Longitudinal,population-based study of racial/ethnic differences in colorectal cancer survival: impact of neighborhood socioeconomic status,treatment and comorbidity

Background  

Colorectal cancer, if detected early, has greater than 90% 5-year survival. However, survival has been shown to vary across racial/ethnic groups in the United States, despite the availability of early detection methods.     

Two-stage treatment of skeletal Class III malocclusion during the early permanent dentition.

A patient with skeletal Class III malocclusion was treated in 2 phases during the early permanent dentition. In phase 1, maxillary protraction was combined with rapid palatal expansion; in phase 2, fixed appliances were placed. The results were good posttreatment, and, 1 year later, a favorable growth tendency could be observed. This report shows that treatment for a patient with skeletal Class III malocclusion can be started in the early permanent dentition, with very good final results.     

抗生素联合非那雄胺治疗血精症的临床观察

目的探讨及评价抗生素联合非那雄胺选择性治疗炎症性血精症的有效性。方法选择炎症性血精症50例,随机分2组;其中28例联合用药组采用抗生素联合非那雄胺治疗3个月,22例对照组仅用抗生素治疗3个月。结果联合用药组26例血精消失(26/28,92.9%),对照组15例血精消失(15/22,68.2%),两组比较差异有显著性。对照组中7例血精复发,加用非那雄胺治疗3个月后,5例血精消失(5/7,71.4%)。结论血精症主要是下尿路生殖道的炎症,尤其是精囊和前列腺炎引起,联合抗生素和非那雄胺治疗是治疗炎症性血精症的有效方法。     

针灸现代化刍议

什么是针灸现代化?1997年11月在北京举办的世界针联成立10周年学术大会上，王雪苔教授以《针灸的现状与未来》为题作特别演讲时认为，20世纪针灸发展的时代特征是针灸国际化和现代化。针灸现代化的主要标志是既保持中医学理论体系，又赋予现代科学内涵的现代针灸学的形成。笔者认为：在针灸现代化过程中，     

Production and characterization of monoclonal antibody against colon cancer associated antigen in Chinese]

Although many monoclonal antibodies have been made in human colon cancer, none of them are from the Chinese species. Recently, a colon cancer cell line CC-M2 established from a Chinese patient has been completely characterized and used as immunogen to produce monoclonal antibodies. Monoclonal antibodies were produced by standard hybridoma technique. The fusion rate was 95.8%. An isotype IgG1 of high proliferation named as Sam-2 was used in this study. The titers were measured around 10(4). Further studies on MoAb Sam-2 through indirect immunofluorescent and immunoperoxidase tests revealed its good specificity and sensitivity in colorectal cancer tissue. In CEA study, the result indicated that Sam-2 may react on a non-CEA related antigen. For further clinical application, the antigen was identified as a glycoprotein by chemical resistant test. In preliminary studies using sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting techniques, Sam-2 could recognize two closed antigens or a dimer antigen with molecular weight 25.2 and 27 Kd respectively.     

HPLC法测定盐酸美沙酮含量

本文采用高效液相色谱法，以盐酸布比卡因为内标，检测波长220nm，在Symmetry-C18柱上，以己腈-磷酸二氢钾（pH2．5）（3862，V／V）为流动相，测定盐酸美沙酮及其口服液的含量。方法平均回收率为100．17％，日内及日间的RSD均＜1％。方法简便、快速、准确。     

Serial peritoneal macrophage function studies in new and established continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients

Peritoneal macrophages (PM) perform first-line defense activity against peritonitis, the most important complication in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) therapy. Our longitudinal study has compared the PM function in 20 uremic patients during periods free of peritonitis since they started CAPD therapy in January 1987. The results showed that at the initiation of CAPD, there was a higher bactericidal activity, phagocytosis index, H2O2 production and interleukin-1 (IL-1), gamma-interferon (IFN-gamma) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) production ability and MHC expression. As time went on, these progressively decreased, and by 9 months after CAPD therapy had started they were significantly lower than at the beginning. During the 1.5-year follow-up period, there was a significantly increased peritonitis rate in the period 6 months after the beginning of CAPD than in the period before the 6th month (88.3 vs. 11.7% respectively; p less than 0.001). These results indicate that PM of new CAPD patients have a more active function than those of established patients. The established patients had a greater risk of peritonitis. A comparison of the immunological profiles of PM from patients who had a peritonitis history shows that phagocytosis index, bactericidal activity and IL-1 and TNF production of PM were significantly decreased during the period free of peritonitis. This result suggests that these parameters may serve as an indicator in developing peritonitis.     

补碘对7～12岁轻度碘缺乏病儿童脑功能及生长、发育的影响

通过半年对３５名７～１２岁轻度碘缺乏病儿童进行补碘，并与同龄、同地的正常儿童和缺碘未补碘儿童进行比较，以观察补碘对儿童脑功能及生长发育的影响。结果发现：①补碘可使儿童碘营养状况恢复正常，尿碘值由（８３．２±３．５）μｇ／Ｌ上升到（１６２．２±１．６）μｇ／Ｌ，血清Ｔ４、ＦＴ４Ｉ和ｒＴ３：也与正常儿童一致而与未补碘儿童有显著性差异（Ｐ＜０．０５）．②轻度碘缺乏病儿童智商低于正常儿童（Ｐ＜０．０１），补碘在一定程度上改善其智商水平。③轻度碘缺乏病及补碘未能明显影响儿童的生长发育，可能与儿童总营养水平较差有关。     

反相高效液相色谱法测定洛氟沙星的血药浓度

采用反相ＨＰＬＣ法测定洛氟沙星的血药浓度，血浆样品用二氯甲烷在ｐＨ７．０条件下提取后进样，流动相为１０ｍ ｍｏｌ／Ｌ磷酸二氢钾－１０ｍ ｍｏｌ／Ｌ溴化四丁铵－乙腈－三乙胺（４５：４４：１０：１，磷酸调节ｐＨ２．８），紫外检测器λ＝２９５ｎｍ，最低检测浓度１０μｇ／Ｌ，线性范围：０．１￣６．０ｍｇ／Ｌ，ｒ＝０．９９９９，日内ＲＳＤ为１．３８％￣３．４２％，日间ＲＳＤ为１．１１％￣２．８９％。     

Clinicopathological features of bladder cancer associated with chronic exposure to arsenic.

A high incidence of bladder cancer has been documented in an area of chronic arsenic (As) exposure. This study investigates the characteristics of As-associated (n = 49) and other (n = 64) bladder cancers. A higher histological grading was observed for the As-exposed tumours (P = 0.04), but no other difference in pathobiological features or prognosis was found between the two groups.