Background and purpose:E-cadherin is a calcium-dependent cell adhesion molecule that mediates cell-cell adhesion and also modulates cell migration and tumor invasion.Many studies supported the role of E-cadherin as an invasion suppressor gene.It has been suggested that unlike E-cadherin,?-catenin might promote the invasion and metastasis of carcinoma.This study explored clinical pathological significance of E-cadherin and ?-catenin expressions in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC).Methods:The PV immunohistochemical method was used to detect the expression of E-cadherin and ?-catenin in 62 cases of normal esophageal epithelium,31 cases of adjacent atypical hyperplasia epithelium and 62 cases of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.Results:The positive rates of E-cadherin decreased by turns in the normal esophageal epithelium,adjacent atypical hyperplasia epithelium and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC) specimens were 95.2%,71.0% and 40.3%,respectively.In normal esophageal epithelium,?-catenin showed higher intense expression at the membrane and lower intense expression in the cytoplasm.In contrast to the normal tissue,?-catenin was expressed in the cytoplasm of carcinoma in varied degrees,accompanied by less,or even negative expressions at the membrane.In some cases,?-catenin could be detected in the nucleus.Positive expression of ?-catenin(in cytoplasm) and negative expression of E-cadherin were related to the invasion,differentiation,and lymph node metastasis of ESCC(P

Objective:To explore the effects of quality control circle activity in the respiratory function exercise in patients with esophageal cancer.Methods:From June 2018 to June 2019, convenience sampling was used to select 96 patients with esophageal cancer admitted to the Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University as the research object. According to the principle of computer randomization, patients were divided into experimental group and control group, with 48 cases in each group. Patients in control group were given nursing case based on enhanced recovery after surgery, and experimental group carried out quality control circle activity on the basis of the control group. The correct rate of breathing exercise and the ratio of forced expiratory volume in the first second to forced vital capacity (FEV 1/FVC) were compared between the two groups of patients. Results:After intervention, the correct rate of respiratory function exercise in experimental group was higher than that in control group, and the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.05) . The FEV 1/FVC of experimental group was higher than that of control group one day before discharge, and the difference was also statistically significant ( P<0.05) . Conclusions:Quality control circle activity applied to patients after esophageal cancer surgery can increase the correct rate of patients' respiratory function exercise and effectively improve the patient's lung function.