Purpose:To evaluate the clinical effect of late-course hyperfractionated (LCH) radiotherapy and conventionally fractionated (CF) radiotherapy for local advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods:From August 1995 to April 1998, 74 patients with inoperable stage Ⅲ NSCLC were randomized into two groups: CF and LCH. 37 patients in CF group received a fraction of 2 Gy daily, 5 days per week, to the total dose of 65～70 Gy /6.5～7 weeks. 37 patients in LCH group were treated with the same fractionation as CF group to the dose of 40 Gy, and then followed by LCH radiotherapy: 1.2Gy, twice daily, with the interval of 6 hours between fractions, to the total dose of 64 Gy/6 weeks. Results:The overall response rate in LCH group and CF group were 78.4%(29/37) and 62.2%(23/37) respectively, the difference was significant (P

Objective To study the low dose hyper-radiosensitivity in human lung cancer cell line A549,and its possible mechanisms.Methods Exponentially growing A549 cells were irradiated with 60Co γ-rays at doses of 0-2 Gy.Together with flow cytometry for precise cell sorting,cell survival fraction was measured by mean of conventional colony-formation assay.ATM1981 Ser-P protein expression was examined by Western blot.Apoptosis was identified by Hoechst 33258 fluorescent staining,and Annexin V-FITC and propidium iodide staining flow cytometry.Cell cycle distribution was observed by flow cytometry.Results There was an excessive cell killing per unit dose when the doses were below about 0.3 Gy,and the cells exhibited more resistant response at the doses between 0.3 and 0.5 Gy,the cell survival fraction was decreased as the doses over 0.5 Gy.The expression of ATM1981Ser-P protein was first observed at 0.2 Gy,followed by an increase over 0.2 Gy,and reached the peak at 0.5 Gy(compared with 0.2 Gy group,t=7.96,P＜0.05),with no further increase as the doses at 1.0 and 2.0 Gy(t=0.69,0.55,P＞0.05).24 hours after irradiation,part cells presented the characteristic morpholos4cal change of apoptosis,and the apoptosis curve was coincident with the dose-survival curve.Compared with the control group,the cell cycle had no change post-irradiation to 0.1 and 0.2 Gy.G2/M phase arrest was manifested at 6 and 12 hours post-irradiation to 0.3,0.4 and 0.5 Gy(t=2.87,2.88,4.92 and 3.70,3.12,8.11,P＜0.05),and the ratio of G2/M phase was decreased at 24 hours post-irradiation(t=3.87,4.77,3.01,P＜0.05).Conclusions A549 cells displays the phenomenon of hyper-radiosensitivity(HRS)/induced radioresistance(IRR).The model of cell death induced by low dose irradiation is mainly apoptosis.The activity of ATM and cell cycle change might play an important role in HRS/IRR.

Humans ; Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic ; diagnosis ; therapy

Objective To investigate the effect of an anti-HER-2 engineered antibody,chA21,on the expression of MMP-2 and TIMP-2 in human ovarian cancer SKOV3 cells that highly express HER-2.Methods After exposure to chA21 at concentrations of 6 mg/L and 12 mg/L for 36 hours,respectively,the expression of MMP-2 and TIMP-2 proteins was detected by immunocyctochemistry.SKOV3 cells were inoculated into nude mice to establish animal models.The mice were respectively administered with normal saline and chA21(30 mg/kg) via injection twice a week for 6 consecutive weeks,and then were killed after 44 days' administration of the drugs.Immnohistochemical staining of MMP-2 and TIMP-2 was observed on tissue microarray sections.Results After exposed to chA21,TIMP-2 protein was increased(P

Objective:To observe the clinical effect of tuina plus foot bath with Chinese medicine for patients with diabetic foot (DF) in early stage.Methods:A total of 70 patients with early-stage DF were randomly allocated by the random number table into two groups,with 35 cases in each group.Patients in the control group received conventional medication,while patients in the observation group received tuina plus foot bath with Chinese medicine on the basis of conventional medication.The clinical efficacy was compared after 2 courses of treatment.Results:After treatment,intra-group comparisons of ankle-brachial index (ABI) showed statistical significance in both groups (both P＜0.05).The curative rate was 83.3％ in the observation group,with the total effective rate of 96.7％,versus 29.4％ and 76.5％ in the control group,respectively,and the between-group comparisons showed statistical significance (both P＜0.05),indicating a better effect in the observation group.Conclusion:Tuina plus foot bath with Chinese medicine has a good therapeutic effect for DF patients in early stage.

Objective To observe the acute skin and mucous membrane reactions in patients treated with concurrent radiochemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma,and to analyze the influencing factors.Methods A total of 85 nasopharyngeal carcinoma cases treated with concurrent radiochemotherapy were enrolled in the study.Fifteen clinical and laboratory indexes,including BMI,radiation dose,degree of acute oral mucous and skin reactions and blood routine test were observed weekly.Univariate and multivariate regression analysis were performed to assess the factors,and screen the independent factors.Results Multiple-factor analysis showed that the risk factors cloesly related with acute radioactive oral mucosa reactions were smoking history(OR =3.467,P ＜ 0.05),single-dose of gross tumor volume (GTV) ＞2.15 Gy(OR =3.393,P ＜ 0.05),while those with acute radiation skin reactions were diabetes history(OR =87.859,P ＜ 0.05) and hemoglobin values 1 week before radiotherapy ＞ 130 g/L (OR =21.404,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions In the patients treated with concurrent radiochemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma,smoking history and single-dose of GTVnx is the independent risk factors of acute radiation oral mucosa reactions,while diabetes history and hemoglobin values I week before radiotherapy are the independent factors of acute skin reactions.

Objective To assess the tolerance of elderly patients with esophageal carcinoma to chemoradiotherapy through.Methods A retrospective analysis of 596 elderly patients with esophageal carcinoma receiving chemoradiotherapy was conducted.Patients were divided into radiachemotherapy group and radiotherapy group,and according to age,patients were divided into four age groups (aged 70-74,75-79,80 80 and 85years and over).The tolerance to treatment was assessed by Charlson index.Results 185 patients completed chemoradiotherapy,113 patients reduced the dose of chemotherapy (reduction group),81 patients unfinished chemoradiotherapy (unfinished CRT group),160 patients completed radical radiotherapy alone (unfinished RT group),and 57 patients incompleted radiotherapy.Further analysis found that the tolerance to treatment in reduction group had significant differences between patients aged ≥ 75 years and ＜ 75 years (x2 =6.815,P=0.009),and between WIC ≥ 1 and ＜ 1(x2 =10.636,P=0.001); the tolerance to treatment in unfinished CRT group had significantly differences between aged ≥ 80 years and ＜80 years (x2 =63.842,P=0.000),and between WIC =0,1 and ≥ 2 (x2 =21.153,P=0.000).Conclusions Further age re-grouping and WIC assessment is necessary before treating esophageal cancer patients.Reduction of therapy dosage is more beneficial for patients aged ≥ 75 years and WIC≥1,and greater caution is required in chemotherapy for patients aged ≥ 80 years and WIC＞1.

Objective: To develop an HPLC method for the simultaneous determination of 3 anthraquinones components in Knoxia valerianoides.Methods: The separation was performed on a Waters Xbridge C18column(250 mm×4.6 mm,5 μm), the mobile phase A was 0.05% phosphoric acid, and acetonitrile served as the mobile phase B, and the analysis was with gradient elution;the flow rate was 1.0 ml·min-1;the detection wavelength was 280 nm;the column temperature was 30℃.Results: The linearity of lucidin, 3-hydroxymorindone and knoxiadin was 0.147-29.400 μg·ml-1 (r=0.999 6), 0.126-25.200μg·ml-1 (r=0.999 9) and 0.135-27.000μg·ml-1 (r=0.999 5), and the average recovery was 98.50%(RSD=1.20%), 98.72%(RSD=0.73%) and 101.10%(RSD=1.12%)(n=6), respectively.Conclusion: The developed method for the simultaneous determination of 3 components can be used to control the quality of Yunnan Knoxia valerianoides.

Objective To evaluate the clinical efficacy of Bilevel non -invasive positive air pressure ventila-tion(BiPAP)in the treatment of stable COPD patients with typeⅡrespiratory failure.Methods 36 patients had stable COPD with typeⅡrespiratory failure was treated with BiPAP.And observed the changes of clinical symptoms and arte-rial blood gases before and after the treatment.Results The Blood gas index[(7.28 ±0.04)vs (7.37 ±0.06)], heart rate[(116 ±11)times/min vs (85 ±10)times/min],breath rate[(26 ±4)times/min,(17 ±3)times/min], frequence of hospitalization[(3.50 ±0.89)times vs (0.23 ±0.11)times],and hospital days[(22.3 ±8.8)d vs (11.4 ±4.6)d]significantly changed after treatment(all P <0.01),the symptoms,including the shortness of breath, and chest distress improved greatly,and also the exercise tolerance were much better than patients did before treatment.Conclusion BiPAP is an efficient treatment method,and valuable for stable COPD patients with type Ⅱrespiratory failure.

The low dose hyper-radiosensitivity (HRS) in human lung cancer cell line A549 was investigated, the changes of ATM kinase, cell cycle and apoptosis of cells at different doses of radiation were observed, and the possible mechanisms were discussed. A549 cells in logarithmic growth phase were irradiated with (60)Co gamma-rays at doses of 0-2 Gy. Together with flow cytometry for precise cell sorting, cell survival fraction was measured by means of conventional colony-formation assay. The expression of ATM1981Ser-P protein was examined by Western blot 1 h after radiation. Apoptosis was detected by Hoechst 33258 fluorescent staining, and Annexin V-FITC/PI staining flow cytometry 24 h after radiation. Cell cycle distribution was observed by flow cytometry 6, 12 and 24 h after radiation. The results showed that the expression of ATM1981Ser-P protein was observed at 0.2 Gy, followed by an increase at >0.2 Gy, and reached the peak at 0.5 Gy, with little further increase as the dose exceeded 0.5 Gy. Twenty-four h after radiation, partial cells presented the characteristic morphological changes of apoptosis, and the cell apoptosis curve was coincident with the survival curve. As compared with control group, the cell cycle almost had no changes after exposure to 0.1 and 0.2 Gy radiation (P>0.05). After exposure to 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5 Gy radiation, G(2)/M phase arrest occurred 6 and 12 h after radiation (P<0.05), and the ratio of G(2)/M phase cells was decreased 24 h after radiation (P<0.05). It was concluded that A549 cells displayed the phenomenon of HRS/IRR. The mode of cell death was mainly apoptosis. The activity of ATM and cell cycle change may take an important role in HRS/IRR.
Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics ; Cell Cycle Proteins/metabolism ; Cell Cycle Proteins/physiology ; Cell Line, Tumor ; DNA-Binding Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors ; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/*physiology ; Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation ; Lung Neoplasms/*pathology ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism ; Radiation Dosage ; Radiation Tolerance/*physiology ; Tumor Suppressor Proteins/metabolism