood. Primary infections provoke herpetic gingivostomatis typically affects the tongue, lips, gingival, buccal mucosa and palate. Recurrent infections give rise to vesiculo-ulcerative lesions at vermilion border of lip(herpes labialis). In the form of chickenpox, Varicella Zoster Virus(VZV) usually is infected in childhood. VZV spreads in the affected primary afferent nerve to the skin and produces a vesicular rash and pain. Epstein-Barr Virus(EBV) infects B cells and cause infectious mononucleosis. Latent EBV infection has also been implicated in Burkitt lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Cytomegalovirus(CMV) is associated with immune-compromised patient such as organ transplantation and AIDS patients.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.104-108
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• 2014

주로 작은 침샘에서 발생하는 샘낭암종의 치료 방침은 수술과 수술 후 보조적 방사선치료가 주로 행해져 왔다. 그러나 설근부에 발생한 샘낭암종에 대해서는 수술적 치료가 가져오는 삶의 질의 저하가 크기 때문에 수술적 치료를 적용하기 쉽지 않다. 또한 샘낭암종의 치료에 있어서 항암제의 역할이 거의 없는 상황에서 방사선치료가 중요한 역할을 할 수 있겠다. 이에 본 저자들은 설근부에 발생한 샘낭암종 세 증례의 방사선치료 결과를 보고 하며 샘낭암종의 치료에 대해서 문헌고찰을 통해 논의하고자 한다.

• 대한기관식도과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기관식도과학회 1978년도 제12차 학술대회연제 순서 및 초록
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• pp.6.2-6
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• 1978

Granular Cell Myoblastoma는 근육에 발생하는 극히 드문 종양으로 1931년 Ahrikossott 씨가 성대에서 발생한 것을 처음으로 보고 하였다. 호발부위는 설이며 그외 구강의 다른 부위나 후두, 기관에 생길 수 있다. 이 질환은 그 상부점막의 가성상피증식이 동반되는 수가 많으므로 악성종양으로 혼동되기 쉬운 점 때문에 임상적으로 중요하다. 저자들은 17세된 여자로서 3년간 계속된 사성을 주소로 내원하여 수술받은 성문하부의 granular cell myoblastoma 1례를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 더불어 보고하는 바이다.

• 대한기관식도과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기관식도과학회 1972년도 춘계종합 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.16.1-16
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• 1972

설암의 치료방법에는 방사선치료, 수술적료법, 화학적료법 및 이들의 병용법을 들 수 있는데, 최근에 와서는 방사선치료가 치료성적의 향상과 혀의 기능을 보존한 채로 사회에 복귀할 수 있다는 관점 때문에 설암이 $T_3이하일$ 때에는 많이 선택되고 있다. 방사선치료라고 하면 대개는 X-선심부치료와 원격조사치료만을 생각하기 쉬우나 그 외에도 감사선을 이용한 라디움 혹은 코발트 등의 체강내치료와 라디움, 코발트 및 Gold needle 등을 조직간내에 치료하는 방법도 있다. 본 연자등은 제일차로 연세의료원 암센타에서 1971년도에 설암환자중, 조직간내라디움 치료법과 경부에 원격조사치료를 병행한 5례를 대상으로 그 치료방법과 치료 전후의 원병소의 변화를 시기적으로 비교, 관찰하여 그 중간보고를 하는 바이다. 5례중 남자가 3명, 여자가 2명이었고 병리조직학적소견으로 4례는 상피세포암, 나머지 1례는 Cystic Adeno-carcinoma환자였다. 이는 1966년도에 타액선종역이 발생하여 수술후 X-선심부치료를 받은 과거력이 있었다. 조직간내라디움 요법의 선택은 종양의 크기로 결정하는데 종물의 직경이 3~4cm가 넘어서는 안되고, 그 두께가 2~2.5cm이하 일 때에 $(T_1,$ $T_2)$ 한하여 시행한다는 원칙하에 2종류의 라디움 needle 즉 I형의 라디움 needle은 전장이 4.4cm로 Active length가 3.0cm이고, II형은 전장이 2.8cm, Active length가 1.5cm되는 것을 사용하였다. 방법은 원병소의 크기를 측정하여 용적을 산출하고 Quinby chart에 기술된 mahr를 찾은 후 6,000Rads를 평균조사량으로 필요한 mghr로서 5~6일로 나누어 나오는 mg을 다시 2mg으로 나누어 원병소에 필요한 량의 라디움 needle을 국소마취하에 후측부에서부터 시작하여 전단부위까지 이상적인 배열로 조직간내에 하였다. 약 6,000Rads가 조사될 수 있는 시간이 경과한 후 라디움 needle을 제거하고 평균 2주부터 1개월 이내에 원병소를 촬영하여 치료전후의 변화를 제1보로 소개하며 앞으로 modified Berkson-Gage 방법으로 결과를 매년 보고하는 한편 15년간 단속 followup할 예정이다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.660-668
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• 2007

We investigated 248 patients who were diagnosed as malignant tumor in the department of Oral and maxillofacial Surgery of Kyungpook National University from 1999 to 2006, and following results were obtained. 1. Among 248 patients who have malignant tumor, 164 were men and 84 were women, which made the ratio of male to female 1.95:1. 2. The average age of oral cancer patients was 58.3. 3. As of the primary origin site, lower alveolus and gingiva were the greatest with 70 cases(28.2%), followed by tongue(l6.9%), upper alveolus and gingiva(14.9%), palate(13.7%), mouth floor(9.7%), buccal mucosa(4.8%), retromolar trigone(4.4%), Mx. & Mn. bone(3.2%) and lip(2.8%). 4. As of histologic distribution, squamous cell carcinoma was the greatest with 170 cases(68.6%), followed by sarcoma with 17 cases(6.9%), adenoid cystic carcinoma with 17 cases(6.9%), malignant lymphoma with 15 cases(6.0%), mucoepidermoid carcinoma with 13 cases(5.2%), metastatic carcinoma with 6 cases(2.4%) and malignant melanoma with 4 cases(1.6%). 5. Period between recognition of the symptom and the first visit to hospital was less than 3 months for 58.9% of the patients, and more than 3 months for 41% of the patients. 6. Investigation of whether the patients drink or smoke revealed that the number of non-smoking and non-drinking patients was 63 among 170 patients(37.0%) that were able to investigate. The number of patients who smoke only was 29(17.1%) and both drinking and smoking patients were 78(45.9%). 7. In clinical stage order, Stage IV(61.7%) was found th be the largest, followed by stage I(17.2%), stage II(13%) and stage III(7.8%). 8. The 5-year survival rate of the entire oral cancer patients appeared to be 57.7%. The survival rate was higher in younger group and women had higher survival rate but there was no statistical significance to this. In the aspect of stage, the survival rate was Stage I, Stage II, Stage IV and Stage III in decreasing order. The order according to T classification was the same. In N classification, patients with N0 had the highest survival rate and the survival rate decreased in the order of N1 and N2. Survival rate was especially low in patients with N2.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.142-147
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• 2003

Purpose: Accurate evaluation of metastatic cervical lymph nodes plays a decisive role in the treatment and prognosis of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. The purpose of this study is to investigate the usefulness of FDG-PET for diagnosis of cervical metastasis in the head and neck cancer by comparing with the conventional imaging study. Materials and Methods: The subjects on this study were 30 patients (24 males and 6 females, aged 39 to 76, mean 57.1) diagnosed as pathologic-proven squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck. All patients underwent preoperative FDG-PET, CT(n=27) or MRI (n=3). Their medical records were reviewed retrospectively. Using pathologic reports as a golden standard, the results of FDG-PET were compared with conventional imaging study (CT/MRI) in the evaluation of cervical metastasis. Results: Thirty patients had five different primary sites which were tongue (11), supraglottis (10), glottis (6), hypopharynx (2) and tonsil (1). A total of 40 neck dissections were performed unilaterally in 20 patients and bilaterally in 10 patients. Of these, 16 showed pathologically positive for lymph node metastasis. The sensitivity and specificity of FDG-PET for the diagnosis of cervical metastasis was 75% and 100% respectively, compared with conventional imaging of 56.3% and 95.8%, respectively. The difference of sensitivity was not statistically significant (p=0.453). Of 5 cases with small metastatic node (<1cm), 3 were detected on PET detected correctly but none were detected by CT. Conclusion: FDG-PET was more accurate than conventional imaging study in the diagnosis of metastatic lymph nodes in squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck, especially detection of small metastatic node. FDG-PET might be useful adjunct to conventional image in the preoperative evaluation of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.528-534
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• 2005

Angiogenesis is important for the growth and metastasis of solid tumors. Some growth factors, inflammatory cytokines, and angiogenin are known to promote tumor angiogenesis. Among them, Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is the most intriguing factor in regard to tumor angiogenesis. Inhibition of VEGF activity by neutralizing antibodies or by the introduction of dominant negative VEGF receptors into endothelial cells of tumor-associated blood vessels resulted in the inhibition of tumor growth and in tumor regression, indicating that VEGF is a major initiator of tumor angiogenesis. VEGF promotes angiogenesis through their receptors, Flt-1 and Flk-1/KDR. on vascular endothelial cells. These two receptors were usually believed to be expressed specifically on vascular endothelial cell. Several reports have now shown that VEGF is not only significantly associated with microvessel density but also has prognostic value in both node-negative and node-positive oral squamous cell carcinoma. For many years several histologic features of the neoplasms are being considered when assessing the influence of malignancy grading on recurrence and prognosis. Among the characteristics investigated, degree of keratinization, nuclear pleomorphism, mode of invasion, microscopic depth of invasion, intravascular invasion, lymphocyte infiltration, and number of mitoses have been considered as important prognostic factors. So, this study was conducted to evaluate the correlation of vascular endothelial growth factor expression with malignancy in paraffin-embedded biopsy specimens from 11 patients with tongue cancers. Our results showed that high immunoreactivity specimens of VEGF expression were significantly lower keratinization degree and more pronounced nuclear pleomorphism than in low immunoreactivity specimens. Thus, VEGF expression could be used as a prognostic marker in tongue cancer.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.189-198
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• 1990

저자들은 1980년 1월부터 1980년 12월까지 원자력병원 치료방사선과에서 방사선 치료를 받은 66명의 구강인두 편평상피 종양 환자들을 대상으로 한 후향적 분석을 통하여 다음과 같이 결과를 얻었다. 구강인두 종양의 원발 부위별 환자분포를 보면 편도부위 종양이 42예로 가장 많았고 연구개 종양이 12예, 구강저 종양이 9예 그리고 측인두 및 후인두벽 종양이 3예순이었다. 구강인두 부위에 침범한 병소들을 총체적으로 분석한 경우 원발병소의 병기에 따른 국소관해율은 T1과 T2 그리고 T3와 T4 병기에서 각각 80%와 77% 그리고 73%와 40%였고 전체적으로 70%의 국소관해율를 보였다. 국소관해율은 원발병소의 병기가 낮을수록, 또한 원발부위로 볼때 연구개부위 종양에서, 그리고 분화도상에 미분화된 세포를 가진 경우에 가장 높았다. 국소적 임파선의 병기에 따른 국소임파관해율은 N1과 N2 그리고 N3 병기에서 각각 96%와 63% 그리고 40%였으며 전체적으로 70%의 국소임파관해율를 보였다. 원발병소의 병기에 따른 5년 생존율은 T1과 T2에서 73%, T3와 T4에서 46%였다(p<0.05). 또한, 편도부위에 생긴 종양의 경우 5년 생존율은 주위조직으로의 침범이 없는 군이 있는 군보다 통계적인 유의차로 높았다(p<0.01). 결론적으로 볼때 방사선 요법이 해부학적 형태 유지 및 기능적인 보존측면에서 구강인두 종양에 대한 일차적인 치료방법으로서 효과적인 것으로 사료된다.