Abstract：
:Despite the increasing use of the rectal balloon in prostate cancer radiotherapy, many issues still remain to be verified objectively including its positional reproducibility and relevance to treatment morbidity. We have developed a custom rectal balloon that has a scale indicating the depth of insertion and dilates symmetrically ensuring positional reproducibility. Fifty patients with prostate cancer treated by definitive 3D-conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) or intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) with rectal balloon were analyzed. Each of first five patients undergone computed tomography (CT) three times with a rectal balloon. The positional reproducibility was tested by Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) from the CT-to-CT fusion images. Planning variables and clinical acute toxicities were compared between when or not applying balloon. An ICC of greater than 0.9 in all directions revealed an excellent reproducibility of the balloon. Rectal balloon improved considerably the mean dose and V(45Gy)-V(65Gy) in plan comparison, and especially in 3D-CRT the rectal volume exposed to more than 60 Gy dropped from 41.3% to 19.5%. Clinically, the balloon lowered acute toxicity, which was lowest when both the balloon and IMRT were applied simultaneously. The rectal balloon carries excellent reproducibility and reduces acute toxicity in 3D-CRT and IMRT for prostate cancer.
journal_name
J Korean Med Scijournal_title
Journal of Korean medical scienceauthors
Cho JH,Lee CG,Kang DR,Kim J,Lee S,Suh CO,Seong J,Suh YG,Lee I,Kim GEdoi
10.3346/jkms.2009.24.5.894subject
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2009-10-01 00:00:00pages
894-903issue
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1011-8934issn
1598-6357journal_volume
24pub_type
杂志文章abstract：BACKGROUND:Invasive bacterial infections in apparently immunocompetent children were retrospectively analyzed to figure causative bacterial organisms in Korea. METHODS:A total of 947 cases from 25 university hospitals were identified from 2006 to 2010 as a continuance of a previous 10-year period study from 1996 to 20...
journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e45
更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00
abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine candidemia incidence among patients in a medical intensive-care unit (MICU) and the associated mortality rate and to identify risk factors associated with candidemia. We retrospectively performed a 1:3 matched case-control study of MICU patients with candidemia. Controls were mat...
journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3346/jkms.2010.25.5.671
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journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Cowden's disease, or multiple hamartoma syndrome, is an uncommon condition with characteristic mucocutaneous lesions associated with abnormalities of the breast, thyroid, and gastrointestinal tract. We describe a 32-year-old man with oral mucosal papillomatosis and plantar hyperkeratosis as a definite case of Cowden's...
journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.3346/jkms.1997.12.6.570
更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1) A beta agonist stimulated Na+ transport and decreased the intracellular Cl concentration ([Cl]c) associated with cell shrinkage via an increase in cytosolic cAMP level by activating adenylate cyclase in rat fetal distal lung epithelial (FDLE) cells. 2) Lowering [Cl-]c activated a 28-pS nonselective cation (NSC) cha...
journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
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doi：10.3346/jkms.2000.15.S.S42
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journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
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journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3346/jkms.2015.30.5.591
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journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3346/jkms.2002.17.5.663
更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3346/jkms.1996.11.6.509
更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3346/jkms.2002.17.5.712
更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3346/jkms.1993.8.2.135
更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3346/jkms.2005.20.2.325
更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3346/jkms.2005.20.2.220
更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3346/jkms.2009.24.1.155
更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3346/jkms.2011.26.12.1619
更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3346/jkms.2005.20.5.892
更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：10.3346/jkms.1998.13.3.299
更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3346/jkms.2009.24.2.275
更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3346/jkms.2001.16.1.45
更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPSS) is a promising method of treatment for gastric or esophageal variceal bleeding. This study was performed to determine the prognostic factors contributing to the survival of patients after TIPSS for gastric or esophageal variceal bleeding. One hundred and fifty-five...
journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3346/jkms.2002.17.6.772
更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2020-10-12 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3346/jkms.2015.30.S1.S67
更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Classic hemophilia, (hemophilia A), is an X-linked hereditary bleeding disorder affecting half of the male offspring of female carriers. Prenatal diagnosis offers an option, namely to restrict abortions to hemophilic fetuses only, and thus retain the chance of bearing normal sons. Recently, the authors have made a pre...
journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3346/jkms.1992.7.2.170
更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3346/jkms.2009.24.1.32
更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We present dincopathologic features of three cases of biopsy-proven pancreas allograft dysfunction in Korea. All patients had advanced insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Case 1 was a 30-year-old woman who underwent a simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation. Urinary infection developed 6 days after the op...
journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3346/jkms.2000.15.1.105
更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This study examined the normal ranges and the determinants for various parameters of the short-term heart rate variability (HRV) measurements in a large Korean sample of healthy people. HRV measurements were obtained in 2,748 healthy men and 735 healthy women 18-65 yr of age. The mean total power (TP), low frequency (...
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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