Recent researches have shown that resectable pancreatic cancer can benefit from post-operative adjuvant chemoradiation, regardless its surgical margins, tumor size, lymph node involvement and the level of cell differentiation. Several phase Ⅱ clinical trials indicated a good tolerance to preoperative chemoradiation. Although there is no gold standard for treating locally advanced unresectable pancreatic cancer, gemcitabine-based chemotherapy or chemoradiation therapy can increase survival rate compared with best supportive care.

Adult ; Animals ; Ear Auricle ; parasitology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Tick Infestations ; Ticks

The factors impacting the pregnancy rate and the live birth rate mainly include ovary function disorder and low endometrial receptivity, which can cause the difficulty in embryo implantation, early miscarriage and pregnancy failure. In recent years, researchers of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) have made active efforts in assisting IVF-ET, so as to achieve a great advance in improving the ovary reaction, treating the ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), improving the follicle, embryo quality and endometrial receptivity and protecting the fetus, which had been summarized in this article.
Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; Embryo Transfer ; Female ; Fertilization in Vitro ; drug effects ; Humans ; Infertility, Female ; drug therapy ; therapy ; Pregnancy

China ; Humans ; Medicine ; methods ; trends ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; trends

Acupuncture Therapy ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Chronic Disease ; therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pterygopalatine Fossa ; innervation ; Rhinitis ; physiopathology ; therapy ; Smell ; Treatment Outcome ; Young Adult

BACKGROUND:Trauma easily leads to the emergence of articular cartilage defects, which is a difficult problem in the orthopedics field. Tissue engineering technology provides a new method for cartilage repair. OBJECTIVE:To explore the feasibility of combining chitosan and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cels to repair injured articular cartilage in rabbits. METHODS: Cultured rabbit bone marrow mesenchymal stem cels were seeded onto chitosan scaffold, and then the composite material was implanted into the defect as experimental group. Rabbits with no treatment served as control group. Gross observation and toluidine blue staining were carried out at 6 and 12 weeks after operation. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:At 6 weeks after operation, the control group had only fibrous tissue hyperplasia, and in the experimental group, cartilage-like tissues were generated at the defect site. At 12 weeks after operation, a smal amount of hyaline cartilage-like tissues were observed in the control group, and the defects in the experimental group were covered with smooth and hyaline cartilage tissues. After 12 weeks, the toluidine blue staining was light in the control group with a smal amount of cartilage tissues; in the experimental group, the toluidine blue staining was remarkable, and the defects were completely covered with hyaline cartilage tissues, and cartilage cels were increased in number. The findings indicate that chitosan-bone marrow mesenchymal stem cels composite material is better to induce cartilage tissue formation and promote cartilage defect repair.

Post-traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can develop following a traumatic event.Neuro-imaging techniques offer a noninvasive means to elucidate the brain circuit underlying PTSD, and may help to find effective biomarkers for diagnosis and treatment evaluation of this disorder.In this article, we review recent brain structural MRI studies in PTSD.Problems of the current research and possible directions for future research are also presented.

Objective To develop a fixed ruler for the simulated locator to measure the distance between human organs.Methods Analyses were carried out on the problems of the existing measures of the simulated locator and clinical requirements,and then the matching of the ruler with the locator and etc were explored.The structures of the fixing hole and slots were determined,and the ruler base was selected.The ruler was composed of an organic glass plate with multi slots and multi cylindrical copper wires.Results At the isocenter of the locator,the fixed scale values of the ruler equaled to those of the ruler on the screen,and the values for multi point distances could be obtained with the fixed ruler and stored in medical image.Conclusion The fixed ruler measures the distance between human organs simply and accurately,and lays a foundation for the development of likely product.

OBJECTIVE:To discuss the manifestation characteristics of mezlocillin injection-induced ADR.METHODS:Mezlocillin injection-induced ADR cases reported in domestic pharmaceutical journals between 1999 and July.2006 were retrieved from China Hospital Digital Library(CHDL) and analyzed statistically.RESULTS:The clinical manifestation of ADR induced by mezlocillin was characterized by allergic reactions or even anaphylactic shock.The major ADR types were first-using immediate type and the speedy outbreak type.CONCLUSION:Great importance should be attached to allergic reactions induced by mezlocillin injection.