1.A New Chapter in Colorectal Cancer Treatment: Insights from 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting
Miaomiao GOU ; Zhikuan WANG ; Guanghai DAI
Cancer Research on Prevention and Treatment 2024;51(12):969-976
At the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), multiple research achievements in the field of colorectal cancer were announced. This article summarizes and interprets the research results related to colorectal cancer from the perspectives of local treatment progress, immunotherapy progress, targeted therapy, neoadjuvant therapy and surgery, and explores the hot spots, problems, and future directions of colorectal cancer treatment.
2.Research progress of ULK1 in inflammatory diseases
Wanting LIU ; Chang XU ; Chongyang WANG ; Yilan SONG ; Li LI ; Guanghai YAN
Chinese Journal of Immunology 2024;40(6):1302-1306,1314
UNC-51-like kinase 1(ULK1)is an important factor involved in regulating the initiation of autophagy.ULK1 regu-lates inflammatory cytokines through autophagy and mitochondrial oxidative stress,and is involved in the pathological processes of var-ious diseases.ULK1 and its complexes are regulated by rapamycin(mTOR)and AMP-activated protein kinase(AMPK)to initiate au-tophagy,thereby exerting differential effects on a variety of inflammatory diseases.In inflammatory diseases,mitochondrial oxidative stress can induce ULK1 into the nucleus to accelerate apoptosis.Therefore,ULK1 plays different important roles in inflammatory dis-eases.For example,ULK1 initiates airway epithelial mitochondrial autophagy in asthma,participates in mitochondrial oxidative stress in acute liver failure,affects related inflammatory factors in atherosclerosis,and modulates beneficial effects of autophagy in diabetes.This article reviews the biological function of ULK1,its impact on inflammatory diseases and the research progress of targeted drugs.
3.Emotional and behavioral effects of after-school tutoring on school-age children in a district in Shanghai
Xiaoyan QIU ; Jinjin CHEN ; Guanghai WANG ; Yu WANG ; Yuanyuan ZHANG ; Yanyan QIU ; Azhu DUAN ; Guangjun YU
Shanghai Journal of Preventive Medicine 2023;35(8):791-798
ObjectiveTo explore the effects of after-school tutoring for school-age children on their emotions and behaviors, and to provide a basis for developing after-school tutoring and psychological support strategies for school-age children. MethodsFour elementary schools in a district of Shanghai were selected by simple random sampling method. Whole group sampling was conducted by class, and parents of students were surveyed by general questionnaire and the scale of strengths and difficulties. Information was collected on the basic conditions of children and families and the results were compared and analyzed. ResultsThis study showed that 88.26% of children attended extracurricular classes, of which 26.16% attended 3 or more classes, 42.5% attended cultural classes, 28.3% attended sports classes, and 59.8% attended art classes. Children who did not attend classes had higher pro-social scores. Children who attended reading class had lower scores for emotional problems that was a protective factor for emotional problems. Children who chose extracurricular programs in sports and reading also had lower overall scores for difficulties. Excessive use of electronic devices by school-age children on weekdays or weekends had a negative effect on emotional and conduct problem scores regardless of whether they chose extracurricular programs. It appeared that the choice of cultural programs, art programs and different levels of exercise intensity had no effect on children's emotions and behaviors. ConclusionFor children with low pro-social level, extracurricular classes should be carefully selected. For extracurricular classes, more reading and sports-related courses can be considered, which have positive effects on school-age children’s emotions and behaviors. Regardless of the choice of extracurricular classes, try to avoid excessive online classes.
4.A retrospective clinical study on neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy to treat patient with borderline resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Guochao DENG ; Ru JIA ; Zhikuan WANG ; Haiyan SI ; Nan ZHANG ; Guanghai DAI
Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery 2022;28(8):587-591
Objective:To study the combined use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and immunotherapy in patients with borderline resectable pancreatic cancer.Methods:The clinical data of patients with pancreatic cancer who were planned to undergo perioperative treatment before surgical treatment at the Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital from January 2019 to June 2021 were retrospectively studied. Of 22 patients with pancreatic cancer, there were 10 males and 12 females, aged (56.0±10.2) years old. Preoperative treatment with chemotherapy (nab-paclitaxel and S-1, AS) and immunotherapy regimen before surgery were given. The baseline characteristics, treatment efficacy, surgical pathology and prognosis were analyzed.Results:Of 22 patients who were treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with programmed death-1 (PD-1) monoclonal antibody, 11 patients (50%) had tumors in the head, neck and uncinated process of pancreas. On radiographic assessment, one patient achieved CR (4.5%, 1/22), 9 patients PR (40.9%, 9/22), and 11 patients SD (50.0%, 11/22). All patients subsequently underwent R 0 resection. The postoperative pTNM staging showed 91% (20/22) of patients were in stage IA-IIB, 31.8% (7/22) of patients had pT2, 63.6% (14/22) had N0, and 1 patient had pCR. Thirteen patients (54.2%, 13/22) received postoperative adjuvant therapy. The median recurrence-free survival (RFS) was 6.4 months and the median time to progression (TTP) was 12.8 months. The median overall survival of patients was not reached. Postoperative pathology TNM staging IIA to III ( HR=3.63, 95% CI: 1.18-11.20, P=0.025) and postoperative pathology T2-3 stage ( HR=2.02, 95% CI: 1.01-5.05, P=0.049) were significantly associated with RFS. Postoperative pathology TNM stages IIA to III ( HR=2.39, 95% CI: 1.04-5.50, P=0.041) and postoperative pathology T2-3 stage ( HR=2.53, 95% CI: 1.26-5.09, P=0.009) were significantly associated with TTP. Conclusion:AS combined with PD-1 monoclonal antibody showed good efficacy as a neoadjuvant therapy for patients with borderline-resectable pancreatic cancer.
5.Surgical treatment of latent infection of 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) with esophageal foreign body perforation: A case report
TONG Song ; CHEN Zhuo ; WU Chuangyan ; XU Kaiying ; YANG Guanghai ; LIAO Yongde ; WANG Sihua
Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2020;27(03):240-242
This study reports the surgical treatment of a female patient at age of 64 years with novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) latent infection complicated with esophageal foreign body perforation with no significant changes in the lung CT. The patient was confirmed as SARS-CoV-2 infection on the 4th day after surgery and then was transferred into the Department of Infectious Disease in our hospital for treatment. This case has guiding value for the operation of thoracic surgery during the outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia.
6.Isolation and identification of Leptospira in patients with fever of unknown origin in Guizhou province
Ying LIU ; He HUANG ; Cuicai ZHANG ; Guanghai YAO ; Fei XU ; Qing MA ; Yue WANG ; Guangpeng TANG ; Dingming WANG ; Shijun LI
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2020;41(7):1110-1114
Objective:To understand the etiological characteristics of the patients with fever of unknown origin in Guizhou province through the isolation and identification of Leptospira interrogans and provide evidence for the control, prevention and treatment of human leptospirosis. Methods:Blood and urine samples were collected from patients with fever symptoms in Qiandongnan, an epidemic area, in Guizhou. The suspected Leptospira strains were primarily identified using pathogenic Leptospira specific G1/G2-PCR, and subsequently identified by using Leptospira serogroups specific PCR. The Leptospira strains were then genotyped with multiple locus sequence typing. MLST data based cluster analysis on the isolates and Leptospira reference strains of common serogroups were analyzed by using software NTsys 2.10e. Results:Three suspected strains of Leptospira were isolated from human blood samples, the isolation rate was 8.6%, which were designated as strain 17BX002, 17BX003 and 17AJX008. Strain 17BX002 was further identified as serogroup grippotyphosa by using Leptospira serogroup specific PCR, while the other two strains were negative (excluded as iterohaemorrhagiae, sejroe, canicola, autumnalis, grippotyphosa and hebdomadis). MLST genotyping showed that strain 17BX002 was typed as ST106, most closely clustered with Leptospira grippotyphosa, while strain 17BX003 and 17AJX008 were typed as ST96, the same as serogroup badaviae. Conclusion:There are leptospirosis cases in epidemic area of Guizhou in high incidence season, grippotyphosa and bataviae are the newly discovered serogroups of Leptospira in Guizhou.
8.Efficacy and complications of intravesical instillation of BCG for prevention of recurrence of moderate and high-risk non muscle invasive bladder cancer
Weibing SUN ; Zhiyu LIU ; Quanlin LI ; Xishuang SONG ; Xiangbo KONG ; Chunxi WANG ; Qifu ZHANG ; Qingguo ZHU ; Changfu LI ; Wanhai XU ; Guanghai YU ; Cheng ZHANG ; Jinyi YANG ; Tianjia SONG ; Jiye ZHAO ; Qizhong FU ; Lixin WANG ; Quanzhong DING ; Xuehui CAI ; Chuize KONG
Chinese Journal of Urology 2019;40(1):14-19
Objective To assess the efficacy and side effects of intravesical instillation of BCG after transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TURBT) in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) patients.Methods The clinical data of patients treated with BCG 120 mg per course induced perfusion or more after TURBT from December 2013 to October 2016 in 18 hospitals of northeast China region,were analyzed retrospectively.The first part,data of 106 patients with moderate,high-risk NMIBC were collected.A total of 83 patients were male,while the other 23 patients were female.The average age was 66.7 years old.The clinical staging were T1 in 86(81.1%) cases,Ta in 20(18.9%) cases and carcinoma in situ in 6 (5.7%) patients.Intravesical instillation of BCG was executed after transurethral resection of the bladder tumor.The incidence rate of recurrence and progression during more than 6 months' follow-up time were observed.Multivariate analyses were done by using logistic analysis and Cox proportional hazards regression model with Kaplan-Meier method.The second part,treatment compliance of 276 patients with bladder cancer,including moderate/high-risk NMIBC in 263 cases,moderate/high-risk NMIBC followed with renal pelvis/ureteral carcinoma in 8 cases were and moderate/high-risk NMIBC with renal pelvis/ureteral carcinoma in 5 cases who treated with BCG after the surgeries,were observed.Patients consisted of 211 males and 65 females with average age of 68.3 years.Results With a median follow-up of 12 months,9 (8.5%) patients experienced tumor recurrence and 2 (1.9%) patients were found progression in the first part.The one-year cancer free recurrence rate of the patients was 91.5%.Statistically significant prognostic factors for recurrence identified by multivariable analyses were prior recurrence of the tumors (OR =3.214,95%CI0.804-12.845,P =0.099).In the second port,an incidence rate of adverse effects was 64.1% (177/276).The Ⅲ/Ⅳ degree complications were occurred in 11 patients and satisfactory outcomes achieved with active treatment.A total of 36 patients withdrawal with the major causes were recurrence and progression of bladder tumor in 12 cases (4.4 %),9 cases (3.3 %) with economic reasons and 11 cases (4.0%) with serious complications.Conclusions NMIBC patients treated with intravesical BCG therapy have approving cancer free recurrence rates and acceptable adverse effects.Prior recurrence may be prognostic factor of recurrence after intravesical BCG therapy.
10.Handling methods of uterus round ligament in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in females
Yao CHEN ; Shu ZHOU ; Guanghai WANG ; Ming XIAO ; Guodong XIAO ; Xuedong XU
Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery 2018;17(11):1137-1140
Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair has been widely used in adult inguinal hernia.The spermatic cord,as an important reproductive organ in male patients,should be deperitonealized to avoid injury in order to prevent fertility from being affected.However in female patients,the uterine round ligament not the spermatic cord goes across the inguinal canal,which extends from intraperitoneal and extraperitoneal,banding tightly with the peritoneum.It is difficult to completely strip the uterus round ligament from peritoneum to achieve deperitonealization.Hence there is still controversy about how to handle the uterus round ligament.There is no uniform guidance document for the handling of the uterus round ligament in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair around the world.Handling methods are investigated in this article based on the summary of related literatures.

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