1.Application of MRDWI combined with CEA and SCC in evaluation of the efficacy of concurrent chemoradiotherapy for cervical squamous cell carcinoma
Xin JIANG ; Wei ZHU ; Dedong YU ; Yun WU
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology 2017;26(9):1024-1027
Objective To determine the value of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of magnetic resonance diffusion-weighted imaging (MRDWI) combined with squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCC) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in the evaluation of the efficacy and prognosis of concurrent chemoradiotherapy for cervical carcinoma.Methods A total of 80 patients with cervical squamous cell carcinoma confirmed by histology or cytology in our hospital from 2013 to 2016 were included in this study.Of the 80 patients, 39 were FIGO stage ⅡB, 7 were stage ⅢA, 26 were stage ⅢB, and 8 were stage ⅠVA.MRDWI examination and SCC and CEA measurements were first performed for the patients following group assignment, and the patients were then given extrapelvic radiotherapy (45-50 Gy)+platinum-based chemotherapy plus brachytherapy (20-25 Gy) based on their conditions.MRDWI, SCC, and CEA examinations were performed again after treatment to determine the changes in ADC, SCC, and CEA.In addition, ADC, SCC, and CEA were examined in the middle stage of treatment for 40 patients.Data were analyzed using the paired t-test or ANOVA.Results The overall response rate of the 80 patients after concurrent chemoradiotherapy was 100%.No disease progression was identified in any of the patients until the end of treatment, and the overall survival time of the patients was all above 6 months.Serum SCC and CEA were reduced after treatment (P=0.000,0.000), whereas the ADC value was increased after treatment (P=0.000).The increase in ACD following the decreases in SCC and CEA after treatment (P=0.000, 0.000) was indicative of increased efficacy of the concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy.Conclusions MRDWI combined with SCC and CEA is highly reliable for the evaluation of efficacy and prognosis of concurrent chemoradiotherapy for cervical cancer.
3.Clinical analysis on conversion from tacrolimus to cydosporine A in recipients of liver transplantation
Wei-Long ZOU ; Yun-Jun ZANG ; Xin-Guo CHEN ;
Chinese Journal of Organ Transplantation 2005;0(11):-
Objective To analyze the causes and outcome of conversion from tacrolimus (FK506) to cyclosporine-A (CsA) in recipients after liver transplantation.Methods 317 consecutive liver transplantation recipients in our department received anti-CD25 monoclonal antibody,FK506, mycophenolate mofetil and corticoid for prophylaxis of cellular rejection.The blood FK506 trough level was (10-15)?g/L within the first 30 days,(8-12)?g/L within next 60 days,and (5-8)?g/L was kept during 90 to 180 days after transplantation.All recipients reveived a follow-up of 6 months. Remits Sixteen out of 317 recipients (5.05%) required conversion from FK506 to CsA.The clinical indications for conversion included:neurological adverse effect of FK506 in 5 cases (31.25%),hema- tological adverse effect in 2 cases (12.5%),gastrointestinal effect in one case (6.25%),not capable of reaching therapeutic window concentration in 3 cases (18.75%),refractory hyperglycemia in 2 ca- ses (12.5%),and economic factor in 3 cases (18.75%).The majority of recipients demonstrated clinical improvement after the switch,except 2 of 16 patients (12.5%) had to be reconverted to FK506 due to renal disadvantage.No dead recipient and adverse effect correlated to immunosuppres- sive agent conversion were seen.Conclusion If necessary,conversion from FK506 to CsA in patients undergoing liver transplantation is safe and effective.
4.Basic research and clinical application of musculocutaneous perforator flaps
wei-jie, SU ; yun-liang, QIAN ; yi-xin, ZHANG
Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University(Medical Science) 2006;0(07):-
The use of flaps for plastic and reconstructive surgery is very popular today.More and more surgeons have realized that the blood supply plays an important role in the design and survival of flaps.After Ian McGregor and Ian Jackson first introduced the axial flaps into clinics,Mathes divided the flaps into two types in 1981,the fasciocutaneous perforator flaps and musculocutaneous perforator flaps.In 1989,the concept of perforator flap was first brought into clinical practice.With the development of microsurgery and anatomy,the epidermis of human skin is divided into areas based on the vascular anatomy.A new century of musculocutaneous perforator flaps has been established.The terminology,classification,characteristics and application of musculocutaneous perforator flaps are described in this paper.
5.Influence of nodule enhanced viewing of dual-source CT on efficacy of detecting pulmonary nodule in low-dose CT
Liang YANG ; Wei SONG ; Xin SUI ; Zhengyu JIN ; Yun WANG
Chinese Journal of Radiology 2013;47(8):709-712
Objective To evaluate efficacy in detecting lung nodules at low-dose CT(LDCT) by nodule enhanced viewing(NEV).Methods One hundred and twenty seven patients who were referred to undergo low-dose CT (LDCT) for the evaluation of pulmonary metastasis or screening lung cancer were selected randomly.Two radiologists with at least 10 years experience read the images with normal clinical reading speed to find actionable nodules ≤ 2.0 cm in maximum diameter,and their consensus result was referred as Standard.NEV was adopted to detect the pulmonary nodules.Two residents with experience of less than three years read first detected suspicious nodules and recorded reading time,first consensus and mean time were recorded.Then,they made second decisions on the images with the help of NEV and the results and the reading time were recorded and analyzed by using wilcoxon test.The sensitivity and accuracy of NEV,residents and residents with NEV were analyzed.Results Standard,resident,NEV and resident with NEV detected 570,404,768 and 593 lung nodules ≤2.0 cm in maximum diameter,respectively.More than 60% nodules were less than 0.5 cm in maximum diameter.The performance of NEV in detecting nodules ≤2.0 cm as well as nodules < 0.5 cm in maximum diameter was significantly higher than that of the resident(Z =-6.887,P <0.01 and Z =-7.235,P <0.01),and the performance of resident with NEV indetecting nodules ≤2.0 cm as well as nodules < 0.5 cm in maximum diameter was significantly higher than that of resident without NEV (Z =-6.606,P < 0.01 and Z =-6.657,P < 0.01).The resident,NEV and the resident with NEV detected nodules < 20 mm in maximum diameter with sensitivities of 61.4%,86.3% and 95.3%,and with accuracy of 56.1%,58.1% and 87.6%,respectively.The resident achieved sensitivities of 51.4%,88.1% and 94.8%,and accuracy of 47.0%,56.9% and 87.5% for nodules <5 mm in maximum diameter,respectively.The resident,NEV and resident with NEV spent 120-444 s,85-262 s and 131-1512 s per case to read the CT scans,respectively.The reading time of resident with NEV in was significantly higher than that of resident without NEV(Z =-9.781,P < 0.01).The resident spent 23 s per NEV mark.Conclusion NEV considerable improves the resident's performance in lung nodule detection,especially in maximum diameter < 0.5 cm nodule detection.
6.Determination of dissolution of liuwei dihuang concentrated pills based on multi-index components.
Yun LUO ; Wei-Wei HAO ; Jing ZHANG ; Xin-Li LIANG ; Guo-Wei ZHAO ; Ming YANG ; Zheng-Gen LIAO
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2014;39(2):240-246
With the content of gallic acid, loganin, paeoniflorin and paeonol as the indexes, to screen out dissolution determination conditions, establish the dissolution determination method for multi-index components in Liuwei Dihuang concentrated pills, calculate and map the accumulative dissolution curve, and then compare the dissolution of products from different pharmaceutical factories through the similarity factor (f2). According to the results, the optimum dissolution determination conditions were the paddle method, with 250 mL 0.1 mol x L(-1) hydrochloric acid as the dissolution medium, and a rotation rate of 100 r x min(-1). The similarity factor values (f2) of the dissolution curves of the four main components of Liuwei Dihuang concentrated pills from different pharmaceutical factories were mostly less than 50. This demonstrated a significant difference in the dissolution of Liuwei Dihuang concentrated pills from different pharmaceutical factories, and provided scientific basis for improving the equality evaluation of Liuwei Dihuang concentrated pills.
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7.Analysis on clinical features and treatment of herpes zoster patients hospitalized in real world.
Ling-Lian YUAN ; Lian-Xin WANG ; Yan-Ming XIE ; Wei YANG ; Zhi-Xin YANG ; Yan ZHUANG ; Yun-Bi ZHANG
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2014;39(18):3469-3473
From the hospital information system (HIS) of 20 national grade III-A general hospitals, 2 960 cases of herpes zoster as the research object, analyzes the relations between the general information, syndrome of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), western medicine combined diseases, the relationship between the solar term and the incidence of herpes zoster, and the combined use of Chinese and western medicine. Among the patients with 46-65 year old has the highest percentage of diseased; admission to general outpatient clinic is the most; the most common medical payment is medicare; combined disease such as hypertension, diabetes and coronary heart disease is more common; early treatment effect of herpes zoster is better than the sequelae; summer and autumn solar term patients is hospitalized more, TCM syndrome is damp heat of liver fire; about drugs, western medicine is the most commonly used vitamin B1 and mecobalamin, traditional Chinese medicine is the most frequently used Danhong injection, combination therapy with promoting blood circulation drugs and neurotrophic drugs. Thus, herpes zoster, more common in elderly patients, with no obvious relationship between solar term, should be early diagnosis and early treatment, often with combination of Chinese traditional and western medicine treatment.
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8.Clinical Significance of Detection of S - 100? Protein in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Serum of Children with Acute Viral Encephalitis
yu-hong, CAO ; guang-yun, ZHANG ; guo-cheng, ZHANG ; yan-hua, CAO ; xin-wei, YANG ; xin-hong, QIAN ; qing, SHEN
Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2003;0(10):-
Objective To explore the changes of S - 100? protein in cerebrospinal fluid and serum of children with viral encephalitis and its clinical significance. Methods The levels of S - 100? protein of cerebrospinal fluid and serum of 36 children with viral encephalitis and 20 lumbar anesthesia children without central nervous system diseases were measured by enzyme - linked immunosor bent assay. Differences in the levels of cerebrospinal fluid and serum S-100? protein between children with and without coma, with and without convulsion, with and without sequelae in the case group were compared. Results S-100? protein levels of cerebrospinal fluid in the case group and control group were (0.641?0.390) and (0.037 ? 0.014) ?g/L( P
10.Effect of high humidity environment on immune function in rats.
Xin GUO ; Kun LI ; Chao WANG ; Wei LI ; Yun YANG ; Fu-Qiang SONG ; Yong-He HU
Chinese Journal of Applied Physiology 2014;30(1):89-92
OBJECTIVETo investigate effects of the variation of immune function in high humidity environment in different time, and lay a foundation for further study of the related mechanism.
METHODThirty SD rats were divided into 3 groups (n = 10): 20 day group, 40 day group in 90% relative humidity chamber and control group in normal relative humidity. Peripheral blood and spleens were collected to detect the levels of T lymphocyte subsets by Flow Cytometery.
RESULTSIn peripheral blood of the 20 day group rats, the CD3+ %, CD4+ %, CD8+ % and CD4+/CD8+ were 52.91 +/- 6.27, 37.80 +/- 4.11, 14.85 +/- 3.73 and 2.72 +/- 0.82 separately. Expect CD3+ %, they all had significant differences (P < 0.05). In addition, the data of the 40 day group rats showed no diversity in statistics. In spleen, CD8+ % of the 20 day group rats was 6.23 +/- 2.87 with significant differences (P < 0.05) and IgG, IgA and IgM did not change a lot in blood serum of the high humidity groups except C3 of the 20 days group (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONIn high humidity environment, the immune function of the rats increased in the initial stage. As time went on, the immune function gradually went to normal level through the self adjustment.
Acclimatization ; Animals ; Humidity ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Spleen ; immunology ; T-Lymphocyte Subsets ; immunology