Malignant tumors among Koreans-relative frequency study on 19,140 cases during 1978 to 1986

Lee, S. K.; Kim, S. I.; Ham, Eui Keun; Kim, Y. I.; Lim, Chae Young; G., Je; Cho, H. I.; Lee, H. S.; Park, S. H.; Kim, C. W.

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“…Gastric cancer is prevalent in Korea; it is the most frequent malignancy and the leading cause of cancer death [1][2][3]. In recent years there has been an increasing tendency to perform total gastrectomy for the treatment of a high body or cardiac lesion, double lesions of gastric cancer, and recurrent cancer of remnant stomach.…”

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Nutritional Status of Gastric Cancer Patients after Total Gastrectomy

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A number of causes of malnutrition after total gastrectomy have been proposed. The purpose of this study was to assess nutritional status and to determine the cause of malnutrition after total gastrectomy. We studied 20 gastric cancer patients who had undergone total gastrectomy and immunochemotherapy and 6 normal controls. Nutritional status was assessed by dietary history, anthropometric methods, and serologic measurements. Malabsorption tests included the fecal fat excretion test, D-xylose absorption test, glucose tolerance test, vitamin B12 absorption test using dual isotopes, bacterial culture of jejunal aspirates, and jejunal biopsy. Weight loss was compared to the preoperative status in all patients (average 15%: 59.0 +/- 9.9 vs. 50.2 +/- 7.8 kg, preoperatively vs. postoperatively). Average daily calorie intake was 1586.2 kcal, which is lower than the normal intake of Korean adults (1838 kcal). Malnutrition of skeletal and visceral protein was not found. There was, however, severe fat malnutrition and a deficit of body fat. Postoperatively the body mass index was considerably lower than that preoperatively (22.2 +/- 0.4 vs. 18.9 +/- 0.4 kg/m2; preoperatively vs. postoperatively). With malabsorption tests, the daily excreted amount of fecal fat was 28.6 +/- 3.4 g (mean +/- SD) in patients and 6.9 +/- 0.2 g in controls. There was no significant malabsorption of carbohydrates. In 64.3% (9/14) of patients, vitamin B12 absorption was abnormal; and the serum concentration of vitamin B12, which was significantly related to malabsorption of this vitamin, was lower than normal in 73.7% (14/19). Bacterial overgrowth was not found, and there were no abnormal histologic findings in the jejunal mucosa. These results suggest that poor oral intake and fat malabsorption following total gastrectomy cause malnutrition and that fat malabsorption may be related to relative pancreatic insufficiency.

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Nutritional Status of Gastric Cancer Patients after Total Gastrectomy

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“…It has been reported that the incidence of primary skin cancer among Asians including Korean is lower compared with the Caucasians ( 1 ). In Korea, the primary skin cancer comprises about 1.44% of all malignancies diagnosed annually ( 2 ) and its diagnostic rate has been estimated as 0.085 to 1.02% per all dermatology department visits with a recent continuous increase ( 3 - 9 ).…”

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Primary Facial Skin Cancer: Clinical Characteristics and Surgical Outcome in Chungbuk Province, Korea

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Lee

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J Korean Med Sci

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Clinical features of facial skin cancer in Asian population including Korean are not readily available. In the present study, we analyzed the clinical characteristics and the surgical results of primary facial skin cancer in Chungbuk Province, Korea. Eighty-six cases of primary facial skin cancer collected during a 10-yr period (1994-2003) were retrospectively reviewed about the clinical characteristics including age, sex, annual diagnostic rate, types of tumor, specific sites of occurrence, and the surgical results. The average age at the diagnosis was 67 and male to female ratio was 1 to 1.05. The average annual diagnostic rate was 0.73% and the rate surged during the period 2001-2003 compared with the period 1994 to 2000. Basal cell carcinoma was the most common tumor and the nose was the most frequent site. Traditional surgical excision with immediate reconstruction was performed in 81 cases. During the 23 months of average follow-up, three patients had recurrences (3.7%) and three patients had secondary skin cancers. Facial skin cancer is increasing in the province and basal cell carcinoma is most frequent. Traditional surgical excision and immediate reconstruction with local flap are a good therapeutic modality with an acceptable recurrence rate.

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Factors Contributing Patients' 'Self Requested Referral' in University Hospital Family Medicine Clinic

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Background: After the referral system had been established, a tendency of patients who prefer to consult themselves to a specialist with 'self requested referral' is increasing in university hospital family medicine clinics. This study was conducted to know which factors of patients who for the fi rst time visited university hospital family medicine clinic to require medical request for 'self requested referral' to a specialist infl uence 'self requested referral' tendency.Methods: Among 905 patients, 647 agreed to the questionnaire were included in this study. We divided the patients in two, the 'self requested referral' group and the 'general patients' group that does not. Patients completed a four-item, selfadministered questionnaire.Results: 'Self requested referral' group tended to have no experience in family medicine and tended to be negative about the need for family medicine (P < 0.001) The factors that have effect on 'self requested referral' are age, occupation, education, experience of family medicine, and recognition degree of necessity of family medicine. Patients in 20-39 of age, who were white colored, higher education had higher tendency of 'self requested referral' and patients who had no experience in family medicine and lower degree of recognition about the necessity of family medicine had higher tendency of 'self-referral'. Conclusion:It is necessary to fi nd ways to increase satisfaction of patients who have factors that have effect on their 'self requested referral' tendency such as age, occupation, education, experience of family medicine, and degree of recognition about the necessity of family medicine.

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Malignant tumors among Koreans-relative frequency study on 19,140 cases during 1978 to 1986

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Nutritional Status of Gastric Cancer Patients after Total Gastrectomy

Nutritional Status of Gastric Cancer Patients after Total Gastrectomy

Primary Facial Skin Cancer: Clinical Characteristics and Surgical Outcome in Chungbuk Province, Korea

Factors Contributing Patients' 'Self Requested Referral' in University Hospital Family Medicine Clinic

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