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Objective@#To investigate the expression of fragile-site associated tumor suppressor (FATS) in non-small cell lung cancer and its relationship with clinicopathological features and prognosis.@*Methods@#A total of 140 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cases and 30 adjacent normal tissues were used to detect the expression level of FATS protein, and to analyze the relationship of FATS protein expression and clinicopathological features and prognosis of NSCLC.@*Results@#Western blot showed that the expression of FATS in adjacent normal tissues was significantly higher than that in non-small cell lung cancer tissues. The results of immunohistochemistry showed that the high expression rate of FATS in 140 cases of NSCLC was 40.0%, and the high expression rate of FATS in 30 cases of adjacent tissues was 73.3%. The difference was statistically significant (P=0.01). Further analysis showed that the TNM stage (P=0.044) and lymph node metastasis (P=0.022) were significant difference between FATS high expression group and low expression group. The 6-year overall survival (OS) rates of NSCLC patients with FATS high-expression and low-expression were 57.1% and 23.8%, respectively, and the 6-year disease-free survival (DFS) rates were 53.6% and 21.4%, respectively, with statistically significant differences (P=0.001). In Cox multivariate analysis, we found gender (HR=1.658, P=0.028; HR=1.684, P=0.023), TNM staging (HR=2.327, P=0.019; HR=2.332, P=0.013) and FATS expression (HR=0.532, P=0.010; HR=0.538, P=0.009) were independent prognostic factors for both OS and DFS of NSCLC patients.@*Conclusions@#The expression of FATS protein is associated with the development and is an independent prognostic factor of NSCLC patients. The detection of FATS protein is expected to be a new biomarker for evaluating the prognosis of NSCLC patients.
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Objective To evaluated diagnosis yield of cytological and histological analysis of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA).Methods A total of 43 patients who were clinically diagnosed as having mediastinal lesions,retroperitoneal lesions or pancreatic lesions by CT were recruited to the study.EUS-FNA was performed with standard 22G needle.Specimens were placed in formalin for histological analysis,and residual materials were prepared for cytologic analysis.Results Lesions were located in the mediastinum (n =9),the retroperitoneum (n =1),and pancreas (n =33).Cytologic diagnoses included malignancy (n =22),suspicious malignancy (n =2),atypical cell (n =3),absence of malignancy (n =16).Histologic diagnoses included malignancy (n =30),suspicious malignancy (n =1),sarcoidosis (n =2),chronic inflammation (n =10).The positive rates,sensitivities and accuracies of cytology and histology were 51％,59％,65％ and 74％,81％,84％,respectively.Conclusion The positive rate,sensitivity and accuracy of histology of EUS-FNA is superior to cytology.
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Objective Summarized the therapeutic effect of colonic irrigation by mannitol in one-stage resection and primary anastomosis for left hemicolon obstruction. Method For 31 cases of left hemicolon obstruction in our hospital, After process was cut, firstly we had done coloclysis with normal saline, metron-idazole and 20% mannitol,then one-stage anastomosis. Results With the exception of three cases of in-cision infection, the rest who start eating 4～5 days after operation were cured and no anastomotic fistula. Conclusion During the colon resection in left hemicolon obstruction, coloclysis with normal saline, met-ronidazole and 20% mannitol, then one-stage anastomosis, the intestinal function were quick recovery and can prevent colonic anastomotic fistula.
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Objectives:To determine the content of aminoacids in gastric cancer tissue and study the relationship between alterations of amino acids and cancer stages. Methods:19 free amino acids of cancer tissue and paracancerous normal mucose were determined in 41 cases of gastric cancer. Results:Most free amino acids were significantly increased in gastric cancer tissue as compared with those of paracancerous normal gastric tissue.The contents of proline,valine,methionine,isoleucine,leucine in advanced gastric cancer were significantly higher than those in early cases. Conclusions:Gastric tumor tissue contains high amount of most free amino acids particularly in cases with advanced cancer..