Objective:To study the treatment result of the unresectable advanced pancreatic cancer by radiotherapy. Methods: A total of 16 patients with unresectable advanced pancreatic cancer were treated by radiotherapy from March 1996 to December 2001. According to TNM staging system, there are 5 patients in stage II, 6 in stage Ⅲ and 5 in stage Ⅳ. Karnofsky score were ranged from 30～70. Eight patients were treated by the conventional fractionation (1.8～2.0 cGy/f, 5f/w), and eight patients treated by non-conventional fractionation(1.2～1.8Gy/f,2～3f/d).The radiation dose was70Gy for 3 cases. Results:The remission rate was 85.7 percent. The median survival course was 9.2 months(3～30months). 1-year survival rate was 31.25 percent. The pretreatment performance status and TNM stage were important prognostic factors. Both groups of Karnofsky score 60～70 and stageⅡ,Ⅲ showed a highly significantsurvival improvement when compared with groups of Karnofsky score 30～50and stage IV ( P

Objective To investigate the early diagnostic value of high‐sensitivity C‐reactive protein(hs‐CRP) ,D‐dimer and cTnI in ACS .Methods All the 83 blood samples of patients with chest pain in the emergency department of our hospital were enrolled in the study ,and 30 healthy people were recruited as the control group .According to the final clinical diagnosis ,29 patients were grouped into non‐ischemic chest pain(NICP) group and 54 patients were grouped into ACS group .Venous blood samples were col‐lected and the concentrations of serum hs‐CRP ,cTnI ,plasma D‐dimer were measured .The diagnostic value of the 3 indicators and their combined test for ACS was evaluated by using the receiver operating characteristic(ROC) curve and Youden index .Results The levels of hs‐CRP ,cTnI and D‐dimer in ACS group were significantly higher than those of the control group and the NICP group (P<0 .05) .The levels of hs‐CRP and D‐dimer in ACS group were significantly higher than those of the NICP group(P<0 .05) . ROC showed that the area under urve of hs‐CRP ,D‐dimer and cTnI were 0 .564 ,0 .631 and 0 .639 respectively .The sensitivity ,spe‐cificity and accuracy of the combined detection of hs‐CRP ,cTnI and D‐dimer were 88 .1% ,58 .7% ,53 .2% respectively . Conclusion To some extent ,the levels of hs‐CRP ,cTnI and D‐dimer all could be used as indicators in the diagnosis of ACS .But combined detection of hs‐CRP ,cTnI and D‐dimer could improve the sensitivity and specificity ,and had value to guide clinical diagno‐sis of ACS in the early stage .

Objective To discuss the clinical value of immunofecal occult blood test in screening of colorectal cancer and its precancerous lesions in a large series of health checkup population. Methods Colorectal cancer and its precancerous lesions in 5919 subjects undergoing health checkup in our hospital were screened out by using immunofecal occult blood test from July 2006 to June 2007; positive cases with the test were subjected to colorectal endoscopy or X-ray barium enema examination. Relevant results were analyzed in combination with clinical and pathological data. Results Positive result was obtained in 314 out of the 5919 subjects undergoing health checkup with immunofecal occult blood test; the positive rate was 5.30%. 241 cases(76.75% )of them accepted colorectal endoscopic examination and 23 cases(7.32%) accepted X-ray barium enema examination. The total follow up rate was 84.08% with 50 cases out of contact. After excluding the cases out of cantact, 16 cases of colorectal cancer were found morbidity 2.37‰ including 8(50.00% )cases of Dukes A,7 cases (43.75%)of Dukes B and 1 case of Dukes C (6 .25%).The detection rate of colorectal cancer with postive imunofecal occult blood test was 6.06% (16/264). 94 cases (16.01‰) of adenomatous polyps were found including 55 cases (58.51%) of tubular adenoma, 23 cases (24.47% )of villiform- tubular adenoma and 16 cases(17.02%) of villfform adenoma. Among these cases 55 (58.51%)were solitary and 39(41.49%) multiple. In addition, 6 cases of ulcerative colitis in active phase were found. Altogether 116 (43.94%)of the 264 cases with positive immunofecal blood test and not out of contact were found to have colorectal cancer or its precancerous lesions. Conclusion Immunofecal occult blood test is suitable for screening of colorectal cancer and its precancerous lesions in large series of population. Colorectal cancer and its precancerous lesions may be found in relatively early phase and be eradicated in curable stage, thus to reduce the morbidity and mortality.

Objective To evaluate the use of spiral enteroscopy in diagnosis and treatment of smallbowel diseases.Methods The data of 8 patients who underwent spiral enteroscopy from July to September 2009 were retrospectively studied.The variables including maximal insertion depth,total procedure time,complications,and outcome were evaluated.Results The average maximal depth of intubation was 2.2 m beyond the Ligament of Triez (0-3.6 m beyond Ligament of Triez),with a mean procedure time at 41 min (25 to 77 min).Small bowel Crohn's disease was diagnosed in 2 cases with biopsy suggesting active inflammation and granular formation.Small intestinal tumor was detected in 1 patient with pathological finding of high grade dysplasia.Jejunal ulcer was detected in 1 patient.Multiple polyps were found in 1 patient after jejunal anastomosis,which were then treated with endoscopic argon plasma coagulation (APC).No abnormalities were found in 3 other patients.No complications occurred during and after the procedure.The maneuver of spiral enteroscopy and APC were same as that of balloon enteroscopy.Conclusion Spiral enteroscopy is simple and convenient to operate,which is of great potential in clinical use.

lem and direct necessary intervention to improve the completion rate of whole small intestine examination.

Objective To evaluate the clinical effect of capsule endoscopy(CE)followed by a directed double-balloon enteroscopy(DBE)in diagnosis of patients with suspected small bowel disease.Methods Two hundred and ninety-nine consecutive patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding or other various indications for CE examination were analyzed.DBE was recommended after negative or indeterminate evaluation on CE.The diagnostic and follow-up data were collected and analyzed.Resails A total of 296 patients completed CE examination.Of whorn,138(46.6%)cases had positive findings,68(23.0%)cases were suspected for small bowel disease and 90(30.4%)cases had negative finding,Those who were suspected(45 cases)and negative(7 cases)for CE examination were performed DBE examination and small bowel lesions were found in 31 cases and 1 case,respectively.The false-negative diagnosis was probably made by DBE in 8 patients,whereas no false-positive case was found by DBE.The false-negative diagnosis was probably made by CE in 2 patients,whereas 8 false-positive cases were found by CE.With the results of CE examination,lesions were found by only one-side procedure of DBE in 90.3%(28/31)of patients.The results that followed up for median 17 months indicated that 93.5% of patients with positive findings by DBE were received optimal therapy.Both CE and DBE procedures were well tolerated and no severe complications occurred.Conclusions The detection rate of sinall bowel lesions with CE was high,whereas the indetermination of CE findings was also significant.Majority of suspected findings by CE may be further confirmed by DBE.The strategy that start with CE and followed by DBE may increase diagnostic yield in patients with suspected small bowel disease and improve the prognosis.

Objective To evaluate the guiding role of capsule endoscopy (CE) in choosing the access route of double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) for small bowel diseases. Methods Patients with complete CE and with small bowel diseases confirmed by DBE were enrolled. The lesion location found on CE was represented by the time index, which was the ratio of access time from pylorus to lesion over access time from pylorus to ileocecal valve. Based on our previous retrospective evaluation, oral approach was selected when the index was ≤0. 6, otherwise the anal access would be chosen. Accuracy of time index predicting DBE access rout was evaluated. Results Data of 60 patients undergoing both CE and DBE were evaluated. All lesions detected by CE were confirmed by DBE, with 41 via oral route and 19 via anus. Based on the time index with threshold of 0.6, the accuracy of selecting the insertion route of DBE was 100%. Conclusion DBE is an effective approach to confirm CE results. In patients with complete small bowel investigation by CE, the insertion route for DBE can be reliably indicated with time index based on the CE results.

0.05).ConclusionZoledronic acid combined with single or multiple fraction radiotherapy has similar clinical response.Zoledronic acid combined with single fraction is an efficient and cost-effective alternative to traditional multiple fraction radiotherapy for metastatic bone pain.

Objective To evaluate whether the comparability of 3 automatic blood cell analyzers meet the clinical requirements by conducting the comparative study on the detection results of these instruments.Methods With the Sysmex 2100 automatic blood cell analyzer as the reference instrument,Sysmex 1000i and Abbott 1800 as the experimental instrument,the original quality control provided by the instrument factory and the patient′s fresh anticoagulant blood samples in the laboratory were adopted to monitor for continuous 40 d by these three instruments and the detection results of WBC,RBC,HGB,HCT and PLT were analyzed.Results The detection results of these 3 instruments were statistically tested by the F test,the differences showed no statistical significance (P >0.05)and the bias was in 1/2 of the maximum permissible error range in America department clinical test revised regulations (CLIA′88).Conclusion The detection results by these 3 instruments are comparable and can meet the clinical requirements.

Objective To determine whether the antiserum produced by immunizing mice with conotoxin GI coupled with bovine serum albumin (BSA) could neutralize GI conotoxin.Methods The GI-BSA was prepared by glutaraldehyde-coupled method,and the mice were immunized with the GI-BSA to produce antiserum.The antibody neutralization assay was used to test the detoxication of the antiserum.Results The SDS-PAGE protein electrophoresis showed that the coupling reaction of GI hapten with BSA was successful.The two distinct protein bands of GI-BSA were more than 120×103.Each mouse was immunized four times with 99 μg every two weeks.After the fourth immunization,the serum neutralization titer was more than 1:64 000.After the intraperitoneal injection of the mixture of 100 or 200 μl of the antiserum and different doses of GI,75% of the mice survived in the group with 100 μl of the antiserum and 1× LD50 GI(16.3 μg/kg).The same percentage of mice also survived in the group of with 200 μl of serum and 25.8 μg/kg of GI.Conclusion The antiserum produced by immunizing mice with GI-BSA exhibits significant detoxication activity to conotoxin GI.