Objective: To assess the effect of shaving on percutaneous penetration and skin function.
Methods: We screened 500+publications in Pub Med, Scopus, Cochrane Library and pertinent journals out of which only 17 were deemed relevant. Terms for searches included shaving and skin, percutaneous penetration and shaving, skin absorption and shaving, absorption of dyes and shaving, skin penetration, effects of shaving and absorption, shave and dyes, axillary shaving and stratum corneum, shaving and breast cancer, shaving and infections, etc.
Result: Shaving appears to have an exaggerated effect on percutaneous absorption; however, some studies do not support this evidence.
Conclusion: Shaving enhances percutaneous penetration of some chemicals; however this effect is species and chemical specific. Further investigations of chemicals of varying physio-chemical properties are mandated before a generalized theory can be promulgated. 相似文献
BackgroundConcurrent chemoradiation in stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with cavitary lesions is reported to cause serious lung complications and is a predictor of poor survival. However, the efficacy and toxicity associated with chemotherapy for advanced NSCLC patients with cavitary lesions is not clear. We investigated the toxicities, particularly hemoptysis and cavity infection, and efficacy associated with chemotherapy for NSCLC patients with cavitary lesions.MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed consecutive patients who received first-line chemotherapy, including platinum-based chemotherapy, single-agent chemotherapy, or epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitors, at our institution between January 2008 and December 2010.ResultsWe found tumor cavitation prior to treatment in 23 of 415 NSCLC patients (5.5%). The response rate of all the patients was 30%, and the median survival time (MST) was 8.9 months. The MST of the 15 patients treated with platinum-based chemotherapy was 11 months. Grade 1 bronchopulmonary hemorrhage occurred in 2 patients. Grade 3 cavitary infection occurred in 2 patients, resulting in the discontinuation of chemotherapy.ConclusionsThis study indicates that the toxicity of chemotherapy for NSCLC patients with cavitary lesions is tolerable; however, the development of cavitary infection should be carefully considered. In addition, this study suggests that the efficacy of chemotherapy for NSCLC patients with cavitary lesions is similar to the response rates reported in the literature; however, the survival of these patients may be worse than that for general NSCLC patients. 相似文献
CD20 is a cell-surface marker expressed on mature B cells and most malignant B cells, but not stem or plasma cells. It is an ideal target for monoclonal antibodies (mAb), such as rituximab and ofatumumab, as it is expressed at high levels on most B-cell malignancies, but does not become internalized or shed from the plasma membrane following mAb treatment. This allows mAb to persist on the cell surface for extended periods and deliver sustained immunological attack from complement and FcR-expressing innate effectors, particularly macrophages. CD20 can also generate transmembrane signals when engaged by certain mAb which, although unproven, might provide an important element of the therapeutic success of anti-CD20 mAb. These favourable characteristics have led to anti-CD20 mAb being developed and exploited for use in immunotherapy, where they have proven remarkably efficacious in both the treatment of malignant disease and autoimmune disorders by deleting malignant or normal B cells, respectively. In this review, we discuss how these mAb have driven research in the immunotherapy field over the last decade, detail their likely modes of action and their limitations in terms of effector exhaustion, and explore ways in which they might be enhanced and further exploited in the future. 相似文献