Head and neck cancer presents with complex anatomy and high intratumoralheterogeneity. Radiotherapy is one of the main treatments. The therapeutic strategy and prognostic evaluation in head and neck cancer patients traditionally depend on TNM stage, lacking of individual information. Radiomics can extracts high-throughput image features relevant to the biology of tumors, which provides a non-invasive and quantitative method to evaluate the overall tumor heterogeneity and also offers a novel perspective for precision radiotherapy. The research progresses on the application and chanllenges of radiomics in the radiotherapy for head and neck cancer were summarized in this review.

Aim To investigate the the protective effects of a novel recombinant Trichinella spiralis 38 ku protein ( rTsP38 ) on intestinal I/R injury and the po-tential mechanisms. Methods Male BALB/c mice were randomly divided into sham group ( group S) , in-jury group ( group I) , rTsP38 vaccinated group ( group T) and adjuvants vaccinated group ( group A ) , and received subcutaneously phosphate buffer solution (PBS), PBS, rTsP38, or adjuvants, respectively, at 2-week intervals 6 weeks before the surgical proce-dure. Results Intestinal I/R caused severe intestinal injury evidenced by significant increases in modified Chiu 's score and neutrophils infiltration, accompanied by decreases in daily food intake and body weight. The mRNA level of arginase-1 ( Arg-1 ) was decreased and the mRNA level of inducible nitric oxide synthase 2 ( NOS2) was increased in group I. RTsP38 significant-ly ameliorated intestinal injury and improved intestinal function following intestinal I/R accompanied by de-crease in neutrophils infiltration and increase in cell proliferation in the intestine, compared to mice without rTsP38 pretreatment. Fold changes of Arg-1 mRNA level were significantly increased in group T. Conclu-sions These findings indicate that rTsP38 exerts pro-tection on intestinal I/R injury in mice via promoting M2 macrophages polarization.

The stretched preparation of subcutanous tissue of 120 male rats were observed by means of histochemical methods for separate and consecutive demonstration of norepinephrine and cholinesterase (ChE). In addition to adrenergic nerves, there are acetylcholinesterase (AChE) containing nerves surrounding the small arteries and arterioles. AChE is recongnized as a marker of cholinergic nerves in rat subcutanous tissue. After sympathetic gangliectomy, all adrenergic and most of cholinergic nerves disappeared, we suggested that both of them are terminals of sympathetic postganglionic nerve fibers. Using the method for the consecutive demonstration of norepinephrine (NE) and AChE, it showed a dual innervation at the same site of an arteriole, most of them are superimposed each other, their distribution were just the same; but the other one third were not. The latter is a separate sympathetic cholinergic system. Whether these superimposed terminals were coming from different neurons and travelling in the Schwann cell or they contained two kinds of neurotransmitters in the same neuron terminal were discussed.By the small arteries and arterioles of rat subcutanous tissue, there were many ChE-positive nerves, which were sensitive to iso-OMPA inhibition. Such thin unmyelineted nerve fibers are mainly non-cholinergic. They showed a variety of free nerve endings in the martrix of connective tissue, and they can be traced, in association with the whole course, to the small spinal nerve trunk that travelling in subcutanous tissue. We consider that these ChE-positive nerves and their terminals are sensory components of cerebrospinal fibers. It has been observed that some of free nerve endings are superimposed with adrenergic paravascular plexus by means of consecutive method.

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Objective: To establish the methods for extraction and isolation of punicalagin from pomegranate peel, and further study the purification and quantification of punicalagin. Methods: Using an ultrasonic-assisted extraction method, punicalagin in pomegranate peel was extracted at room temperature by 50% ethanol with 20-fold volume of raw material. The content of punicalagin in the crude extract was determined by HPLC. To optimize the purification process of punicalagin, static adsorption and desorption experi-ments were employed to study five kinds of macroporous adsorbent resins (D101, A8-8, NKA-9, HPD-100 and HPD-500) for the one with the highest purification efficacy of punicalagin. In addition, the technical parameters of the macroporous adsorbent resin were opti-mized to obtain punicalagin with higher purity. Punicalagin was further separated and purified by using a reverse phase MCI GEL CHP20P column. Results:HPD500 resin showed the best ability to absorb and separate punicalagin in among five kinds of macro-porous adsorbent resins. The best technical parameters were as follows:the mass concentration of sample solution was 15 mg·ml-1 , the loading amount was 2BV, the pH was 2 and the eluting solvent was 8BV of 30% ethanol. With the best process as described a-bove, the content of punicalagin extracted from pomegranate peel increased from 10. 3% to 30. 7%. The obtained punicalagin could be further purified to 61. 3% from 30% in ethanol eluate by the reverse phase MCI GEL CHP20P column. Conclusion:HPD500 resin is the most effective in the purification of punicalagin from pomegranate peel, and the content of punicalagin can be dramatically increased after the purification by a reverse phase MCI GEL CHP20P column. The optimized process shows good reproducibility and stability.

Objective To develop a new designed Kirschner wires guider for patellar fracture,and to evaluate its clinic outcomes.Methods From October 2010 to November 2015,totally 72 patients with patellar fracture were detected for this study.Divided them into 3 groups, named as the second-generation guider group,the first-generation guider group and the control group.And then evaluated the clinic outcomes in treatment of patellar fracture of the 3 groups.Results The surgery time,accuracy of placement needle position of the second-generation guider group were better than the other two groups with significant statistical differences (P <0.01).And the clinic outcomes of the first-generation guider group were better than the control group,and the differences were statistically significant (P <0.05).Conclusion The second-generation Kirschner wires guider is reasonable in design and convenient for use.Moreover,it can improve the accuracy and quality of surgery,reduce the operation time,and enhance the clinical effects.

patients received thoracic surgery. Methods Fifty patients underwent radical resection of pulmonary carcinoma were divided into DP group ( dexmedetomidine infusion by micro pumo and parecoxib 40 mg through intravenous injection) and DN group ( dexmedetomidine infusion by micro pumo and nomal saline 5mL through intravenous injection). The time for spontaneous breath,eye opening and extubation after the oper-ation were recorded. The mimi-mental state examination ( MMSE) was used to assess the cognitive function. The concentration of protein S100β and IL-6,TNF-α were determined at 1 d before operation and 1 h,24 h after the operation. Results The difference of time for spon-taneous breath,eye opening,extubation and preoperative values of MMSE between two groups were not statistically significant(P>0. 05). MMSE scores at 1 d,3 d and 5 d after operation in group DN were lower than those in group DP (P<0. 05). The values of S100β、IL-6、TNF-α at 1 h and 24 h after operation in group DN were higher than that in group DP (P< 0. 05). Conclusion Dexmedetomidine com-bined with parecoxib can decrease the incidence of postoperative cognitive dysfunction in elderly patients underwent thoracic surgery,and the mechanism of which may be related to the downregulation of serum inflammatory factors.

Objective To explore an effective way for medical students and young surgeons learning operative approach .Methods A total of 50 medical students and young surgeons in our hospital were detected for this study .They were randomly divided into the BOOK class (group A) and the 3D computer class (group B) to learn the course of anthropotomy.After learning each section, they were examined to-gether on fresh corpse , and the examined results of the two groups were compared and assessed .Results In the general surgery examina-tions, there was no difference in the examined results with no statistically significant difference (P>0.05).But in the orthopedics examina-tions, the difference of intra-group comparison both in group A and group B were of statistical significance (P<0.05), and the results of group B were better than group A with statistically significant difference (P<0.05).Conclusion For the general surgical approach learn-ing, both of the two methods could achieve good effect .For the orthopedics surgical approach learning ,it can receive better results through computer software ,but it still cannot achieve the ideal effect ,which indicates that the teaching through fresh corpse could not be replaced yet .

Objective To test the biomechanical properties and evaluate the feasibility of the new developed external fixator system,so as to provide reliable theoretical basis for further clinical research.Methods The tibia of 10 fresh male cadaver were made into fracture model.In order to fix the fracture of tibia,experimental group were treated with the new developed external fixator system and the control group were treated with the Hoffman 2 external fixator which was used in clinic commonly.Then axial compression and horizontal torsion test were made on tibia fracture model.The test results were recorded and statistically analyzed.Results There was no statistical difference on the aspect of the ability to resist axial compression and horizontal torsion between the experimental group and the control group(P >0.05). The new developed external fixator system could meet the criterion in clinical application.Conclusion The new developed external fixation system can meet the requirement of biomechanics on fixing the fracture of bone,and it can greatly simplify and diversify the clinical applica-tion of external fixation device.

Objective To investigate the role of chemokine ligand 21 (CCL21) in the spinal cord in tibia bone cancer pain (BCP) in rats.Methods Forty adult female SD rats weighing 160-180 g were randomly divided into 5 groups (n=8 each):sham operation group (group Ⅰ ); sham operation + CCL21 neutralizing antibody group (groupⅡ); BCP group (group [); BCP + PBS group (group Ⅳ); BCP + control IgG group (groupⅤ)and BCP + CCL21 neutralizing antibody group (group Ⅵ).BCP was induced by inoculating Walker-256 mammary gland carcinoma cells into the rat tibia medullary cavity in groups Ⅲ-Ⅵ.PBS 15 μl,IgG 10 μg and CCL21 neutralizing antibody 10 μg were injected intrathecally (IT) at 14 days after intra-tibial injection of Walker-256 mammary gland cancer cells in groups Ⅳ- Ⅵ respectively.Mechanical withdrawal threshold to yon Frey filament stimulation (MWT) was measured at 1 day before (To,baseline) ; 7 and 14 d after Walker-256 cell injection (T1,T2)and at 0.5,1,2,4,8,12,24 and 48 h after intrathecal injection (T3-10 ).Results Intra-tibial injection of Walker-256 mammary gland cancer cells significantly decreased MWT as compared with the baseline values in administration of CCL21 neutralizing antibody at T5-8 as compared with MWT before intrathecal administration at T2 in group Ⅵ.MWT was significantly lower in groups Ⅲ- Ⅳ than in groups Ⅰ and Ⅱ.MWT was significantly higher at T5-8 in group Ⅵ than in groups Ⅲ - Ⅴ.Conclu]sion CCL21 in the spinal cord is involved in the maintenance of tibia BCP in rats.