Background and purpose: Chemokines play an important role in cancer occurrence and development. However, little about the function of CCL26 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is reported. This study was designed to observe and study the expression of chemokine CCL26 in ESCC tissues and to analyze their association with pathological features of ESCC. Methods: Expressions of chemokine CCL26 in 197 ESCC tissues and their corresponding paraneoplastic normal esophageal tissues were determined by tissue array and immunohistochemistry (IHC) technique, and its correlations to age, gender, lymph nodes metastasis, TNM stage, general classification and 5-year survival rate of ESCC patients were further analyzed. Results: ①CCL26 was expressed in both ESCC and paraneoplastic normal esophageal tissues. The expression of CCL26 in ESCC tissues was signiifcantly higher than that in paraneoplastic normal esophageal tissues (61.8%vs 20.6%, P<0.05).②The expression of CCL26 was correlated with lymph node metastasis, but not correlated with age, gender, tumor cell differentiation, and general classiifcation (P>0.05).③Survival analysis showed that the abnormal expression of CCL26 was associated with 5-year survival rate of patients with ESCC. The 5-year survival rate of ESCC patients with CCL26 positive expression was obviously lower than that of ESCC patients with CCL26 negative expression. Conclusion: CCL26 upexpression might play an important role in the progression and development of ESCC patients. The high level of CCL26 expression is correlated with lymph node metastasis and poor survival. Detection of CCL26 expression may have important prognostic values in ESCC patients.

Objective To investigate the diagnosis and treatment strategy of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). Methods From January 1991 to August 2009, 31 patients with PSC were treated at the Peking Union Medical College Hospital. A retrospective study was performed based on the clinical data of these patients to evaluate the methods of diagnosis, curative treatment and prognosis. Results Obstructive jaundice, fever and abdominal pain were the main symptoms of PSC, which accounted for 90% (28/31) , 65% (20/31) and 52% (16/31) , respectively. Thirty patients presented with an elevation of alkaline phosphatase. The positive rate of autoantibody was 45% (14/31). The positive expression of serum tumor markers of 15 patients was elevated, and 13 of the 15 patients had an elevated expression of CA19-9 (84-5000 U/mL). The diagnostic accuracies of B-mode ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) were 3/28, 2/24, 2/18, 18/25, respectively. Nineteen patients received drug therapy and only one patient had no obvious discomfort after the treatment. Twelve patients received surgical treat-ment and the prognosis of two patients who underwent liver transplantation was good. Eleven patients received endoscopic treatment, only one patient had no obvious discomfort and the condition of the remaining 10 patients was alleviated after treatment. Conclusions PSC is usually characterized by an elevated expression of CA19-9. ERCP has a high diagnostic accuracy. Conventional treatments can only relieve the symptoms, whereas liver transplantation has a favorable long-term efficacy.

Objective To study the clinical and pathological characteristics of hepatocellularcholangiocarcinoma,and standardize the diagnosis and treatment strategy.Methods Between January 1990 to October 2010,12 patients with hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma were treated at Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH).A retrospective study was performed based on the clinical data of these patients to evaluate the diagnosis,curative treatment and prognosis.Kaplan-Meier estimate was employed for survival analysis and log-rank test for group comparisons.Results There were ten male and 2 female patients,with a mean age of 51±6.3 (range,40 to 59).Abdominal pain,fatigue and weight loss were the main symptoms.Eleven of 12 (91.7％) patients had chronic hepatitis B,and 10 (83.3％) had cirrhosis.None of the 12 patients was accurately diagnosed preoperatively.The 1,3,and 5-year overall survivals for 11 patients who were regularly followed up were 63.6％,27.2 ％ and 9.1 ％,respectively.Conclusions The clinical manifestations of hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma were diverse,which led to preoperatively misdiagnosis.The diagnosis was made on pathological examination.Surgical resection was the main treatment.The prognosis of hepatocellularcholangiocarcinoma was bad.

Objective To summarize the clinical and pathological characteristics of primary gallbladder carcinoma, analyze factors such as surgical procedures, tumor stages that associated with prognosis, and standardize the diagnosis and treatment strategy for primary gallbladder carcinoma.Methods From January 1986 to October 2009, 197 patients of primary gallbladder carcinoma were treated in Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH). A retrospective study was performed basing on clinical data of these patients, statistical analysis carried out using SPSS version 13.0, Kaplan-Meier estimate employed for the survival analysis and Log-rank test for the group comparisons. Results One hundred and ninety-seven patients were enrolled (73 male and 124 female) with the mean age of 64.4±1.1years. Abdominal pain (77.3%) , obstructive jaundice (33.6%) and fever (19.5%) were the main symptoms of primary gallbladder carcinoma, with accompanying cholecystolithiasis in 99 cases. B-mode ultrasonic examination and CT scan were important for preoperative diagnosis. Nevin stages and surgical modalities were independent prognosis factors. For stage Ⅰ and Ⅱ patients the survival terms were not different between those receiving radical cholecystectomy and simple cholecystectomy. However, for stage Ⅲ, Ⅳ and Ⅴ patients the survival terms were of statistically different between those in radical cholecystectomy group and simple cholecystectomy group. Conclusions For stage Ⅰ and Ⅱ patients, simple cholecystectomy is a good surgical procedure. For those at more advanced stages, radical cholecystectomy is the choice of therapy, while simple cholecystectomy also improves the prognosis compared with laparotomy only.

Objective To explore risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated with gallstone disease. Methods The clinical data of 429 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients complicated with gallstone disease (case group) and 2145 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients without gallstone disease (control group) were collected from the Health Center of Peking Union Medical College Hospital from January 2007 to May 2010. According to sure (SBP), diastolic blood pressnre (DBP), fasting blood glucose (FBG), total cholesterol (TC), Triglyceride (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-CH), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-CH) and body mass index (BMI) were statistically analyzed by fourfold table chi-square test or conditional Logistic regression.Results Univariate analysis showed that there was a significant difference in the levels of SBP, FBG, TC, HDL-CH and BMI between the case group and the control group (x2 =20.323, 4.365, 4.028, 7.049, 7.319, P＜0.05). Multivariate analysis confirmed that SBP, TC, HDL-CH and BMI were risk factors for gallstone disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (x2 = 18. 047, 6. 905, 12. 884, 7. 557, P ＜ 0. 05). Conclusion Increased SBP, TC and BMI and decreased HDL-CH may be the risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated with gallstone disease.

Objective To investigate the risk factors of gallbladder carcinoma,so as to provide theoretical base for the prevention of gallbladder carcinoma.Methods The clinical data of 153 patients with gallbladder carcinoma (gallbladder carcinoma group) who were admitted to the Peking Union Medical College Hospital from January 2000 to December 2010 were retrospectively analyzed. A total of 300 patients with cholecystolithiasis (cholecystolithiasis group) and 300 patients without gallbladder carcinoma or cholecystolithiasis (control group)were collected and matched at the ratio of 1∶2 to conduct the controlled study.Data were statistically analyzed by the Chi-square test and conditional Logistric regression.Results Univariate analysis showed significant difference in age,history of cholecystolithiasis,postmenopausal age,accumulated menstrual period,giving birth or not and number of birth between gallbladder carcinoma group and control group ( x2 =58.22,180.14,9.59,24.30,18.66,15.17,P ＜0.05).Age,history of cholecystolithiasis,accumulated menstrual period and number of birth were the independent risk factors of gallbladder carcinoma (x2 =55.76,180.95,24.30,8.54,P ＜ 0.05).The risk of having gallbladder carcinoma in patients who had a history of cholecystolithiasis was 34 times higher than those who did not have the history of cholecystolithiasis (OR =34.22).Late postmenopausal age (51 -55 years old),longer accumulated menstrual period ( ≥30 years),and the number of birth ( 3 times) were associated with higher risk of gallbladder carcinoma (OR =3.96,9.68,3.51 ). Age,course of cholecystolithiasis and accumulated menstrual period and number of birth were the risk factors of gallbladder carcinoma when comparing patients who have history of cholecystolithiasis in the gallbladder carcinoma group with those in the cholecystolithiasis group (x2 =70.66,16.66,11.59,4.69,P ＜ 0.05 ).Age,course of cholecystolithiasis and accumulated menstrual period were the independent risk factors of gallbladder carcinoma ( x2 =64.29,8.82,5.58,P ＜ 0.05).The risk of gallbladder carcinoma increased as the increase of age and course of cholecystolithiasis. The accumulated menstrual period ≥ 30 years was also a risk factor of gallbladder carcinoma. Conclusions Age,history of cholecystolithiasis,course of cholecystolithiasis,accumulated menstrual period and number of birth may be the risk factors of gallbladder carcinoma.For patients with age above 60 years and course of cholecystolithiasis above 3 years,cholecystectomy should be conducted to reduce the incidence of gallbladder carcinoma,and great importance should be attached to female patients with indications mentioned above.

Objective To analyze the clinicopathological features of gallbladder adenosquamous carcinoma.Methods The clinical data of 8 patients with gallbladder adenosquamous carcinoma who were admitted to the Peking Union Medical College Hospital from January 2000 to December 2010 were retrospectively analyzed.The clinicopathological features,diagnosis and treatment strategies were summarized.The survival curve was drawn by Kaplan-Meier method,and the survival of the patients was analyzed by Log-rank test. Results The clinical manifestation of the 8 patients was non-specific,and all the patients were misdiagnosed as with primary gallbladder cancer complicated with cholecystolithiasis or chronic cholecystitis.The levels of carcinoembryonic antigen and γ-glutamyl transferase of 3 patients were higher than the normal,the level of alkaline phosphatase of 2 patients was higher than the normal,the level of aspartate transaminase of 1 patient was higher than the normal,the level of CA242 of 3 patients was higher than the normal and the level of CA19-9 of 4 patients was higher than the normal.The levels of aspartate transaminase,total bilirubin and direct bilirubin were in the normal range. Different surgical approaches were selected according to different tumor positions.The mean diameter of the tumor was (5 ±3)cm. Lymph node metastasis was detected at the hepatic hilar,hepatoduodenal ligament and area behind pancreatic head. Postoperative pathological examination confirmed that all the patients were with gallbladder adenosquamous carcinoma. All patients were followed up till April 2011. Two patients survived with no discomfort,and the survival time was 2-3 months.Six patients died of tumor recurrence or metastasis,and their median survival time was 8 months (range,4-13 months). Conclusions The clinical manifestation of gallbladder adenosquamous carcinoma is non-specific, and definite diagnosis depends on the results of postoperative pathological examination.Surgical treatment is the only effective method in improving the prognosis of patients with gallbladder adenosquamous carcinoma,and the prognosis of patients is poor.

Objective To investigate the management of iatrogenic bile duct injury and evaluate the longterm efficacy.Methods The clinical data of 62 patients with iatrogenic bile duct injury who were admitted to the Peking Union Hospital from January 1982 to April 2012 were retrospectively analyzed.Of the 62 cases of iatrogenic bile duct injuries,24 were caused by laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) and 38 were caused by open cholecystectomy. Ten patients received non-surgical treatment, including 8 patients received percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography and drainage (PTCD) and 2 received endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) + stent implantation. Fifty-two patients received surgical treatment,including 47 received cholecystojejunostomy,2 received cholecystoduodenostomy,3 received biliary end-to-end anastomosis. Thirty-six patients received PTCD preoperatively,and 42 received biliary stent implantation intraoperatively.Fifty patients received intraoperative peritoneal drainage to prevent postoperative peritoneal effusion or encapsulated bile collection.Results Of the 52 patients who received surgery,13 patients were complicated by more than 1 complication,including 1 case of wound infection,4 cases of cholangitis,2 cases of anastomotic leakage,2 cases of anastomotic bleeding,1 case of anastomotic occlusion, 1 case of biliary stent falling out and 3 cases of gastrointestinal diseases.Eighteen patients received cholangiography postoperatively,and 2 patients were diagnosed as with bile leakage.Fifteen patients received PTCD + biliary stent implantation,and 1 patient of them received percutaneous puncture drainage.Two patients received reoperation due to anastomotic bleeding.The mean time of peritoneal drainage for the 50 patients was (7.7 ± 2.6) days.No perioperative death was observed,and the mean operation time was (18 ± 12) days.Fifty-five patients were followed up (10 patients received non-surgical treatment,and 45 patients received surgical treatment),with a median time of 93 months.Of the 10 patients who received nonsurgical treatment,1 received reoperation due to bile leakage,3 received PTCD for the second time due to repeated cholangitis after PTCD. Of the 45 patients who received surgical treatment,6 patients had long-term complications,including 6 cases of fever,4 cases of jaundice,3 cases of choledocho-lithiasis and 1 case of bile duct canceration; 4 received reoperation at the second year after operation.Conclusions Early diagnosis of bile duct injury and operation carried out by experienced surgeons are important for a better short- and long-term prognosis.Surgical repair is the first line therapy for bile duct injury.

Objective To summarize the clinical and pathological characteristics of incidental gallbladder carcinoma,analyze the factors such as surgical procedures,tumor stages that associated with prognosis,and standardize the diagnosis and treatment strategy of incidental gallbladder carcinoma. Methods Between January 1991 and October 2009,27 incidental gallbladder carcinoma patients were treated in Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH).A retrospective study was performed based on the clinical data of these patients to evaluate the methods of diagnosis,curative treatment and prognosis. Results Twenty-seven patients were collected (8 male and 19 female) with the mean age of (68.3 ± 1.9)years.Abdominal pain,obstructive jaundice and fever were the main symptoms of incidental gallbladder carcinoma.All the 27 cases underwent open cholecystectomy based on preoperative tentative diagnosis of benign disease,and carcinoma of gallbladder was confirmed by postoperative pathology.In this group(9 lowdifferentiation,9 moderate-differentiation,4 high-differentiation and 5-carcinogenesis from adenoma).Two cases were on the stage of Nevin Ⅰ,5 on Nevin Ⅱ,8 on Nevin Ⅲ,5 on Nevin Ⅳ and 7 on Nevin Ⅴ.The survival terms were of statistic significance between the radical cholecystectomy groups and simple cholecystectomy groups(x2 =4.450,P=0.035); The prognosis of patients on stages Ⅰ、Ⅱ are better than those who are on stages Ⅲ、Ⅳ、Ⅴ (x2 = 6.825,P = 0.014). Conclusion The clinical manifestations of incidental gallbladder carcinoma are diverse,which usually lead to misdiagnosis.Frozen section examination during operation is key to diagnose incidental gallbladder carcinoma.Surgical operation is the first choice of therapy,offering much better prognosis than those received simple cholecystectomy.

Insulin resistance, lipid metabolism disorders, independent autonomic neuropathy are high risk factors for gallstone formation in type 2 diabetic patients. In recent years, there have been a lot of new developments on the relationship between type 2 diabetes and gallstones, such as adiponectin, leptin and metabolic syndrome, etc. Based on these studies, the risk factors of type 2 diabetes complicated with gallstones are summarized in this paper.