Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant tumor that develops in bone. Since chemotherapy was introduced into the multi-modality treatment regimen for high-grade osteosarcoma, its prognosis has been impressively improved; about two-thirds of all patients could achieve long-term survival. This review summarized the history of chemotherapy for osteosarcoma and current chemotherapeutic treatment strategies for classical osteosarcoma. The review also emphasized the necessity that the patients should be treated in specialized centers and prospective, multi-institutional trials are needed.

Objective To investigate the effect of compound preparation of Astragalus mongho-licus on subsets of lymphocytes in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), and to explore its regulatory mechanism. Methods 60 MG patients were randomly divided into test group (n=30, given compoundpreparation of Astragalus mongholicus for 12 wks) and control group (n=30, given prednisone tablets for 12 wks). Flow cytometry was applied to examining the distribution change of the subsets of lym-phocytes in patients before and after treatment. Results After treatment, the percentages of CD4+ T cells and the ratio of CD4+/CD8+ in both groups decreased compared with those before treatment.The ratio of CD4+/CD8+ in test group was significantly lower than that in control group (P<0.05).The percentage of CD8+ T cells in test group after treatment increased significantly (P<0.05) com-pared with that before treatment, but had no significant difference compared with that in control group(P>0. 05). Conclusion The result from the current study suggests that one of the mechanisms of the compound preparation of Astragalus monghoticus regulating immune response may be achieved through its modulating effect on the distribution of subsets of lymphoeytes and humoral immune func-tion.

Automatic Data Processing ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Pulse

Most of the soil microorganisms are unculturable,which limits the exploitation and application of microbial resources.Metagenomics has great potential in the research of unculturable microorganisms in soil.Progress on the research of metagenomic DNA purification,metagenomic library construction and screening of soil microorganisms are reviewed briefly.

Objective To study the effect of sand storm on the activity of saliva lysozyme of middle school students and pupils.Methods 452 subjects aged 8-17 years,living in the areas where the sand storm happened frequently and infrequently,were selected with the stratified sampling and cluster sampling methods in May 2007.The activity of saliva lysozyme in saliva was measured by turbidimetric method.Results Compared with the areas where the sand storm happened frequently,in the infrequent areas,the activity of lysozyme of the boys in 12,14,16 ～17 age groups and of the girls in 12 and 14 age groups significantly decreased(P﹤0.05 or P﹤0.01).The activity of saliva lysozyme of the areas where the sand storm happened frequently was concerned with gender,age,time of daily outdoor activity during the sand storm.Conclusion Sand storm can cause the activity of saliva lysozyme decrease in the middle school students and pupils.

Peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) is a kind of highly aggressive lymphoma which contains a collection of subgroups. The patients with PTCL have poor prognosis under current chemotherapy regimens, so the treatment of PTCL remains a big challenge. Brentuximab vedotin combined with CHP regimen, pralatrexate in combination with romidepsin and other regimens have set up more options for patients with PTCL. Novel agents, such as PI3K inhibitors, which entered into clinical trials, bring good news to PTCL patients.

From the prospective of metaethics and normative ethics, we analyze the ethical character and function of medical professional language, and emphasize the influence of respecting the patients'right as well as the role of medical professional language in dealing with doctor - patient relationship.

Objective To evaluate the use of bunching forceps during radical prostatectomy. Methods 14 cases of radical prostatectomy/cystectomy were performed with the use of bunching forceps to control bleeding from the dorsal vein complex. Results The procedure resulted in minimal bleeding from dorsal complex and was helpful in rhabdosphincter. Conclusions The bunching forceps is very valuable for controlling bleeding from dorsal vein complex and for preserving rhabdosphincter.

Objective To investigate a minimal invasive surgical therapy for tumors in the an terior wall close to bladder neck. Methods A 5～10 mm incision was made in abdominal wall below the umbilicus and laparoscopic devices were introduced into the bladder.Tumors were excised and coa gulated under the monitoring of cystoscopy. Results Tumors at the anterior wall of bladder were easily exposed and removed.The recovery time was nearly the same as that of TURBT.No tumor recurrence was observed in 3～10 months period. Conclusions Tumors at the anterior wall of bladder could be easily removed by the combined use of cystoscopy and laparoscopy and open surgery might be avoided.

Normative development of human assisted reproduction technology not only depends on ethics con-sciousness of the employee, effective system guarantee and perfect supervision system but also depends on ethics consciousness of infertile couples. Popularizing the knowledge of reproductive ethics for infertile couples and foste-ring their ethics consciousness is a vital problem of normative development of human assisted reproduction technolo-gy and an effective way to solve the ethical issues of human assisted reproduction technology.