1.Research progress on evaluation methods of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer
Cancer Research and Clinic 2012;24(3):211-212
Neoadjuvant or preoperative chemotherapy (NAC) is the use of chemotherapy to treat a cancerous tumor before surgery. With this chemotherapy, the pathologic complete response and survival rate could be extensive improved, and it make possible to perform breast-conserving surgery successfully. The evaluating methods of response to NAC in breast cancer has been discussed widely,this review presents the evaluation methods of response to NAC for patients with breast cancer.
3.Diagnosis and treatment of ampunary cancer
Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery 2008;7(6):404-405
Ampullary cancer is a relatively uncommon cancer,which is often considered to have a best prognosis among periampullary cancers.Preoperative endoscopic uhrasonography and transpapillary intraductal ultrasonography Call provide useful information not only for tumor staging but also for making therapeutic decisions,especially in patients who are appropriate for endoscopic papillectomy.Whipple resection and pylrus preserring panereaticoduodenectomy are considered to be the standard treatment for ampullary cancer.Although transduedenal ampullectomy is regarded as a less-invasive treatment compared with Whipple resection,it has a high morbidity and hish rate of cancer-cell remnant at the resected margin.Endoscopic papiilectomy may be the treatment of choice for selected cases of ampullary cancer. As to unresectable ampullary cancer,the performance of a biliary-enteric bypass is considered routine to solve obstructive ianndice.The decision as to whether to perform gastrojejunostomy in patients without obvious gastroduodenal obstruction secondary to the tumor remains controversial.We believe that prophylactic gastrojejunostomy should be performed routinely when a patient is undergoing surgical palliation for unresectable ampullary cancer.
9.Clinical value of contrast - enhanced ultrasound for intra - ocular tumor diagnosis
International Eye Science 2016;16(7):1386-1388
AIM: To investigate the application value of contrast -enhanced ultrasound ( CEUS) and analysis software for intra-ocular tumor diagnosis.
METHODS:Retrospective analysis for 90 cases (90 eyes) with intra- ocular tumor with CEUS examination, and all cases were confirmed by pathology after surgery or clinical comprehensive diagnosis and follow-up.
RESULTS: Choroidal hemangioma, choroidal melanoma, choroidal metastatic carcinoma had obvious different CEUS enhancement pattern, quantitative analysis indexes of those tumors by imaging analysis software were significantly different (P<0. 05).
CONCLUSION: The CEUS can provide quantitative analysis for intra - ocular tumor with preferable clinical application value.
10.Analysis of avascular necrosis of the femoral head after pediatric femoral neck fractures
Gang XU ; Youbo CAI ; Yuan GUO
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 2008;10(8):706-710
Objecfive To identify what factors contribute to the occurrence of avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head after pediatric femoral neck fractures. Methods A series of 33 pediatric femoral neck fractures who had been admitted to our institution between June 1994 and April 2006 were retrospectively reviewed. There were 1 case of type Ⅰ,15 type Ⅱ,14 type Ⅲ and 2 type IV according to Delbet classification. The mean age at injury was 10.7(3.7 to 14.1) years, and the mean follow-up was 3.4(1 to 12.2)years. All patients were followed up until union was achieved. AVN occurred in 16 cases, including 8 cases of Ratliff type Ⅰ,3 of Ratliff type Ⅱ,4 of Ratliff type Ⅲ and 1 unclassified. Age at injury, fracture type, degree of displacement, quality of reduction and type of fixation were calculated and analyzed with respect to AVN. Results AVN occurred in 4 cases (36.4%)under 10 years old and in 12 cases (54.5%)10 years old or more. Eight cases (53.3%)of AVN occurred in Delbet type Ⅱ and 6 cases (42.9%) of AVN occurred in type Ⅲ.One case (25.0%)of AVN occurred in non-displaced group and 14 cases(53.8%)in displaced group. Ten cases(50.O%)of AVN occurred in the group whose reduction quality was satisfactory and 6 cases(66.7%)in unsatisfactory reduction group. Thirteen cases (48.1%)of AVN occurred in the unstable fixation group and 2 cases (50.0%)in the stable fixation group. Conclusion Fracture type, degree of displacement, quality of reduction and age at injury can affect the occurrence of AVN of the femoral head after pediatric femoral neck fractures.