Clinical Analysis of 57 Patients with Ovarian Dysgerminoma

Objective  Ovarian dysgerminoma is an uncommon ovarian malignancy, Its clinicai features are special and there are many factors affecting its prognosis. If treated properly, the patient can be cured. Otherwise it may endanger the patient’s life. The aim of this study is to investigate the clinical features and factors related to prognosis of ovarian dysgerminoma. Methods  Data from 57 patients with pure ovarian dysgerminoma were analyzed retrospectively. The patients were admitted to the Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University from January 1.1964 to December 31, 2000. Results  The main clinical features were abdominal mass (56.1% ), abdominal pain (21.1% ), abdominal swelling (17.5%.), vaginal bleeding (5.3% )and genital tract abnormalities (5.3%). Twenty-six patients had stage I diseases, 8 stage II.9 stage III.1 stage IV and 13 recurrent and persistent diseases. The uterus was involved in 41.2% of patients with stage II -III diseases. Combined modality was given to 52 cases and a single-method treatment to 5 cases. The total overall 5 and 10-year survival rates for stages I-IV was 80.1 % and 70.0% respectively. The 5-year survival rate for stage I was 100%, stage II 55.2%. stage III 55.6% and stage IV 0%; for recurrent and persistent diseases, 72.7%. The stage I group of 12 patients. received adnexectomy and 14 patients underwent hysterectomy and adnexa removal. There was no significant difference between the 5 and 10-year survival rates (all 100%). Of the 23 patients in the stage I group to whom oniy chemotherapy was given after operation, 19 cases received 3 or more courses and were well without recurrence; 4 patients received only one course and one of them recurred 21 months after the operation. In the group of stages II and III cases, the 5-year survival rate was 86.7% for those whose chemotherapy courses were 3≥ 4 and 25.0% for patients who received less than 4 courses of chemotherapy (P<0.05). Conclusions  The prognosis of ovarian dysgerminoma is closely related to the disease stage and treatment modality. A fertility-preserving operation can be considered in early -staged patients, but caution needs to be exercised in the middle to late staged cases. Good results can be achieved with an operation-based combined modality in recurrent patients.     

灯盏花素对豚鼠单一心室肌细胞ICa的抑制作用

目的：观察灯盏花素对豚鼠单一心室肌细胞钙离子电流（ＩＣａ）的影响。方法：应用全细胞膜片钳制技术。结果：灯盏花素能明显抑制心室肌细胞的Ｃａ＾２＋通道,使ＩＣａ减小。此作用有明显的电压依赖性。在峰电流电压下作用最明显,而对其反转电位无明显影响。在指令电位０ｍＶ时,０．５ｍｇ％灯盏花素使ＩＣａ减小５．４％,１ｍｇ％灯盏花素使ＩＣａ减小２２．９％（Ｐ〈０．０１）,２ｍｇ％灯盏花素使ＩＣａ减小４５．０％（Ｐ     

A nationwide population-based study of migraine in Brazil

The aim of this study was to estimate the 1-year prevalence of migraine and the degree of the association of migraine with some sociodemographic characteristics of a representative sample of the adult population of Brazil. This was a cross-sectional, population-based study. Telephone interviews were conducted on 3848 people, aged 18–79 years, randomly selected from the 27 States of Brazil. The estimated 1-year gender- and age-adjusted prevalence of migraine was 15.2%. Migraine was 2.2 times more prevalent in women, 1.5 times more in subjects with > 11 years of education, 1.59 times more in subjects with income of < 5 Brazilian Minimum Wages per month, and 1.43 times more in those who do not do any physical exercise. The overall prevalence of migraine in Brazil is 15.2%. Migraine is significantly more prevalent in women, subjects with higher education, with lower income, and those who do not exercise regularly, independently of their body mass index.     

地理信息系统应用于血吸虫病的监测 Ⅰ.应用预测模型的可能性

目的：建立血吸虫病地理信息系统，利用气象参数建立模型来探讨预测血吸虫病的流行区的可能性。方法：以世界粮农组织出版的FAOCLIM数据库中的数据为基础，以血吸虫发育扩散关系密切的温度和潜在蒸发指数（地面水平衡系统）为基础的改良Malone公式计算血吸虫传播指数，结合AVHRR卫星图片资料，获得校正植被指数（NDVI）和第4频道地面温度指数、高程分布图，在ArcView3．0a和ERDAS软件支持下，进行GIS数据空间分析和地图重叠分析，以某一类别值显示出流行区的地理分布图。结果：血吸虫传播指数（指数值大于900）的分布基本上与中国南部地区的血吸虫病流行区相吻合。多层重叠分布图显示了红色区域的高危地区与长江流域的血吸虫病高发地区基本一致。结论：血吸虫病的流行范围与温度、高程、雨量等因素密切相关。利用气象资料模型和卫星遥感资料对预测血吸虫病的潜在流行区具有可能。准确、快速地利用AVHRR遥感资料来预测、预报血吸虫病流行范围和强度具有应用前景，值得作进一步探讨。