Glasgow prognostic score and combined positive score for locally advanced rectal cancer

Purpose@#This study was performed to investigate the association of Glasgow prognostic score (GPS), combined positive score (CPS), and clinicopathological characteristics of locally advanced rectal cancer. @*Methods@#Between February 2012 and February 2018, 103 patients with locally advanced rectal cancer treated by neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and total mesorectal excision (TME) were retrospectively evaluated. @*Results@#According to the classification of the GPS, 85 (82.5%), 13 (12.6%), and 5 patients (4.9%) were classified as a score of 0, 1, and 2, respectively. Patients were classified into the GPS-low group (GPS of 0, n = 85) and GPS-high group (GPS of 1 or 2, n = 18) with an area under the curve of 0.582 for overall survival (OS). The mean programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) CPS of the whole group was 2.24 (range, 0–70). The PD-L1 CPS of the GPS-high group was higher than the GPS-low group (P < 0.001). Multivariate analysis by Cox proportional hazards model indicated that GPS was associated with OS and diseasefree survival (DFS). Furthermore, PD-L1 CPS was associated with DFS (hazard ratio, 1.050; 95% confidence interval, 1.017– 1.083; P = 0.003). @*Conclusion@#Elevated GPS was related to the PD-L1 CPS. GPS and PD-L1 CPS were associated with the prognosis of locally advanced rectal cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by TME.

Biological indexes for predicting sensitivity of preoperative concurrent chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer / 国际肿瘤学杂志

After the preoperative concurrent chemoradiotherapy for local advanced rectal cancer, the down-staging of tumor is obvious, the rate of anal preservation and the local control rate are improved, and the side reactions are acceptable, but the individual clinical efficacy varies greatly. Recent studies have found that cyclooxygenase-2, G protein coupled receptor, P53 binding protein 1, fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio, programmed cell death factor 4, tumor infiltrating lymphocytes, microRNA are related to the sensitivity of neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced rectal cancer, which can predict the sensitivity of preoperative concurrent chemoradiotherapy.

Analysis on set-up errors of position fixation with simple perforated foam pad in colorectal cancer radio-therapy / 中国基层医药

Objective To explore the set-up errors of position fixation with simple perforated foam pad in colorectal cancer radiotherapy and their causes as well as the improvement measures.Methods Sixty cases of color-ectal cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy were collected.Prone position was adopted with the position fixed by perforated foam pad and membrane.CBCT imaging was taken weekly before treatment,setup errors were corrected if necessary.Errors throughout the course of treatment for each patient were recorded and compared between patients, followed by analyzing the reasons of errors.Results Before calibration,the maximum errors on the direction of left and right (X-axis),front and back (Z),upside and downside (Y)in these 60 patients were 0.5cm,0.9cm and 0.7cm respectively with the average errors of (0.22 ±0.03)cm,(0.38 ±0.03)cm and (0.27 ±0.04)cm respec-tively.Conclusion The method of applying perforated foam pad and thermoplastic mask in colorectal cancer radio-therapy is currently the most commonly used in the clinical position fixation techniques,by which the small intestine, bladder and other pelvic tissues can be well protected.Due to poor comfort prone position,it is necessary to further improve perforated foam pad through improving the quality of the foam pad,thus improving patients comfort and posi-tioning repeatability and reducing position fixation errors.

Re-irradiation of locally recurrent soft tissue sarcoma / 国际肿瘤学杂志

The incidence of local recurrence after wide local excision and radiation of soft tissue sarcoma (STS) ranges from 5％ to 20％.The optimal management of locally recurrent STS must be individualized.Approaches for retreatment include wide local re-excision followed by a variety of radiation which include external-beam radiation,brachytherapy and intraoperative electron radiotherapy.Following retreatment,the likelihood of ultimate local control ranges from 37％ to 100％.However,each radiation technique could produce severe side effects,and so for selected patients,repeat irradiation may be unnecessary.

Prognostic analysis of 130 patients with nasal and Waldeyer ring NK/T cell lymphoma treated by radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy / 中华放射肿瘤学杂志

Objective To observe the clinical effects of radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy in the treatment of nasal and Waldeyer ring natural killer (NK)/T cell lymphoma and to analyze the prognostic factors.Methods Between January 20,2000 and December 21,2010,109 patients with nasal NK/T cell lymphoma and 21 patients with Waldeyer ring NK/T cell lymphoma were admitted to our hospital; the diagnosis was confirmed by immunohistochemistry.According to the Ann Arbor staging system,116 patients were classified as stage Ⅰ E,and 14 as stage Ⅱ E.Thirty patients received radiotherapy alone;2 patients received chemotherapy alone; 98 patients received radiochemotherapy.Results The follow-up rate was 100％.Seventy-eight patients were followed up for at least 5 years.The complete remission (CR) rate was 89.2％ in all patients.The CR rates of stage Ⅰ E patients and stage Ⅱ E patients were 88.8％ and 92.9％,respectively (x2 =0.02,P =0.837).The CR rates of patients receiving radiotherapy alone and patients receiving radiochemotherapy were 86％ and 96％,respectively (x2 =1.44,P =0.230).The five-year overall survival (OS) rate and disease-free survival (DFS) rate of all patients were 58.0％ and 57.2％,respectively.The five-year OS rates of stage Ⅰ E patients and stage Ⅱ E patients were 60.6％ and 36.3％,respectively (x2 =0.25,P =0.615) ;the five-year DFS rates of stage Ⅰ E patients and stage Ⅱ E patients were 59.7％ and 36.3％,respectively (x2 =0.21,P =0.648).The five-year OS rates of patients receiving radiotherapy alone and patients receiving radiochemotherapy were 70.0％ and 48.4％,respectively (x2 =0.01,P =0.933) ; the five-year DFS rates of patients receiving radiotherapy alone and patients receiving radiochemotherapy were 65.6％ and 48.4％,respectively (x2 =0.09,P =0.764).The grade 3-4 toxicity rates of radiotherapy alone and radiochemotherapy were 6.7％ and 54.1％,respectively (x2 =41.38,P=0.002).The radiation dose to the primary lesion and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score were correlated with OS (x2 =3.1 8,P =0.005 ; x2 =2.97,P =0.008).Conclusions The clinical effect of radiochemotherapy is similar to that of radiotherapy alone in the patients with stage ⅠE and ⅡE nasal and Waldeyer ring NK/T cell lymphoma,but radiochemotherapy has higher toxicity than radiotherapy alone.The radiation dose to the primary lesion and ECOG score are the influential factors for OS.

Indicators of predicting sensitivity of preoperative concurrent radiochemotherapy for rectal cancer / 国际肿瘤学杂志

Preoperative radiochemotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer can improve local control rate obviously and ameliorate survival rate for pathologically complete response. However the clinical response is different among patients. Recently, clinical study and basic research results suggest survivin, p53/p21, telom-erase, growth hormone receptor(GHR), ku70, Bax, Bcl-2, Ki67 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) are related to the sensitivity of preoperative concurrent radiochemotherapy. They can be used to pre-dict sensitivity of preoperative radiochemotherapy.

Reconstruction of the external ear utilizing expanded scarred skin flap / 中华整形外科杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the feasibility of ear reconstruction using local expanded scarred skin flap.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>We used local postauricular expanded scar skin flaps to reconstruct external ear in 24 patients.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Of these cases, 22 flaps survived completely. In 2 patients, the cartilage framework exposed over the upper pole of helix region because of undue tension in suturing the tissue edges. One year's follow-up revealed satisfactory results.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Using the expanded scarred skin flap for ear reconstruction is practical and effective, when there's no normal skin available in the local area.</p>