Objective To investigate the frequency of ocular complication and the quality of patient's life after radiation therapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma ( NPC ) . Methods 254 NPC patients who initially received radiation were followed and analysed. Visual acuity, automational visual field, slit-lamp microscopic findings, pattern visual evoked potential ( P-VEP ) and fundal findings were determined before, during and after radiation therapy. The severity of retinal impairment was assessed according to the international criteria on late tissue effects. Results The radiation dose was more than 70 Gy in 241 (94.9%)NPC patients, giving a radiation retinopathy incidence of 8. 7 % (22) patients after a mean of 46. 8 ? 14. 4 months. After being diagnosed as radiation retinopathy, 16 patients received combined-modality therapy of the modern medicine and Chinese traditional medicine. The disease condition was controlled in 56% (9) patients but progressed into optic neuropathy in 7 patients, 3 of whom developed radiation encephalopathy in 14 to 20 months after onset of retinopathy. The morbidity of radiation retinopathy was not associated with the patient' s age, but was related to the radiation dose. The retinopathy rate was as high as 13.6% in the 75-79 Gy group, which is significantly higher than 5.6% in the 70-74 Gy group ( P

OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of intense pulsed laser (IPL) on anti-aging and its mechanism. METHODS: Rat skin was continuously irradiated ex vivo by IPL at certain wavelengths with different energy densities. The rats were irradiated twice with an interval of 2 weeks. We measured superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, malondialdehyde (MDA) content, hydroproline (Hyp) content, and the level of apoptosis-related gene B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2) and Bcl-2 associated X protein (Bax) in the IPL treatment groups, and then compared with those in the model groups and the control group. RESULTS: SOD activity and Hyp content in the IPL treatment groups were higher than those in the model groups, and MDA content in the IPL treatment group was lower than that in the model group (P<0.05). IPL irradiation increased Bcl-2 protein content in rat skin cells, but had no effect on Bax protein expression. CONCLUSION IPL is effective to improve the appearance of aging skin. Its mechanism may relate to maintaining the balance of oxidation and anti-oxidation, restoring oxidase activity, and regulating the death of skin cells by increasing Bcl-2 expression.
Animals ; Female ; Lasers ; Proline ; metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 ; metabolism ; Rats ; Skin ; enzymology ; metabolism ; Skin Aging ; radiation effects ; Superoxide Dismutase ; metabolism ; bcl-2-Associated X Protein ; metabolism

Objective:To investigate the clinical outcome after surgery and first 131I treatment in patients with moderate-risk papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), and analyze the relevant factors that affect the therapeutic effect. Methods:From January 2018 to April 2019, 135 patients (48 males, 87 females; age (42.7±11.1) years) with moderate-risk PTC in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University were retrospectively analyzed. According to the 2015 American Thyroid Association (ATA) guidelines, patients were divided into excellent response (ER) group, inderteriminate response (IDR) group, biochemical incomplete response (BIR) group and structural incomplete response (SIR) group, of which IDR, BIR, SIR were collectively referred to as the non-ER group. χ2 test and Mann-Whitney U test were used to compare the general clinical features between the ER and non-ER groups, and then multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed. The predicted value of pre-ablation stimulated thyroglobulin (ps-Tg) to ER was assessed by ROC curve analysis. Results:The treatment responses of 94 patients were ER, and those of 41 were non-ER. The differences in tumor size (0.80(0.50, 1.10) vs 1.00(0.55, 1.50) cm; U=1 491.50, P=0.036), the number of metastatic lymph nodes (3(2, 5) vs 4(2, 12); U=1 422.00, P=0.015), metastatic lymph node size (0.50(0.30, 0.65) vs 0.50(0.30, 1.45) cm; U=1 396.50, P=0.013), metastatic lymph node involvement rate (50%(30%, 70%) vs 60%(50%, 85%); U=1 441.50, P=0.024), metastatic lymph node location (central/lateral: 76/18 vs 24/17; χ2=7.40, P=0.007) and ps-Tg level (2.1(0.8, 5.3) vs 14.0(3.2, 35.2) μg/L; U=680.00, P<0.001) were statistically significant between the ER and non-ER groups. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that ps-Tg (odds ratio ( OR)=1.200, 95% CI: 1.107-1.302, P<0.001) was an independent factor influencing ER. The cut-off value of ps-Tg for predicting ER was 7.38 μg/L, with the sensitivity and specificity of 68.3%(28/41) and 87.2%(82/94) respectively. Conclusion:Moderate-risk PTC patients with smaller tumor size, fewer metastatic lymph nodes, lower metastatic lymph node involvement rate, metastatic lymph nodes in central area, smaller metastatic lymph node size, and ps-Tg<7.38 μg/L have better therapeutic effect after initial 131I treatment.

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), comprised of organic ligands and metal ions/metal clusters