Triple negative breast cancer ( TNBC) is defined by the lack of expressions of the estrogen re-ceptor(ER)、progesterone receptor(PR)and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2(HER-2).Although it is sensitive to radiation and chemotherapy ,it lacks of appropriate targeted therapy and endocrine therapy .It performs characteristics of the strong invasion ,high risk of recurrence and poor prognosis .So in recent years ,triple negative breast cancer gets more and more attention from international oncology community .In-depth study of triple nega-tive breast cancer will help the prevention ,early diagnosis ,judge the progress of the disease and improve progno-sis.TNBC drug treatment and relevant research progress are reviewed in the present article .

The evaluation on clinical efficacy of traditional Tibetan medicine (TTM) is an important scientific subject during the development of TTM. Firstly, the authors introduced the current situations and problems in evaluation on clinical efficacy of traditional Tibetan medicine both at home and abroad in this study. Secondly, they compared the similarities and differences between TTM and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in evaluation on clinical efficacy, define their differences in details but not in nature, and proposed that TTM could selectively learn TCM's experiences in clinical research and build a specific methodology system for evaluation on clinical efficacy according to its own characteristics. Thirdly, they discussed the methodological challenges in evaluation on clinical efficacy of TTM, including the pending clinical research guidelines and disease diagnosis standards according to its own characteristics. Finally, they propound some suggestions for promoting the evaluation on clinical efficacy of TTM, including the comprehensive application of multiple research methods, overall research-based evaluation on efficacy of TTM complex intervention and selection of accepted and objective outcome indexes for efficacy evaluation.
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Objective To investigate the effect of surgical intervention combined with steroid therapy on infantile hepatitis(INS) with persistent jaundice.Methods Twenty-two patients (19 males,3 females,aged 2-6 months) with persistent jaundice(therapy group) were admitted into hospital in the period of Jan.2007-Dec.2008.The patients were performed with surgical intervention after they were confirmed with diagnosis as INS.Then,sodium chloride,gentamicin and Dexamethasone were used to irrigate the biliary tract during and after the operation for 14 days.Three days after operation,20 mg,15 mg,10 mg,5 mg of methylprednisolone were administered intravenously to the patients every 3 days,followed with 4 mg/(kg?d) prednisone by oral for 2-3 months.The 17 cases of INS with persistent jaundice were treated with medicine as control(control group).By following-up,the jaundice free and 2 years survival rate of 2 groups were compared by counting the cases of jaundice free and recording the survival time.Results Two cases of 22 patients performed with surgical intervention were diagnosed as biliary atresia and others were INS,90.0% patients were free of jaundice in surgical intervention combined with steroid therapy group,which was higher than that in control group(52.9%,P

Objective To investigate the role of extracellular signal-regulated kinase1/2 (ERK1/2) in the central amygdala on fentanyl-induced hyperalgesia in rats.Methods Thirty-two male SpragueDawley rats, weighing 60-100 g, were randomly divided into 4 groups (n =8 each) using a random number table: control group (group C), fentanyl-induced hyperalgesia group (group H), U0124 group (group U1) , and U0126 group (group U2).A catheter was implanted in the central amygdale.In group C, normal saline was injected subcutaneously, and 6.5 h later dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) was injected via the catheter.In group H, fentanyl was injected subcutaneously to induce hyperalgesia, and 6.5 h later DMSO was injected via the catheter.In group U1, hyperalgesia was induced, and 6.5 h later ERK1 inhibitor U0124 1.5 nmol was injected via the catheter.In group U2, hyperalgesia was induced, and 6.5 h later ERK1/2 inhibitor U0126 1.5 nmol was injected via the catheter.Mechanical paw withdrawal threshold (MWT) and thermal paw withdrawal threshold (TWT) were measured before fentanyl injection, at 6.5 h after injection, and at 30 min after DMSO or U0124/U0126 administration via the catheter (T0-2).After the last measurement of pain threshold, the rats were sacrificed, and the amygdala tissues were sampled for detection of the expression of phosphorylated ERK1/2 (p-ERK1/2) by Western blot in groups C and H.Results Compared with group C, the MWT and TWT were significantly decreased at T1,2in H and U1 groups, and at T1in group U2 (P＜0.05) , the expression of p-ERK2 was up-regulated (P＜0.05) , and no significant change was found in the expression of p-ERK1 in group H (P＞0.05).Compared with group H,the MWT and TWT were significantly increased at T2 in group U2 (P＜0.05) , and no significant change was found in MWT, TWT in group U1 (P＞0.05).Conclusion ERK2 activation in the central amygdala is involved in the development of fentanyl-induced hyperalgesia in rats.

AIM: To study the influence on the expression of proliferation cell nuclear antigen(PCNA) in rectal carcinoma through retention -enema with FUDR and 5 -FU. METHODS: 80 cases of rectal carcinomas were randomized into three groups: the FUDR group(30 cases), the 5-FU group(30 cases) and normal control group(20 cases), treated with FUDR(500mg), 5-FU(500mg) and normal saline(20ml ) everynight through retention - enema separately for serven days- Mucosa of rectal car cinoma were sampled and PCNA protein were simultaneously detected by imrnunohistochemical method on the first and eighth day. RESULTS: The expression of PCNA was significantly decreased in both FUDR group and 5 - FU group after treatment(P 0. 1). CONCLUSION:The cell proliferation of rectal carcinoma could be inhibited by FUDR and 5-FU through retention-enema. The effects of FUDR was more obvious than that of 5-FU in the same concentration. so the treating method through retention-enema with FUDR should be used as a routine therapeutic scheme befOre operation.

Objective To investigate the indications and suitable surgical operation routes of total gastrectomy for gastric carcinoma and the reconstruction procedure of digestive tract following total gastrectomy.Methods The clinical data of total gastrectomy by abdominal incision in 170 patients with GC from 1991 to 2001 were reviewed.Results Radical total gastrectomy was prfomed in 132 cases,palliative total gastrectomy in 38 cases,total gastrectomy with combined re section of other organs in 18 cases,Roux en Y esophagojejunostomy in 110 cases following total gastrectomy.Interposition with jejunum in 60 cases following total gastrectomy.There are 20 cases with dumping syndrome and 6 cases with reflux esophagitis occurring in Roux en Y esophagojejunostomy,but none of cases occurs in those by interposition with jejunum.Conclusions (1)Transabdominal incision is the better choice for patients of GC,especially gastrocardiac carcinoma.(2)The total gastrectomy can raise the survival rate and quality of life of patients with GC,if the indications are stricted.(3)Interposition with jejunum following total gastrectomy is superior to Roux en Y esophagojejunostomy.

Objective To evaluate the standardization of diagnosis and therapy for stage I epithelial ovarian cancer.Methods Retrospective study of 146 cases of ovarian cancer admitted in our hospital. All of cases had postoperative pathological diagnosis.Results 146 cases of epithelial ovarian cancer from Jan 1980 to Jun 2002. 32 of them were stage I cases (21 92%). The average age was 45 32. The first four symptom were self touching the mass, abdomen bulge,abdomen pain and oppress symptoms. All of 29 cases accepted surgery and chemotherapy in our hospitalexcept that 3 cases.4/32 lost touch ,3/32 died of other diseases, 5/32 recurrence, 3/32 died of cancer.Five-year survival rates were 92 87%, ten-year survival rates were 83 90%. Conclusions Prognosis between early and advanced ovarian cancer is obvious difference. If the diagnosis and therapy for epithelial ovarian cancer is early,and survival rates is highly.

Objective To study elimination of the Micro CT projective image noise and improve the quality of the recon-structed image for the Micro CT system.Methods The forming factors of the Micro CT projective image noise were analyzed,and proposed the Micro CT projective image correction method to correct the random noise,dark field,light field,response nonuniformity and defect picture element and eliminate the random noise and the ring artifact respectively.Results Through the comparative study,it proposes a simple and practical correction method for the actual response nonuniformity which combines the corrections of light field,dark current and gain inconsistency and settles the three corrections with one circu-lation.The method can enhance the algorithm efficiency greatly and the validity of the correction protocol can be proved through experiments.Conclusion The Micro CT projective image noise is eliminated effectively and the good basis for the following work are established such as three-dimensional reconstruction.

ObjectiveTo detect the expression on p53 gene in retinal ganglion cells(RGCs) of rabbit eyes with different degrees of intraocular hypertension.MethodsIntraocular pressure(IOP)was elevated by intracameral injection of 0.10～0.15 ml of 2% methylcellulose.Animals were grouped up by different values of IOP.The rabbit eyes were enucleated,fixed,paraffin-embedded and cut into serial 6- μm thin sections.For histological evaluation,the slides were stained with DAB chromogen(conducting an immuohistochemical experiment),and were examined by light microscopic and automatic image analysis.ResultsThe number of RGCs with a positive reaction for p53 monoclonal antibody was statistically higher in the experimental eyes than in their control fellow eyes(P<0.01),and apoptosis was mainly found in the early stage of research.ConclusionOur research presents a new alternative view of apoptosis in experimental glaucoma(According to former reports,apoptosis was mainly found in the advanced stage of the patients with POAG)

Objective To investigate the role of p21-activated kinase 1 (PAK1) in colorectal mucosal carcinogenesis and the relationship between PAK1 expression and biological behavior of colorectal carcinoma. Method PAK1 was detected with immunohistochemical method in 10 normal colorectal mucosas,40 colorectal villous or tubular adenomas and 60 colorectal carcinomas. Results The positive rate for PAK1 was 10.0% in normal colorectal mucesas,and 25.0%, 33.3% and 33.3% in slight, moderate and severe dys-plastic adenomas, respectively, 65.0% was found in colorectul carcinomas. The positive rate for PAK1 in col-orectal carcinomas was higher than that in normal colorectal mucosas(P<0.01), colorectal villous or tubular adenomas(P<0.01), slight dysplastic adenomas(P<0.01) and moderate dysplastic adenomas (P<0.05).The positive rate for PAK1 of poor differentiated colorectal carcinomas was higher than that of high differentiated ones (P<0.05), and the positive rate for PAK1 of patients with lymph node metastasis was higher than that of patients without lymph node metastasis (P<0.05). In clinical stages, the positive rate for PAK1 in Dukes C and D stages patients was higher than that in Dukes A stage patients, respectively (P<0.05). Conclusion PAK1 maybe play some role in the process of carcinogenesis of colorectal mucesa, and be used as an useful marker for assessment of the biological behavior and prognosis of colorectal carcinoma.