1.Current status and confusion in comprehensive interventional therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2016;32(1):44-48
In recent years,hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)has become the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide.Due to the insidious onset of this disease,only 20%-30%of the patients with HCC have the opportunity for surgical resection or liver transplan-tation.At present,interventional therapy has become the first choice for patients with intermediate-stage HCC and some patients with late-stage HCC,and more and more scholars have realized the importance and necessity of comprehensive interventional therapy for HCC.The comprehensive interventional therapy of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE)in combination with various methods (TACE com-bined with local treatment,TACE sequential surgery,or TACE combined with systemic treatment)provides many therapeutic approaches and achieves good therapeutic effects.However,the indications,timing,and recurrence and metastasis after treatment for such combination ther-apies await further investigation.
2.The role of apoptosis in pancreatic cancer therapy
Xiangxuan ZHAO ; Feng WEN ; Zaiming LU
Practical Oncology Journal 2016;30(4):375-379
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma ( PAC) is still a refractory human digest malignancies due to multi-faceted causes ,late diagnosis and insensitive to traditional chemo -and radio-therapy .Resistance to apoptosis could be one of the most relevant mechanisms for PAC to escape any non -surgical therapy .This review aims to clear up the main deregulated apoptosis signal pathways over the years and to find out the abnormal molecule tar -get(s),and therefore,provide novel concepts for PAC molecular targeting therapy .
3.Role of cell apoptosis regulated by P53 in treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma
Si GAO ; Xiangxuan ZHAO ; Zaiming LU
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2017;33(7):1373-1376
P53 abnormality or mutation is commonly seen in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and therefore, restoration of P53 function has become a research hotspot in the treatment of HCC.This article reviews the association of P53 with Bcl-2 protein family, microRNA, TGFβ, HBV, HCV, and AKT and the role of P53 in regulating cell apoptosis, in order to provide clues for improving the therapeutic outcome of HCC.
4.Imaging performance of hepatic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor
Xiaonan MAO ; Zaiming LU ; Qiyong GUO
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology 2017;33(4):554-557
Objective To assess the radiological imaging findings of hepatic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor and to discuss the appropriate morphological classification.Methods A total of 22 patients with hepatic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor confirmed by pathology were enrolled.Imaging performance of hepatic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor were analyzed and the lesions were classified into appropriate type based on the imaging findings.Results Totally 23 lesions were found in 22 patients.The typical imaging features included great enhancement at later phase (13/20),moth eat en central necrosis (12/23) and peripheral shell (12/23).Seed in fruit was the most typical classification (8/23),followed by Seedless fruit (7/23).Conclusion Hepatic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumur typically shows as a single nodular lesion with moth eaten necrosis and peripheral shell like a Seed in fruit.The enhancement at later phase (especially the peripheral enhancement) can be regarded as a particular feature.
5.Assessment of muscle perfusion in ischemic rabbit hindlimb treated by intravenous implantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells with perfusion CT
Fei HUANG ; Zaiming LU ; Hui WANG ; Guoqiang REN ; Xiaomei LU
Chinese Journal of Radiology 2013;47(8):745-748
Objective To evaluate the application of CT perfusion in the assessment of muscle perfusion in ischemic rabbit hindlimb treated by implantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells.Methods Twenty rabbits were divided into two groups randomly (each n =10).Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells were injected into the left ischemic hind limbs of animal models of intravenous injection group,with same volume of normal saline injected into the control group.Twenty-eight days later,the collateral circulation and blood vessel neogenesis were examined by Toshiba Aquilion One 320-MSCT and pathological approaches.t test and Pearson test were used to compare the parameters.Results The results show that rAF,rBV,rClearance,rMVD were 1.15 ±0.67,1.19 ±0.32,0.62 ±0.20,and 1.34 ±0.28 in intravenous injection group and 0.57 ±0.17,0.74 ±0.19,2.06 ±0.15,0.62 ±0.19 in the control group respectively.There was significant difference of rAF,rBV,rClearance and rMVD between the intravenous injection group and the control group(t =5.75,5.01,-2.81,6.43 respectively,P < 0.01).There was significant correlation between rBV,rAF,rC and rMVD (r =0.857,0.811,0.615,P < 0.01).Conclusion CT perfusion imaging is a relatively accurate technique to assess changes of muscle perfusion in ischemic rabbit hindlimb treated by implantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells.
6.Application of kernel density estimation in predicting bone marrow dose of radiation therapy for gynecological tumors
Xiufeng CONG ; Jun CHEN ; Jingchao ZHANG ; Xiaoting ZHANG ; Zaiming LU
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology 2021;30(3):262-265
Objective:To predict the dose of lumbosacral spine (LS) and pelvic bone marrow (PBM) based on kernel density estimation (KDE) in patients with gynecological tumors.Methods:Fifteen patients with gynecological tumors receiving radiotherapy plans with dose limitation for LS and PBM in our hospital were selected as training data for machine learning. Another 10 cases were selected as the data for model validation. The minimum directional distance between the dose point in the organs and the edge of the planned target volume for the LS and PBM was calculated. Model training was performed by KDE. The accuracy of the model prediction was evaluated by the root mean square error. The model was utilized to predict the actual planned doses of the LS and PBM, and a linear fitting was performed on the predicted dose volume histogram (DVH) and actual results. The prediction effect was assessed by the goodness of fit R 2. Results:In terms of the DVH parameters required by the planner, the prediction doses from the model were similar to those of the verification plans: the difference of PBM V 40Gy was 2.0%, the difference of the mean dose was 1.6 Gy, and the difference of LS V 10Gy was -0.4%. In the unrequired DVH parameters, except for the PBM V 10Gy, the predicted values of the model were significantly high. The difference between the DVH predicted by the model and the actual plan was small, and the R 2 of the LS and PBM were 0.988 and 0.995, respectively. Conclusions:The model based on KDE method can accurately predict the doses of the LS and PBM. This model can also be used as a method to ensure the quality of the plan, and improve the consistency and quality of the plan.
7.Proposal on ROC-theory based quantitative assessment of radiologists'diagnostic competence
Jiandong YIN ; Qiyong GUO ; Zaiming LU ; Wei LIAO
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration 2009;25(10):676-678
Perfofinance of the radio-diagnostic system can be evaluated quantitatively by the analysis method of the ROC curve.Areas under the ROC curves represent the diagnostic perfogrmance efficiency.A comparison of the perforrmance variance of the diagnostic system incurred by different diagnosticians,will find the diagnostic competence of individual diagnosticians.This can help hospital management in deploying personnel in the department of radiology reasonably.
8.CT angiograghy in the diagnosis of lower extremity arteriosclerosis obliterans: a Meta analysis
Zhihui CHANG ; Zhaoyu LIU ; Jiahe ZHENG ; Zaiming LU ; Qiyong GUO
Chinese Journal of Radiology 2010;44(8):841-846
Objective To systematically assess the diagnostic performance of CTA for lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD) using a Meta analysis method. Methods Studies were located through electronic searching of the PubMed, EBSCO, Springer, Ovid, CNKI, Cochrane library (from the date of establishment of the databases to October 2009 ). Bibliographies of the retrieved articles were also checked. All the studies concerning the diagnosis of PAD using CTA had been searched and reviewed, and the studies with the DSA as the gold standard were adopted as eligible. Subsequently, the characteristics of the included articles were appraised and extracted. Data on accuracy of included studies were extracted for further heterogeneity exploring, statistical pooling and SROC ( summary receiver operating characteristics)analyzing using the Meta Disc 1.4 software. Results Totally 24 studies met the inclusion criteria with a total of 1096 patients. The heterogeneity was found in these studies. The pooled accuracy indicators like sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) were 0.95 ( 95% CI:0.94-0.95 ), 0.96 ( 95% CI:0.95-0.96), and 471.13 (95% CI:242. 92-913.71 ), respectively. The area under of SROC curve was 0.9888 and the Q index was 0.9555. Subgroup analysis demonstrated significant difference on diagnostic performance for various CT slices (P < 0.05 ). Conclusion CTA can be regarded as an effective and feasible method for PAD diagnosis and screening, based on the results of this systematic review. However,more rigorous evaluations of CTA in patients with critical limb ischemia are needed.
9.Study advances on the roles of apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma therapy
Xiangxuan ZHAO ; Feng WEN ; Xiaonan MAO ; Zaiming LU
Practical Oncology Journal 2016;30(5):448-452
Hepatocellular carcinoma ( HCC ) is one of the commonest malignant tumors in China .The therapeutic effects of conventional therapies including surgery resection at early stage ,chemotherapy or radiothera-py are greatly less than expected .One of the most possible reasons is the blockage of apoptosis in HCC cells .This review collects literatures about the studies on the roles of key signal pathways including RA ,STAT3,PDT,p53,β-catenin,TRAIL,microRNA and RAS in HCC therapy .This study may contribute greatly to providing outline in-sights for using apoptosis induction in liver cancer therapy .We hope it can promote the development liver cancer therapy in China .
10.Application of energy subtract angiography of dual source CT in diagnosis of arterial diseases of the lower extremities
Daowei LI ; Wenli GUO ; Zaiming LU ; Wenxu QI ; Qiyong GUO
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology 2009;25(10):1806-1809
Objective To observe the value of dual source CT (DSCT) dual energy subtract method in diagnosis of lower extremity arterial occlusion. Methods Thirty-two patients with lower extremity arterial occlusive diseases underwent DSCT direct bone removal CT angiography (DE-BR-CTA) and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) within 2 weeks. Raw data were reconstructed with techniques including MIP and VR. Arterial visibility of DE-BR-CTA was analyzed by two experienced radiologists taking DSA as the standard. Results A total of 328 arterial segments were selected in 32 patients with lower extremity arterial occlusive diseases. The correlation between DSA and DE-BR-CTA was good. There was no significant difference in arterial visibility between DE-BR-CTA and DSA (P>0.05). Compared with DSA, 12 of the segmental stenosis were overestimated and 6 were underestimated with DE-BR-CTA. When stenosis was over 10%, the accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of DE-BR-CTA was 94.51%, 96.15%, 93.02%, 92.59% and 96.39%, respectively. Conclusion DSCT energy subtraction angiography is an accurate diagnostic method and non-invasive imaging technology in the assessment of lower extremity arterial occlusive diseases. It may provide precious information for pre-surgery evaluation and screening the arterial diseases of the lower extremities.