Haijeon Yoon

Predicting response to neo-adjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) and survival in locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) is important. This study investigated the prognostic value of tumor heterogeneity evaluated with textural analysis through F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). We enrolled 83 patients with LABC who had completed NAC and curative surgery. Tumor texture indices from pretreatment FDG PET and DWI were extracted from histogram a

Diffuse splenic uptake on FDG PET/CT was correlated with the level of hematological and inflammatory parameters and was an independent predictor for RFS in GC.

Dual-point post-CRT PET/CT can predict pathological tumor response better than conventional single time point pre- and post-CRT PET/CT.

Abstract The clinical significance of physiologic Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose ( 18 F-FDG) intestinal uptake (IU) based on the predicted link with gut microbiota dysbiosis and inflammatory cytokine production was investigated in a cohort of breast cancer patients. A total of 114 patients were visually classified into the lower or higher IU group. The maximum and mean standardized uptake values of total bowel (TB SUV max and TB SUV mean ) were measured. The gut microbial abundance of the Citrob

PURPOSE: This study was performed to evaluate the usefulness of lymphoscintigraphy in predicting the surgical outcomes of lymphaticovenous anastomosis (LVA) in a patient with extremity lymphedema. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated 133 patients with extremity lymphedema who underwent lymphoscintigraphy followed by LVA surgery from February 2018 to March 2020. Lymphoscintigraphic findings were evaluated on the following parameters: the extent of dermal backflow (small/large), lymp

An added value of SPECT/CT over planar lymphoscintigraphy for initial staging in patients with secondary extremity lymphedema was investigated. Furthermore, we developed a hybrid SPECT/CT classification combining dermal backflow (DBF) of SPECT and honeycomb pattern (HP) of CT, correlated it with lymphoscintigraphic staging and clinical severity. Forty-one patients with secondary extremity lymphedema who underwent lymphoscintigraphy with SPECT/CT were included retrospectively. The severity of ext

PURPOSE: In typical Alzheimer disease with dementia (ADD), amyloid pathologies affect both cerebral hemispheres symmetrically. However, the spatial distribution of amyloid-β (Aβ) in the early stage of ADD or over the course of disease has not been investigated. Therefore, we explored asymmetric pattern of Aβ deposition in both hemispheres according to the ADD continuum using 18F-florbetaben PET. METHODS: Sixty-eight subjects, including 15 Aβ-negative normal controls, 28 Aβ-positive mild cognitiv

(1) Background: This study investigated changes in the gut microbial composition of individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and their relationship with positron emission tomography (PET) amyloid accumulation. (2) Methods: In total, 17 cognitively normal individuals without amyloid-beta (Aβ) accumulation (Aβ−NC) and 24 with Aβ-positive mild cognitive impairment (Aβ+MCI) who underwent 18F-florbetaben PET and fecal bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing

Abstract Predicting neurological outcomes in patients with post-cardiac arrest syndrome (PCAS) is crucial for identifying those who will benefit from intensive care. We evaluated the predictive value of 18F-FDG PET. PCAS was induced in Sprague Dawley rats. Baseline and post-3-hour images were acquired. Standardized uptake value (SUV) changes before and after PCAS induction (SUV delta ) and SUV ratios (SUVR) of regional SUV normalized to the whole brain SUV were obtained. The Morris water maze (M

BACKGROUND: In the 1980s, North Korea established a socialist health care system. However, following the food crisis and the economic sanctions, it is estimated that North Korea's health care system has experienced continuous deterioration. Thus, in the present study, we estimated the current medical research trends of North Korea through an analysis of the medical journal Korean Medicine, published in North Korea. METHODS: We analyzed the studies in Korean Medicine, which is the only North Kore