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The discovery of microRNA (miRNA) has opened up a new train of thought for the diagnosis and treatment of esophagus cancer.let-7 is one of the most widely research of miRNA.In a variety of tumors,the expression of let-7 is down-regulated.let-7 can play the role of tumor suppressor gene by targeting to high mobility group A2 (HMGA2) and inhibit the cell proliferation.Recent studies have shown that the lower the degree of differentiation of cells,let-7 expression level is lower.It is expected as a symbol of poorly differentiated tumors.In addition,let-7 and esophagus cancer's radiation and chemotherapy sensitivity are closely related.
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Objective:To analyze the pathologic types and clinical characteristics of lymphoma in Shandong, China. Methods:The clinical data of lymphoma patients admitted from September 2011 to September 2014 in Shandong Cancer Hospital and the Affiliat-ed Hospital of Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences were retrospectively analyzed. Data included age, sex, pathologic classification, and onset locus of lymphoma. Results:The clinical data of 520 lymphoma cases were collected. The ratio of male to female was 1.2:1, and the median age was 51 years old. Among these patients, 67 cases (12.9%) were Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL), whereas 453 cases (87.1%) were non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Among NHL cases, 75.9% were B-cell NHL and 24.1% were T/ natural killer-cell NHL. Nodular sclerosis classical Hodgkin's lymphoma was the most common pathologic type of HL, comprising 52.2%. The age of HL onset did not present twin peaks. In NHL, 245 cases (54.1%of NHL) were diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). The constituent ra-tio of DLBCL was higher than in other countries and regions (18%to 42.7%), in which the ratio of male to female was 0.9:1, and the age of onset was slightly earlier (median age was 54 years old). Lymph nodes in the cervical region were the most commonly involved in the disease, and NHL extranodal onset was frequently observed. Conclusion:Among the 520 cases of lymphoma, DLBCL is the most common subtype. Most subtypes show male predominance, but female predominance was observed for DLBCL. The commonly involved sites of extranodal lymphoma are the nasal cavity and gastrointestinal tract.
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MicroRNA (miRNA) is a kind of naturally occurring short non-coding small molecular RNA,which regulates gene expression at the posttranscriptional level through its sequence complementation with target mRNAs.Researches have shown that different malignant tumors,including diffuse large B cell lymphoma,have specific miRNA expression profiles.Therefore,miRNAs expression level of specimens of body fluids and tissues is expected to be the new indicator for assessing diffuse large B cell lymphoma.
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Objective To detect the difference of the expression of HLA-DQA1 genes polymorphism in the lung cancer patients with pneumoconiosis and the non-occupational lung cancer patients.Methods Multiple polymerase chain reaction-ligase detection reaction classification method (PCR-LDR) was used to detect 6 alleles in HLA-DQA1 and the expression of HLA-DQA1 gene between the 21 cases of pneumoconiosis complicated with lung cancer and 40 cases of non-occupational lung cancer respectively.The correlation between them with pneumoconiosis complicated with lung cancer was analysed.Results HLA-DQA1 0301 gene frequencies were 19％ in pneumoconiosis complicated with lung cancer group and 2.5％ in non-occupational lung cancer group respectively,with a statistically significant difference (x2 =10.022,P =0.002).There was no statistically significant difference in the other allele between the two groups.Conclusion HLA-DQA1 gene polymorphism may be related to the susceptibility of the pneumoconiosis complicated with lung cancer.DQA1 0301 is one of the important genes of pneumoconiosis complicated with lung cancer,which maybe the risk factor for the susceptibility of the pneumoconiosis complicated with lung cancer.
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Short course chemotherapy combined with local field radiotherapy (IFRT) is an important treatment for limited-stage (Ⅰ -Ⅱ)diffuse large B cell lymphoma patients,but the value of radiotherapy has been disputed.Some patients may be cured by combined chemotherapy which contains anthracycline,but there are some patients still facing death.Therefore,researchers try to improve survival of patients further by increasing the density or intensity of the chemotherapy dose,but attempt to reduce the dose or the use of low toxicity drugs for elderly patients.In addition,researches such as radioimmunotherapy and biological targeted therapy have made certain progress.
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With the deep study of the molecular biology mechanism during esophageal carcinoma development, there are major progressions in the study of chemotherapy related genes and proteins in esophageal carcinoma, including EGFR, p53, ERCC1, MRP and P-gp, and the measurements of these genes and protein benefit the prediction of chemotherapy sensitivity and making the individualized treatment protocols.
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Objective To explore the efficacy of ligustrazine combined with chemotherapy in patients with relapsed or refractory NHL and the relationships with P-gp expression. Methods 60 Patients were randomized into reversal agent group (ligustrazine + chemotherapy) and control group (chemotherapy) and the outcome was analysed. P- gp expression was analysed by flow cytometry. Subgroup analysis was conducted a ccording to P-gp expression. Results 56 patients could be evaluated. Progression -free survival (PFS) showed no statistical diference in two groups ( P = 0.065 1 ) ; reversal agent group had a higher overall response rate (ORR) than control group(P=0. 048).Subgroup analysis showed 41 patients had P-gp( +). The complete remission rate and complete remission uncertain rate of patients with P-gp( + ) in reversal agent group and control group were 33. 33% and 8. 70% , respectively, reversal agent group had a significant advantage ( P = 0. 048). Patients with P-gp( + ) in reversal agent group had a higher ORR than control group (61. 11% vs 26. 09% ,P =0.024). Kaplan-Meier survival curve and Log-rank test showed patients with P-gp( + ) in reversal agent group had longer PFS than control group (P =0.046 4). Blood pressure in a small number of patients received ligustrazine therapy decreased,and mitigated after reducing the dose. Conclusion Ligustrazine combined with chemotherapy can elevate response rate,prolong PFS with manageable toxicity and correlate to P-gp expression in relapsed or refractory NHL
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Objective To explore the expression of Survivin and MHC in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and their interaction.Methods A total of 40 patients with histologically diagnosed NSCLC were enrolled in this study.Control samples were consisted of normal lung tissues from 15 patients.Expression of Survivin and MHC were detected by flow cytometry in 40 non-small cell lung cancer tissues and 15 normal lung tissues.Results The positive rates of Survivin protein expression in NSCLC tissues classified stages Ⅰ,Ⅱ and Ⅲ were 28.57% ,30.77% and 80.00% respectively.There was a correlation between Survivin protein expres-sion and stages of NSCLC.Survivin protein expression was detected in 19 of 29 patients with lymph node metas-tasis, and 3 of 11 patients with no metastasis.There was a statistically significant difference between the two groups (P<0.030).The loss expression rates of MHC-Ⅰ in NSCLC tissues of low grade,intermediate grade and high grade were 84.62% ,42.10% and 37.50% respectively.There was a correlation in expression be-tween MHC-Ⅰ and tumor grade.The positive rates of MHC-Ⅱ expression in NSCLC tissues was related to pa-thology type (P=0.005).The expression in squamous cancer and non-squamous non-adno cancer was lower than that of adenocarcinoma (P=0.002, P=0.04).There was no obvious correlation between the expression of Survivin and MHC-Ⅰ,MHC-Ⅱ in NSCLC.Conclution The expression of Survivin and MHC could be in-volved in the pathogenesis and development of NSCLC, and the combined detection will predict the prognosis of the patients with NSCLC.
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Objective To investigate the relationship between the expression of KAI1 mRNA and the clinicopathological parameters and prognostic outcome of patients with gastric Callcer. Methods The expressions of KAI1 mRNA in 70 samples of gastric cancer tissue and 18 samples of benign gastric lesion were detected by in situ hybridization.Results The positive rates of KAI1 mRNA expression in benign gastric lesion and gastric cancer tissue were 94%(17/18)and 31%(22/70),respectively.The expression of KAI1 mRNA was influenced by tumor difierentiation degree and the state of lymph node metastasis.The positive rate of KAI1 mRNA expression was gradually decreased as the increase of invasion depth and the tumor clinical stages.The 5-year survival rate of patients with positive expression of KAI1 mRNA WaS higher than these with negative expression of KAI1 mRNA.Conclmions The less and down-regulation of KAI1 gene expression may be involved in the occurrence and development of gastric cancer.KAI1 gene might be a valuable indicator for early diagnosis and predicting the malignancy and metastasis potential of gastric cancer and the prognosis of patients with gastric cancer.