Molecular imaging technologies are newly emerging subjects in recent years, which are the medical research hotspots today. Advances of several common molecular imaging technologies in the staging of non-small cell lung cancer were reviewed in this article.

This paper analyzes many problems in bio-medical engineering curriculum of higher learning institution,expounds the status quo of curriculum set-up,incomplete curriculum structure,teaching team and laboratory construction and so on,points out experimental teaching mode based on optimization and integration of curriculum,combination of specific talents and specialized talents,standardization of laboratory construction,advocates experimental teaching mode based on student-centered and teacher-instructed mode,and discusses bio-medical engineering devlopment in 21st century under new technology and new materials.

Objective To determine the capability of quantitative low attenuation areas volume percentage(LAA%)in individual lobes to assess pulmonary function loss and disease severity in pulmonary COPD patients.Methods A total of 80 subjects (50 COPD patients;30 normal smokers),who all were smokers,underwent pulmonary function tests(PFTs)and Chest CT examination at full inspiration.For the quantitative assessment,percentage of low attenuation areas were automatically calculated for each lobe by the post processing software(Thoracic VCAR).To study the correlation between these CT parameters and lung function(FEV1% pre-dicted,FEV1/FVC,DLCO%predicted,RV/TLC),univariate linear regression analysis was performed.CT measurements were compared between the five groups with analysis of covariance(ANCOVA).Results FEV1 and FEV1/FVC had significant correla-tions with all of these CT parameters.DLCO、RV/TLC had significant correlations with these parameters,aside from the LAA% of right middle lobe and right inferior lobe.The LAA% in left upper lobe have the highest correlation with FEV1、DLCO、RV/TLC. However,FEV1/FVC have the highest correlation with the LAA% of right lower lobe.The LAA% of Right lung,right upper lobe,and whole lung were significantly different between the non-COPD group and GOLD1 group.Conclusion Whole lung and every lung lobe low attenuation areas volume percentage were reflected the lung function impairment in COPD patients.

Objective To examine the expression of COX-2, PCNA, CD44v6 protein in different procancerous lesion and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma tissue, and to investigate the relationship between their expression and the biological level,lymph node metastasis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma tissue. Methods Immunohistochemistry was demonstrated to show these tumor markers expression in different procancerous lesions and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma tissue. Results Stepwise over-expression of COX-2, CD44v6, PCNA protein were observed in the multi-step process of esophageal tissue. Significant difference in expression of these tumor markers(P ＜0.05) was observed between normal esophageal epithelia and dysplasia. The expression of COX-2 (P ＜0.05) had statistical different in biological level and lymph node metastasis.The expression of CD44v6 (P ＜0.05)had statistical different in lymph node metastasis. The relationship between COX-2 and CD44v6 was statistical significant in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma tissue(P ＜0.01). Conclusion Stepwise over-expression of COX-2,CD44v6 PCNA protein have relation with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. The overexpression of COX-2 and CD44v6 have effect on prognosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. The expression of COX-2 have relationship with that of CD44v6 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Objective:To investigate the clinical efficacy and safety of biopolysaccharide colloidal solution (Shutaishu) in the prevention of intestinal adhesion after abdominal surgery.Methods:A total of 100 patients scheduled to undergo abdominal surgery in Quzhou Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from February to October in 2019 were included in this study. They were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, with 50 patients in each group. Before closing the abdomen after surgery, abdominal cavity and wound were flashed with Shutaishu and 0.9% sodium chloride injection in the observation and control groups, respectively. The recovery of gastrointestinal function, intestinal adhesion, abdominal pain and the incidence of complications were compared between the observation and control groups.Results:The time to first regular bowel sound [(28.81 ± 5.56) h], time to first passage of flatus [(36.34 ± 6.24) h], time to first defecation [(41.65 ± 8.77) h], time taken for walking [(3.78 ± 0.64) d] in the observation group were significantly shorter than those in the control group [(32.75 ± 5.15) h, (41.51 ± 6.84) h, (48.05 ± 9.81) h, (4.27 ± 0.69) d, t = 3.68, 3.95, 3.89, 3.68, all P < 0.001]. At 5 and 30 days after surgery, the incidence of intestinal adhesion in the observation group [10.0% (5/50), 12.0% (6/50)] was significantly lower than that in the control group [26.0% (13/50), 30.0% (15/50), χ2 = 4.34, 4.88, both P < 0.05]. The total incidence of postoperative complications in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group [26.0% (13/50) vs. 54.0% (27/50), χ2 = 8.17, P < 0.05]. With time, visual analogue scale score was significantly decreased in both groups ( t = 3.51, 6.18, both P < 0.05). At 1, 3 and 5 days after surgery, visual analogue scale score in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group ( t = 4.07, 4.95 and 8.02, all P < 0.05). Conclusion:Biopolysaccharide colloidal solution is of high clinical value in the prevention of intestinal adhesion after abdominal surgery because it can promote the recovery of gastrointestinal function and early functional exercise, and has no obvious adverse reactions and complications.

Objective To study long-term outcome and prognostic factors of nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated by intensity modulated radiotherapy.Methods A total of 299 patients with nondisseminated nasopharyngeal carcinoma who received initial radiotherapy were analyzed retrospectively.The primary lesion and the upper neck received 70 Gy (5 fraction per week in all 30 fraction) by intensitymodulated radiotherapy (IMRT).The lower neck and the supraclavicular fossa was given 54 Gy (5 fraction per week in all 30 fraction) by a single anterior tangent field with spinal cord block.A median dose of 9.2 Gy (4-20.Gy) was given to the residual primary lesion by IMRT or X-knife.The Kaplan-Meier method was used for calculating the overall survival (OS),disease progression-free survival (DPFS),distant metastasisfree survival (DMFS),Log-rank test was used for evaluating the differences between groups.Multivariate prognostic factor was analyzcd by Cox method.Results The follow-up rate was 99.7％.119 patients were followed-up more than with 5 years.The 5-year OS for stage Ⅰ + Ⅱ,stage Ⅲ and stage Ⅳ were 97.1％,82.7％ and 52.2％(x2=46.19,P=0.000),the 5 years DPFS were 100％,77.6％ and 57.7％ (x2=23.29,P =0.000),DMFS were 100％,82.3％,63.7％ (x2 =16.57,P =0.000) respectively.The 5 year OS,DPFS and DMFS of male and female were 70.7％ vs 94.1％ (x2=16.82,P=0.000),71.5％ vs 87.3％ (x2 =4.74,P =0.029) and 77.2％ vs 89.7％ (x2 =4.38,P =0.036) respectively.For patients who were younger than 45-years,the male had a significantly unfavorable 5-year OS (66.8％ vs.91.2％,x2=7.07,P=0.008),DPFS (59.9％ vs.91.2％,x2=7.72,P=0.005) and DMFS (66.4％ vs.94.0％,x2 =8.46,P =0.004) ;For patients who were old than 45-years,only OS was significantly different between male and female (72.2％ vs.96.0％,x2 =10.19,P =0.001).Multivariate analysis showed the independent prognosticfactors for OS,DPFS,DMFS,were gender (x2 =14.27,5.72,17.64,P =0.000,0.017,0.000),TNM stage (x2 =5.33,15.70,10.57,P =0.021,0.000,0.001) and lymph nodes capsular invasion (x2 =4.30,11.08,21.24,P =0.038,0.001,0.000).Intracranial invasion and supraclavicular lymph node metastasis were independent prognostic factors for OS (x2 =13.32,5.38,P =O.000,0.020).Conclusions The TNM stage,lymph nodes capsular invasion and gender are independent prognostic factors for nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated by intensity-modulated radiotherapy.The patients of younger than 45years own a worse outcome.

Objective To investigate the clinical effects of high-density micropulse photocoagulation (HD-SDM) combined with intravitreal injection of ranibizumab for diabetic macular edema (DME).Methods Thirty-one patients (31 eyes) with DME were randomly divided into two groups.Group A (15 eyes) received HD-SDM combined with intravitreal injection of ranibizumab.Group B (16 eyes) only received intravitreal injection of ranibizumab.The best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central macular thickness (CMT) of the two groups before and after treatment were analyzed,and the annual injection times of the two groups were compared.Results The average annual injection times was 3.67 ± 1.11 in group A,and 9.12 ±2.63 in group B.The difference was significant between the two groups (t =2.05,P ＜ 0.05).There were significant differences in CMT before and after treatment in both groups (all P ＜ 0.05).There was no significant difference in CMT between the two groups(t =1.19,P ＞ 0.05).There were significant differences in BCVA before and after treatment in both groups (all P ＜ 0.05),but there was no significant difference before and after treatment between the two groups(all P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion Both HD-SDM combined with intravitreal injection of ranibizumab and single intravitreal injection of ranlbizumab are effective for DME,but the combining treatment can remarkably decrease the annual injection times and had a good compliance of patients,is a good choice for DME patients.

Objective To investigate the relationship between hepatitis B virus reactivation and the level of blood T-lymphocyte subsets.Methods T lymphocyte subsets ( CD3,CD4,CDs ),CD4/CDs level of 40 patients with chronic carriers of hepatitis B virus and 35 patients with hepatitis B virus re-activation were detected by Flow cytometry(Epics XL).Results The hepatitis B virus reactivation in patients with CD3,CD4 and CD4/CDs levels were significantly lower than the chronic hepatitis B virus carriers,The difference between the two groups patients was significant[(71.31 ±5.20)％ vs (68.57 ±6.10)％,(37.82 ±4.90)％ vs (32.12 ±5.93)％,(1.37 ±0.28) vs (1.18 ±0.43 ),all P ＜ 0.05].Conclusion The levels of CD3,CD4 and CD4/CD8 ratio were significantly declined,it may be the one important reason of hepatitis B virus reactivation.

Objective To investigate the prevalence,related factors and individualized health management strategy of female urinary incontinence.Methods Questionnaire survey has been adopted on 4105 female subjects in the east coastal,middle and southwest areas of Shandong Province from Jan.2011 to Dec.2011.Logistic regression model was used to analyze the influencing factors of urinary incontinence.The degree of risk was conducted according to the UI affected to the quality of life.Results The available questionnaires were 4105.Logistic analysis showed that age,delivery frequency,first delivery age,newborn birth weight,perineum injury history,chronic cough and constipation were risk factors of urinary incontinence.However,the protective factors of urinary incontinence included abdominal delivery and whitecollar worker.Mild,moderate and strong impacts of urinary incontinence on the quality of life were found 77.68％ (1079/1389),21.38％ (297/1389) and 0.94％ (13/1389) of the participants,respectively.Unfortunately,doctor's office visiting was as low as 1.08％ (15/1389).Along with the increase of age,parity,age of first time delivery,injury of perineum,chronic cough,constipation,may add the risk of incidence of urinary incontinence while caesarean section and brainwork may decrease the risk of incidence of urinary incontinence.Conclusions The overall of incidence of urinary incontinence in Shandong province is in a high level.Urinary incontinence may significantly reduce the quality of life of the patients.More investigation on individualized health management strategy for female patients with urinary incontinence should be needed in the future.

Objective To investigate the effects of valsartan on the expression of connective tissue growth factor(CTGF) in rat glomerular mesangial cells incubated with high concentration of glucose.Methods We used high concentration glucose and valsartan to stimulate the cultured rat glomerular mesangial cells in vitro. The protein expressions of CTGF and the activation of P38 mitogen-activated protein kinase(P38 MAPK) and cAMP response element binding protein 1(CREB1) were tested by Western blot. CTGF and fibronectin(FN) mRNA were measured by reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The protein synthesis of lamanin (LN) and type IV collagen in the supernatants of the GMCs were detected by radioimmunoassay. Results Compared with low glucose control group,the expression of CTGF,p-P38 MAPK,p-CREB1,CTGF mRNA,FN mRNA,LN and type IV collagen in the supernatants were significantly increased in GMCs incubated with high concentration of glucose medium. The expression levels of CTGF,p-P38 MAPK,p-CREB1,CTGF mRNA and FN mRNA were significantlylower in the valsartan group than those in the high concentration glucose group. The concentrations of LN and type IV collagen in the supernatantsin the valsartan group were also lower than those in the high concentration glucose group. Conclusion Valsartan can inhibit expression of CTGF and ECM proteins in rat glomerular mesangial cells incubated with high concentration of glucose,partly by regulating the phosphorylation of P38 MAPK and CREB1.