Renal failure is a common clinical feature in multiple myeloma (MM). The overall remission rate is 35 %-50% (complete remission is rare) in MM patients with renal failure treated by conventional chemotherapy. Many centers use high dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) for the treatment of MM patients with renal failure. The current study showed that the severity of renal function damage and dialysis had no impact on stem cell mobilization and implantation. High dose melphalan and ASCT could increase the rates of complete remission, event free survival and overall survival to 30 %, about 20 and 40 months longer, respectively and some patients discontinued dialysis. However there are many problems in this area, such as a higher treatment related mortality leaded by APBSCT. In addition, the role of new agents, such as thalidomide, bortezomib and lenalidomide, require evaluation in MM patient with renal failure.

Objective:To explore the effects of interparentnl discords on 7-year-old children's problem behav- iors,and discuss the reasons of some associations between them.Methods:Questionaires from parents were seperate- ly used to assess frequency of interparental discords and children's problem behaviors.Results:The total score of inter- parental discord (2.35?0.44) predicted children's anxiety withdrawal,and physical complains (?=0.23,0.22, 0.20,P

In Japan, acupuncture and massage does not belong to medical treatment, but a behavior similar to it.Acupuncture and massage along with Chinese medical science suffered tremendous impact since Japan's Meij Restoration.This paper made a summary on the history, development, academy, and current educational situation of Japanese acupuncture and massage industry.

Objective To investigate the evaluation of different levels of QRS-T angle in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).Methods A total of 186 AMI patients from January 2010 to May 2016 in our hospital as the research object.The review method was used to analyze the clinical and followup data of the patients.The left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF),plane QRS-T angle,white blood cell (WBC) and isoenzyme count and creatine (CK-MB) were evaluated and compared.Results (1) The age of the patients with heart failure was larger than that in the patients with normal heart function,and the proportion of myocardial infarction and hypertension and diabetes distributionthe in two groups had statistically significant difference (P ＜ 0.05);(2) The WBC and CK-MB levels of patients with normal cardiac function were lower than those in patients with heart failure.The planar QRS-T angle ＜ 50 degrees,between 90 degrees and 100 degrees and more than 100 degrees were statistically significant between normal heart function patients and failure heart function patients (P ＜ 0.05),and with the decrease of LVEF the levels of QRS-T angle increased;(3) The sensitivity and specificity of 90 degrees ≤ QRS-T angle ＜ 100 degrees and QRS-T angle greater than 100 degrees were 96.32％ and 95.98％,95.02％ and 94.68％,and those were different with the sensitivity and specificity of WBC,CK-MB and other QRS-T angle(P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Different planar QRS-T angle on the evaluation of cardiac function insufficiency has certain clinical value,but when the 90°≤ QRS-T angle ＜ 100° and QRS-T angle ≥ 100° have better sensitivity and specificity with no difference between two QRS-T angles.The QRS-T angle≥ 90° can be used as one of the indicators for the evaluation of cardiac function insuffieiency.

Acupuncture Points ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Edema ; pathology ; therapy ; Humans ; Lower Extremity ; pathology ; Male ; Middle Aged

Objective Toexplorethepatencyofbridgevesselsinpatientsaftercoronaryarterytransplantation,andto providereferencefortheselectionofclinicalbridgevessels.Methods Dataof32patientsunderwentcoronaryangiography aftercoronaryarterybypassgraftingwereselectedandanalyzedretrospectively.Theoverallusageandpatencyofthegreat saphenousveingraft(SVG),theleftinternalmammaryartery(LIMA)andtheradialartery(RA)wereanalyzed.Thepatency ofthenearfuture(5years),themediumterm(5-10years)andlongterm(>10years)werecomparedbetweenthethreekinds ofbridgingvascularvessels.TheRAocclusionwasanalyzed. Results Thetotalnumberofbridgevesselsusedin 32 patientswas85,only1caseusedrightinternalmammaryartery(RIMA),theothersusedSVG,LIMAandRA,inwhich48, 23and13brancheswereusedrespectively.ThepatencyratesofSVG,LIMAandRAwere25%(12/48),73.91%(17/23)and 69.23(9/13)respectively.Therecentandmedium-termpatencyratesofallbridgevesselsshowedadecreasingtrend,in whichtherecentpatencyrateofSVGwassignificantlyhigherthanthatinLIMA,theintermediatepatencyratesofLIMAand SVGwerehigherthanthatofRA,andthelong-termpatencyrateofRAwassignificantlyhigherthanthatofLIMAandSVG. Therewasseverestenosis(＞90%)orocclusionintheproximalsegmentofanastomosisinthe9radialarteriesunobstructed. Conclusion TheutilizationrateofRAisstilllow,andtheoverallpatencyrateofRAissuperiortotheSVG.RAcanbe usedasthesecondoptimalbridgevessel.ThepatientselectionandRAevaluationshouldbedonebeforeapplyingRA.The proximalstenosisdegreeoftargetvesselsignificantlyaffectsthelong-termpatencyofRA.

Phellinus is a kind of rare medicinal fungus that has a variety of physiological activities include anti-cancer, anti-liver fibrosisa, antioxidant and so on. Phellinus contains polysaccharides, steroids, terpenoids, flavonoids, pyrone, furan, alkaloids and other substances. Polysaccharide extracts of phellinus showed obvious antitumor effect and has been a hot research field in recent years. It was also found other extracts of phellinus such as ethyl acetate extract exhibited anticancer activity. Thus, the antitumor effect of different extract, especially the anti-cancer mechanism were discussed in this review.
Antineoplastic Agents ; pharmacology ; Basidiomycota ; Cytokines ; analysis ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; prevention & control

This article introduces the development of Common Terminology Criteria Adverse Events (CTCAE), and compares the characteristics of Common Terminology Criteria Adverse Events Version 3.0 (CTCAE v3.0) with CTCAE v4.0. The essential features of CTCAE v4.0 are reviewed, and the trends and prospects of CTCAE v4.0 in evaluation of adverse events in cancer treatment are analyzed. Copyright © 2012 by TUMOR.

ObjectiveTo investigate the risk factors related with the prognosis of patients with acute cerebral infarction after intravenous thrombolysis by alteplase in 90 days.MethodsForty patients with acute cerebral infarction treated by intravenous thrombolysis with aheplase were selected and assigned into good outcome group [modified Rankin scale (mRS) 0-1 score] and poor outcome group (mRS 2-6 scores) according to mRS at 90 days.The risk factors were compared between two groups.ResultsPoor outcome group(22 cases) comparing with good outcome group (18 cases),the values of age[ (64.64±11.30) years vs.(58.94±10.47) years ],onset to therapy time(OTT) [(376.73±316.32)min vs.( 176.00±59.74) min],National Institutes of Health stroke scale (NIHSS) score before thrombolysis [ ( 16.73±8.46)scores vs. (11.22±5.20) scores],maximum of systolic blood pressure (SBPmax) in the first 24 hours after thrombolysis[ ( 186.59±24.79 )mm Hg ( 1 mm Hg =0.133 kPa) vs.( 169.00±23.04) mm Hg] and systolic blood pressure variability (SBPV)[(17.11±3.90) mm Hg vs.(13.33±4.97) mm Hg] had significant differences (P＜ 0.05).ConclusionThe values ofage,OTT,NIHSS score before thrombolysis,SBPmax and SBPV in the first 24 hours after thrombolysis are related with the prognosis of patients with acute cerebral infarction after intravenous thrombolysis by altcplase in 90 days.

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and complications of flexible ureteroscopy for the treatment of upper urinary tract calculi in children.Methods The clinical data of upper urinary tract calculi in 20 children including 16 male and 4 female,treated by using flexible ureteroscopy,were collected from January 2014 to May 2015 in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University.The mean age was 6.4 years (ranging from 2.7-15.0 years old).Among them,6 cases had upper ureteral calculi and 14 cases had renal calculi.All the calculi was found unilaterally with on the left side in 12 cases and on the right side in 8 cases.Ipsilateral mild to moderate hydronephrosis were found in all of the cases.The mean stone size was 1.2 cm (ranging from 0.5-1.8 cm).All the cases were treated through retrograde flexible ureteroscopy holmium laser lithotripsy after the invalid conservative through conservative treatment.Double J tube was left routinely in the sick side 1 week before operation to expand the internal diameter of the ureter.A double J stent was left in place for 1 month after operation as a routine.Results The flexible ureteral access sheath failed to insert into the upper ureter in 2 cases because of the narrow ureter,then the flexible ureteroscopy was inserted into ureter through wire directly.The flexible ureteral access sheath was successfully inserted into the ureter for the others and flexible ureteroscopy were inserted through flexible sheath.The mean operative time was 38 min (ranging from 20-60 min).The patients were discharged from hospital after a mean of 4.5 days (ranging from 3-7 days).The rate of stone-free in one-stage was more than 90％.There were residual small stones in the lower calices of kidney in 2 cases.The perfusion liquid volume during the operation was 500 mL(ranging from 200-1 000 mL).There was no major perioperative complication,while transient macroscopic hematuria and fever were common complications after operation.The stone search was performed successfully in the whole 14 cases.NO residual stone could be found through ultrasound and kidney ureter bladder plain and Double-J stent was removed 1 month after operation.Conclusions Flexible ureteroscopy produces high stone-free rate and clinical safety for upper urinary calculi in children.However,the complications of flexible ureteroscopy lithotripsy cannot be ignored and sufficient preoperative preparation and careful perioperative safety control should be required.