1.Correlation between the number of circulating tumor cells in peripheral blood and clinicopathological features of patients with breast cancer
Xiuyue LI ; Yan HE ; Zhen SU ; Guorong ZOU ; Xiaolong CAO
Cancer Research and Clinic 2021;33(6):414-418
Objective:To investigate the correlation between the number of circulating tumor cells (CTC) in peripheral blood and clinicopathological features of patients with breast cancer.Methods:The clinical data of 104 breast cancer patients at Guangzhou Panyu Central Hospital between January 2017 and May 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. The number of CTC in peripheral blood, the levels of serum tumor markers [alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), carbohydrate antigen (CA)125, CA153] were detected. In blood samples, the number of CTC ≥ 2/ml was defined as CTC positive. Immunohistochemistry was used to analyze the protein expression of Ki-67 in tumor tissues. The association of CTC with clinicopathological features, serum tumor markers and Ki-67 protein expression was also analyzed.Results:The CTC positive rate was 80.77% (84/104). There were statistically significant differences in composition of whether there was vascular tumor thrombus (χ 2 = 0.860, P = 0.009), axillary lymph node metastasis (χ 2 = 12.382, P<0.01), N staging ( P = 0.002) and TNM staging (χ 2 = 7.698, P = 0.006) between patients with CTC positive and negative. However, there were no statistically significant differences in composition of age ( t = 0.634, P = 0.528), tumor quadrant (χ 2 = 6.523, P = 0.163), molecular subtyping (χ 2 = 4.164, P = 0.384), histological grade (χ 2 = 1.901, P = 0.387), T staging ( P = 0.099) and whether there was nerve invasion (χ 2 = 0.092, P = 0.761). The levels of serum CEA and CA125 in CTC positive patients were higher than those in CTC negative patients [median ( P25, P75): 2.50 ng/ml (2.21 ng/ml, 2.92 ng/ml) vs. 1.89 ng/ml (1.61 ng/ml, 2.35 ng/ml); 13.81 U/ml (11.79 U/ml, 16.28 U/ml) vs. 11.17 U/ml (8.91 U/ml, 12.80 U/ml); all P < 0.05], and CTC was positively correlated with serum CEA and CA153 levels ( r = 0.520, P<0.01; r = 0.497, P<0.01); CTC was not related to Ki-67 protein expression (χ 2 = 0.512, P = 0.474). Conclusion:The number of CTC in peripheral blood is closely related to clinical staging, lymph node or hematogenous metastasis, tumor markers CEA and CA153 levels of breast cancer. The increased number of CTC may cause tumor progression and metastasis.
2.Application of information technology in the model of nursing human resource allocation
Xiuyue CAO ; Min ZHANG ; Xiazhi YUAN ; Xiaoling TIAN
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2017;23(17):2303-2306
Objective To design reasonable informatization model of nursing human resource allocation and to apply it to clinical nursing so as to make nursing human resource allocation scientific and reasonable.Methods The time table was designed according to the program of direct nursing and indirect nursing. It was tested in five surgical departments between January 19th 2016 and January 23rd 2016 and five internal medicine between January 24th 2016 and January 28th 2016. The situation before and after allocation were compared with the questionnaires of quality of nursing, patients' satisfaction and nurses' satisfaction. Results The nursing human resource allocation model built with information technology could export the hours of direct nursing in real time and configure nursing staff reasonably in line with the hours of nursing. The quality of nursing, patients' satisfaction and nurses' job satisfaction after the reasonable allocation were higher than those before allocation with statistically significant differences (t=-29.646, -5.783, -2.369;P<0.05). Conclusions The nursing human resource allocation designed by the research is with real time. Besides, it can improve the quality of nursing, patients' satisfaction and nurses' job satisfaction.