Autophagy is an adaptive response of cells to physiological and pathological conditions.The down-regulation of autophagic activity in some types of tumor cells is believed to play a critical role of tumorogenesis.Many anticancer drugs can activate autophagy in cancer cells and participate in the molecular regulation of autophagy.These drugs also induce apoptosis of cancer cells.The actual role of autophagy in antitumor effects of these drugs,however,depends on concentrations of drugs and the types of tumor cells.The induction of autophagy by anticancer drugs produces dual effects on viability of tumos cells. Autophagy as a therapeutic target of tumor chemotherapy has a promising application in the future.

According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, we searched for relevant original articles in some big Chinese and English databases. The qualities of the studies were evaluated with QUADAS quality assessment tool. A software program, Meta-disc, was used to obtain the pooled estimates and heterogeneity test for sensitivity, specificity, SROC curve, and so on. Finally the 17 article were included. On a per-patient basis, the pooled sensitivity (SEN), specificity (SPE), positive likelihood ratio (LR+), negative likelihood ratio (LR-), diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), Q*, SROC area under curve for 99mTc-MDP bone scan and computed tomography (CT) were 0. 87 and 0.99, 0.81 and 0.98, 3.88 and 13.86, 0.2 and 0.03, 27.73 and 612.17, 0.8418 and 0.9732, 0.9097 and 0.9952, respectively. On a per-focus basis, the pooled SEN, SPE, LR+, LR-, DOR, Q*, SROC area under curve for 99mTc-MDP bone scan was 0.86, 0.97, 13.32, 0.16, 102.4, 0.8944, 0.9528, respectively. For CT, only 1 article were included. This paper demonstrate: whether 99mTc-MDP or CT both have high diagnostic efficiency for bone metastase of breast cancer.
Bone Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; secondary ; Breast Neoplasms ; pathology ; Female ; Humans ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Technetium Tc 99m Medronate ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

The importance and necessity of undergraduates participating in the training plan of the medical research was clarified.Based on the actual ability of students and the characteristic of experimental teaching plan,we think that combination of experimental teaching of small group with research training is a strategy for enhancing the ability of the medical undergraduates to do research.This proposal will speed up the medical educational goal by the activation of novel idea,the cultivation of innovatory thought and the enhancement of creative ability.

Objective To investigate the short and long term effect of mifepristone on hysteromyoma.Methods The treatment group ( n=60 ) was given mifepristone and the control group ( n=60 ) vitamin C.The volume of hysteromyoma was measured using B-mode ultrasound prior to and at the end of treatment.L H,FSH,E2 progesterone ( P) ,liver function and blood creatinine were monitored each month.At the second year,3 0 cases from treatmentgroup were given mifepristone again for 3 months in the same way as the first course and with the same indexes monitored. Results Mifepristone had1 0 0 % effective rate with one-course curative rate of6.67% ,the hysteromyoma volume decreased by an average of at least 3 5.1 0 % ,while the volume gradually increased over 6months after discontinuing mifepristone with the recurrence rate of3 0 .0 0 % .At the second course of treatment hysteromyoma was further reduced by50 .2 0 % ,with the scope of reduction larger than thatatthe firstcourse( P

Objective To identify the possible risk factors for esophageal delayed bleeding after endoscopic submucosal dissection ( ESD ) of early esophageal carcinoma and precancerous lesions. Methods Data of 281 patients with early esophageal carcinoma and precancerous lesions treated by ESD were reviewed. Risk factors for esophageal delayed bleeding were investigated by univariate analysis and logistic multivariable regression analysis. Results Esophageal delayed bleeding occurred in 22 patients ( 7. 83%) . Univariate analysis showed there was significant difference between delayed bleeding group and non?delayed bleeding group in regard of age ( P=0. 046 ) , lesion size ( P=0. 013 ) , and lesion infiltration depth( P<0. 001 ) . Together with three factors above, the intraoperative bleeding ( P=0. 068 ) was also analyzed by Logistic multivariable regression analysis which showed only infiltration depth was the independent risk factor of early esophageal carcinoma and precancerous lesions treated by ESD( P=0. 002, OR=6. 88,95%CI:1. 07?39. 28) . Conclusion Patients older than 60 years and diameters more than 3 cm might be prone to delayed bleeding, but the direct factor is infiltration depth. The deeper lesions infiltrate, the delayed bleeding is more likely to occur.

OBJECTIVE:To discuss drug quality management practice in medical institutions.METHODS:The status quo of pharmaceutical administration and its trend of development were analyzed based on national laws and regulations for the drug control,the contents on drug quality management practice in medical institutions were presented.RESULTS:The management system,operation criteria,record system should be formulated respectively in drug quality management of medical institutions aimed directly at drug supply and drug use.CONSLUSION:The formulation of drug quality management practice in medical institutions is essential in the efforts to ensure safety,effectiveness and economy of drug use.

Objective To explore the association between the polymorphisms of TSC1,TSC2,PTEN genes and autism in Chinese Han population.Methods 274 autism patients and 386 heahh controls were recruited,and SnaPshot technique was used to genotype the 13 tagSNPs of TSC1,TSC2 and PTEN genes.The allele,genotype and haplotype frequencies of the SNPs were compared using SHEsis and SNPStats softwares.Results Mter Bonferroni correction,the allele distribution of rs2809244 (TSC1) (x2 =9.537,P=0.002,adjusted P=0.016),rs1050700 (TSC1) (x2 =9.313,P=0.002,adjusted P=0.016),rs2072314(TSC2) (P＜0.01,adjusted P＜0.01) and rs8063461 (TSC2) (P＜0.01,adjusted P＜0.01)showed significant difference between two groups (P＜0.05).The genotype frequencies of rs2072314(TSC2)and rs8063461(TSC2) showed significant difference between two groups(P＜0.05).Moreover,the frequency of haplotype A-G (OR =14.548,95％ CI =5.450-38.830) in the haplotype block rs2809244-rs3761840 showed significant difference between two groups(P＜0.05),A-G significantly increases the risk of autism.The frequencies of haplotype A-A (OR=0.608,95％ CI =0.409-0.903,P=0.013),G-A (OR=7.812,95％ CI =5.338-11.459,P＜0.01)and G-G (OR=0.356,95％ CI =0.274-0.463,P＜0.01) in the haplotype block rs2074969-rs8063461 were identified,which were significant difference between two groups(P＜0.05),and AA and G-G significantly reduced but G-A increased the risk of autism.Conclusion The polymorphisms of TSC1 and TSC2 genes might associate with autism in Chinese Han population.

Purpose To explore the role of cell blocks combined with immunohistochemical examination in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of malignant pleural effusion,and to explore the role of pleural effusion cell blocks in lung adenocarcinoma molecular pathology examination.Methods 142 cases of malignant pleural effusion based cytology,cell blocks of HE staining and immunohistochemical staining by EnVision twostep were retrospectively analysed,the tumor classification was made through analyzing the characteristics of the cells combined with antibody expression.The detection of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutation of 40 cases of lung adenocarcinoma diagnosed after immunohistochemical staining were used by ARMS-PCR method.Results Among 142 cases of malignant pleural effusion,there were 99 cases caused by lung adenocarcinoma,4 cases of lung small cell carcinoma,3 cases of lung squamous cell carcinoma,13 cases of breast carcinoma,9 cases of ovarian carcinoma,2 cases of gastric carcinoma,1 case of thyroid carcinoma,1 case of endometrial carcinoma,5 cases of mesothelioma,3 cases of lymphoma,1 case of malignant melanoma,1 case of synovial sarcoma.In 40 cases of lung adenocarcinoma pleural effusion cell block,there were 20 cases with EGFR mutations,9 cases of 19del mutations and 11 cases L858R mutations.Conclusion The pleural effusion cell blocks combined immunohistochemistry are useful to improve the accuracy of diagnosis of patients with pleural effusion,and helpful for the determination of classification and the primary site of tumor,assessment of prognosis.Pleural dffusion cell block may used to detect EGFR mutations of lung adenocarcinoma,which provide new source of specimen for the gene detection of lung adenocarcinoma.

The paper introduced a few models characteristic of pharmaceutical service(PS)in the hospital,classifying the service applicable in the hospital into personalized PS based on time,social PS based on space,and connotative PS based on expertise.This way pharmacist,doctors and nurses can work as a close team,providing not only high quality PS to a greater population,but also personalized and integrated PS to patients of special needs.In the end,PS can help improve hospital quality of care in general.

Objective To investigate mutations of S protein gene in positive HBsAg and anti-HBs patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.Methods Fifteen HBsAg(+) and anti-HBs(+) patients and 22 HBsAg(+) and anti-HBs (-) patients (control group) admitted in Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University during January and December 2011 were enrolled in the study.The S protein gene was amplified and sequenced, and the amino acid sequences were translated from the obtained DNA sequences and compared with the reference sequences.Results Compared with the control group, HBsAg (+) and anti-HBs(+) patients showed a higher variability in amino acid within major hydrophilic region (2.95 vs.0.78,x2 =18.059, P＜0.01) and the a determinant (4.44 vs.1.52, x2 =6.985, P＜0.01).The mutations in a determinant at positions P127T, G130E, G130N, M133S, F134I, T140I and G145R were detected only in HBsAg(+) and anti-HBs (+) patients.Conclusion Co-existence of HBsAg and anti-HBs in patients with chronic HBV infection might be associated with the increased amino acid mutations in and around the a determinant of protein S.