Objective: To study early diagnosis and treatment of multi-primary esophageal cancer and esophageal and cardiac double primary cancer. Methods: The data of 71 cases patients of multi-primary esophageal, double primary esophageal and cardiac cancer were collected. The diagnosis was made by dye staining through gastroscopy and X-ray. Pathological examination after operation was analyzed. Results: 14 patients were diagnosed by X-ray(14/71), 69 by endoscopy (69/71), 54 early foci and 6 early stage patients were found. All of them were operated. The resection rate is 100% with no operative death. 3-year survival rate was 40 5%. Conclusion: Routine X-ray examination of esophagus or stomach, and esophageal dye-staining and/or biopsy through endoscopy are important measures for early diagnosis of multi-primary cancer or esophageal and double primary cardiac cancer prompt surgery is advised.

Objective To study the clinical efficacy and safety of double incision double plate internal fixation in the treatment of complex fractures of tibial plateau .Methods According to the different treatment methods , 83 patients with tibial plateau complex fractures were divided into double plate group ( 51 cases ) and locking plate group ( 32 cases ) .The surgical indicators , treatment efficacy and complications were compared between the two groups .Results The time of implantation ,hospital stay and fracture healing time in the observation group were signif-icantly shorter than those in the control group [(9.36 ±2.14) d vs.(13.24 ±2.99) d;(11.71 ±1.32) d vs. (13.41 ±2.23)d;(13.27 ±1.83)weeks vs.(15.82 ±2.18)weeks],the differences were statistically significant (t=6.813,4.368,5.736,all P<0.05).The excellent rates of HSS score in the observation group and the control group were 94.12％and 93.75％,respectively,and there was no statistically significant difference (χ2 =0.746,P>0.05).The incidence rate of complications in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group(5.88％vs.21.88％) (χ2 =4.746,P<0.05).Conclusion Double-incision plate internal fixation surgery for tibial plateau complex fractures is effective ,has fast postoperative recovery ,high safety,and it is worthy of clinical application in a wide range of popularization .

Objective To explore the short-term efficacy of green channel surgery for hip fractures in the elderly patients.Methods A retrospective study was conducted of the 128 elderly patients with hip fracture who had been operatively treated at Department of Orthopaedics,The First People's Hospital of Beijing Fangshan from January 2015 to September 2017.They were 44 men and 84 women,aged from 65 to 91 years (average,75.5 years).The interval from injury to surgery ranged from 24 to 48 hours for the green channel group of 63 cases but exceeded 48 hours for the non-green channel group of 65 cases.The 2 groups were compared in terms of complications during hospitalization,mortality 3 months after operation and good to excellent rate of hip function.Results The 2 groups were compatible due to insignificant differences in age,gender,internal disease upon admission or fracture type (P ＞ 0.05).All the patients were followed up for 0.5 to 3.0 months (average,2.7 months).The total incidence of complications during hospitalization,and incidences of hypostatic pneumonia,acute cardiac and cerebrovascular accidents and venous thromboembolism were all significantly lower in the green channel group than in the non-green channel group (P ＜0.05).There were no significant differences between the 2 groups in terms of in delirium,sudden death,pressure sore,postoperative urinary infection,or mortality 3 months after operation (P ＞ 0.05).No wound infection or pulmonary embolism was observed in either group.According to the scoring system for hip functions modified by Li Zirong,the good to excellent rate was 76.6％ in the green channel group (36/47) and 68.6％ (35/51) in the non-green channel group,showing no significant difference between the 2 groups (P ＞0.05).Conclusions Establishment of green channel surgery and multidisciplinary collaboration can significantly reduce incidence of postoperative complications.Its effect on the mid-and long-term mortality in these patients needs further observation.

OBJECTIVETo estimate the cost-effectiveness of esophageal cancer endoscopic screening once-in-a-lifetime and to predict the optimal screening age for people in high-risk areas of rural China.

METHODSA Markov model was constructed to predict and compare the effect of four esophageal cancer endoscopic screening modalities which varied with different screening ages. Long-term epidemiological effectiveness and cost-effectiveness were predicted by simulation of the model.

RESULTSCompared with the control group, strategies starting at 40, 45, 50 and 55 year-old had saved life-years of 629.51, 769.88, 738.98 and 533.21 years per 100 000 people, respectively, of which the strategy starting at 45 year-old saved the maximum life years. All strategies were cost-effective and starting at 40 year-old cost the most per life-year saved. Among all alternatives, strategies starting age at 45 year-old and 50 year-old were incremental cost-effective, and the incremental cost-effective ratios were 34 962.87 and 3 346.43 RMB per life year saved, respectively.

CONCLUSIONSThe strategy starting at 40 year-old implemented at present and other strategies were cost-effective in high-risk areas of rural China. However, the 45-year-old group is more aligned with the principle of cost-effectiveness. Considering the cost-effectiveness of different strategies and social economic status, 45 year-old is regarded as the optimal starting age of esophageal cancer once-in-a-lifetime endoscopic screening and is recommended in areas lacking health resources. The strategy of starting age at 40 year-old which could obtain better screening effects would be preferable in wealthy regions.

Adult ; Age Factors ; Case-Control Studies ; China ; Cost-Benefit Analysis ; Early Detection of Cancer ; Esophageal Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; Esophagoscopy ; economics ; Humans ; Markov Chains ; Middle Aged ; Rural Population

Objective:To characterize the histopathological subtypes and their clinicopathological parameters of gender and onset age by common, rare and sparse primary esophageal malignant tumors (PEMT).Methods:A total of 272 437 patients with PEMT were enrolled in this study, and all of the patients were received radical surgery. The clinicopathological information of the patients was obtained from the database established by the State Key Laboratory of Esophageal Cancer Prevention & Treatment from September 1973 to December 2020, which included the clinical treatment, pathological diagnosis and follow-up information of esophagus and gastric cardia cancers. All patients were diagnosed and classified by the criteria of esophageal tumor histopathological diagnosis and classification (2019) of the World Health Organization (WHO). The esophageal tumors, which were not included in the WHO classification, were analyzed separately according to the postoperative pathological diagnosis. The χ 2 test was performed by the SPSS 25.0 software on count data, and the test standard α=0.05. Results:A total of 32 histopathological types were identified in the enrolled PEMT patients, of which 10 subtypes were not included in the WHO classification. According to the frequency, PEMT were divided into common (esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, ESCC, accounting for 97.1%), rare (esophageal adenocarcinoma, EAC, accounting for 2.3%) and sparse (mainly esophageal small cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma, etc., accounting for 0.6%). All the common, rare, and sparse types occurred predominantly in male patients, and the gender difference of rare type was most significant (EAC, male∶ female, 2.67∶1), followed with common type (ESCC, male∶ female, 1.78∶1) and sparse type (male∶ female, 1.71∶1). The common type (ESCC) mainly occurred in the middle thoracic segment (65.2%), while the rare type (EAC) mainly occurred in the lower thoracic segment (56.8%). Among the sparse type, malignant melanoma and malignant fibrous histiocytoma were both predominantly located in the lower thoracic segment (51.7%, 66.7%), and the others were mainly in the middle thoracic segment.Conclusion:ESCC is the most common type among the 32 histopathological types of PEMT, followed by EAC as the rare type, and esophageal small cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma as the major sparse type, and all of which are mainly occur in male patients. The common type of ESCC mainly occur in the middle thoracic segment, while the rare type of EAC mainly in the lower thoracic segment. The mainly sparse type of malignant melanoma and malignant fibrous histiocytoma predominately occur in the lower thoracic segment, and the remaining sparse types mainly occur in the middle thoracic segment.

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is one of the leading causes of cancer death worldwide. It is urgent to develop new drugs to improve the prognosis of ESCC patients. Here, we found benzydamine, a locally acting non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, had potent cytotoxic effect on ESCC cells. Benzydamine could suppress ESCC proliferation in vivo and in vitro. In terms of mechanism, CDK2 was identified as a target of benzydamine by molecular docking, pull-down assay and in vitro kinase assay. Specifically, benzydamine inhibited the growth of ESCC cells by inhibiting CDK2 activity and affecting downstream phosphorylation of MCM2, c-Myc and Rb, resulting in cell cycle arrest. Our study illustrates that benzydamine inhibits the growth of ESCC cells by downregulating the CDK2 pathway.
Humans ; Benzydamine ; Esophageal Neoplasms/drug therapy* ; Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma/drug therapy* ; Molecular Docking Simulation ; Phosphorylation ; Cell Proliferation ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Apoptosis ; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2