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  • 1
    In: Acta Haematologica, S. Karger AG, Vol. 140, No. 3 ( 2018), p. 146-156
    Abstract: 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Background: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is an independent prognostic marker in solid and hematological cancers. While the derived NLR (dNLR) was shown to be non-inferior to the NLR in large cohorts of patients with different cancer types, it has not been validated as a prognostic marker for multiple myeloma (MM) to date. 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Methods: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 Between May 22, 2011 and May 29, 2014, 176 patients with MM from 38 centers who were ineligible for autologous stem cell transplantation were analyzed. The dNLR was calculated using complete blood count differential data. The optimal dNLR cut-off value according to receiver operating characteristic analysis of overall survival (OS) was 1.51. All patients were treated with melphalan and prednisone combined with bortezomib. 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Results: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 The complete response rate was lower in the high dNLR group compared to the low dNLR group (7 vs. 26.1%, respectively; 〈 i 〉 p 〈 /i 〉  = 0.0148); the corresponding 2-year OS rates were 72.2 and 84.7%, respectively ( 〈 i 〉 p 〈 /i 〉  = 0.0354). A high dNLR was an independent poor prognostic factor for OS (hazard ratio 2.217, 95% CI 1.015–4.842; 〈 i 〉 p 〈 /i 〉  = 0.0458). 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Conclusion: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 The dNLR is a readily available and cheaply obtained parameter in clinical studies, and shows considerable potential as a new prognostic marker for transplantation-ineligible patients with MM.
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    ISSN: 0001-5792 , 1421-9662
    Language: English
    Publisher: S. Karger AG
    Publication Date: 2018
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    In: Chemotherapy, S. Karger AG, Vol. 55, No. 5 ( 2009), p. 386-390
    Abstract: Lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LYG) is a rare angiocentric and angiodestructive lymphoproliferative disease characterized by Epstein-Barr virus-positive B cells admixed with reactive T cells. LYG most commonly affects the lung but can also involve other extrapulmonary sites. Pulmonary LYG usually presents as multiple pulmonary nodules with rapid progression and excavation. It can mimic various infectious diseases, vasculitis or metastatic malignancy and is difficult to be diagnosed clinically. Standard treatment for LYG has not yet been established. Despite combination chemotherapy, the overall prognosis is poor. Recently, anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, rituximab, has been used to treat LYG. We report the case of a 70-year-old male patient with pulmonary LYG, who showed rapid remission of the disease after combination chemotherapy with rituximab.
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    ISSN: 0009-3157 , 1421-9794
    Language: English
    Publisher: S. Karger AG
    Publication Date: 2009
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    In: Respiration, S. Karger AG, Vol. 86, No. 2 ( 2013), p. 109-116
    Abstract: 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Background: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 To date, no clinical parameter has been associated with the decline in lung function other than emphysema severity in COPD. 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Objectives: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 The main purpose of this study was to explore whether the rate of lung function decline differs between COPD patients with and without exertional desaturation. 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Methods: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 A total of 224 subjects were selected from the Korean Obstructive Lung Disease cohort. Exertional desaturation was assessed using the 6-min walk test (6MWT), and defined as a post-exercise oxygen saturation (Sp 〈 smlcap 〉 O 〈 /smlcap 〉 〈 sub 〉 2 〈 /sub 〉 ) of 〈 90% or a ≥4% decrease. The cohort was divided into desaturator (n = 47) and non-desaturator (n = 177) groups. 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Results: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 There was a significant difference between the desaturator and non-desaturator groups in terms of the change in pre-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV 〈 sub 〉 1 〈 /sub 〉 ) over a 3-year period of follow-up (p = 0.006). The mean rate of decline in FEV 〈 sub 〉 1 〈 /sub 〉 was greater in the desaturator group (33.8 ml/year) than in the non-desaturator group (11.6 ml/year). A statistically significant difference was also observed between the two groups in terms of the change in the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) total score over 3 years (p = 0.001). 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Conclusions: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 This study suggests, for the first time, that exertional desaturation may be a predictor of rapid decline in lung function in patients with COPD. The 6MWT may be a useful test to predict a rapid lung function decline in COPD.
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    ISSN: 0025-7931 , 1423-0356
    Language: English
    Publisher: S. Karger AG
    Publication Date: 2013
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    In: Respiration, S. Karger AG, Vol. 68, No. 1 ( 2001), p. 99-102
    Abstract: A case is presented with spontaneous expectoration of a small piece of solid tissue. Pathologic examination of the expectorated tissue was found to be consistent with leiomyosarcoma. After further work-up, there was no evidence of another primary site of leiomyosarcoma except for the right lower lobe. Right lower lobectomy was performed. The surgical specimen showed a tumor that was histologically identical to the patient’s previous expectorated tissue. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first report of partial expectoration of a primary endobronchial leiomyosarcoma.
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    ISSN: 0025-7931 , 1423-0356
    Language: English
    Publisher: S. Karger AG
    Publication Date: 2001
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    In: Chemotherapy, S. Karger AG, Vol. 54, No. 1 ( 2008), p. 54-62
    Abstract: The standard beneficial chemotherapy proven for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer is a regimen containing gemcitabine. In the pregemcitabine era, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) was the standard agent. Oral 5-FU can be added to gemcitabine to improve the efficacy of chemotherapy and to provide better patient convenience. The possibility to improve efficacy of gemcitabine by fixed dose rate infusion (FDRI) was proposed in addition to combining it with 5-FU. We tried a new chemotherapy combining FDRI of gemcitabine with doxifluridine and leucovorin. Eligibility criteria were pathologically proven, chemotherapy-naïve, and metastatic or nonoperable advanced pancreatic cancer. Gemcitabine 1,000 mg/m 〈 sup 〉 2 〈 /sup 〉 was infused over 100 min (days 1, 8 and 15). Doxifluridine 200 mg/m 〈 sup 〉 2 〈 /sup 〉 t.i.d. and leucovorin 15 mg b.i.d. were given orally (days 1–21). Chemotherapy was repeated every 28 days until a patient had received 6 cycles or progression was found. Twenty-nine patients were enrolled from October 2002 to December 2004. A total of 78 cycles were given at a mean of 2.7 cycles per patient. Response could be evaluated in 26 patients. Responses were partial remission in 4/26 patients (15.4%), stable disease in 8/26 (30.8%) and progression in 14/26 (53.8%). All patients progressed except for 2 in partial remission and 2 in stable disease. Toxicities could be assessed in 23 patients. Maximal hematological toxicities greater than grade 2 were leucopenia in 3 patients (11.5%), neutropenia in 2 (7.7%), anemia in 2 (7.7%), thrombocytopenia in 1 (3.8%) and febrile neutropenia in 3 (11.5%). Maximal nonhematological grade 3 or 4 toxicities were asthenia in 1 patient (3.8%), anorexia in 1 (3.8%), vomiting in 1 (3.8%), diarrhea in 2 (7.7%), allergic reaction in 1 (3.8%), hand-foot syndrome in 1 (3.8%) and hyperbilirubinemia in 1 (3.8%). All 29 patients were dead on last follow-up. Median progression-free survival was 3.91 months in 26 evaluable patients and median overall survival was 5.59 months in all patients. Combination chemotherapy including FDRI of gemcitabine seems minimally active for patients with advanced, nonoperable pancreatic cancer. Further research to improve effectiveness of chemotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer is mandatory.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0009-3157 , 1421-9794
    Language: English
    Publisher: S. Karger AG
    Publication Date: 2008
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    In: Kompass Neumología, S. Karger AG, Vol. 2, No. 2-3 ( 2020), p. 69-75
    Abstract: 〈 b 〉 Antecedentes: 〈 /b 〉 La remisión espontánea (RE) del cáncer es un fenómeno muy raro, cuyo mecanismo se desconoce. En particular, hay escasos reportes de RE de cáncer de pulmón no-microcítico (CPNM). Presentamos el caso de una mujer de 74 años con CPNM avanzado, poco diferenciado (con alta expresión del ligando 1 de muerte programada [PD-L1]), que progresó a pesar de administrar múltiples de líneas quimioterapia y posteriormente remitió de manera espontánea. 〈 b 〉 Presentación del caso: 〈 /b 〉 La paciente presentaba hemoptisis y se le diagnosticó CPNM poco diferenciado en estadio IIIA mediante biopsia broncoscópica. No había características notables en su historial médico y su estado funcional era moderado. El plan inicial de tratamiento consistió en cirugía después de quimioterapia neoadyuvante. A pesar de la quimioterapia convencional, la tomografía computada (TC) de seguimiento mostró una progresión gradual del tumor, y la paciente decidió no continuar con el tratamiento después de la quimioterapia de quinta línea. Sin embargo, el tamaño de la masa tumoral disminuyó marcadamente en una TC torácica de seguimiento un año después de suspender la quimioterapia. Asimismo, imágenes de tomografía por emisión de positrones tomadas en el seguimiento mostraron una menor actividad metabólica en la masa tumoral, y una muestra de biopsia percutánea de la masa pulmonar reducida no reveló células tumorales viables. Se confirmó el diagnóstico de RE de CPNM, y la paciente no mostró progresión tumoral en el seguimiento, nueve meses después. Más tarde, la inmunotinción para PD-L1 mostró una alta positividad ( 〉 99%) en las células tumorales iniciales. 〈 b 〉 Conclusión: 〈 /b 〉 Nuestro caso, que muestra la RE de CPNM avanzado, poco diferenciado y refractario a múltiples líneas de quimioterapia, sugiere una asociación entre la inmunidad y la regresión tumoral.
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    ISSN: 2624-9065 , 2624-9073
    Language: English
    Publisher: S. Karger AG
    Publication Date: 2020
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    In: Respiration, S. Karger AG, Vol. 70, No. 1 ( 2003), p. 49-53
    Abstract: 〈 i 〉 Background: 〈 /i 〉 Unlike classic asthma, cough-variant asthma does not show any evidence of airway obstruction. The main symptom is a dry cough with little known pathophysiology. Hypersensitivity of the cough receptors in cough-variant asthma and an increase in the sensory nerve density of the airway epithelium in persistent dry cough patients have been reported. Therefore, it is possible that there is a higher sensory nerve density in cough-variant asthma patients than in classic asthma patients. 〈 i 〉 Objectives: 〈 /i 〉 This study was undertaken to compare the substance P (SP)-immunoreactive nerve density in mucosal biopsies of cough-variant asthma patients, classic asthma patients, and in control subjects. 〈 i 〉 Methods: 〈 /i 〉 Bronchoscopic biopsies were performed in 6 cough-variant asthma patients, 14 classic asthma patients, and 5 normal controls. The tissues obtained were stained immunohistochemically. The SP-immunoreactive nerve density was measured in the bronchial epithelium using a light microscope at 400× magnification. 〈 i 〉 Results: 〈 /i 〉 SP- immunoreactive nerve density for the cough-variant asthma group was significantly higher than that of the classic asthma group (p = 0.001), and of the normal control group (p = 0.006). 〈 i 〉 Conclusions: 〈 /i 〉 It is possible that a sensory nerve abnormality within the airway may be related to hypersensitivity of the cough receptor, and that this may be one of the pathophysiologies of cough-variant asthma.
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    ISSN: 0025-7931 , 1423-0356
    Language: English
    Publisher: S. Karger AG
    Publication Date: 2003
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    In: Cerebrovascular Diseases, S. Karger AG, Vol. 51, No. 4 ( 2022), p. 493-498
    Abstract: 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Purpose: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of gradual dipyridamole titration and the incidence of dipyridamole-induced headache in patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Methods: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 A randomized, double-blind, double-placebo, parallel group, phase 4 clinical trial (KCT0005457) was conducted between July 1, 2019, and February 25, 2020, at 15 medical centers in South Korea. The study included patients aged & #x3e;19 years diagnosed with a noncardioembolic ischemic stroke or TIA within the previous 3 weeks. The participants were randomized 1:1:1 to receive Adinox® (aspirin 25 mg/dipyridamole 200 mg) and aspirin (100 mg) once daily for the first 2 weeks followed by Adinox® twice daily for 2 weeks (titration group), Adinox® twice daily for 4 weeks (standard group), and aspirin 100 mg once daily for 4 weeks (control group). The primary endpoint was incidence of headache over 4 weeks. The key secondary endpoint was mean cumulative headache. 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Results: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 Ninety-six patients were randomized into the titration ( 〈 i 〉 n 〈 /i 〉 = 31), standard ( 〈 i 〉 n 〈 /i 〉 = 32), and control ( 〈 i 〉 n 〈 /i 〉 = 33) groups. The titration and standard groups (74.1% vs. 74.2%, respectively) showed no difference in the primary endpoint. However, the mean cumulated headache was significantly lower in the titration group than in the standard group (0.31 ± 0.46 vs. 0.58 ± 0.51, 〈 i 〉 p 〈 /i 〉 = 0.023). Further, adverse drug reactions were more common in the standard group than in the titration group (28.1% vs. 9.7%, respectively, 〈 i 〉 p 〈 /i 〉 = 0.054), although not significantly different. 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Conclusion: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 The titration strategy was effective in lowering the incidence of cumulative dipyridamole-induced headache.
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    ISSN: 1015-9770 , 1421-9786
    Language: English
    Publisher: S. Karger AG
    Publication Date: 2022
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    In: Acta Haematologica, S. Karger AG, Vol. 143, No. 3 ( 2020), p. 232-243
    Abstract: 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Objective: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 We aimed to evaluate the effect of stem cell source and dose on the survival of various donor subgroups, such as matched sibling donor (MSDs) and alternative donors (ADs), upon bone marrow (BM) or peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) infusion in aplastic anemia (AA). 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Meth 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 ods: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 We retrospectively investigated the effects of stem cell source and dose on allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) in AA. 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Results: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 A total of 267 patients were included in this analysis. The BM-treated group showed an association with low incidence of any-grade acute graft versus host disease (GvHD) ( 〈 i 〉 p 〈 /i 〉 & #x3c; 0.001). A higher stem cell dose was related with a low incidence of extensive chronic GvHD in MSDs ( 〈 i 〉 p 〈 /i 〉 = 0.025). Multivariate analysis for overall survival (OS) revealed that only age at alloHSCT & #x3c;31 years ( 〈 i 〉 p 〈 /i 〉 = 0.010) and prior platelet transfusion & #x3c;86 U ( 〈 i 〉 p 〈 /i 〉 = 0.046) in MSDs and higher stem cell dose (hazard ratio = 2.596, 〈 i 〉 p 〈 /i 〉 = 0.045) in ADs were favorable prognostic factors. 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Conclusion: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 PBSCs could be preferred in AD because high stem cell dose may be easily achieved to improve the OS at the expense of acute GvHD. However, BM stem cells are preferred in MSDs.
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    ISSN: 0001-5792 , 1421-9662
    Language: English
    Publisher: S. Karger AG
    Publication Date: 2020
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    In: Respiration, S. Karger AG, Vol. 86, No. 2 ( 2013), p. 117-122
    Abstract: 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Background: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 Genome-wide association studies have identified 〈 i 〉 CHRNA3 〈 /i 〉 as a lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) candidate gene in non-Hispanic Caucasian cohorts. However, there are differences in minor allele frequencies among ethnic groups, and limited data exists for Asian populations. 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Objectives: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 The aim of this case-control study was to determine whether there is an association between COPD and genetic variation in 〈 i 〉 CHRNA3 〈 /i 〉 in the Korean population. In addition, we investigated the association of 〈 i 〉 CHRNA3 〈 /i 〉 with intermediate disease phenotypes including emphysema and lung function in COPD subjects. 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Methods: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 Two single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 〈 i 〉 CHRNA3 〈 /i 〉 (rs660652 and rs12910984) were genotyped in 219 COPD subjects registered in the Korean Obstructive Lung Disease cohort study and in 305 control subjects. Volumetric computed tomography was performed in all COPD subjects. Emphysema severity was measured quantitatively by determining the volume fraction of the lung below -950 Hounsfield units. Logistic regression analysis for case-control analysis and linear regression modeling for quantitative analysis were performed using SAS. 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Results: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 This case-control analysis of 219 COPD patients and 305 control participants identified a significant association between an SNP of 〈 i 〉 CHRNA3 〈 /i 〉 (rs12910984) and COPD (p = 0.049). Analysis in COPD subjects revealed that genetic variations were not associated with FEV 〈 sub 〉 1 〈 /sub 〉 . There was no association between SNPs and emphysema severity. However, both SNPs were significantly associated with D 〈 smlcap 〉 LCO 〈 /smlcap 〉 . 〈 b 〉 〈 i 〉 Conclusion: 〈 /i 〉 〈 /b 〉 Genetic variations in 〈 i 〉 CHRNA3 〈 /i 〉 are associated with COPD in the Korean population.
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    ISSN: 0025-7931 , 1423-0356
    Language: English
    Publisher: S. Karger AG
    Publication Date: 2013
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