Clinicopathological characteristics,prognosis, and chemosensitivity in patients with metastatic upper tract urothelial carcinoma

PurposeTo investigate the clinical characteristics, chemosensitivity, and outcome of metastatic upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC).Patients and MethodsRecords of patients with metastatic UTUC since January 2005 were retrieved from a database that included clinical and survival data. Statistical analyses including survival and multivariate analyses of factors were respectively performed by the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazard model.ResultsA total of 250 consecutive UTUC cases were evaluated. There were 56 patients (22.4%) with initially diagnosed stage IV disease. The most common metastatic sites were lung (39.6%), distant lymph nodes (39.2%), bone (19.6%), liver (18.0%), and adrenal gland (7.2%), respectively, and the local recurrence rate was 10.4%. Two hundred thirteen patients received first-line chemotherapy. The overall response rate was only 28.7% and the median progression-free survival time was only 5.0 months. The overall survival time of the cohort was 18.0 months. Multivariate analyses showed that initially diagnosed stage IV disease, number of metastatic organs ≥3, no response to chemotherapy and cycles of chemotherapy ≤2 were adverse prognosticators for overall survival.ConclusionUTUC presented to be more prone to metastasize than locally recur and thought to have low chemosensitivity. Stage IV disease at initial diagnosis, number of metastatic organs, response and cycles of chemotherapy were independent prognosticators for metastatic UTUC.     

Comparison of the anxiety,depression and their relationship to quality of life among adult acute leukemia patients and their family caregivers: a cross-sectional study in China

Quality of Life Research - To compare the anxiety, depression and explore their relationship to quality of life (QoL) among adult acute leukemia (AL) patients and family caregivers (FCs) in China....     

秦艽鳖甲散加减退热降温治验

王德光主任医师对许多较难治愈的体温升高的发热,用秦艽鳖甲散加减治疗,在临床上收到了良好的效果,文中列举两则病例以资说明。据王老经验,此方对发热者体温升高,日久不降;或发热者曾用抗菌素、激素、清热解毒类中药而无效;或者外感热病,呈现壮热骨蒸均可获效。     

New Taxanes from Taxus chinensis

Two new taxane diterpenes, decinnamoyltaxagifine ( 3) and decinnanioyltaxagifine acetate ( 2), have been isolated from the leaves and stems of TAXUS CHINENSIS. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods. Their (13)C-NMR chemical shifts were assigned.     

家兔胸部火器伤后各组织中TNF-α表达意义

目的 用免疫组织化学方法检测家兔胸部火器伤后各组织中TNF-α的表达,探讨其伤后表达变化规律。方法 64只家兔随机均分8组,除正常对照组外均用5.56mm小口径步枪距离6m射击兔右下胸第八肋间锁骨中线外1cm处造成前后胸贯通伤,经指袢排气及消毒缝闭胸壁伤口等简单救治,致伤7组家兔分为伤后0.5,1,6,24和72h,7d,30d取材组,每只均取伤肺距伤道2mm处、1cm处,邻叶中部、与伤道对应的对侧肺处、左室壁、肝肾、脑、垂体、肾上腺取组织标本,行免疫组织化学染色检测组织TNF－α表达。结果 伤后0.5h各组织中TNF－α表达即升高（P＜0.01）,6h已达高峰,持续数天,7d后降低,30d后与伤前无明显差别。不同时间组同一组织TNF－α表达定位基本相同,而表达强度有所不同。结论 家兔胸部火器伤后各组织中TNF－α表达明显升高并与损伤时间密切相关,同一组织TNF－α表达定位基本相同,TNF-α在各组织中表达强度一定程度上反映了动物伤情。     

周围神经损伤后免疫系统变化的动物实验观察

目的 :检测周围神经损伤后免疫系统的变化。方法 :用 MTT法检测了坐骨神经损伤 1 ,2 ,5,7和 1 4d的大鼠脾细胞 NK活性及淋巴细胞转化功能 ,并用 PEG沉淀法检测了大鼠血清中循环免疫复合物 (CIC)的含量。结果 :坐骨神经损伤后 7和 1 4d大鼠脾细胞的自发转化率较对照组 (同样手术应激但无坐骨神经损伤 )略有增高 ;循环免疫复合物的含量术后 7d明显增高 ,1 4d时增加明显 ;而 NK活性则无明显变化 ,后期变化如何尚待进一步研究。结论 :周围神经损伤后 ,机体发生了免疫变化。     

慢性肾功能衰竭患者畸变产物耳声发射分析

测定２１例（４２耳）慢性肾功能衰竭（ＣＲＦ）患者的畸变产物耳声发射（ＤＰＯＡＥ）。结果表明：ＣＲＦ患者的耳聋 为耳蜗性聋,表现为高频听力损失,ＤＰＯＡＥ检测可客观、快速地反映耳蜗的病变。且ＤＰＯＡＥ具有频率特异性,有助于对该病患者听力障碍的早期诊断。