Objective Liver is a common site of metastasis of gastric cancer and hitherto there has been no uniform treatment for liver metastasis of gastric cancer. This study was to investigate the clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of liver metastasis of gastric cancer in order to provide some evidence for the improvement of the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Methods We ret-rospectively analyzed the clinical characteristics and survival data of 143 patients with liver metastasis of gastric cancer treated in our hospital between March 2007 and September 2012. We investigated the independent risk factors affecting the prognosis of the disease u-sing the Cox Regression Model. Results Seventy-five ( 52. 4%) of the 143 patients survived for 12 months, 41 ( 28. 7%) for 24 months, and 18 (12.6%) for 36 months, with a median survival time of 14 months. Univariate analysis revealed statistically significant differences in the survival time among the patients with different histological grades of primary gastric cancer, time of liver metastasis, types of metastatic liver cancer, extra-liver metastasis, and treatment methods ( P<0.05) . Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed the histological grade of gastric cancer to be low-or non-differentiation ( HR=2.67, 95% CI:1.51-4.72) and the type of liver meta-static cancer to be H2 ( HR=1.89, 95% CI:1.08-3.29) or H3 ( HR=2.13, 95% CI:1.32-3.44) , which were independent risk fac-tors affecting the prognosis of liver metastasis of gastric cancer, while palliative chemotherapy ( HR=0.55, 95% CI:0.32-0.95) was an independent protective factor of its prognosis. Conclusion Patients with liver metastasis from gastric cancer usually have a poor prognosis, especially those with histologically low-grade gastric cancer or type-H2 or -H3 liver metastatic cancer. The prognosis of thepatients undergoing palliative chemotherapy may have a better prognosis than those receiving best supportive care. A comprehensive therapy should be recommended to patients with liver metastasis from gastric cancer.

Background Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a common complication of diabetic mellitus,but its pathogenesis is still unclear.Adiponectin may restrain inflammatory reaction and reduce adhesion of vascular endothelial cell to influence diabetic microangiopathy.Relation between adiponectin and nitric oxide synthase (NOS)is less reported.Objective This study was to observe the effect of adiponectin on the expression of NOS in the retinas of diabetic rats.Methods Forty 8-10 weeks Sprague-Dawley (SD) female rats were collected.The rats were randomized into the normal control group (10 rats),adiponectin group (15 rats) and diabetic model control group (15 rats) using the random number table method.Tetraoxypyrimidine was intraperitoneally injected to establish the diabetic model in the rats of the adiponectin group and diabetic model control group,and 10 μg/kg of adiponectin was then injected into the rats of the adiponectin group.Western blot was used to detect the expression of the adiponectin protein in the rat retinas,and the expression of NOS in rat retina was located by immunochemistry.The use of the animals complied with the Regulations for the Administration of Affairs Concerning Experimental Animals by State Science and Technology Commission.Results The relative amount of adiponectin (adiponectin/β-actin)in the retinas was 0.85 ± 0.21,0.79 ± 0.17 and 0.42 ± 0.08,respectively,in the normal control group,adiponectin group and diabetic model control group,with significant differences among the 3 groups (F =4.236,P =0.000).The adiponectin/β-actin ratio in the retinas of the diabetic model control group was significantly declined in comparison with the normal control group and adiponectin group (q =6.615,P =0.000 ; q =6.026,P =0.000).The NOS levels (A value) in the retinas were 0.244 ± 0.035,0.262 ± 0.032 and 0.367 ± 0.066,respectively,in the normal control group,adiponectin group and diabetic model control group,showing a significant difference among them (F =3.752,P =0.001).The A value of NOS in the diabetic model control group was significantly increased in comparison with the normal control group and adiponectin group (q =3.488,P =0.002 ; q =3.079,P =0.005).NOS expression was localized to the inner nuclear layer and retinal ganglion cell layer.Conclusions Adiponectin reduces NO content in diabetic rat retinas by regulating NOS expression.

0.05); 88.6%, 60.0%, and 51.4% for those in group A2, and 59.3%, 48.1%, and 25.9% for those in group B2, respectively (P 8 cm.

Objective To assess the characteristics of abdominal hernia and summarize the therapeutic efficacy of mesh plug tension-free hernioplasty in elderly ventral hernia. Methods All 207 elderly patients with abdominal hernia who were admitted to our hospital during January 1999 to December 2001 and received the mesh plug tension-free hernioplasty were analyzed retrospectively. Results There were 405 patients receiving the mesh plug tension-free hernioplasty from 1999 to 2001, in whom 207 had elderly ventral hermia. Among the 207 elderly patients, 144 had inguinal oblique hernia, 38 direct hernia, 11 direct and indirect hernia, 6 sliding hernia, 6 incisional hernia, 1 femoral hernia, and 1 femoral and inguinal direct hernia. Postoperative complications were urinary retention(8 cases), hypoincisional hematoma(4), scrotal hydroceles(1), and incisional infection (1). One hundred eithty-seven patients were followed-up for 4-40 months and no recurrence was found. Conclusions The mesh plug tension-free hernioplasty is of advantages for elderly abdominal hernia, such as simpleness in performance and a good therapeutic effect. It is especially suitable for the elderly patients due to less trauma and low recurrence rate. It is also important to pay attention to the postoperative complications to the elderly.

The present study aimed to compare the clinical efficacy of a 0.4% carbomer gel and 1% carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) containing artificial tears in treatment of dry eye patients. Sixty subjects with mean age of 45.89 years who had symptoms and signs of dry eye were enrolled in this prospective, investigator-masked and stratified random sampling study. The subjects were divided into two parallel groups with 30 subjects (60 eyes) in each group. One group received carbomer gel, and the other group received 1% CMC containing artificial tears. Subjects received the drops 3 to 4 times or more per day for 3 months. At the first visit time, the precorneal residence time of these two drops was measured. The efficacy was assessed by comparing the subjective symptoms (ocular dryness, foreign body sensation, burning sensation and pain), and the objective test results of tears breakup time, Schirmer's test and corneal fluorescein staining prior to the study and after the treatment. As a result, the ocular residence time of carbomer gel was significantly longer than that of 1% CMC (P<0.001). Most of the primary subjective symptoms and objective test results were improved after treatment in both carbomer gel group and 1% CMC group. As to the improvement of each symptom and objective test result, carbomer gel was more effective than 1% CMC group (P<0.01). In conclusion, carbomer gel had longer precorneal residence time and was more effective than 1% CMC in the treatment of patients with dry eyes.
Acrylic Resins/*administration & dosage ; Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium/*administration & dosage ; Dry Eye Syndromes/*drug therapy ; Gels/*administration & dosage ; Ophthalmic Solutions/administration & dosage ; Prospective Studies

Objective To study a novel method for the high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR) CT image to the intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) CT image deformable image registration and dose accumulation.Methods The applicator in the HDR CT image is first segmented and removed,then a deflation step is performed on the applicator-free HDR CT image by solving the Navier-Stokes equation.Demons algorithm is utilized to register the deflated HDR CT image to the IMRT CT image,along with the HDR dose.The deformed HDR dose is then added on the IMRT dose and yield the final accumulated dose.Results The HDR CT image and IMRT CT image,as well as the corresponding dose distribution,from five cervical cancer patients are used for evaluation of the proposed algorithm,the results show that the proposed method can effectively get rid of the influence of the applicator and produce an accurate accumulated dose.Conclusions Dose accumulation and supervision is an important step in adaptive radiotherapy for accurate dose delivery and treatment plan re-optimization.The proposed method in this study can effectively accumulate the HDR dose to the IMRT dose domain,and the accuracy is proved to be sufficient for clinical needs.

Objective:To investigate the content rationality of antimicrobial agent thimerosal in chloramphenicol eye drops. Meth-ods:Chloramphenicol eye drops with thimerosal at different concentrations were prepared, and the antimicrobial activity was studied. Results:When the test solution contained 0. 02 mg·ml-1 thimerosal, the antimicrobial activity could achieve the requirement in the pharmacopoeia. Conclusion:Thimerosal at different concentrations in the commercial chloramphenicol eye drops all can reach the anti-microbial effect. However, the thimerosal concentration in some eye drops is unreasonably high, which should be reduced.

〔Abstract〕 The paper overviews the development status of physical examination system, designs and constructs C/S based distributed students physical examination system, introduces design priciples, system architecture and main function models.The design and development of this system could resolve the data sharing problem among the students and their parents, schools and hospitals, it has practical significance.

Background and purpose:miR-101 has been reported to be down-regulated in gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer as well as prostate cancer acting as a tumor suppressor gene. However, its function in ovarian cancer is still unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate whether miR-101 can suppress cell growth and invasion of ovarian cancer cells by targeting DNMT3A, so as to reveal molecular mechanism to inhibit ovarian cancer. Methods:Quantitative real-time palymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) method was employed to detect the expression of miR-101 in ovarian cancer and cancer adjacent normal ovarian tissues. SKOV3 cells were transfected with miR-101 mimics, and DNMT3A siRNA was transfected as a positive control. Then Western blot was used to detect the expres-sion of DNMT3A protein regulated by miR-101 in SKOV3 cells. The growth and invasion ability of SKOV3 cells were evaluated by MTT and Transwell invasion assays.Results:qRT-PCR showed that miR-101 was down-regulated in ovarian cancer tissues. Western blot showed that the level of DNMT3A protein was inhibited by restored miR-101 or knock-down of DNMT3A in SKOV3 cells. Following transfection of miR-101 mimics or knock-down of DNMT3A for 48, 72 and 96 h respectively, MTT assay showed that theD values were signiifcantly lower than the control group, (P<0.05). After transfection of miR-101 mimics or knock-down of DNMT3A for 36 h, Transwell invasion assay showed that the numbers of cells through the basement membrane was (105±7) and (107±13), respectively, which are signiifcantly different from the control group (213±11), indicating invasion of SKOV3 cells signiifcantly slowed down (P<0.05).Conclusion:miR-101 suppresses cell growth and invasion by targeting DNMT3A in ovarian cancer.

Objective To evaluate the relationship between the tumor encapsulation,lymphocytic infiltration,fibroplasia and cirrhosis and transcatheter arterial chemoembolization(TACE)methods for hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC).Methods Histopathological changes were studied in 59 cases of HCCs treated with four kinds of TACE and 58 cases of HCCs treated with surgical resection alone.Results In TACE group the encapsulation,lymphocytic infiltration,fibroplasia was more severe and extensive than that in group of surgical resection alone(?0.05),had relation to TACE time(?