Objective To investigate the clinical pathological characteristics,treatment methods and prognosis of the patients with uterine corpus rhabdomyosarcoma(UcRMS).Methods The data from 237 pa-tients with UcRMS during 2000-2020 were retrospectively collected from the Surveillance,Epidemiology and End Results(SEER)database.The descriptive statistical method was employed to conduct the descriptive a-nalysis on clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of UcRMS patients.The Kaplan-Meier method was adopted to conduct the survival analysis on the patients with different pathological types and treatment meth-ods,and draw the survival curve.The Log-rank test was employed to compare the survival analyses.The uni-variate and multivariate Cox regression were performed to analyze the independent factors affecting the prog-nosis of UcRMS patients.Results Among histologically confirmed cases,the most common type was embry-onic type(44 cases,18.6％)and followed by the pleomorphic type(35 cases,14.8％).In terms of treatment,21 cases(8.9％)received the surgery combined with chemotherapy and radiotherapy(surgery+chemotherapy+radiotherapy).75 cases(31.6％)received the surgery+chemotherapy,and 23 cases(9.7％)received the sur-gery+radiotherapy.The median overall survival(OS)time in the cohorts was 13 months,the median cancer-related survival(CSS)was 14 months,the 5-year OS rate and CSS rate were only 16％.The OS rate and CSS rate for embryonic type RMS were significantly better than those for the undefined and other pathological types,with statistically significant differences(P＜0.001).In terms of treatment,the OS rate and CSS rate in the surgery+chemotherapy+radiotherapy group were superior to those in the surgery+chemotherapy group and surgery+radiotherapy group,with statistically significant differences(P=0.011,P=0.012).The histological type,stage,surgery and chemotherapy were the factors affecting the OS time and CSS time of the patients(P＜0.05,P＜0.001).Conclusion The prognosis of embryonic type UcRMS is better than that of other histological types,but the overall prognosis is still poor,the 5-year survival rate is less than 20％.The histological type,stage,surgery and chemotherapy are the important influencing factors of prognosis,and the surgery+chemotherapy+radiotherapy could improve the prognosis of UcRMS patients.

Objective:To compare the efficacy and safety of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) with negative pressure suction sheath and PCNL with traditional expanded sheath in the treatment of infectious renal calculus.Methods:From May 2019 to June 2022 in our department, 35 patients with infectious renal calculus who received PCNL with negative pressure suction sheath (negative pressure sheath group, NPS group) and another 35 patients with infectious renal calculus who received PCNL with traditional expanded sheath (control group) were determined in our research. Propensity score matching (PSM) was conducted. Preoperative clinical data of the 2 groups was similar and there were no statistical differences between the 2 groups in the age [(45.5±6.8)vs. (44.9±7.3) years old, P=0.723], gender (man/woman 19/16 cases vs. 21/14 cases, P=0.629), body mass index(BMI) [(24.2±4.2)kg/m 2vs. (24.5±3.9)kg/m 2, P=0.758], American Society of Anesthesiologists risk score(ASA) (grade 1/grade 2: 30/5 cases vs. 29/6 cases, P=0.743), sides of calculus (left/right: 18/17 cases vs. left 17/18 cases, P=0.811), Guy’s stone score (grade Ⅰ/Ⅱ/Ⅲ: 3/25/7 cases vs. 1/29/5 cases, P=0.443), CT value of calculus [(629.2±98.8)HU vs. (608.5±105.1)HU, P=0.399], urinary leucocyte (-/+ /+ + : 29/5/1 cases vs. 28/5/2 cases, P=0.839), hypertension(3 cases vs. 5 cases, P=0.707), diabetes(2 cases vs. 2 cases, P=1.000). The ureteral catheter on the affected side was indwelled in the lithotomy position, and ultrasound guided positioning puncture was performed on the affected renal side of the posterior axillary line in the prone position. The puncture channel was established and then expanded to F20 successively, and the lithotriptic sheath was placed to establish the lithotriptic channel. Compared with the traditional expanded sheath, the negative pressure suction sheath was different in that the collateral suction channel was added on the main gravel channel and connected with continuous negative pressure suction. The negative pressure was 40 kPa. All patients were treated with pneumatic ballistic lithotripsy combined with holmium laser. KUB was performed within 1 week after surgery. We defined stone removal as either no residual stones or clinically insignificant residual stones (≤4 mm) which did not cause urinary obstruction. The intraoperative duration of operation and postoperative clinical parameters [white blood cell(WBC), procalcitonin(PCT), C-reactive protein(CRP), hemoglobin(Hb), stone clearance rate] and incidence of perioperative complications were compared between the 2 groups. Results:The operation time of NPS group was lower than that in control group [(35.6±19.5)min vs. (45.4±20.2)min, P<0.05]. The proportion of patients with increased WBC, PCT and CRP in blood after operation in NPS group was lower than that in control group, and there were (WBC: 25.7% vs. 54.3%, P<0.05), (PCT: 42.9% vs.68.6%, P<0.05) and (CRP: 62.9% vs.85.7%, P<0.05) respectively. There was no significant difference in the proportion of patients with decreased Hb postoperatively between the 2 groups (2.9% vs. 8.6%, P=0.607). There was no significant difference in calculus clearance rate postoperatively between the 2 groups (97.1% vs. 94.3%, P=1.000). Postoperative calculus component analysis of the 2 groups suggested that all patients had infected calculus dominated by ammonium magnesium phosphate and phosphate apatite. The incidence of perioperative complications in NPS group was lower than that in control group (22.9% vs. 51.4%, P<0.05). The proportion of patients with fever (body temperature>37.5℃) postoperatively in NPS group was lower than that in control group (14.3% vs. 37.1%, P<0.05). There were 2 and 3 patients respectively required upgraded antibiotic therapy after operation in the 2 groups ( P=1.000). There was one patient respectively with urinary tract obstruction and renal colic due to blood clots postoperatively in each group ( P=1.000). There was one patient with urinary sepsis in control group after operation ( P=0.476). Conclusions:Compared with PCNL with traditional expanded sheath, PCNL with negative pressure suction sheath can save operation time for infectious renal calculus, and reduce the incidence of postoperative infection and perioperative complications. Therefore, the safety of negative pressure suction sheath is higher. However, there is no difference in stone clearance rate between them.

Although genome-wide association studies have identified more than eighty genetic variants associated with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) risk, biological mechanisms of these variants remain largely unknown. By integrating a large-scale genotype data of 15 581 lung adenocarcinoma (AD) cases, 8350 squamous cell carcinoma (SqCC) cases, and 27 355 controls, as well as multiple transcriptome and epigenomic databases, we conducted histology-specific meta-analyses and functional annotations of both reported and novel susceptibility variants. We identified 3064 credible risk variants for NSCLC, which were overrepresented in enhancer-like and promoter-like histone modification peaks as well as DNase I hypersensitive sites. Transcription factor enrichment analysis revealed that USF1 was AD-specific while CREB1 was SqCC-specific. Functional annotation and gene-based analysis implicated 894 target genes, including 274 specifics for AD and 123 for SqCC, which were overrepresented in somatic driver genes (ER = 1.95, P = 0.005). Pathway enrichment analysis and Gene-Set Enrichment Analysis revealed that AD genes were primarily involved in immune-related pathways, while SqCC genes were homologous recombination deficiency related. Our results illustrate the molecular basis of both well-studied and new susceptibility loci of NSCLC, providing not only novel insights into the genetic heterogeneity between AD and SqCC but also a set of plausible gene targets for post-GWAS functional experiments.
Adenocarcinoma of Lung/genetics* ; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/genetics* ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/genetics* ; Genetic Heterogeneity ; Genetic Predisposition to Disease ; Genome-Wide Association Study ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms/genetics* ; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide

Objective:The present study was aimed to determine the value of cone beam CT (CBCT) in predicting the risk of lingual bone plate injury during extraction of impacted mandible third molar (IMTM).Methods:The original CBCT data of 150 teeth (50 in vertical, 50 in angular and 50 in horizontal ) in January 2018 to December 2019 in Panzhihua Central Hospital of Sichuan Province were collected and analyzed. The thickness of lingual bone plate in enamel cementum boundary (ECB), root middle (RM) and root tip (RT) of each IMTM was measured by the software of CBCT system, and datas were analyzed by one-way ANOVA.Results:The average thickness of lingual bone plate in ECB of IMTM was (1.36±0.43)mm, (1.21±0.44)mm and (1.28±0.40)mm in vertical, horizontal and angular groups, respectively, with no significant difference ( F=1.07, P=0.35). The average thickness of lingual bone plate in RM of IMTM was (1.48±0.33)mm, (1.06±0.57)mm and (1.11±0.45)mm, respectively, with statistically significant difference ( F=8.78, P<0.01). The average thickness of lingual bone plate in RT of IMTM was (1.44±0.49)mm, (0.84±0.58)mm and (0.86±0.64)mm, respectively, with statistically significant difference ( F=12.35, P<0.01). Compared with the mandibular second molar, there were statistically significant differences in the average thickness of the lingual bone plate in ECB ( F=5.03, P<0.01), the RM ( F=15.13, P<0.01) and the RT ( F=33.12, P<0.01) of the IMTM among the three groups. In addition, the horizontal and angular IMTM, the thinness of lingual bone plate in RT region was more likely to occur than in vertical, and the absence of lingual bone plate was most likely to occur in patients with partial buccal crown. Conclusions:The doctor-patient communication and risk prediction should be sufficient before IMTM extraction when CBCT shows that the lingual bone plate of RT region is thin or absent. At the same time, we should avoid violent operation and thoroughly protect the lingual bone plate in the process of tooth extraction, and guard against serious complications such as perforation or fracture of lingual bone plate of mandible, and root displacement.

Objective:To explore the performance of the commonly used whole blood C-reactive protein (CRP) detection systems and give related recommendation on the performance requirements of detection systems.Methods:A total of 7 540 venous blood samples from 26 maternal, child and children′s hospitals were collected to conduct this multi-center study on the analytical performance of 5 commonly used whole blood CRP detection systems from March to April in 2019. The blank check, carryover, repeatability, intermediate precision, linearity, sample stability, influence of hematocrit/triglyceride/bilirubin, comparison with SIEMENS specific protein analyzer and trueness were evaluated. The 5 systems included BC-5390CRP autohematology analyzer, AstepPLUS specific protein analyzer, Ottoman-1000 Automated Specific Protein POCT Workstation, i-CHROMA Immunofluorometer equipment Reader and Orion QuikRead go detecting instrument. The 5 systems were labeled as a, b, c, d and e randomly.Results:Within the 5 systems, all values of blank check were less than 1.00 mg/L, the carryovers were lower than 1.00%. The repeatability of different ranges of CRP concentrations including 3.00-10.00, 10.00-30.00 and>30.00 mg/L were less than 10.00%, 6.00% and 5.00%, respectively, and the intermediate precision was less than 10.00%. The linearity correlation coefficients of the 5 systems were all above 0.975, while the slope was within 0.950-1.050. Whole blood samples were stable within 72 hours both at room temperature (18-25 ℃) and refrigerated temperature (2-8 ℃). The CRP results were rarely influenced by high triglyceride or bilirubin, except for the immmunoturbidimetric test based on microparticles coated with anti-human CRP F(ab) 2 fragments. When triglyceride was less than 15.46 mmol/L, the deviation of CRP was less than 10.00%. When bilirubin was less than 345.47 μmol/L, the deviation of CRP was less than 10.00%. CRP was more susceptible to Hct on the systems without Hct correction. The deviation of CRP between different Hct dilution concentration and 40% dilution concentration can reach as high as 67.48%. The correlation coefficients ( r) of 5 systems were all more than 0.975 in the range of 0-300.00 mg/L compared with Siemens specific protein analyzer. All systems passed the trueness verification using the samples with specified values of 12.89 and 30.60 mg/L. Conclusion:The performance of 5 systems can basically meet the clinical needs, but it is suggested that the whole blood CRP detection system without automatic Hct correction should be modified manually.

Objective: To investigate the safety and efficacy of 125I radioactive seed implantation in the treatment of mediastinal lymph node metastasis. Methods: Records of 53 patients enrolled in Shaanxi Provincial Tumor Hospital from June 2014 to June 2018 with me-diastinal lymph node metastasis treated by computed tomography (CT)-guided 125I seed implantation were analyzed retrospectively. The preoperative treatment planning system was validated after the surgery. Intraoperative and post-operative complications were re-corded. The improvement in quality of life was observed. Chest CT follow-up was conducted 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years after treatment. The local focus control was evaluated. The median survival and total survival were recorded, and the survival prognosis and causes of death were analyzed. Results: The median survival time was 254 days (8.5 months), one-year survival rate was 48.67%, and complete and partial response rate was 83.02% (44/53). Multivariate Cox model analysis showed that the survival progno-sis was related to the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score, distant metastasis at the time of implantation, concurrent chemotherapy after implantation, and secondary seed implantation (P<0.05). The rates of developing pneumothorax and hemoptysis during and after the surgery were 20.75% (11/55) and 13.20% (7/55), respectively. No patients died. After implantation, the remission rate of cough, shortness of breath, pain, hoarseness, and superior vena cava syndrome was 60.00%-82.61%. Conclusions: CT-guid-ed 125I seed implantation in the treatment of mediastinal lymph node metastasis has the advantages of minimal trauma, remarkable cu-rative effect, safety, and feasibility. It has important application value and is worthy of further clinical application.

Objective To explore the effect of virtual laboratory (VL) + flipped classroom in teaching of virus infection diagnosis.Methods 40 students of Class One from clinical medical undergraduates of Grade 2014 were randomly taken as the experimental group,with 40 students of Class Two as the control group.The experiment group adopted flipped classroom teaching by virtual lab platform and classroom activities,while the control group adopted traditional classroom teaching such as watching video and lecturing.Finally post-test scores were compared by the independent samples t-test of SPSS 18.0 statistical software between the two groups.The teaching effects were evaluated through questionnaires survey in experimental group.Results The scores (82.73 ± 2.62) of comprehensive assessments were superior to the control scores (57.94 ± 4.65).Difference between the two groups was statistically significant (t=29.380,P=0.000).Students' satisfaction concerning the teaching methods and effects of the flipped classroom in experimental group was up to 85％.Conclusion Flipped classroom based on internet virtual lab platform in teaching of virus infection diagnosis can enhance the teaching quality and improve students' learning enthusiasm and thinking ability.

Objective To understand the associations between extremely low and high air temperature and the years of life lost (YLL) due to diabetes deaths in Chongqing and Harbin with different climatic characteristics in China.Methods A double threshold B-spline distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM) was used to investigate the lag and cumulative effects of extremely low and high air temperature on YLL due to diabetes for lag 0-30 days by using the urban meteorological and diabetes mortality data of Chongqing (2011-2013) and Harbin (2008-2010).The effects were expressed as relative risk (RR).Results In Chongqing,the cold effects on YLL due to diabetes were delayed by four days and lasted for three days (lag4-6) with the highest RR of 1.304 (95％ CI:1.033-1.647) at lag5.The hot effects were delayed by one day (lagl) with RR of 1.321 (95％ CI:1.061-1.646).In Harbin,the extreme cold effects on YLL were delayed by four days and lasted for seven days (lag4-10) with the highest RR of 1.309 (95％CI:1.088-1.575) at lag6.The hot effects were delayed by one day and lasted for four days (lagl-4) with the highest RR of 1.460 (95％ CI:1.114-1.915) at lag2.The unit risk for cold and hot effects was 43.7％ (P=0.005 5) and 18.0％ (P=0.000 2) in Chongqing and 15.0％ (P=0.000 8) and 29.5％(P=0.001 2) in Harbin,respectively.Conclusions Both extremely low air temperature and extremely high air temperature might increase the years of life lost due to diabetes in cities with different climate characteristics.Health education about diabetes prevention should provide information about the effects of extreme weather events.

Objective To analyze the characteristics of toxin, the PCR-ribotyping(RT) and the multilocus sequence typing(MLST) of Clostridium difficile strains isolated from China-Japan Friendship Hospital in order to provide a basis for monitoring the outbreak of nosocomial Clostridium difficile infection.Methods A total of 321 samples were collected from the patients with suspected Clostridium difficile infection(CDI) in China-Japan Friendship Hospital(CJFH) during 2012 to 2013.All Clostridium difficile strains were isolated and identified by the standard phenotypic culture method.Cytotoxicity test was performed to detect toxin B.Toxin genes (tcdA and tcdB) and binary toxin genes (cdtA and cdtB) harbored by those strains were analyzed.RT and MLST were used for homologous analysis.Clinical data of the patients were collected to analyze the isolation rate of Clostridium difficile in different populations.Results Forty-eight strains of Clostridium difficile were isolated from 46 patients with diarrhea and three of them were isolated from the same patient.The incidence of CDI among all patients, outpatients and inpatients were 14.3%(46/321), 12.8%(5/39) and 14.5%(41/282), respectively.Toxin B was detected in all of the strains as indicated by the cytotoxicity test.Strains of sequence type 1(ST1) showed the strongest cytotoxicity of all the isolated Clostridium difficile strains.Ten out of the 48 strains (20.8%) were tcdA(-)/tcdB(+) strains, which belonged to either ST37 or ST81.The results of RT and MLST were consistent in assigning the strains into nine types, in which the predominant type was ST1/RT027 accounting for 27.1% (13/48).All of the ST1/RT027 strains presented a toxin gene profile of tcdA(+)/tcdB(+) and cdtA(+)/cdtB(+).Most of the ST1/RT027 strains were isolated from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department of Respiratory, where smallnosocomial outbreaks of ST1/RT027 strain infection might happen.Conclusion CDI diagnosed in CJFH mainly belongs to nosocomial infection.Most of the isolated strains harbor tcdA(+)/tcdB(+) genes.Surveillance for the outbreaks of CDI caused by ST1/RT027 strains over producing toxins A and B should be strengthened in hospitals.

Objective To investigate the association between glutamate receptor-6 (GIuR6/GRIK2) gene polymorphism and domestic violence in Xinjiang Uygur population on alcoholics.Methods The methods of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA sequencing technique were conducted to detect rs6922753 and rs2227283 single nucleotide polymorphism of GLUR6 gene in a 104 domestic violence perpetrators on alcoholics and 80 non-domestic violence perpetrators on alcoholics.The association between the polymorphisms and violent behavior was analyzed with SPSS 17.0.Results The frequency of allele (x2 =4.935) and genotype (x2 =7.622) of rs6922753 polymorphisms in the domestic violence group were statistically different from those in the non-domestic violence group (P ＜ 0.05),there was no significant difference between two groups in allele frequencies and genotype in rs2227283 site (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions GIuR6 gene polymorphism may be associated with domestic violence in Xinjiang Uygur population on alcoholics.