Purpose:To study the role of postoperative radiotherapy in early stage uterine sarcomas. Methods:Retrospective analysis of the impact of radiotherapy on progress-free survival rate (PRS )rate, local recurrence rate (LRR) and overall survival (OS)in stage Ⅰ,Ⅱ uterine sarcomas. 34 cases were treated with surgery alone ,42 cases were treated with postoperative radiotherapy. Results:The PRS at 2 and 5 years for surgery were 38.2% and 26.5% ,69.0% and 57.1%for postopeative radiotherapy. The LRR at 2 and 5 years treated with surgery were 52.9% and 64.7%,26.2% and 28.6% with adjuvant irradiation. The OS at 2 and 5 years treated with surgery were 83.4%and 47.0%,83.3% and 69.0% with adjuvant radiation. Conclusions:Postoperative radiotherapy showed a marked increase in the three parameters studied (PRS? LRR?OS ) for I,II stage uterine sarcomas.

Background and purpose:Several prior studies have evaluated that the overall incidence of cervical cancer has decreased in the past 30 years, while it seems that the age of mortality is younger, especially young women under 35 years old. The prognosis of cervical cancer in young women still needs to be determined. The purpose of this study was to determine the main clinicopathologic characteristics of cervical cancer in young women aged under 35 years and the influence of age on prognosis. Methods:A retrospective review was performed for 831 patients under 35 years old , 1 737 cases over 35 years old was used as a control group. Clinical and pathologic variables including clinical stage, pathological type, tumor size, lymph node metastases(LNM),depth of invasion(DI) and lymphovascular space involvement (LVSI)were analyzed using Peason chi-squowe test. The 5-year survival and 2-year recurrence rates were analyzed by Kaplan-Meier method.Results:The younger patients were characterized by a higher rate of early stage with 64% vs 37.8% in control group(P=0.000),non-squamous cell carcinoma were 14.90% in the study group and 6.80% in the control group(P=0.000),bulky lesion were 52.00% vs 30.44%(P=0.000), LNM were 33.46% vs 23.93% (P=0.000),deep stroma invasion(DSI) were 51.88% vs 39.94% (P=0.005),There was no significant difference in LVSI for two groups with 37.03% in the young group and 38.26% in the control group (P=0.663).The clinical stage and tumor size of young patients were related with LNM,DI and LVSI(P

Purpose:To study the adjuvant therapy in uterine sarcomas,to decrease local recurrence and metastases and improve survival.Methods:Analysis of the management of 113 cases of uterine sarccoma , retrospectively. 30 cases were treated weith surgery alone , 25 with adjuvance radiation , 34 with postoperative chemotherapy, 21 with surgery and chemo radiation.Results:The 2 year pelvic recurrence and metastases with surgery alone were 43.3 % and 30 0 %,32 0 % and 28 0 % with postoperative radiation,44.1 % and 20.6 % with postoperative chemotherapy, 23.8 % and 23.8 % with postoperative combination of chemo radiation.But there was no significant difference between surgery alone and postoperative adjuvant therapy.Conclusions:Postoperative radiotherapy can improve local control,adjuvant chemotherapy can decrease metastases,both can improve disease free survival,but can not improve overall survival for uterine sarcomas.

Objective To explore the value of procalcitonin (PCT)and interleukin -6 (IL -6)in the early diagnosis and prognostic evaluation of the patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation,and their correlation with the course and lumbar function.Methods 100 patients with lumbar disc herniation (study group)and 35 patients with lumbar non -borne diseases (control group)were collected,their preoperative clinical symptoms were scored on the basis of the lumbar scoring system of Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA),the enzyme -linked immunosor-bent assay was applied to determining the content changes of PCT and IL -6 of the two groups,and the linear correla-tion analysis was used to explore the relevance of PCT and IL -6 to the course.Results The contents of the PCT and IL -6 in the study group's serum were respectively (25.13 ±0.86)ng/L and (10.26 ±0.36)ng/L,while those in the control group's serum were respectively (223.85 ±0.61)ng/L and (50.11 ±1.23)ng/L,both with statistical sig-nificance (t =2.542,2.206,P <0.01).The IL -6 was positively correlated with the disease duration of the patients with lumbar disc herniation (r =0.32,P =0.000),and negatively correlated with their JOA score (r =-0.45,P =0.003),and the PCT was positively correlated with the patients'disease duration (r =0.35,P =0.001),and nega-tively correlated with their JOA score (r =-0.53,P =0.005).Conclusion The PCT and IL -6 have a certain role in the early diagnosis of lumbar disc herniation,and have some relevance to the course of disease and the lumbar func-tion changes.

Objective To evaluate the effects of exogenous hydrogen sulfide on inflammatory responses during acute myocardial ischemia in rats.Methods Twenty-four adult male Sprague-Dawley rats,weighing 250-290 g,were randomly divided into 3 groups (n =8 each):sham operation group,acute myocardial ischemia group,and sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS) group.The animals were anesthetized with intraperitoneal chloral hydrate.The model of acute myocardial ischemia was established by ligating the left anterior descending branch of coronary artery.Normal saline 2 ml/kg and NaHS 3.12 mg/kg were intraperitoneally injected at 3 h of ischemia in AMI and NaHS groups,respectively.The rats were sacrificed at 6 h after ligation and hearts were removed for determination of interleukin-1β (IL-1β),IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) contents (by ELISA) and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) mRNA expression (by semi-quantitative PCR) in myocardial tissues and for examination of myocardial ultrastructure with transmission electron microscope.Results Compared with S group,IL-1β,IL-6 and TNF-α conte.nts and ICAM-1 mRNA expression in myocardial tissues were significantly increased in AMI group (P ＜ 0.05).Compared with AMI group,IL-1β,IL-6 and TNF-α contents and ICAM-1 mRNA expression in myocardial tissues were significantly decreased in NaHS group (P ＜ 0.05).The damage to myocardial ultrastructure was significantly alleviated in NaHS group when compared with AMI group.Conclusion The mechanism by which exogenous H2S alleviates the acute myocardial ischemia injury is related to inhibition of the inflammatory responses in rats.

Objective To investigate effects of H2 S on myocardial ischemia injury in rats and explore the possible mechanism from oxidative stress.Methods Fourty-eight male SD rats were randomly divided into 6 groups:sham operation group,ischemia group,ischemia + NaHS low,middle and high dose groups and ischemia + PPG group.The acute myocardial ischemia model was established by ligating the left anterior descending coronary artery(LAD) of the rats.Saline was intraperitoneally administrated in ischemia group.LADs were not ligated but only threaded in sham operation group in rats.In ischemia + NaHS low,middle and high dose groups or ischemia + PPG group,sodium hydrosulfide(NaHS) or DL-propargylglycine(PPG) was intraperitoneally injected respectively at 3 hours after ischemia.All rats were killed at 6 hours after the operation.The content of malondialdehyde (M DA),and the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) in myocardial tissue were respectively measured.The pathological changes of myocardial tissue were observed with electron microscope.Results Compared with those of sham operation group,the myocardial structural damage was increased,the content of MDA was significantly increased,and the activities of SOD and GSH-Px were significantly decreased in ischemia group in rats ((P ＜ 0.01).Compared with those of ischemia group,the myocardial structural damage was alleviated,the content of MDA was significantly decreased,and the activity of SOD was significantly increased in ischemia + NaHS low,middle and high dose groups ; the activity of GSH-Px was significantly increased in ischemia + NaHS middle and high dose groups in rats (P ＜ 0.05).Compared with those of ischemia group,the myocardial structural damage was increased,the content of MDA was increased,the activities of SOD and GSH-Px were decreased in ischemia + PPG group in rats (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The administration of H2S could significantly alleviate the myocardial injury by increasing the activities of SOD and GSH-Px,and decreasing the MDA synthesis in acute myocardial ischemia.

Objective　To investigate the prognosis in risk of ventricular arrhythmia in coronary heart disease with heart rate variability (H RV), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and other clinical background dat a. Methods　A total of 81 patients were divided into ventricular premature beats (VPBs)≥30/h group and VPBs<30/h group. Their LVEF, HRV and cli nical data were studied and analyzed. Results　The age and blood pressure between 2 groups had no significant difference. LVEF, standard deviati on of all normal RR intervals (SDNN), SD of the average of NN interval (SDANN) a nd HRV triangular index (HRVI) were significant less in VPBs≥30/h group than in VPBs<30/h group (43.29±15.38 vs 67.33±11.47，P＜0.01；90.05±22.2 9 vs 117.90±30.32，P＜0.05；77.43±17.78 vs 105.69±28.79，P＜0.05 ；24.54±8.70 vs 32.70±10.87，P＜0.05, respectively). Incidence of myo cardial infarction (MI) was larger in VPBs≥30/h group than VPBs<30/h group. LVE F was the independent predictable factor in risk of ventricular arrhythmia with multinomial regression logistic analysis（B=0.119, P=0.032）. Co nclusion 　Our findings indicate that LVEF is an independent predictable factor i n risk of ventricular arrhythmia in coronary heart disease. Although HRV and MI history can not be used to predict VPB, significant difference is found between 2 groups. High-risk patients could be selected successfully when these data are considered in combination.

Clinical data of 13 patients with primary pulmonary lymphoma(PPL),treated in Tianjin Medical University Cancer Hospital from January 1999 to December 2009,were retrospectively reviewed.There were 8 patients with mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue(MALT)marginal zone lymphoma,2 patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma,1 patient with NK/T cell lymphoma,1 patient with nodular sclerosis Hodgkin's lymphoma,and 1 patients with lymphocytic predominance Hodgkin's lymphoma.The main clinical symptoms were cough,fever,night sweat and weight loss.Two patients did not have any symptoms.Pulmonary consolidation shadows and multiple nodules were the main findings of CT scan.An air bronchogram was often seen in the consolidation imaging.The overall 5-year survival rate was 9/13 for all patients;while that was 7/8 for MALT marginal gone lymphoma.

Objective To explore the influence of candesartan (an angiotensin II receptor 1 antagonist,AT1R) in radioresistance of human nasopharyngeal carcinoma CNE1 cells.Methods Cell growth of CNE1 with or without candesartan treatment was measured in vitro by MTT method;radiosensitivity of CNE1 with or without candesartan treatment was tested under normoxic or hypoxic conditions by clone formation assay.The expression of hypoxia-induced factor 1α(HIF-1α)in CNE1 cells was analysed by western blotting.Results Candesartan did not significantly inhibit the growth of CNE 1 cells in both normoxic and hypoxic conditions.Candesartan also did not influence the radiosensitivity of CNE1 cells in normoxic condition;however,it significantly increased the radiosensitivity of CNE1 cells in hypoxic condition.The expression of hypoxia-induced factor 1 α (HIF-1 α)in hypoxic CNE1 cells was significantly inhibited by candesartan treatment.Conclusion Candesartan does not significantly influence the proliferation of CNE1 cells in both normoxic and bypoxic conditions but significantly enhances the radiosensitivity of hypoxic CNE1 cells,in which the mechanisn may be involved in its inhibiting HIF1α expression in hypoxic CNE1 cells.