Anemia, Aplastic ; therapy ; Humans ; Treatment Outcome

Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Polycythemia ; etiology ; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive ; complications

Anemia, Hypochromic ; etiology ; Humans ; Iron ; metabolism ; Protein Deficiency ; complications ; congenital ; Transferrin ; deficiency

Cyclosporine ; pharmacokinetics ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Treatment Outcome

Anemia, Aplastic ; diagnosis ; Consensus ; Humans

Objective:To observe the co-antitumor effect and hepatic protection of melatonin on unresectable advanced primary liver cancer treated by transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE). Methods:One hundred and forty patients with unresectable advanced primary liver cancer were divided into 2 groups at random, seventy patients received TACE alone while the other 70 patients were treated by TACE+Mel (20 mg/d at 8:00 P.M orally, 7 d before each TACE and lasted for 21 d). Results: The partly resolution rate of TACE and TACE+Mel were 12.86% and 22.86% respectively( P

Objective To evaluate the effect of the setup error on the dosimetric verification for the nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients and cervical carcinoma patients treated with volumetric modulated are therapy (VMAT).Methods VMAT plans for 10 cervical cancer patients and 10 nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients were transplanted into the Delta4 phantom and calculate the dose,next,implement the treatment on the Varian iX linear accelerator.on the Varian iX linear accelerator.To simulate the setup error by moving the treatment couch in,out,up,down,left,right by 3 mm,5 mm,7 mm.Thereby study the effect of the setup error on the pass rate of the dose verification.Results The results for the dose distribution using the gamma evaluation method showed that the pass rate (3％/3 mm) was less than 90％ when the setup error were greater than 3 mm and 5 mm for the nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients and the cervical carcinoma patients.The pass rate of head direction were (64.7 ± 8.2) ％ and (63.3 ± 3.6) ％ on setup error of 5 mm and 7 mm for nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients and cervical carcinoma patients,respectively.Conclusions Setup error has great effect on the dose verification of the VMAT plans,the greater of the setup error,the lower of the pass rate.The setup error of head direction is more sensitive than other directions especially.

AIM: The study is designed to probe for the relationship between waist to hip ratio(WHR)and static lung volumes of adults. METHODS: In July-October 2008, 1 307 healthy adults(372 males and 935 females)were selected in Heilongjiang province by means of questionnaire and physical examination. The height, weight, WHR, fat mass, percentage body fat and lung function were measured, and then grouped according to the standard of classification of WHR(central obesity male WHR ≥ 0.86, female ≥ 0.82)for analysis of the relationship between WHR and static lung volume. RESULTS: WHR was found, regardless of sex, to tend to go up with the increase in age and BMI(P<0.01), and both the fat mass and percentage body fat of the central obesity group were higher than those in the group with normal WHR(P<0.01). An independent negative correlation was found(P<0.05), also regardless of sex, between the WHR with expiratory reserve volume(ERV)in all these adults. ERV in central obesity group was lower than that in the group with normal WHR(P<0.05). Compared to the normal group, ERV in the central obesity group decreased by 11% for males and 8% for females(P<0.05). However, with regard to the relationship between WHR and VT, IC, MV, and VC, gender differences were found. For the males, a significant independent positive correlation was observed between WHR and IC(P<0.05), with IC of the central obesity group 6% higher than that in the group with normal WHR(P<0.05). For the females, significant independent positive correlation was found between WHR and MV(P<0.05), with the VT and MV of the central obesity group 7% and 6% higher(P<0.05), respectively, than that in the group with normal WHR. CONCLUSION: WHR is in an independent negative correlation with ERV. The elevation of WHR may play a role in the impairment of respiratory function. Its occurrence is accompanied by a rise of IC for the male and a rise of MV for the female. These changes in the two genders could be associated with the decrease in arterial oxygen tension caused by the decrease of ERV.

Clinical re-evaluation is to verify the drug's safety and effectiveness again,while the drug itself has not been improved. However, due to the complexity of traditional Chinese medicine, ingredients in bulk drugs, prescription, productive processes, quality standards and other aspects need to be enhanced. So improving the quality, safety and effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine by clinical re-evaluation is also very necessary. Therefore, except for achieving those basic requirements of medicine, it should also be improved on itself and pay full attention to the particularity, then traditional Chinese medicine's clinical re-evaluation will play its due role.
Drug Prescriptions ; standards ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; standards ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; standards ; Quality Control ; Safety ; standards