Small cell lung cancer ( SCLC ) is one common type of lung cancer in China. No remarkable progress has been made in systemic therapy for SCLC since the 90’ s. However, there are some advances in radiotherapy ( RT) for SCLC, which make it possible to improve treatment outcomes of SCLC. Those advances are mainly made in thoracic RT and prophylactic cranial irradiation for extensive?stage SCLC, radiation dose and technology of thoracic RT for limited?stage SCLC, and significance of prophylactic cranial irradiation for early?stage SCLC. The paper reviews the research advances in the East and West to provide some help and references for readers.

Glaucoma is a progressive optic nerve disease, it can cause structural changes of the optic nerve, resulting in irreversible damage of visual function. Early diagnosis is the key to treat the disease at an early stage to stop or delay the progression of visual functional defects. New technologies, including optic nerve and nerve fiber layer structural tests and visual functional tests, increased the diagnosis rate of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) at an early stage.

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Objective:To investigate the clinical features and prognostic factors of primary ovarian lymphoma(POL). Methods:A retrospective review was performed based on the clinical records of 14 POL cases treated at Tianjin Medical University Oncology in-stitute Hospital verity from 2000-6 to 2010-5. Results:The median age of patients was 47 years at presentation(range 28~62years). Ab-dominal pain was the most common initial symptom. The majority of histological subtype was B cell lymphoma, above 50%of which is diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. A R0 resection was carried out in 2 patients who were lost to follow-up soon after sur-gery. 11 patients were treated by CHOP, FC or CHOPE chemotherapy. Chemotherapy combined with rituximab were given to 5 pa-tients. Until now, 5 patients were alive, 6 patients died, and only one patient was lost to follow up after therapy. Conclusion:POL is an extremely rare lymphoma. The ultimate diagnosis depends on histopathologic examination. Primary ovarian non-Hodgkin lymphoma should be treated with multi-modality strategies. Treatment with doxorubicin-based chemotherapy after oophorotomy is recommended. B cell lymphoma preferred to use rituximab combination chemotherapy. Abdominal cavity chemotherapy prophylaxis and irradiation can decrease the probability for recurrence .

Objective To study the clinical significance of CD4 + CD25+ Foxp3 + regulatory T cell (Treg) and interleukin 10 (IL-10),transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β 1) in patients with steroidresistant asthma (SRA).Methods Seventy-nine patients with asthma were divided into SRA group (31cases) and steroid-sensitive (SSA) group (48 cases).Forty-five healthy subjects were selected simultaneously as control group.CD4+ CD25+ Foxp3 +Treg level was detected by flow cytometry and serum IL-10 and TGF-β1 levels were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.Results The percentage of CD4 + CD25 +Foxp3 +Treg in CD4+ T cell and its absolute value in SRA group and SSA group were 0.0225 ± 0.0063,(1.09 ± 0.23) × 107/L and 0.0345 ± 0.0094,(1.35 ± 0.14) × 107/L,they were significandy lower than those in control group [0.0537 ± 0.0128,(2.06 ± 0.27) × 107/L],and SRA group was significandy lower than SSA group,there were statistical differences (P ＜ 0.05).The levels of serum TGF-β1 in SRA group and SSA group were significantly lower than those in control group [(138.12 ± 23.26),(176.25 ± 40.37) ng/L vs.(281.22 ±47.15) ng/L],there was statistical difference (P ＜0.05).The levels of serum IL-10 in SRA group was significantly lower than that in control group [(516.43 ± 86.33)ng/L vs.(763.02 ± 90.19) ng/L],there was statistical difference (P ＜ 0.05).There was no statistical difference in the level of serum IL-10 between SSA group and control group (P ＞ 0.05).The levels of serum IL-10 and TGF-β 1 in SRA group were significantly lower than those in SSA group,there were statistical differences (P ＜ 0.05).The levels of serum IL-10 and TGF-β1 had positive correlation with CD4 + CD25 + Foxp3 +Treg in SRA group and SSA group (P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion The interaction among CD4+ CD25+ Foxp3 +Treg,IL-10 and TGF-β1 may play an important role in the SRA occurrence and development,while by increasing peripheral blood CD4 + CD25 + Foxp3 +Treg number and stabilizing its function can increase IL-10 and TGF-β1 expression,which may be an important way to treat SRA.

Objective To estimate the arterial-to-end-tidal carbon dioxide tension difference (Pa-ET CO 2 )in children with cyanotic or acyanotic congenital heart diseases;evaluate whether hyper-ventilation can reduce the tension difference or not;analyze the effect of sevofleurane on Pa-ET CO 2 . Methods One hundred and twenty patients (male 60 cases,female 60 cases,aged 1 month-6 years, ASA class Ⅱ or Ⅲ)undergoing selective cardiac surgery were randomly divided into 6 groups (n =20 each)based on right-to-left or left-to-right intracardic shunts:group A1,cyanotic with sevoflurane of 0.5 MAC;group A2,cyanotic with sevoflurane of 1.0 MAC;group B1,acyanotic with sevoflurane of 0.5 MAC;group B2,acyanotic with sevoflurane of 1.0 MAC;group C1,cyanotic with no inter-vention factors;group C2,acyanotic with no intervention factors.All the children received general an-aesthesia after placing an intravenous and arterial catheter.The value of PET CO 2 ,SpO 2 ,PaCO 2 , SaO 2 ,Hct and temperature(nasopharyngeal temperature and rectal temperature)were obtained before operation,after hyperventilation(the control groups without hyperventilation)and five minutes before surture sternum.Results The values of Pa-ET CO 2 were more than the normal one in six groups before operation.The value of Pa-ET CO 2 in group B1 was less than that in group A1,that in group B2 was less than that in group A2 and that in group C2 was less than that in group C1 before operation (P <0.01).Compared with the time point before operation,the values of Pa-ET CO 2 in groups A1,A2,B1 and B2 decreased significantly after hyperventilation (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01 ).Moreover, this reduction was more significant in groups B1 and B2.Compared with the time point before operation, the values of Pa-ET CO 2 in groups B1,B2,C2 increased significantly (P <0.01)and that in groups A1, A2,C1 decreased significantly (P <0.05)at 5 minutes before surture sternum.There was no statisti-cal difference at three different time points between group A1 and A2,B1 and B2.Conclusion The value of Pa-ET CO 2 in cyanotic children increased more significantly than that in acyanotic children.Hy-perventilation can reduce the value of Pa-ET CO 2 especially in acynanotic children with pulmonary con-gestion.The concentration (from 0.5 MAC to 1.0 MAC)of sevoflurane had little effect on the value of Pa-ET CO 2 .

Objective To discover the value of endoscopi c ultrasonography (EUS) in predicting the resectability of pancreatic carcinoma.Methods Thirty-eight consecutive patients were prospectively i nvestigated using EUS to determine the tumor resectability. Two specialists eval uated the EUS findings in each of the patients prospectively. All patients were explored and their resectability noted. In the meantime, we compared the accurac y of EUS diagnosis with that of CT, MRI and sonography respectively.Results Ten out of 38 cases with pancreatic carcinoma were cons idered to be resectable by EUS with a positive predictive value of 80 0% in com parison with surgical findings. EUS also had high correlation with surgical resu lts in assessing un-resectability of pancreatic carcinoma, the negative predic tive value is 96 4%. There was 1 false negative and 2 false-positive assessmen ts (sensitivity, 88 9% and specificity, 93 1%). The accuracy of EUS was the hi ghest. The diagnostic accuracy of EUS, CT, MRI and sonography were 97 4%, 94 6 %, 89 5% and 73 7% respectively.Conclusion It is an effective method to use endoscopic ultrason ography in predicting the resectability of pancreatic carcinoma before operation .

The pharmacokinetics of ketamine were studied in 8 preschool children,aged 3.5～6 years. The ketamine was administrated by I. V. infusion at a dose of 3mg?kg~(-1) in one hour constantly. The plasma concentrations of ketamine were measured by high performance liquid chromatography. The disposition of intravenous infusion with ketamine could be described by two-compartment open model, and the variables of pharmacokinetics of ketamine were as follows: T_(1/2?)=0.15?0.04 hours,T_(1/2?)=2.84?0.44 hours,Cl=0.34?0.06L?kg~(-1)?h~(-1), AUC=9.21?1.00mg/L?h, and V_d=0.66?0.29 L?kg~(-1). This suggests that intravenous infusion of ketamine at 3mg?kg~(-1)?h~(-1) is safe for the maintenance of general anesthesia in preschool children, attention must he paid to the children anesthetized with long period of ketamine infusion because recovery may be delayed due to the prolonged elimination half-life.