1.Clinical study of nimotuzumab combined paclitaxel and carboplatin in the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Xiaoru HOU ; Mingqin WEI ; Yong GUO
Chongqing Medicine 2014;(5):539-541
Objective To observe the effects and toxicity of nimotuzumab combined paclitaxel and carboplatin in the treatment of advanced non small cell lung cancer .Methods 168 cases of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer were randomly divided into study group and control group ,with 84 cases in each group .Study group was treated with nimotuzumab 200 mg ,1 times per week ,for 6 weeks ,two weeks later the patients were treated with 200 mg and stopped when the disease progressed ,paclitaxel lipo-some(135 mg/m2 ,iv drip 3 h ,1 days) ,carboplatin(300 mg/m2 ,iv drip ,1 days);the control group was given paclitaxel liposome(135 mg/m2 ,iv drip 3 h ,1 days) ,carboplatin(300 mg/m2 ,iv drip ,1 days) ,21 days for 1 cycle .Results Study group RR 38 .1% (32/84);control group RR 23 .8% (20/84)(P<0 .05) .The main side effects of two groups of were gastrointestinal reaction and bone marrow suppression ,there were 64 cases of above Ⅱ digestive tract reaction in the study group ,accounting for 76 .2% ,52 cases ofⅡ degrees of bone marrow suppression ,accounting for 61 .9% ,52 cases of Ⅱ degrees of alopecia ,accounting for 61 .9% ;54 cases of control group Ⅱ digestive tract reaction ,accounting for 66 .7% ,54 cases of Ⅱ degrees of bone marrow suppression ,accounting for 66 .7% ,and 58 cases of Ⅱ degrees of alopecia ,accounted for 57 .1% (P>0 .05) .In the study group ,progression-free survival period was 7 .8 months ,the median survival period was 14 .2 months;in the control group ,progression-free survival period was 5 .1 months ,the median survival period was 9 .8 months(P<0 .05) .Conclusion nimotuzumab combined paclitaxel and carboplatin in the treatment of advanced non small cell lung cancer has good clinical curative effect ,and would not increase adverse reactions .It is worthy of clinical application .
2.Screening and analysis of dry eye in eye discomfort patients in Jilin Province
Rui JIANG ; Fang LIU ; Yueji PAN ; Boyang LU ; Lulu HOU ; Chunmei WANG ; Hui JIA ; Xiaoru SHI
Journal of Jilin University(Medicine Edition) 2017;43(4):832-838
Objective:To investigate the clinical manifestations and distribution characteristics of dry eye patients with ocular discomfort symptoms in Jilin Province, and to analyze the relationship between the risk factors associated with dry eye and its severity. Methods:The secondary or tertiary hospitals in Jilin Province were randomly selected and used as screening bases from July 2014 to August 2015.1 173 people initiative to the hospital for eye examinations after publicity were selected.Questionnaire was used to collect the subjective symptoms of dry eye.The breakup time(BUT) of tear film, corneal fluorescein staining, meibomian gland and tear secretion were examined and the detection rate and risk factors of dry eye of the dry eye patients with different clinical characteristics were analyzed.Results: A total of 1 122 people was actually surveyed, 896 individuals were diagnosed as dry eye, and the prevalence rate was 79.8%. The prevalence rate of the females was higher than of the males(χ2 =4.070,P<0.05).The prevalence of dry eye between different ages was statistically significant(χ2 =61.547,P<0.05).The multivariate Logistic regression analysis results showed that the age ≥40 years (40-49 years,OR =6.313,95% CI: 3.498-11.393;50-59 years,OR =6.919,95% CI: 3.876-12.351;60-69 years,OR =5.175,95% CI: 2.650-10.104;over 70 years,OR =9.508,95% CI: 3.608-25.061), moderate grade of meibomian gland dysfunction(MGD) (OR =2.123,95% CI: 1.186-3.803), and the patients with rheumatoid arthritis (OR =2.186,95% CI: 1.098-4.353) and eye surgery (OR =3.692,95% CI: 1.204-11.323) were the risk factors for dry eye. While the occupation of farmer was a protective factor for dry eye (OR =0.351, 95% CI: 0.135-0.917).Conclusion:Age, occupation, MGD grade, rheumatoid arthritis and eye surgery history affect the occurrence of dry eye to a certain extent. So enough attention and appropriate health guidance should be given to reduce the incidence of dry eye.
3.Lipids, Anthropometric Measures, Smoking and Physical Activity Mediate the Causal Pathway From Education to Breast Cancer in Women: A Mendelian Randomization Study
Hongkai LI ; Lei HOU ; Yuanyuan YU ; Xiaoru SUN ; Xinhui LIU ; Yifan YU ; Sijia WU ; Yina HE ; Yutong WU ; Li HE ; Fuzhong XUE
Journal of Breast Cancer 2021;24(6):504-519
Purpose:
We aimed to investigate whether obtaining a higher level of education was causally associated with lower breast cancer risk and to identify the causal mechanism linking them.
Methods:
The main data analysis used publicly available summary-level data from 2 large genome-wide association study consortia. Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis used 65 genetic variants derived from the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium as instrumental variables for years of schooling. The outcomes from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC) were the overall breast cancer risk (122,977 cases/105,974 controls in women) and the two subtypes: estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer and ER-negative breast cancer. Fixed and random effects inverse variance weighted methods were used to estimate the causal effects, along with other additional MR methods for sensitivity analyses.
Results:
Results showed that each additional standard deviation of 4.2 years of education was causally associated with a 27% lower risk of ER-negative breast cancer (odds ratio, 0.73; 95% confidence interval, 0.64–0.84; p-value < 0.001). This finding was consistent with the results of the sensitivity analyses. Physical activities can help improve the protective effect of education against breast cancer, with relatively large mediation proportions. Education increases the risk of ER-positive breast cancer due to alterations in high-density lipoprotein level, triglyceride level, height, waist-to-hip ratio, body mass index, and smoking status, with relative medium mediation proportions. Other mediators including low-density lipoprotein, hip circumference, number of cigarettes smoked per day, time spent performing light physical activity, and performing vigorous physical activity for > 10 minutes explain a small part of the causal effect of education on the risk of developing breast cancer, and their mediation proportion is approximately 1%.
Conclusion
A low level of education is a causal risk factor in the development of breast cancer as it is associated with poor lipid profile, obesity, smoking, and types of physical activity.