1.Correlation between the expression of gastric cancer tumor markers in preoperative serum and the risk of radical resection
Xiyu YUAN ; Qingxian LI ; Ping LUO ; Lihua LI
Clinical Medicine of China 2021;37(1):67-73
Objective:To study the relationship between the expression of tumor markers and radical resection in patients with gastric cancer.Methods:The medical records of gastric cancer patients undergoing surgery in Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Puji District, Dongguan People′s Hospital Affiliated to Southern Medical University from June 2018 to December 2019 were retrospectively analyzed, and 136 patients were selected.Collected patient data, including general information, the expression levels of tumor markers carcinoembryonic antigen(CEA), carbohydrate antigen 19-9(CA19-9), carbohydrate antigen 72-4(CA72-4), and the surgical method used.The relationship between the expression of tumor markers and radical resection was observed.Results:There was no statistically significant difference in the radical resection rate of gastric cancer in different genders, ages, and locations of gastric cancer (all P>0.05). TNM classification (tumor node metastasis classification) stage III patients had a lower radical resection rate (63.3%(38/60)) than stage I (100%(27/27)) and II (100%(49/49)) (χ 2=58.166 and 81.208, P<0.001). The radical resection rate of CEA(+ ) patients (47.8%(44/92)) was lower than that of CEA(-) patients (90.9%(40/44))(χ 2=23.394, P<0.001). The radical resection rate of CA19-9(+ ) patients (47.7%(42/88)) was lower than that of CA19-9(-) patients(87.5%(42/48))(χ 2=20.804, P<0.001). The radical resection rate of CA72-4(+ ) patients (54.3%(51/94)) was lower than that of CA72-4(-) patients (78.6%(33/42)) (χ 2=7.268, P=0.007). The variables with P<0.1 in univariate analysis were included in the logistic regression model, including 4 variables including TNM stage, CEA, CA19-9, and CA72-4.The results showed that TNM staging ( OR=1.169, 95% CI=0.925-1.634, P=0.001), CEA ( OR=1.067, 95% CI=1.364-4.338, P=0.024), CA19-9( OR=3.012, 95% CI=1.679-6.317, P=0.007), and CA72-4 were independent risk factors for radical resection( OR=5.364, 95% CI=0.675-3.224, P=0.004). The number of positive expressions of tumor markers was negatively correlated with the radical resection rate ( r=-0.621, P<0.05). The expression levels of CEA, CA19-9, and CA72-4 in patients with radical resection were 75.36(3.76, 198.20)μg/L, 152.76(34.81, 241.09)kU/L, 126.60(4.01, 218.07)kU/L, respectively.The expression levels of CEA, CA19-9, and CA72-4 in the radically resected patient group were 173.65(120.78, 254.87) μg/L, 255.88(102.45, 395.11) kU/L, 201.71(79.15, 325.92)kU/L.The expression level of CEA, CA19-9, CA72-4 in the group with radical resection were lower than that in the group with no radical resection, and the difference was statistically significant (the Z values were 10.672, 8.945, 9.862, all P<0.001). ROC curve showed that AUC of CEA, CA19-9 and CA72-4 were 0.627, 0.714 and 0.768, respectively.The best cut-off value of CA72-4 was 87.62 kU/L, the sensitivity was 88.1% (74/84) and the specificity was 90.4% (47/52). Conclusion:The expression levels and number of tumor markers CEA, CA19-9, CA72-4 in patients with gastric cancer were correlated with the risk of radical resection.
2.Therapeutic efficacy of peripheral T cell lymphoma patients treated with first-line intensive chemotherapy followed by autolo-gous stem cell transplantation
Yuan YAO ; Pingyong YI ; Xiyu LIU ; Fang ZHOU ; Zhongyi SUN ; Zhou OUYANG ; Junqiao HE ; Lijun HUANG
Journal of Chinese Physician 2014;(2):227-230
Objective To investigate the outcomes of unselected peripheral T cell lymphoma (PTCL) patients treated with in-tensive first-line chemotherapy with high-dose therapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT).Methods Here a nonrandom study was reported for 23 PTCL patients treated with first-line intensive chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell trans-plantation and 23 PTCL patients treated with conventional chemotherapy during January in 2000 to 2011 .All patients had received E-CHOP for 6~8 cycles, and autologous stem cell transplantation group was administrated with intensive chemotherapy followed by ASCT after complete remission or partial remission .Results There was no statistically significant difference in short-term therapeutic effect between two groups( P >0.05), but the 5-year overall survival(OS) of autologous stem cell transplantation group( 58%) was higher than conventional chemotherapy group , as well as 5-year disease-free survival time (DFS) (45%in autologous stem cell transplanta-tion group, and 21%in conventional chemotherapy group ) with both statistical significance ( P <0.05).Only the incidence of Ⅳ° myelosuppression in autologous stem cell transplantation group ( 100%) was higher than that in conventional chemotherapy group ( 13%) ( P <0.01 ) .Conclusions First-line intensive chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation for peripheral T cell lymphoma was quietly safe utility , it was better than conventional chemotherapy which would be considered as first -line method.
3.Apical sealability in extracted teeth by the root canal filling agents GuttaFlow and AH Plus: a systematic review
YUAN Xiyu ; CONG Zhaoxia ; WU Zeyu ; ZHAO Jin
Journal of Prevention and Treatment for Stomatological Diseases 2019;27(7):451-456
Objective:
To compare the apical sealing effects of two root canal fillers, GuttaFlow and AH Plus, for clinical reference.
Methods:
The Cochrane system evaluation method was used to search the Cochrane Library, Embase, CBM, PubMed, CNKI, Weipu, and Wanfang databases. Additionally, relevant journals and conference papers were manually retrieved, and relevant randomized controlled trials were collected. Two reviewers independently evaluated the quality of each study and extracted the data. A meta-analysis was performed using the RevMan5.3 software for homogenous studies, and a descriptive analysis was performed for studies with poor homogeneity.
Results:
In total, 10 randomized controlled trials containing 398 isolated teeth were included. The meta-analysis results showed that the difference in apical microleakage was statistically significant at 1 week and 3 months [1 week: MD=-0.13, 95% CI (-0.22,-0.04), P=0.007; 3 months: MD=-1.27, 95% CI (-1.94,-0.60), P=0.000 2] but not at 6 months [MD=-0.10, 95% CI (-0.26, 0.06), P=0.23].
Conclusion
Based on existing research results, GuttaFlow may achieve better results than AH Plus in the short term (≤ 1 week). Because it is subject to limitations of time, quality, and research methods, this conclusion requires more long-term, high-quality, large-sample, multimeasurement randomized controlled trials for further validation.