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Hemato-oncology
Rituximab plus multiagent chemotherapy for newly diagnosed CD20-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a prospective phase II study
Dong Won Baek, Han-Seung Park, Sang Kyun Sohn, Dae Young Kim, Inho Kim, Jae-Sook Ahn, Young Rok Do, Se Ryeon Lee, Hyeon-Seok Eom, Won-Sik Lee, Sung-Hyun Kim, Ho Sup Lee, Yoo Jin Lee, Joon Ho Moon, Je-Hwan Lee; Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Working Party, the Korean Society of Hematology
Korean J Intern Med. 2023;38(5):734-746. Published online June 20, 2023
Background/Aims: We performed a prospective study to determine the efficacy and safety of rituximab including chemotherapy in CD20-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
Methods: Patients with newly diagnosed ALL, aged ≥ 15 years, were eligible for the study if their leukemic blast cells in ..
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The effect of the response to the coronavirus disease pandemic on treatment outcomes in patients with lymphoma and multiple myeloma
Ka-Won Kang, Byung-Hyun Lee, Min Ji Jeon, Eun Sang Yu, Dae Sik Kim, Se Ryeon Lee, Hwa Jung Sung, Chul Won Choi, Yong Park, Byung Soo Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(6):1459-1470. Published online October 21, 2021
Background/Aims: Relatively little data are available on how the response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected treatment outcomes in patients receiving chemotherapy for lymphoma or multiple myeloma. We aimed to determine the effect of COVID-19 countermeasures on treatment..
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Impact of subsequent chemotherapy on the survival of elderly patients with extensive stage small cell lung cancer
Eun Joo Kang, Yoon Ji Choi, Se Ryeon Lee, Hwa Jung Sung, Jung Sun Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(6):1468-1476. Published online April 29, 2020
Background/Aims: The prognosis of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is still poor because of rapid recurrence, despite good response to initial chemotherapy. Additionally, patients’ old ages and comorbidities are often obstacles that make it difficult to apply subsequent treatment after initial treatm..
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The role of platelet function analyzer-200 in predicting perioperative bleeding risk
Eun Sang Yu, Min Ji Jeon, Ka-Won Kang, Byung-Hyun Lee, Eun Joo Kang, Yong Park, Se Ryeon Lee, Hwa Jung Sung, Chul Won Choi, Byung Soo Kim, Dae Sik Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(5):1199-1209. Published online February 6, 2020
Background/Aims: Various preoperative screening tests, such as platelet count, prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, and bleeding time, have been widely used to evaluate the risk of bleeding during surgery. Use of platelet function analyzer (PFA)-100/200 for assessing platelet fun..
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Immature platelet fraction based diagnostic predictive scoring model for immune thrombocytopenia
Min Ji Jeon, Eun Sang Yu, Ka-Won Kang, Byung-Hyun Lee, Yong Park, Se Ryeon Lee, Hwa Jung Sung, Soo Yong Yoon, Chul Won Choi, Byung Soo Kim, Dae Sik Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(4):970-978. Published online April 10, 2020
Background/Aims: The diagnosis of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is based on clinical manifestations and there is no gold standard. Thus, even hematologic malignancy is sometimes misdiagnosed as ITP and adequate treatment is delayed. Therefore, novel diagnostic parameters are needed to distinguish IT..
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Modified dose of melphalan-prednisone in multiple myeloma patients receiving bortezomib plus melphalan-prednisone treatment
Se Ryeon Lee, Hojoon Choi, Byung Hyun Lee, Ka-Won Kang, Eun Sang Yu, Dae Sik Kim, Yong Park, Chul Won Choi, Byung Soo Kim, Hwa Jung Sung
Korean J Intern Med. 2019;34(6):1333-1346. Published online October 26, 2018
Background/Aims: Bortezomib plus melphalan-prednisone (VMP) is a standard treatment for multiple myeloma, particularly for patients who are ineligible for high-dose therapy. However, early discontinuation or treatment modification is often needed owing to adverse events. The aim of this study was to..
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Myeloma prognostic index at diagnosis might be a prognostic marker in patients newly diagnosed with multiple myeloma
Dae Sik Kim, Eun Sang Yu, Ka-Won Kang, Se Ryeon Lee, Yong Park, Hwa Jung Sung, Chul Won Choi, Byung Soo Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):711-721. Published online November 4, 2016
Background/Aims: The aims of this study were to identify the value of inflammatory markers as pretreatment prognostic factors for patients with multiple myeloma (MM) and to estimate the value of a prognostic index including these markers at diagnosis.
Methods: A total of 273 newly diagnosed MM pati..
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