1.Management Effect of Clinical Pharmacist on Antibiotics Use during Perioperative Period of Great Saphe-nous Varicose Veins Surgery
Yalan ZHU ; Yunguang BAO ; Jiayi GUO ; Shiwen LV ; Shuhua TONG ; Yuanqing XU
China Pharmacist 2016;19(4):697-700
Objective:To evaluate the management effect of clinical pharmacist on antibiotics use during perioperative period of great saphenous varicose veins surgery. Methods:The medical records of all the patients undergoing simple great saphenous vein strip-ping, great saphenous vein high ligation plus simple stripping and saphenous vein ligation plus endovenous laser treatment between June and September in 2010 ( before the intervention) , 2011 ( after the intervention) and 2014 ( consolidation period) were selected, and the rationality of prophylactic use of antibiotics during perioperative period was evaluated. Results: After the management of clinical pharmacists, the preventive application of antibiotics during perioperative period was markedly improved in the indication, medicine va-riety choice,application and dosage, administration route, solvent and solvent dose, administration time, course of treatment and drug combination when compared with that before the intervention. Antibiotics use ratio, average hospitalization days, antibiotics ratio, drug ratio and infusion ratio were reduced obviously, which could be consolidated. Conclusion: The intervention of clinical pharmacists in antibiotics use during perioperative period of great saphenous varicose veins surgery improves the reasonable use ratio of antibiotics, and makes certain significance in the cost reduction for patients and the specification for hospital management.
2.Cell-free circulating tumor DNA in cancer
Qin ZHEN ; Ljubimov A VLADIMIR ; Zhou CUIQI ; Tong YUNGUANG ; Liang JIMIN
Chinese Journal of Cancer 2016;35(5):1-9
Cancer is a common cause of death worldwide. Despite significant advances in cancer treatments, the morbidity and mortality are still enormous. Tumor heterogeneity, especially intratumoral heterogeneity, is a significant reason under-lying difculties in tumor treatment and failure of a number of current therapeutic modalities, even of molecularly targeted therapies. The development of a virtually noninvasive“liquid biopsy”from the blood has been attempted to characterize tumor heterogeneity. This review focuses on cell-free circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in the bloodstream as a versatile biomarker. ctDNA analysis is an evolving field with many new methods being developed and optimized to be able to successfully extract and analyze ctDNA, which has vast clinical applications. ctDNA has the potential to accurately genotype the tumor and identify personalized genetic and epigenetic alterations of the entire tumor. In addition, ctDNA has the potential to accurately monitor tumor burden and treatment response, while also being able to monitor minimal residual disease, reducing the need for harmful adjuvant chemotherapy and allowing more rapid detection of relapse. There are still many challenges that need to be overcome prior to this biomarker getting wide adoption in the clinical world, including optimization, standardization, and large multicenter trials.
3.Mouse models of colorectal cancer.
Yunguang TONG ; Wancai YANG ; H Phillip KOEFFLER
Chinese Journal of Cancer 2011;30(7):450-462
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common malignancies in the world. Many mouse models have been developed to evaluate features of colorectal cancer in humans. These can be grouped into genetically-engineered, chemically-induced, and inoculated models. However, none recapitulates all of the characteristics of human colorectal cancer. It is critical to use a specific mouse model to address a particular research question. Here, we review commonly used mouse models for human colorectal cancer.
Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
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genetics
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pathology
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Animals
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Colorectal Neoplasms
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chemically induced
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etiology
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genetics
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pathology
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Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis
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genetics
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pathology
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Disease Models, Animal
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Genetic Engineering
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Humans
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Inflammation
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complications
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Mice
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Mice, Transgenic
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Neoplasm Metastasis