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Objective To investigate the incidence of anemia among patients with esophageal carcinoma undergoing radiotherapy, and to explore its influence on prognosis.Methods The data of 386 patients with esophageal carcinoma undergoing radiotherapy were collected retrospectively.The survival rates of the 1st, 3rd, 5th year were compared between the anemia group and non-anemia group.Analysis was carried on the impact factors of amenia on the prognosis and other clinical factors.Results The incidence of anemia before radiotherapy was 46.3 ％ (179/386), and the level of hemoglobin was 116 g/L (49-169 g/L).The incidence of anemia after radiotherapy was 74.2 ％ (286/386), and the level of hemoglobin was 98 g/L (45-152 g/L).The incidences of anemia between before and after radiotherapy were statistically different (x2 =61.915, P ＜ 0.001).The incidence of anemia before radiotherapy was associated with stage, Karnofsky score, BMI and the weight loss before treatment (P ＜ 0.05).The median survival time of the anemia group was 42 months, while that of the non-anemia group was 52 months, and the difference was statistically significant (x2 =5.002, P =0.025).There were 87.7 ％ of anemia patients got no treatment.Conclusions The prevalences of anemia before and after radiotherapy are high, and anemia before radiotherapy can decrease the survival rate in esophageal carcinoma patients.Methods should be taken to improve the haemoglobin level in order to increase the survival rate.
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Objective To explore the clinical value of monoenergetic technology of dual-source CT in removing the artifact of me-tallic fixation after the operation of lumbar spondylolysis.Methods 24 cases of patients with metallic fixation after operation of lum-bar spondylolysis were scanned by dual-energy CT.To reconstruct the imaging using monoenergetic and 3D Inspace software,obtain 50,80,110,140,170 keV five groups of images and the multi-planar reconstruction*(MPR),volume vendering(VR),maximum intensity projection(MIP)imaging in different conditions.The five groups image and average weighted 120kev image are evaluate by two senior radiologist.The quality score of five groups of images and the average weighted images are analyzed statistically using Kruskal-Wallis test.The clinical value of images in the optimal condition are evaluated by two senior department of orthopedics phy-sicians.The results of two radiologists and department of orthopedics physician are examined by kappa test to evaluate consistency. Results In all patients after operation,the case of 110keV images above 3 points is 24,the case of 80keV images above 3 points is 14,the case of of 140keV images above 3 points is 13,the case of weighted average 120kev images above 3 points is 8.Images in 110keV have the best quality (F=98.523,P<0.01).MPR,VR,MIP images are reconstructed in 110keV.The ratio of image which are excellent and have high clinical value is 86.1%,especially the ratio of MPR image is 100%.Conclusion Monoenergetic technology of dual-source CT has a higher clinical value in removing the artifact of metallic fixation after the operation of lumbar spondylolysis.Under the condition of 110keV the quality of images are best,the reconstructed images using MPR Technology have the best clinical value.