Objective To study the efficacy and toxicity of standard CEOP regimen in elderly patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL).Methods The study included 34 previously untreated patients,age 60 to 80 years old,with NHL,through July 2009 to December 2011.The patients with T-cell lyphoma received four to eight cycles of CEOP (cyclophosphamide 750 mg/m2 d1,epirubicin hydrochloride 60-75 mg/m2 d1,vincristine 2mg d1,and dexamethasone 10-15 mg d1-5) every 3-4 weeks.Otherwise,the patient with B-cell lymphoma received R-CEOP,rituximab (375 mg/m2) was administered one day before CEOP.All the patients' clinical materials were collected and used to annalyze the efficacy and toxicity of the CEOP±R regimen.Results Among these 34 NHL patients,17 cases reached CR,9 cases reached PR,3 cases remained SD,and 5 cases appeared PD.The total response rate was 76.5 ％(26/34).The major toxicity was bone marrow restraint.The rate of leukocyte decline with Ⅲ-Ⅳ degree was 71.4 ％ (24/34).Conclusion Using the standard regimen of CEOP leads to satisfied efficacy of elderly patients with NHL,and the toxcity is tolerant.

Objective To analyze the clinical features and diagnosis-treatment of pancreatic lymphoma presenting as acute pancreatitis.Methods The clinical records of 7 patients including laboratory findings were retrospectively reviewed.Some related medical literatures were reviewed.Results Seven patients presented acute abdominal pain.Laboratory findings revealed significant increase of serum amylase and lipase levels.CT scan of the abdomen or PET-CT showed a diffuse swelling of the pancreas or masses in the body or tail.Extrapancreatic spread such as bone,bone marrow,spleen infiltrate was found out in 5 patients.Of the 7 patients,6 were diagnosed as the diffuse large B-cell lymphoma,1 as the anaplastic large cell lymphoma.Six patients underwent systematic chemotherapy.Two died and the others received complete or part remission.Conclusion Pancreatic lymphoma is uncommon and represents a rare cause of acute pancreatitis.It needs to be confirmed by histopathologic examination.The standard treatment is not only for acute pancreatitis,but also for NHL including CHOP or CHOP-like chemotherapy.

Objective:To evaluate the computer aided detection system on the diagnosis of pulmonary nodules. Methods: 120 cases of examined patients with solitary lung nodules up to 9-30 mm in diameter were evaluated. All nodules had been verified by means of biopsy. 120 cases of healthy patients were selected as control group on the basis of confirmation on the chest CT. All chest radiograph in the two group were obtained with a digital radiography system. Five experienced chest radiologists and five residents detected the chest radiograph with or without CAD output images. The scales of performance were evaluated with receiver operating characteristic curve(ROC curve). Results: The average area under the curve value increased significantly from 0.762 without to 0.825 with CAD output images(P

Objective To analyze the CT and MRI appearances and to improve the knowledge of peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumors(pPNETs).Methods CT or MRI were performed in 19 patients of pPNETs,which were confirmed by pathology.Results All the tumors were with unclear margin.Three cases occurred in intracalvarium,7 in the extremities,2 in the chest,4 in the abdomen,and 3 inside the spine.CT appearance of the tumors arising from soft tissue showed large,ill-defined,non-calcified mass and heterogeneous appearance with hypodense cystic areas.The tumors demonstrated heterogeneous contrast enhancement.The pPNETs arising from bone demonstrated extensive lytic lesion with large soft tissue mass,one case with newly-born bone and demonstrated heterogeneous contrast enhancement.The tumors demonstrated homogeneous intensity as muscle on SE T1WI and heterogeneous hyperintense signal on T2WI.Immunohistochemically,tumor cells showed positive for CD99,Syn,GFAP and negative for LCA.Conclusion The pPNETs show no characteristic manifestations on CT and MRI.However,CT and MRI can show the intra-tumor structures and the extent of the tumor very well,which is helpful in differentiating diagnosis,predicting resectability,detecting distant metastases and evaluating the response to treatment.

Objective To conduct a descriptive epidemiological study on thyroid cancer incidence in the urbanarea of Tianjin during 2002 - 2006 and to analyze the secular trend of incidences based on previous data of 26 years and those from Shanghai and the United States. Methods Annual percent change (APC%) of thyroid cancer incidence and the rank of all-site cancer profiles were estimated. The secular trend of different histological incidences and the proportion changes were analyzed. Results The incidence of female thyroid cancer was 6. 55/100000 in 2006, ranking the eighth in the female cancer profile. The incidence of thyroid cancer showed an increased secular trend in recent 26 years, especially a 5.7-fold increase in the papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). The incidence for female increased by 267% in 2006 compared to that in 1981, APC% was 3. 1%. The variation ranked second among all the female tumors. The incidences of thyroid cancer in Shanghai and the United States also elevated with time.Conclusions Thyroid cancer has been one of female common tumors from a once less common tumor,especially the proportion of PTC is expanding. It suggests that further study on the risk factors and preventive efforts should be made.

Objective To establish the reference interval of 3-14 years old children in Nanhai district of Foshan city .Methods 2 032 cases of 3-14 years old healthy children were detected and analyzed using MINDRAY BC-5800 automatic blood cell analy-zer .The levels of WBC ,RBC ,Hb ,PLT ,Hct ,MCV ,MCH ,MCHC ,RDW were analyzed .Results The levels of WBC ,RBC ,Hb , PLT ,Hct ,MCV ,MCH ,MCHC ,RDW in 2 031 cases were non normal distribution .The levels of Hb ,Hct had no statistical signifi-cance between male children and female children (P>0 .05);The levels of WBC ,RBC ,PLT ,MCV ,MCH ,MCHC ,RDW had statis-tical significance between male children and female children (P<0 .05) .Conclusion It is very important to establish the reference interval of 3-14 years old children in Nanhai district of Foshan city .

Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of serum human epididymis protein 4 (HE4 ) for ovarian cancer . Methods Electrochemiluminescence immunoassay was employed to detect the serum HE 4 of 91 patients with ovarian cancer (ovari-an cancer group) ,69 patients with benign ovarian disease(benign group) and 60 healthy people(control group) .Area under the curve(AUC ) of receiver operator characteristic (ROC ) curve for HE4 was calculated .Results Serum HE4 level [(146 .81 ± 81 .29)pmol/L] of patients in ovarian cancer group was significantly higher than those in control group [(43 .16 ± 25 .64) pmol/L] and benign group[(59 .86 ± 39 .87) pmol/L](P<0 .01) .Set serum HE4≥140 pmol/L as positive cutoff value ,the diagnostic sensi-tivity of serum HE4 detection for ovarian cancer was 82 .4% (75/91) ,specificity 89 .9% (62/69) and diagnostic efficiency 85 .6% . Serum HE4 levels of patients with serous adenocarcinoma ,endometrial adenocarcinoma or other ovarian cancer were markedly high-er than that with mucinous adenocarcinoma (P<0 .01) .Serum HE4 levels of patients with stage Ⅲ ,Ⅳ ovarian cancer were obvious-ly higher than those with Ⅰ ,Ⅱ stage(P<0 .01) .Conclusion HE4 detection has clinical value for the auxiliary diagnosis of ovarian cancer .

AIM:To detect the expression of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and matrix metalloprotei-nase 9 (MMP9) in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and its correlation with clinicopathological features and prognosis of the patients.METHODS:The expression of bFGF and MMP9 was detected by the method of SP immunohistochemical staining in biopsy tissues of NPC patients.The relationship between the expression and the clinical significance was analyzed as well.RESULTS:In 289 cases of NPC patients, the positive rates of bFGF and MMP9 were 71.3% and 61.6%, respectively.Correlation analysis demonstrated that the expression rates of bFGF and MMP9 were both positively associated with N stage and clinical stage in NPC patients.The high expression rates of both bFGF and MMP9 were associated with poor overall survival and progression-free survival of NPC patients.Furthermore, the positive rate of bFGF was positively correlated with that of MMP9, and over-expression of both bFGF and MMP9 was correlated with the poorest survival outcomes in NPC patients.CONCLUSION:bFGF and MMP9 are over-expressed in NPC tissues and significantly associated with NPC recurrence and poor outcome.The combined interpretation of bFGF and MMP9 expression levels leads to refinement of the risks for the NPC patients and could be chosen as the prognostic biomarkers.

AIM:To look for a way of produ cing mild therapeutic hypothermia through regulating transient re-ceptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 (TRPV1) pathway by dihydrocapsaicin (DHC).METHODS:Mice were subcutaneously injected with DHC at different doses (2 mg/kg, 3 mg/kg and 4 mg/kg) in order to find the best dose for reaching the target temperature (32~34℃).20%DMSO dissolved in normal saline was used as control group .After a single subcutaneous injection of DHC at an optimal dose was given , awaken CD1 mice were continuously infused with DHC at dose of 1 mg? kg-1? h-1 for providing a more rapid and stable temperature drop and duration of therapeutic mild hypothermia.The adult mice (9~10 weeks) and aged mice (24~27 months) were subcutaneously injected with DHC at the same dose, and the changes of the body temperature were monitored .RESULTS:DHC at 2 mg/kg resulted in a de-crease in the core temperature within the target therapeutic range (32~34 °C).After a bolus dose (2 mg/kg) was deliv-ered at 0 min followed by continuous infusion (1 mg? kg-1? h-1 ) beginning at 30 min, a rapid drop of body temperature to 34 ℃was achieved and the body temperature was maintained within the ranges of 32 to 34℃for the duration of the 6 h continuous infusion .DHC-mediated hypothermia did not lose its effectiveness in the adult and aged models .CONCLU-SION:DHC-induced activation of TRPV1 pathway produces mild therapeutic hypothermia .Besides, this method achieves stronger and longer center hypothermia and is suitable for the animals at different ages .