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    P1.07 - Poster Session 1 - Surgery (ID 184)

    • Event: WCLC 2013
    • Type: Poster Session
    • Track: Surgery
    • Presentations: 1
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      P1.07-009 - Preoperative simulation and navigation using the combination of high-speed 3D-image analysis system and Robotic surgery increase the efficacy and accuracy in thoracic surgery (ID 980)

      09:30 - 09:30  |  Author(s): K. Ohtani

      • Abstract

      Background
      Previously, we reported the utility of the da Vinci[®] Surgical System (dVS: Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA) for various types of anterior and middle mediastinal tumors in clinical practice. We evaluated the feasibility, safety and appropriate settings of this system for the surgical treatment of these tumors. One review reports about the importance of the appropriate settings according to tumor location in robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS), because no target always exists in the same location within the thoracic cavity. In this report, we evaluated the efficacy of a high-speed three-dimensional (3D) image analysis system (SYNAPSE VINCENT; Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.) for preoperative simulation and navigation during a RATS procedure.

      Methods
      In this study, a high-speed 3D-image analysis system was used to decide the best positioning of robotic-arms and instruments preoperatively. Moreover, this system has capable of detecting the tumor location and extracting surrounding tissues quickly, accurately and safely. Accurate and speedy set-up of the da Vinci S[® ]Surgical System was possible for this operation. Synapse Vincent facilitated determining the best positioning of robot arms and instruments, and was an excellent device for navigation in real time. All patients who underwent RATS in our institution provided written informed consent to receive robotic surgery using the dVS, and the institutional review committees of each institution gave their permission. In this report, a representative mediastinal tumor which was located in the upper thoracic cavity was selected to establish the merits of this procedure.

      Results
      The patient, a 38-year-old woman, had a posterior mediastinal tumor located at the upper level of Th 1 to 3. Accurate and speedy set-up of the dVS was capable on this operation. It was feasible to decide the best positioning of robot-arms and instruments, and excellent device for the navigation on real time. The total operation time was 270 minutes, the time of the dVS setting was 21 minutes, and the console time (the dVS working time) was 132 minutes. The amount of bleeding was 167 mL and the drainage time was 2 days after the operation and this patient had no complications. The pathological report revealed a schwannoma (85 × 42 × 20 mm) with no malignancy.

      Conclusion
      For the optimal performance of RATS, the positioning of all units and the locations of instrument ports need suitable directional setting. Preoperative simulation and navigation during of operation using SYNAPSE VINCENT for the RATS has efficacy for planning the setting, especially in deciding the points of instrument ports and the angle of robot arms, and very useful as a device of the navigation software and education use operating on it.

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    P3.03 - Poster Session 3 - Technology and Novel Development (ID 152)

    • Event: WCLC 2013
    • Type: Poster Session
    • Track: Biology
    • Presentations: 1
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      P3.03-001 - The overxpression of TS protein induced by NPe6-PDT (ID 1339)

      09:30 - 09:30  |  Author(s): K. Ohtani

      • Abstract

      Background
      Malignant pleural mesothelioma(MPM) is a locally aggressive disease characterized by a poor prognosis and increasing. MPM tumors are usually related to asbestos exposure, and the incidence is anticipated to peak between 2020 and 2030 because of the lag time between asbestos expousere and the development of the malignancy. MPM is difficult to detect at an early stage, and surgical and radiotherapeutic approaches are ineffective when used independently, because MPM spreads diffusely in the surrounding chest wall. No universally accepted treatment approach currently exists.

      Methods
      We examined whether combination treatment consisting of pemetrexed chemotherapy and photodynamic therapy (PDT) using the photosensitizer, NPe6, enhanced the antitumor effect in vitro and in vivo models. We also investigated preclinical treatment schedules. Four human malignant mesothelioma cell line, (MSTO-211H, H2052, H2452and H28) were assayed using the WST assy after treatment with pemetrexed and NPe6-PDT. The treatment schedule for the combination treatment was examined using nude mice.

      Results
      In nude mice injected with MSTO-211H cells and then treared using a combination of pemetrexed and NPe6-PDT (10 mg/kg NPe6, 10 J/cm2 laser irradiation), the tumor volume decreased by 50% but subsequently increased, reaching the pretreatment value after 14 days. Pemetrexed treatment followed by NPe6-PDT resulted in an 80% reduction in the tumor size and inhibited re-growth. NPe6-PDT followed by pemetrexed treatment resulted in a 60% reduction in tumor size but did not inhibit re-growth.

      Conclusion
      Pemetrexed reportedly inhibits multiple enzymes in the folate metabolic pathway, with TS being the main target. In non-small cell lung cancer cell line, high baseline TS expression levels confer resistance to pemetrexed, and the TS level is correlated with pemetrexed efficacy in a variety of solid tumors. These results suggest that the overexpression of TS protein induced by NPe6-PDT may be associated with the failure of pemetrexed to exert a tumoricidal action. Therefore, we concluded that NPe6-PDT followed by pemetrexed did not enhance tumor cell lethality in the in vivo model. Combination treatment, consisting of pemetrexed followed by NPe6-PDT, should be further investigated as a new treatment modality for malignant pleural mesothelioma. In the future, this combination treatment may contribute to a reduction in local recurrence and a prolonged survival period in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma.