China special issue on gastrointestinal tumors-Radiological features of pathological complete response in mismatch repair deficient colorectal cancer after neoadjuvant PD-1 blockade: A post hoc analysis of the PICC phase II trial

Neoadjuvant programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) blockade exhibits promising efficacy in patients with mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) colorectal cancer (CRC). However, discrepancies between radiological and histological findings have been reported in the PICC phase II trial (NCT 03926338). Therefore, we strived to discern radiological features associated with pathological complete response (pCR) based on computed tomography (CT) images. Data were obtained from the PICC trial that included 36 tumors from 34 locally advanced dMMR CRC patients, who received neoadjuvant PD-1 blockade for 3 months. Among the 36 tumors, 28 (77.8%) tumors achieved pCR. There were no statistically significant differences in tumor longitudinal diameter, the percentage change in tumor longitudinal diameter from baseline, primary tumor sidedness, clinical stage, extramural venous invasion status, intratumoral calcification, peritumoral fat infiltration, intestinal fistula and tumor necrosis between the pCR and non-pCR tumors. Otherwise, tumors with pCR had smaller posttreatment tumor maximum thickness (median: 10 mm vs 13 mm, P = .004) and higher percentage decrease in tumor maximum thickness from baseline (52.9% vs 21.6%, P = .005) compared to non-pCR tumors. Additionally, a higher proportion of the absence of vascular sign (P = .003, odds ratio [OR] = 25.870 [95% CI, 1.357-493.110]), nodular sign (P < .001, OR = 189.000 [95% CI, 10.464-3413.803]) and extramural enhancement sign (P = .003, OR = 21.667 [2.848-164.830]) was observed in tumors with pCR. In conclusion, these CT-defined radiological features may have the potential to serve as valuable tools for clinicians in identifying patients who have achieved pCR after neoadjuvant PD-1 blockade, particularly in individuals who are willing to adopt a watch-and-wait strategy.     

肾透明细胞癌不同CT影像学征象对患者术后康复情况的影响

目的探究肾透明细胞癌不同CT影像学征象对患者术后康复情况的影响。方法选取2010年1月到2014年4月我院收治的50例肾透明细胞癌患者的CT征象,进行T分期,并分析不同CT征象与患者预后关系。结果利用CT征象进行T分期区别主要在T3a期,T3a期分为T3a-CT(10例)和T3a-仅病理(6例),T3a-仅病理CT分期可分为T1期2例,T2期4例;单因素分析显示,肿瘤大小、肿瘤是否侵及肾被膜外、是否侵及肾窦集合系统、是否侵及肾静脉及分支、是否侵及下腔静脉、有无广泛性坏死、是否存在囊性改变、瘤周是否受侵、瘤周是否存在新生血管与5年生存率具有一定相关性(P<0.05);多因素回归分析显示,肿瘤≥7cm、肿瘤穿透肾被膜、肾静脉及分支受侵、下腔静脉受侵、肿瘤无囊变、瘤周受侵及瘤周新生血管是影响肾透明细胞癌预后的独立危险因素(P<0.05)。结论肾透明细胞瘤患者肿瘤大于7cm、肿瘤穿透肾被膜、肾静脉及分支受侵、下腔静脉受侵、肿瘤无囊变、瘤周受侵及瘤周新生血管是影响肾透明细胞癌预后的独立危险因素,肿瘤周围受侵及瘤周新生血管形成可降低患者5年生存率,而肿瘤囊变可作为预测术后康复情况较好的标志之一。     

不同剂量羟考酮PCEA与PCIA用于前列腺术后镇痛效果比较

【摘要】 目的 探讨不同剂量羟考酮通过患者硬膜外自控镇痛（PCEA）与患者静脉自控镇痛（PCIA）用于前列腺术后的镇痛效果。 方法 选取在2018年1月~2020年1月期间于我院行前列腺术的210例患者，采用随机数字表法将患者分成A1、A2、A3、B1、B2、B3 6组，每组各35例。其中A1、A2、A3组术后镇痛采用PCIA方案，分别使用0.6mg/kg、0.8mg/kg、1.0mg/kg的羟考酮+托烷司琼10mg+0.9%氯化钠溶液至100mL；B1、B2、B3术后镇痛采取PCEA方案，分别使用0.6mg/kg、0.8mg/kg、1.0mg/kg的羟考酮+托烷司琼10mg+0.9%氯化钠溶液至100mL。比较手术前（T0）、术后6h(T1)、术后12h(T2)、术后24h(T3)及术后48h(T4)6组患者的生命体征、视觉疼痛模拟评分（VAS）及不良反应的发生情况。 结果 各组患者在不同时间点的MAP、HR及SPO2的水平比较差异无统计学意义（P＞0.05）。B1、B2、B3组患者分别在T1、T2、T3、T4时间的VAS评分显著低于A1、A2、A3组（均P＜0.05），A2、A3组患者分别在T1、T2、T3、T4时间的VAS评分显著低于A1组（均P＜0.05），B2、B3组患者分别在T1、T2、T3、T4时间的VAS评分显著低于B1组（均P＜0.05）。B1、B2、B3不良反应的发生率分别显著低于A1、A2、A3组（均P＜0.05）。B1、B2不良反应的发生率显著低于A2、A3组（P＜0.05），且A3组不良反应的发生率显著高于A1、A2，B3组的不良反应的发生率显著高于B1、B2组（均P＜0.05）。 结论 对前列腺手术患者术后，不同剂量羟考酮PCEA的镇痛效果及不良反应发生率均显著优于不同剂量羟考酮的PCIA，且当羟考酮的剂量为0.8mg/kg时，效果最佳。     

Constrained empirical-likelihood confidence regions in nonignorable covariate-missing data problems

Missing covariates in regression analysis are a pervasive problem in medical, social, and economic researches. We study empirical-likelihood confidence regions for unconstrained and constrained regression parameters in a nonignorable covariate-missing data problem. For an assumed conditional mean regression model, we assume that some covariates are fully observed but other covariates are missing for some subjects. By exploitation of a probability model of missingness and a working conditional score model from a semiparametric perspective, we build a system of unbiased estimating equations, where the number of equations exceeds the number of unknown parameters. Based on the proposed estimating equations, we introduce unconstrained and constrained empirical-likelihood ratio statistics to construct empirical-likelihood confidence regions for the underlying regression parameters without and with constraints. We establish the asymptotic distributions of the proposed empirical-likelihood ratio statistics. Simulation results show that the proposed empirical-likelihood methods have a better finite-sample performance than other competitors in terms of coverage probability and interval length. Finally, we apply the proposed empirical-likelihood methods to the analysis of a data set from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.     

肿瘤合并感染新冠肺炎患者临床分析及疫情期间肿瘤患者的管理建议

目的:探讨分析肿瘤合并新冠病毒感染患者情况并提出自己的思考与建议。方法:通过统计2020年1月至2020年3月期间纳入的313名本院肿瘤科在新冠疫情期间肿瘤合并感染新冠肺炎患者情况，汇总临床资料，分析患者肺部影像学特点，总结肿瘤合并新冠肺炎病毒感染患者临床特征、预后及转归等，并提出自己建议。结果:科室总共313名患者住院，5名新冠感染患者，新冠病毒肺炎发生率为1.6%，这比之前所报道的武汉市新冠病毒普通人群发生率0.37%要高接近3倍，肿瘤合并新冠患者死亡率接近20%。结论:对于疫情结束初期病房应尽量减少患者非必要往返医院次数，实行肿瘤患者分层管理，加强轻症患者随访，线上管理等；而对于住院患者，则采取缓冲分诊模式，做好病房消毒隔离以及管理，避免感染，减少肿瘤病房新型冠状病毒爆发概率。