Objective To investigate the value of prophylactic irradiation to the lymphatic drainage area in radical three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) and to evaluate the efficacy and adverse effects of 3DCRT with different clinical target volumes.Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on the records of 219 esophageal cancer patients without distant metastasis who received 3DCRT from January 2005 to December 2010.One hundred and five patients received involved-field irradiation (IFI) with a total dose of 54-66 Gy;114 patients received elective nodal irradiation (ENI) with a total dose of 46-52 Gy; the prescribed dose to the primary lesion was 56-70 Gy.The Kaplan-Meier method was used to calculate local control (LC) and overall survival (OS) rates,and the log-rank test was used for univariate prognostic analysis.Results The 1-,3-,and 5-year sample sizes were 219,172 and 67,respectively.The 1-,3-,and 5-year LC rates for IFI group were 63.0％,39.1％,and 27.2％,respectively,versus 70.5％,53.3％,and 51.7％ for ENI group (x2 =6.22,P =0.013) ;the 1-,3-,and 5-year OS rates for IFI group were 67.6％,24.9％,and 15.0％,respectively,versus 73.7％,45.1％,and 26.0％ for ENI group (x2=5.04,P =0.025).The univariate stratified analysis showed that the LC and OS rates were significantly higher in the ENI group than in the IFI group for patients with middle-or lower-thoracic primary lesion or N0 disease (P=0.007,0.015;P=0.054,0.013).Conclusions For esophageal cancer patients with middle-or lower-thoracic primary lesion or without lymph node metastasis,prophylactic irradiation to the lymphatic drainage area can increase LC and OS rates.

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Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognosis of resection followed by chemotherapy compared with chemoradiotherapy for limited-stage small cell lung cancer .Methods The clinical data of 230 limited-stage small cell lung cancer patients with curative treatment between January 2006 and December 2011 were retrospectively analyzed .All patients divided to two group: the resection plus chemotherapy ( S +C ) and chemoradiotherapy ( R +C ) .And the prognostic factors were further analyzed with limited stage small cell lung cancer .The Kaplan-Meier method was used for the survival analysis.Results The overall survival rates of 1-year, 3-year and 5-year were 87.0%, 38.9%, 25.4%, respectively and the media survival time ( MST) 26.0 months.When patients were stratified by clinical stageⅠ+Ⅱ, the 1-year , 3-year and 5-year overall survival rates of S +C group and R +C group were 92.6%, 63.2%, 47.3%and 76.2%, 42.9%, 30.6%, respectively (χ2 =7.851, P<0.05), while those were 88.5%, 26.9%, 10.6% and 86.0%, 25.1%, 25.1%, respectively in stage ⅢA with no significant difference ( P >0.05).In univariate analysis, tumor location, tumor stage, lymph node metastasis, TNM stage, the cycle of chemotherapy , treatment modalities were significantly associated with survival ( RR=1.735, P<0.05).The multivariate analysis only showed TNM stage were independent factors of prognosis .Conclusions The results suggested that resection plus chemotherapy could improve the prognosis of early-stage(stageⅠ+Ⅱ) small cell lung cancer, but patients in ⅢA stage should received the definitive chemoradiotherapy .The TNM stage was still the independent factor of prognosis .

Objective To compare dose-volume parameters for local failure in esophageal cancers treated by there-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3 D-CRT) or intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) with different target regions.Methods A total of 244 patients with esophageal cancer (including 127 patients with local recurrence and 117 without recurrence) underwent radical 3D-CRT and IMRT were enrolled in this study.Data including dose-volume parameters and clinical features were analyzed retrospectively.Results No statistically significant differences were found in the dose-volume parameters of different planning target regions between groups with local tumor recurrence and without recurrence (P ＞ 0.05).In the elective nodal irradiation(ENI) group, neither the recurrence and the non-recurrence groups showed statistical differences in the dose-volume parameters (P ＞ 0.05).While for the involved-field iradiation(IFI) group, the GTV-V60, CTV-V60, PTV-V60 of local recurrent group were significantly lower than those in the non-recurrent group (t =-2.08,-2.19,-2.08, P ＜ 0.05).In the ENI group, radiated doses of GTV, CTV and PTV as well as dose-volume of PTV were significantly higher than the IFI group (t =1.97-3.12, P ＜ 0.05).For patients with a esophageal GTV less than 30 cm3 but without concurrent chemotherapy, radiated dose of CTV-D98％ , CTV-D95％ in the recurrent group were significantly lower than in non-recurrent group (t =-2.24--2.07, P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Elective nodal prophylactic radiation of esophageal carcinoma could provide greater volume and doses of GTV, CTV and PTV to prescribed target regions, which may decrease local recurrence.Greater efficiency can be obtained when the primary lesion of the esophageal cancer is smaller or at an early stage, and concurrent chemotherapy is not given.

Objective To compare the efficacy of elective nodal prophylactic irradiation ( ENI) and involved?field irradiation ( IFI) in radical radiotherapy for early?stage esophageal cancer and to determine the appropriate irradiation range for early?stage esophageal cancer. Methods The clinical data of 121 patients with early?stage esophageal cancer receiving radical radiotherapy in our hospital from January 2006 to December 2011 were collected and respectively analyzed. Sixty?one patients received ENI, and the other 60 patients received IFI. The Kaplan?Meier method was used to calculate local control ( LC) and overall survival ( OS) rates;the log?rank test was used for survival difference analysis and univariate prognostic analysis;the Cox regression model was used for multivariate prognostic analysis. Results The 1?, 3?, and 5?year LC rates in ENI group and IFI group were 81. 1%, 60. 1%, and 57. 5% vs. 64. 5%, 43. 9%, and 27. 2%, respectively ( P=0. 003 ) . The 1?, 3?, and 5?year OS rates in ENI group and IFI group were 86. 9%, 56. 8%, and 34. 8% vs. 86. 7%, 34. 3%, and 19. 1%, respectively ( P=0. 019) . The 1?, 3?,and 5?year overall failure rates in ENI group and IFI group were 22. 3%, 53. 8%, and 63. 2% vs. 43. 3%, 65. 8%, and 78. 8%, respectively ( P=0. 023) . Multivariate analysis showed that irradiation range was the influencing factor for LC and OS. Conclusions As for the radical radiotherapy for early?stage esophageal cancer, ENI can significantly increase LC and reduce locoregional failure, and therefore improve long?term OS.

Objective To investigate the application of real-time gray-scale contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)imaging in the diagnosis of fallopian tube obstruction.Methods Forty-six females with infertility in the period of 3-7 days after menses were inspected by transvaginal CEUS,and the transmission of contrast agents in the fallopian tubes was observed.Then they were inspected by routine iodic X-ray salpingography.Later the value of real-time gray-scale CEUS in diagnosis of fallopian tube was evaluated.Results The sensitivity of CEUS indiagnosis of fallopian tubal unobstruction,obstruction and open without freely was 92.0%,87.1%,36.4%respectively;the specificity was 85.7%,96.7%,93.7%;the accurate was 89.1%,93.5%,84.7%;the Kappa was 0.78,0.85,0.16 with X-ray salpingography.The concordance was 83.7% between CEUS and X-ray salpingography.Conclusions There were no significant difference between CEUS and X-ray salpingography in diagnosis of fallopian tube unobstruction or obstruction,and the former method is safer and more convenient that is suitable to become an valuable method in inspecting of infertility.

Objective: To reveal the differentially expressed genes and long non-coding RNAs (IncRNAs) by sequencing the transcriptome of bovine alveolar macrophages (RAM) infected with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (RCG) and analyzing their bioinformations, and to provide theoretical foundation for the research on immune regulation mechanism of anti-infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis of macrophages. Methods: The RAM were collected by pulmonary lavage and centrifligation and cultured and divided into infected group and uninfected group. After infection for 12 h in infected group, the expression profiles of mRNA and IncRNA in infected group and uninfected group were detected by RNA-Seq, and bioinformatics analysis was carried out. Results: Compared with uninfected group, there were 119 differentially expressed IncRNAs and 1111 differentially expressed mRNA in infected group (P

Objective To discuss the significance and value of speckle tracking imaging (STI) technique for accurate evaluating different types myocardial systole. Methods Anterior interventricular branches of 11 healthy crossbreed dogs were separated and ligatured to establish acute myocardial infarction models. The short axle radial strain (RS), circumferential strain (CS) of ventricular sinister and long axle longitudinal (LS) of apex of experiment dogs were measured with STI technique before and after myocardial infarction. Results Before myocardial infarction, no statistical difference of RS, CS was detected among sections of left ventricle (P>0.05), and RS was greater than LS (P<0.05). When detector was at the apex of base, LS of middle, apex sections of left ventricle myocardium increased gradually (LS of base section was least and apex section was most) (P<0.05). RS, CS and LS of antetheca, forepart of interventricular septum of middle of left ventricle and antetheca, posterior and forepart septum of apex all became lower after myocardial infarction (P<0.05). Conclusion Strains caused by all types of myocardium action can be accurately evaluated with STI.

Objective:To reveal the differentially expressed genes and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) by sequencing the transcriptome of bovine alveolar macrophages (BAM) infected with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) and analyzing their bioinformations, and to provide theoretical foundation for the research on immune regulation mechanism of anti-infection of Mycobacteriumtuberculosisof macrophages.Methods:The BAM were collected by pulmonary lavage and centrifugation and cultured and divided into infected group and uninfected group.After infection for 12hin infected group, the expression profiles of mRNA and lncRNA in infected group and uninfected group were detected by RNA-Seq, and bioinformatics analysis was carried out.Results:compared with uninfected group, there were 119differentially expressed lncRNAs and 1111differentially expressed mRNA in infected group (P＜0.05) .Gene Ontology functional enrichment analysis showed that the most significant enrichment was immune response (GO:0006955, P＜0.05) , including 125genes, in which 63 were up-regulated and 62 were downregulated, and the expressions of proinflammatory factors interleukin-1 (IL-6) , interleukin-7 (IL-7) , and interleukin-23A (IL-23A) were up-regulated.Cis target gene prediction and KEGG pathway analysis showed that the differentially expressed lncRNAs were involved in the regulation of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) signaling pathway and ATP-binding cassette transporter (ABC transporter) signaling pathway (P＜0.05) .Conclusion:The host cells are stimulated to produce a strong immune response after the BAM are infected by BCG and results in the changes of lncRNA and mRNA expression profiles.