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Objective:To explore the application of ArcCheck system in the validation of Helical and Direct tomotherapy plans for esophageal cancer and summarize relevant experience.Methods:The Helical and Direct tomotherapy verification plans were established for 32 patients with esophageal cancer at different positions according to the doctor′s instructions, which were verified by the ArcCHECK system to compare the passing rate of the results.The correlation between the volume of the target area and the passing rate of the planned verification was analyzed. The therapeutic verification plan with a small target volume was made. The target area was placed at the center of ArcCHECK phantom and the area of detectors to statistically compare the verification passing rates.Results:Helical plan showed a significantly higher passing rate than the Direct plan ( P<0.01). The correlation coefficients between the target volume and the passing rate of the Helical and Direct plans were -0.364 and -0.042, and the P values were 0.041 and 0.819, respectively. For the Helical plan, when the 3%/2mm criterion was adopted, there was significant difference between placing the high-dose area at the center of the phantom and the area of detectors ( P=0.005), and the passing rate of the latter was higher. There was no significant difference in the other cases (all P>0.05). Conclusions:The passing rate of the Helical plan is generally higher than that of the Direct plan, which may be related to the angular response of the ArcCHECK detector and the fact that more reference points are not included for calculation due to low-dose radiation. In addition, it may also be related to the higher requirements of Direct plan for tomotherapy dose control system. In the Helical verification plan, when the 3%/3mm criterion is adopted, the larger the target volume, the higher the possibility of lower passing rate, whereas the correlation coefficient between them is relatively low. The high-dose area can be verified by the plans at the center of the phantom or the detection point. With the comprehensive consideration, we suggest putting it at the center of the phantom.
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Objective To research the effect of Huang Bai capsules combined with Chinese medicine fumigation on treatment of chronic anal fissure.Methods 84 patients with chronic anal fissure from the second hospital of Shandong from January 2014～June 2016 were divided into two groups randomly.The control group was treated with Nitroglycerin and Lining gel and the observation group was treated with Huang Bai capsules combined with Chinese medicine fumigation.Treatment efficacy,symptom improvement,VAS score,gap healing time,ARP and RRP were compared between the two groups.Results The total effective rate in the observation group 95.24％is higher than that in the control group 78.57％(P<0.05).The proportion of bleeding and constipation after treatmen were lower than that before treatment(P<0.05).The proportion of bleeding and constipation in the observation group(9.52％and 11.90％)were lower than those in the control group(28.57％and 33.33％)(P<0.05).③ VAS score and gap healing time in the observation group were(1.18±0.20)points and(14.92±2.05)days,which were better than those in the control group(2.39±0.22)points and(19.16±2.28)days(P<0.05).④ARP and RRP in the observation group were(7.88±0.40)kPa and(2.61±0.31)kPa,which were lower than those in the control group(8.59±0.55)kPa and(3.09±0.45)kPa(P<0.05).Conclusion It can speed up crack healing and improve the effect of patients with anal fissure which Huang Bai capsules combined with Chinese medicine fumigation were used in the treatment.
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AIM:To investigate the impact of excessive endoplasmic reticulum stress on apoptotic cell death in a rat model of chronic cyclosporine A ( CsA ) nephrotoxicity .METHODS: Male Sprague-Dawley rats on a low-salt diet were subcutaneously injected with vehicle (olive oil, 1 mL· kg-1· d-1) or CsA (15 mg/kg) daily for 1 or 4 weeks.Tu-bulointerstitial fibrosis and apoptotic cell death were estimated by trichrome staining and TUNEL staining .In addition , im-munohistochemistry and immunoblotting were used to evaluate the expression of immunoglobulin -binding protein ( BiP) , eu-karyotic initiation factor 2α(eIF2α), growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible protein 153 (GADD153), caspase-12 and caspase-3.RESULTS:The rats treated with CsA for 1 week did not develop tubulointerstitial fibrosis and TUNEL-positive cells, whereas 4-week treatment with CsA induced typical tubulointerstitial fibrosis and increased TUNEL-positive cells. CsA induced a significant increase in BiP and caspase-12 expression peaked at 1 week, and then returned to normal levels at 4 weeks.In contrast, the expression of eIF2α, GADD153 and caspase-3 in CsA-treated rat kidneys were significantly in-creased in a time-dependent manner .CONCLUSION:Excessive endoplasmic reticulum stress causes apoptotic cell death by depleting molecular chaperones and stimulating the proapoptotic pathway in chronic CsA nephrotoxicity .
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Objective To explore the influence of time and dose of mannitol on neural and renal functions in the treatment of hepertensive cerebral hemorrhage.Methods 300 patients with hepertensive cerebral hemorrhage were divided into full-dose group and half-dose group.Full-dose group was divided into group A and group B,and half-dose group was divided into group C and group D.Full-dose group given 20％ mannitol 250ml,and half-dose group was given 20％ mannitol 125ml.Groups A and C were given drug 12h after incerebral hemorrhage occurs,and groups B and D were given drug in the occurrence of cerebral hemorrhage within 12h.The neural and renal functions of every group were compared before the treatment and one week after that.Results The treatment of full-dose group and hulf-dose group was all better,the total effective rate was 71.3％,72.7％,respectively,and there was no significant difference between the two groups ( P ＞ 0.05 ).The total effective rate of groups A,C ( 92.0％,90.7 ％ ) was significantly higher than that of groups B,D (53.3％,50.7％ ) ( all P ＜ 0.05 ).The number of cases [ ( BUN increased more than 7remol/L,61 cases) and(Cr increased more than 133remol/L,64 cases)] in full-dose group was significantly higher than that of half-dose group( 17 cases,17 cases) ( all P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusion The effect of full-dose and half-dose mannitol in the treatment of hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage is all better,but renal injury in halfdose mannitol was lower.Giving drug 12h after incerebral hemorrhage occurs is more conducive to hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage controlled,and could better improve the prognosis.