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Cheon GJ, Kim MS, Lee JA, Lee SY, Cho WH, Song WS, Koh JS, Yoo JY, Oh DH, Shin DS, Jeon DG. Prediction model of chemotherapy response in osteosarcoma by 18F-FDG PET and MRI. J Nucl Med 2009; 50:1435-40. [PMID: 19690035 DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.109.063602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy is a significant prognostic factor for osteosarcoma; however, this information can be determined only after surgical resection. If we could predict histologic response before surgery, it might be helpful for the planning of surgeries and tailoring of treatment. We evaluated the usefulness of (18)F-FDG PET for this purpose. METHODS A total of 70 consecutive patients with a high-grade osteosarcoma treated at our institute were prospectively enrolled. All patients underwent (18)F-FDG PET and MRI before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. We analyzed the predictive values of 5 parameters, namely, maximum standardized uptake values (SUVs), before and after (SUV2) chemotherapy, SUV change ratio, tumor volume change ratio, and metabolic volume change ratio (MVCR) in terms of their abilities to discriminate responders from nonresponders. RESULTS Patients with an SUV2 of less than or equal to 2 showed a good histologic response, and patients with an SUV2 of greater than 5 showed a poor histologic response. The histologic response of a patient with an intermediate SUV2 (2 < SUV2 </= 5) was found to be predictable using MVCR. A patient with an MVCR of less than 0.65 is likely to be a good responder, whereas a patient with an MVCR of greater than or equal to 0.65 is likely to be a poor responder. According to our model, the predictive values for good responders and poor responders were 97% (31/32) and 95% (36/38), respectively. CONCLUSION We found that combined information on (18)F-FDG PET and MRI scans, acquired before and after chemotherapy, could be used to predict histologic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in osteosarcoma.
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Lee TS, Ahn SH, Moon BS, Chun KS, Kang JH, Cheon GJ, Choi CW, Lim SM. Comparison of 18F-FDG, 18F-FET and 18F-FLT for differentiation between tumor and inflammation in rats. Nucl Med Biol 2009; 36:681-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2009.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2009] [Revised: 03/23/2009] [Accepted: 03/26/2009] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Lim JS, Hwang JS, Cheon GJ, Lee JA, Kim DH, Park KD, Yi KH. Gender differences in total and regional body composition changes as measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in Korean children and adolescents. J Clin Densitom 2009; 12:229-37. [PMID: 19211284 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2008.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2008] [Revised: 12/18/2008] [Accepted: 12/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The objective of this study was to gain normal reference values and to evaluate gender differences in total and regional body composition changes according to age and Tanner stage by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in Korean. Four hundred and forty-nine healthy subjects, aged 5-20 yr were enrolled. Until 9 yr of age, males had a higher lean tissue mass and a lower percent body fat (%BF) than the females (12.6% vs 10.0%, p<0.01). These differences were not evident from 10 to 12.9 yr because of early pubertal progression in girls. After 13 yr, a significant sex difference in the body compositions were observed again. In late teens, females have higher %BF than males (25.6% vs 12.3%, p<0.01). However, females have lower android-gynoid percent fat ratio than males at Tanner stages (TSs) 4 and 5 (p<0.01). These differences are because of significant increase of gynoid lean tissue mass after 13 yr in males. The reference data would be useful for future research related to growth and obesity in Korean children and adolescents.
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Im M, Lee JK, Hong YJ, Hong SI, Kang HJ, Na II, Ryoo BY, Cheon GJ, Lee HN, Chang YH. Four Cases of Hematologic Malignancy Following Radioactive Iodine Therapy for Thyroid Cancer. Ann Lab Med 2008; 28:425-9. [DOI: 10.3343/kjlm.2008.28.6.425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Na II, Lee TH, Choe DH, Cheon GJ, Kim CH, Koh JS, Baek H, Ryoo BY, Yang SH, Lee JC. A diagnostic model to detect silent brain metastases in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Eur J Cancer 2008; 44:2411-7. [PMID: 18707868 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2008] [Revised: 06/27/2008] [Accepted: 07/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We aimed to discriminate subgroups according to the risk of brain metastases in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) lacking neurological symptoms. We performed a retrospective review of 433 patients with NSCLC who underwent chest computed tomography (CT), brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and bone scans at an initial staging work-up between April 2003 and April 2007. Brain metastases were determined by MRI. Patients were stratified into groups according to the number of risk factors (0-3) identified by multivariate analysis. In multivariate analysis, histopathology with non-squamous cell carcinoma, nodal stage 2 on CT and presence of bone metastases were three risk factors for brain metastases. Patients were divided into four groups according to the number (0-3) of these predictive factors. The proportions of patients with brain metastases in the four groups were 2%, 3%, 17% and 35%, respectively, and these differences were significant (P<0.001). When analysis was performed in patients with localised disease, the number of risk factors was correlated with the prevalence of brain metastases (P=0.013) but stage was not (P=0.153). Although this diagnostic model should be validated through further studies, our data suggest that the number of risk factors might be a useful tool to identify silent brain metastases in patients with NSCLC.
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Oh YS, Khil LY, Cho KA, Ryu SJ, Ha MK, Cheon GJ, Lee TS, Yoon JW, Jun HS, Park SC. A potential role for skeletal muscle caveolin-1 as an insulin sensitivity modulator in ageing-dependent non-obese type 2 diabetes: studies in a new mouse model. Diabetologia 2008; 51:1025-34. [PMID: 18408913 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-008-0993-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2008] [Accepted: 02/21/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a common age-dependent disease. We discovered that male offspring of non-diabetic C57BL/6 and DBA/2 mice, called JYD mice, develop type 2 diabetes when they grow old. JYD mice show characteristics of insulin resistance, hyperglycaemia and hyperinsulinaemia in old age without obesity. We postulated that the mechanism of age-dependent type 2 diabetes in this model relates to caveolin-1 status in skeletal muscle, which appears to regulate insulin sensitivity in the mice. METHODS We compared insulin sensitivity in aged C57BL/6 and JYD mice using glucose and insulin tolerance tests and (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography. We also determined insulin signalling molecules and caveolin proteins using western blotting, and altered caveolin-1 levels in skeletal muscle of C57BL/6 and JYD mice using viral vector systems, to examine the effect of this on insulin sensitivity. RESULTS In 30-week-old C57BL/6 and JYD mice, the basal levels of IRS-1, Akt and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma decreased, as did insulin-stimulated phosphorylation of Akt and insulin receptor beta. However, caveolin-1 was only increased about twofold in 30-week-old JYD mice as compared with 3-week-old mice, whereas an eightfold increase was seen in C57BL/6 mice. Downregulation of caveolin-1 production in C57BL/6 mice caused severe impairment of glucose and insulin tolerance. Upregulation of caveolin-1 in aged diabetic JYD mice significantly improved insulin sensitivity with a concomitant increase of glucose uptake in the skeletal muscle. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION The level of skeletal muscle caveolin-1 is correlated with the progression of age-dependent type 2 diabetes in JYD mice.
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Jeong JM, Hong MK, Chang YS, Lee YS, Kim YJ, Cheon GJ, Lee DS, Chung JK, Lee MC. Preparation of a promising angiogenesis PET imaging agent: 68Ga-labeled c(RGDyK)-isothiocyanatobenzyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane-1,4,7-triacetic acid and feasibility studies in mice. J Nucl Med 2008; 49:830-6. [PMID: 18413379 DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.047423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) derivatives have been labeled with various radioisotopes for the imaging of angiogenesis in ischemic tissue, in which alpha(v)beta(3) integrin plays an important role. In this study, cyclic Arg-Gly-Asp-D-Tyr-Lys [c(RGDyK)] was conjugated with 2-(p-isothiocyanatobenzyl)-1,4,7-triazacyclononane-1,4,7-triacetic acid (SCN-Bz-NOTA) and then labeled with (68)Ga. The labeled RGD so produced was subjected to an in vitro binding assay and in vivo biodistribution and PET studies. METHODS A mixture of SCN-Bz-NOTA (660 nmol) and c(RGDyK) (600 nmol) in 0.1 M sodium carbonate buffer (pH 9.5) was allowed to react for 20 h at room temperature in the dark for thiourea bond formation. The conjugate obtained was purified by semipreparative high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The purified c(RGDyK)-SCN-Bz-NOTA (NOTA-RGD) was then labeled with (68)Ga from a (68)Ge/(68)Ga generator and purified by semipreparative HPLC. A competitive binding assay for c(RGDyK) and NOTA-RGD was performed with (125)I-c(RGDyK) as a radioligand and alpha(v)beta(3) integrin-coated plates as a solid phase. (68)Ga-NOTA-RGD (0.222 MBq/100 microL) was injected, through a tail vein, into mice with hind limb ischemia and into mice bearing human colon cancer SNU-C4 xenografts. Biodistribution and imaging studies were performed at 1 and 2 h after injection. RESULTS The labeling of NOTA-RGD with (68)Ga was straightforward. The K(i) values of c(RGDyK) and NOTA-RGD were 1.3 and 1.9 nM, respectively. In the biodistribution study, the mean +/- SD uptake of (68)Ga-NOTA-RGD by ischemic muscles was 1.6+/-0.2 percentage injected dose per gram (%ID/g); this uptake was significantly blocked by cold c(RGDyK) to 0.6+/-0.3 %ID/g (P<0.01). Tumor uptake was 5.1+/-1.0 %ID/g, and the tumor-to-blood ratio was 10.3+/-4.8. Small-animal PET revealed rapid excretion through the urine and high levels of tumor and kidney uptake. CONCLUSION Stable (68)Ga-NOTA-RGD was obtained in a straightforward manner at a high yield and showed a high affinity for alpha(v)beta(3) integrin, specific uptake by angiogenic muscles, a high level of uptake by tumors, and rapid renal excretion. (68)Ga-NOTA-RGD was found to be a promising radioligand for the imaging of angiogenesis.
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Na II, Cheon GJ, Choe DH, Byun BH, Kang HJ, Koh JS, Park JH, Baek H, Ryoo BY, Lee JC, Yang SH. Clinical significance of 18F-FDG uptake by N2 lymph nodes in patients with resected stage IIIA N2 non-small-cell lung cancer: A retrospective study. Lung Cancer 2008; 60:69-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2007.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2007] [Revised: 09/18/2007] [Accepted: 09/19/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Na II, Byun BH, Kang HJ, Cheon GJ, Koh JS, Kim CH, Choe DH, Ryoo BY, Lee JC, Lim SM, Yang SH. 18F-Fluoro-2-Deoxy-Glucose Uptake Predicts Clinical Outcome in Patients with Gefitinib-Treated Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2008; 14:2036-41. [DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-07-4074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Woo SK, Lee TS, Kim KM, Kim JY, Jung JH, Kang JH, Cheon GJ, Choi CW, Lim SM. Anesthesia condition for 18F-FDG imaging of lung metastasis tumors using small animal PET. Nucl Med Biol 2008; 35:143-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2007.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2007] [Revised: 10/02/2007] [Accepted: 10/09/2007] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Lim JS, Kim SB, Bang HY, Cheon GJ, Lee JI. High prevalence of osteoporosis in patients with gastric adenocarcinoma following gastrectomy. World J Gastroenterol 2007; 13:6492-7. [PMID: 18161918 PMCID: PMC4611287 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i48.6492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To evaluate the prevalence and predictive factors of osteoporosis in patients with gastric adenocarcinoma after gastrectomy.
METHODS: The study included 133 patients diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma but who did not undergo prior diagnostic work-up for osteoporosis. Bone mineral density (BMD) was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and vertebral deformity was assessed by plain X-rays. We evaluated the effects of age, sex, body mass index (BMI), anemia, back pain, vertebral deformity, tumor staging, reconstruction type, and past medical history to determine predictive factors of osteoporosis in these patients.
RESULTS: The prevalence of osteoporosis in the lumbar spine was 38.3% (male, 28.9%; female, 54.0%), and 15.0% in the femoral neck (male, 10.8%; female, 22.0%). The vertebral deformity rate was 46.6% (male, 43.4%; female, 52.0%). Age, BMI and hemoglobin correlated with BMD (P < 0.01). In males, anemia and age > 64 years were independent predictive factors of osteoporosis in multivariate analysis. In females, back pain was an independent factor for osteoporosis.
CONCLUSION: The results of this study revealed that prevalence of osteoporosis and vertebral bone deformity rate were high in gastric cancer patients, regardless of post-gastrectomy duration and operation type. Early diagnosis and a proper management plan must be established in these patients.
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Lee JH, Moon BS, Lee TS, Chi DY, Chun KS, Cheon GJ. Short Commmunication: Synthesis and Biologic Evaluation of I-123-Labeled Porphyrin Derivative as a Potential Tumor-Imaging Agent. Cancer Biother Radiopharm 2007; 22:853-62. [DOI: 10.1089/cbr.2007.354-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Moon BS, Park MT, Park JH, Kim SW, Lee KC, An GI, Yang SD, Chi DY, Cheon GJ, Lee SJ. Synthesis of novel phytosphingosine derivatives and their preliminary biological evaluation for enhancing radiation therapy. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2007; 17:6643-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.09.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2007] [Revised: 08/31/2007] [Accepted: 09/08/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Ahn H, Choi TH, De Castro K, Lee KC, Kim B, Moon BS, Hong SH, Lee JC, Chun KS, Cheon GJ, Lim SM, An GI, Rhee H. Synthesis and Evaluation of cis-1-[4-(Hydroxymethyl)-2-cyclopenten-1-yl]-5-[124I]iodouracil: A New Potential PET Imaging Agent for HSV1-tk Expression. J Med Chem 2007; 50:6032-8. [DOI: 10.1021/jm070791g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Chung HK, Cheon GJ, Choi CW, Kim MJ, Lee SJ, Lim SM. Comparison of Cellular Metabolic Responses of18F-FDG According to the Effect ofβ-Irradiation in p53 Wild and Deleted Cell Lines. Cancer Biother Radiopharm 2007; 22:636-43. [DOI: 10.1089/cbr.2007.331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Cheon GJ, Chung HK, Choi JA, Lee SJ, Ahn SH, Lee TS, Choi CW, Lim SM. Cellular metabolic responses of PET radiotracers to (188)Re radiation in an MCF7 cell line containing dominant-negative mutant p53. Nucl Med Biol 2007; 34:425-32. [PMID: 17499732 DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2007.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2006] [Revised: 01/28/2007] [Accepted: 01/29/2007] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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UNLABELLED We investigated the relations between the cell uptakes of metabolic radiotracers and beta-radiation pretreatment using a dominant mutant p53 (p53mt) cell line to evaluate the effects of p53 genes on (18)F labeled positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer uptakes. METHODS pCMV-Neo-Bam (control), which contains a neo-resistance marker, and p53 dominant-negative mutant expression constructs were stably transfected into MCF7 cell line. Cells were plated in 24-well plates at 1.0x10(5) cells for 18 h. Rhenium-188 ((188)Re) (a beta emitter) was added to the medium (3.7, 18.5, 37 MBq) and incubated for 24 h. We performed gamma-counting to determine the cellular uptakes of 2-[(18)F]fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG), o-(2-[(18)F]fluoroethyl)-l-tyrosine (FET) and 2'-[(18)F]fluoro-2'-deoxythymidine (FLT) (370 kBq, 60 min). Cell viabilities were determined by trypan blue staining and flow cytometry. RESULTS p53mt cells showed 1.5-2-fold higher FDG uptake than wild-type p53 cells in basal condition, and the difference of FDG uptake was greater after (188)Re treatment (P<.01). FET uptake increased with (188)Re dose without a significant difference between p53 statuses. p53mt cells showed lower FLT uptake than wild-type p53 cells in basal condition, and the difference of FLT uptake was greater after (188)Re treatment. By cell viability testing and FACS analysis, p53mt cells showed lower viability and a larger apoptotic fraction (sub-G1) than wild-type p53 cells after (188)Re treatment. CONCLUSION We speculate that p53 dysfunction increases glucose and decreases thymidine metabolism in cancer cells and that this may be exaggerated by (188)Re beta-radiation. Our findings suggest that FDG could reflect tumor viability and malignant potential after (188)Re beta-radiation treatment, whereas FLT could be a more useful PET radiotracer for assessing therapeutic response to beta-radiation, especially in cancer cells with an altered function of p53.
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Kim YS, Jung IS, Cheon GJ, Cho JY, Lee JS, Jin SY, Shim CS. Endoscopic removal of giant Brunneroma presenting as a large pedunculated polyp. Endoscopy 2007; 39 Suppl 1:E72. [PMID: 17354178 DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-945153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Kim GH, Jo MK, Cheon GJ, Lee HM. Clinical Role of F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for Follow-up of Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma. Korean J Urol 2007. [DOI: 10.4111/kju.2007.48.8.765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Moon BS, Lee TS, Lee KC, An GI, Cheon GJ, Lim SM, Choi CW, Chi DY, Chun KS. Syntheses of F-18 labeled fluoroalkyltyrosine derivatives and their biological evaluation in rat bearing 9L tumor. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2007; 17:200-4. [PMID: 17035015 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2006.09.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2006] [Revised: 09/19/2006] [Accepted: 09/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We hereby report the synthesis of four fluorine-18 labeled tyrosine derivatives, 3-(2-[(18)F]fluoroethyl)tyrosine ([(18)F]1, [(18)F]ortho-FET), 3-(3-[(18)F]fluoropropyl)tyrosine ([(18)F]2, [(18)F]ortho-FPT) O-methyl-[3-(2-[(18)F]fluoroethyl)]tyrosine ([(18)F]3, [(18)F]MFET), and O-methyl-[3-(3-[(18)F]fluoropropyl)]tyrosine ([(18)F]4, [(18)F]MFPT). The fluorine-18 labeled tyrosine derivatives were prepared by the displacement reaction of the ethyl and propyl tosylates with K[(18)F]/K2.2.2 in acetonitrile under no-carrier-added (NCA) conditions, followed by hydrolysis with 4N HCl. The biological properties of labeled compounds were evaluated in rats bearing 9L tumor after an intravenous injection and PET image was obtained. The tumor/blood and tumor/brain ratios were 2.06, 2.92 for [(18)F]1, 2.25, 4.05 for [(18)F]2, 2.88, 1.90 for [(18)F]3, and 2.00, 2.60 for [(18)F]4 at 60 min post injection, respectively. The PET image showed localized accumulation of PET tracers in 9L glioma of the rat.
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Gwak HS, Youn SM, Chang U, Lee DH, Cheon GJ, Rhee CH, Kim K, Kim HJ. Usefulness of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET for Radiosurgery Planning and Response Monitoring in Patients with Recurrent Spinal Metastasis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 49:127-34. [PMID: 16921451 DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-932181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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INTRODUCTION With the advancement and successful treatment of metastatic spinal cord disease, newer treatments are needed for the long-term survivors of recurrent disease. The lack of a standardized re-treatment regimen and the difficulty in delineating the tumor margins among patients who have received the treatment with metallic spinal fixation and conventional radiation are two of the challenges to be faced in recurrent metastatic spinal cord disease. In these patients, we applied hypofractionated stereotactic radiosurgery by defining the tumor margin with (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET). PATIENTS AND METHODS Three consecutive recurrent spinal metastasis patients underwent the CyberKnife treatment (Accuray, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA) from March 2004 to July 2004. A three-fraction schedule was applied at approximately 24 hour intervals. One patient had sarcoma and the other two patients had breast cancer. All patients had received previous conventional radiotherapy after operation ranging from 30 Gy to 45 Gy. CT-based planning was corrected by the FDG-PET hyperuptake area with the help of nuclear medicine. The mass responses were followed not only by MRI but also by FDG-PET, which was taken prior to treatment, and at one and six months after the treatment. The changes in standard uptake value (SUV) of serial PET were taken as a measure of response. To evaluate the relative SUV changes from different pretreatment values, we set a reduction index (RI), which represents the ratio of SUV change to pretreatment SUV. RESULTS No significant complications were noted during treatment with a mean follow-up of 13.3 months. The tumor volume on CT-based planning was 2.2 times larger than that of the CT-PET combined planning in case 1 of paraspinal muscle invasion. But the tumor volumes showed minimal changes in the other cases, in which the metastatic tumors were confined to the vertebral bodies. The SUV one month after treatment showed variable decreases and the RI ranged from 0.07 to 0.7. However, the SUVs at 6 months were well correlated with the clinical results. One patient showed marginal failure and the other two patients showed local control of the tumor, as their RI values were 0.65 and 0.87, respectively. CONCLUSION To our knowledge, this is the first report using FDG-PET with radiosurgery in patients with recurrent spinal metastases hidden under metallic artifacts. The mass responses measured by SUV changes in FDG-PET correlated with the clinical results.
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Lee JS, Lee DS, Ahn JY, Cheon GJ, Kim SK, Yeo JS, Park KS, Chung JK, Lee MC. Parametric image of myocardial blood flow generated from dynamic H2(15)O PET using factor analysis and cluster analysis. Med Biol Eng Comput 2006; 43:678-85. [PMID: 16411642 DOI: 10.1007/bf02351043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Algorithm-based parametric imaging of myocardial blood flow (MBF), as measured by H2(15)O PET, has been the goal of many research efforts. A method for generating parametric images of regional MBF by factor and cluster analysis on H2(15)O dynamic myocardial PET was validated by its comparison with gold-standard MBF values determined invasively using radiolabelled microspheres. Right and left ventricular blood pool activities and their factor images were obtained by the application of factor analysis to dynamic frames. By subtraction of the factor images multiplied by their corresponding values on the factors from the original dynamic images for each frame, pure tissue dynamic images were obtained, from which arterial blood activities were excluded. Cluster analysis that averaged pixels having time-activity curves with the same shape was applied to pure tissue images to generate parametric MBF images. The usefulness of this method for quantifying regional MBF was evaluated using canine experiment data. H2(15)O PET scans and microsphere studies were performed on seven dogs at rest and after pharmacological stress. The image qualities and the contrast of parametric images obtained using the proposed method were significantly improved over either the tissue factor images or the parametric images obtained using a conventional method. Regional MBFs obtained using the proposed method correlated well with those obtained by the region of interest method (r = 0.94) and by the microsphere technique (r = 0.90). A non-invasive method is presented for generating parametric images of MBF from H2(15)O PET, using factor and cluster analysis.
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Lee JS, Lee DS, Ahn JY, Yeo JS, Cheon GJ, Kim SK, Park KS, Chung JK, Lee MC. Generation of parametric image of regional myocardial blood flow using H(2)(15)O dynamic PET and a linear least-squares method. J Nucl Med 2005; 46:1687-95. [PMID: 16204719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Although a parametric image of myocardial blood flow (MBF) can be obtained from H(2)(15)O PET using factor and cluster analysis, this approach is limited when factor analysis fails to extract each cardiac component. In this study, a linear least-squares (LLS) method for estimating MBF and generating a MBF parametric image was developed to overcome this limitation. The computer simulation was performed to investigate the statistical properties of the LLS method, and MBF values obtained from the MBF parametric images in dogs were compared with those obtained using the conventional region of interest (ROI) and invasive microsphere methods. METHODS A differential model equation for H(2)(15)O in the myocardium was modified to incorporate the partial-volume and spillover effect. The equation was integrated from time 0 to each PET sampling point to obtain a linearlized H(2)(15)O model equation. The LLS solution of this equation was estimated and used to calculate the MBF, the perfusable tissue fraction (PTF), and the arterial blood volume fraction (V(a)). A computer simulation was performed using the input function obtained from canine experiments and the tissue time-activity curves contaminated by various levels of Poisson noise. The parametric image of the MBF, PTF, and V(a) was constructed using the PET data from dogs (n = 7) at rest and after pharmacologic stress. The regional MBF from the parametric image was compared with those produced by the ROI method using a nonlinear least-squares (NLS) estimation and an invasive radiolabeled microsphere technique. RESULTS The simulation study showed that the LLS method was better than the NLS method in terms of statistical reliability, and the parametric images of the MBF, PTF, and V(a) using the LLS method had good image quality and contrast. The regional MBF values using the parametric image showed a good correlation with those using the ROI method (y = 0.84x + 0.40; r = 0.99) and the microsphere technique (y = 0.95x + 0.29; r = 0.96). The computation time was approximately 10 s for the 32 x 32 x 6 x18 (pixel x pixel x plane x frame) matrix. CONCLUSION A noninvasive, very fast, and accurate method for estimating the MBF and generating a MBF parametric image was developed using the LLS estimation technique and H(2)(15)O dynamic myocardial PET.
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Park YH, Kim S, Choi SJ, Ryoo BY, Yang SH, Cheon GJ, Choi CW, Lim SM, Yoo JY, Lee SS. Clinical impact of whole-body FDG-PET for evaluation of response and therapeutic decision-making of primary lymphoma of bone. Ann Oncol 2005; 16:1401-2. [PMID: 15870088 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdi234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Sohn WS, Kim DR, Lee JS, Cheon GJ, Lee BH, Lee SS, Jeong SH. A case of severe protein-losing enteropathy as a late complication of pelvic irradiation. Korean J Intern Med 2004; 19:271-5. [PMID: 15683118 PMCID: PMC4531575 DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2004.19.4.271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Protein-losing enteropathy is the manifestation of a diverse set of disorders, and it is characterized by the excessive loss of plasma proteins into the affected portions of the gastrointestinal tract, and this results in hypoalbuminemia. We report here on a case of severe protein-losing enteropathy with the typical clinical features of hypoalbuminemia, dependent edema and increased alpha 1-antitrypsin (alpha1-AT) clearance, as measured by using 24 hr stool testing. The associated disorder with the protein-losing enteropathy of our case was radiation enterocolitis and lymphatic obstruction that was due to radiation treatment and lymph node dissection in the remote past for the treatment of uterine cervical carcinoma. Our case suggests that chronic radiation enterocolitis can result in irreversible injury to the intestinal mucosa and a protein-losing enteropathy, which can bring about a very poor quality of life and even the loss of life.
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Kong YH, Han CJ, Lee SD, Sohn WS, Kim MJ, Ki SS, Kim J, Jeong SH, Kim YC, Lee JO, Cheon GJ, Choi CW, Lim SM. [Positron emission tomography with fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose is useful for predicting the prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma]. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY 2004; 10:279-87. [PMID: 15613803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is heterogenous in terms of its glucose metabolism. Positron emission tomography with fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG-PET) shows various levels of FDG uptake for patients with HCC. This study was designed to assess the usefulness of FDG-PET for predicting the outcome of the patients with HCC. METHODS FDG-PET was performed for 27 patients with HCC. The standardized uptake value (SUV) and SUV ratio (defined as the tumor-to-nontumor ratio of SUV) was calculated for each patient. The clinical factors of the outcome were analyzed by regression analysis using Cox's multivariate proportional hazard model. The survival rate was calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method. RESULTS Among the analyzed clinical factors including tumor size, number of tumors, AFP, involvement of major vessels, presence of systemic metastases, Child-Pugh class the SUV and SUV ratio, only the SUV was the only significant independent prognostic factor (p=0.001). On the basis of the SUV, the patients were divided into two groups of roughly equal size: group A, SUV of <7; group B, SUV > or =7. The cumulative survival rate was significantly lower for group B than for group A, and the median survival time was significantly different (4 months vs 15 months, respectively) (p=0.003). CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that FDG-PET is useful to predict the outcome for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
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