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Malignant pleural mesothelioma(MPM) is a kind of rare and aggressive malignant neoplasm. Surgery plays one of the most important roles in the treatment of MPM. However, due to the high morbidity and mortality reported, the survival benefit and indication of surgery are still controversial. This article will review the surgical indications, discuss and compare the roles of extrapleural pneumonectomy(EPP) and pleurectomy / decortication(P/D) which aim to achieve macroscopic complete resection(MCR) in the treatment of MPM. Finally, we summarized the progress of other treatment methods including targeted therapy and immunotherapy.
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Objective:To explore the sex-based heterogeneity in demographic and pathological trends of lung cancer during the past 30 years.Methods:Patients with primary lung cancer who received surgical treatment in the Department of thoracic surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital Tongji University from 1989 to 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. The differences between male and female patients in age, smoking history, pathological stage and type were compared. Mann- Kendall trend test was performed for trend analysis. Results:A total of 58 433 patients were included in this study, encompassing 30 729(52.6%) men and 27 , 704(47.4%) women. Compared with male patients, female patients were younger(56.0 years old vs. 59.7 years old), and had a higher proportion of non-smokers(98.3% vs. 52.3%), stage Ⅰ lung cancers(60.6% vs. 49.3%), and adenocarcinoma(93.7% vs. 56.1%, all P-values <0.001). Trend analyses revealed that the proportion of female patients increased year by year, and surpassed males in 2015, with the current ratio of male to female being 1∶1.5. After 2013, the age of onset in females was getting younger, and the average age decreased from 58.7 years old to 54.7 years old( P=0.02). The decrease in the proportion of smoking patients was mainly reflected by male patients(from 68.5% to 31.1%, P<0.01). Stage Ⅰ lung cancers in male and females outnumbered advanced stage in 2012 and 2010, respectively, with a much higher proportion in female patients. Among male patients, adenocarcinoma has replaced squamous cell carcinoma as the most common pathological type since 2012, while in female patients adenocarcinoma remained the most common pathological type of lung cancer, and its proportion continued to increase reaching over 98%. Conclusion:A dramatic change in gender distribution was noticed during the past 30 years. Female patients became the primary population in surgically-treated lung cancers, with a trend of getting younger. The proportion of smokers and squamous cell carcinoma decreased significantly in male patients, and adenocarcinoma has become the most common pathological type of lung cancer. The proportion of stage Ⅰ lung cancers was on a dramatic rise, with the popularization of CT screening for lung cancer.
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BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis has been one of the main reasons for old people' s in decline living standard and shortening of lifespan. The onset of osteoporosis is related to the loss of functional coupling in osteoblast and osteoclast. So observation of the regulative effect of medicines on osteoblast is a good method to evaluate their preventive and therapeutical efficacy in osteoporosis.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of genistein on osteoblast culture in vitro.DESIGN: A randomined, controlled and single-blind study based on rat osteoblasts.SETTING: Department of laboratory in amunicipal hospital.MATERIALS: The experiment was completed in the Room of Isotope, Department of Nuclear Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital of Beijing from February to December 2001. Ten SD rats of 24 hours old were provided from Beijing Weitong Lihua Experimental Animal Ltd. Co. (license:SCXK11-00-0008 ). The laboratory was SPF grade.METHODS: Skull osteoblasts of rats were selected to culture in vitro. Microculture tetrozolium, p-nitrophenyl phosphate, atomic absorptiometry and alizarin red were used to observe the effect of genistein on proliferation,activity of alkaline phosphatase(ALP), contents of matrix calcium and the number of mineral nodes of osteoblasts cultured in vitro.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Morphological observation, determination of proliferation ratio, ALP stain, determination of matrix calcium accumulation and number of mineralized nodes with alizarin red stain.RESULTS: It was found that genistein stimulated the proliferation of osteoblasts, improved the ALP activity, and increased the contents of matrix calcium and the number of mineral nodes in cultured osteoblasts.CONCLUSION: Genistein has the effects on stimulating the proliferation,differentiation, maturation and mineralization of osteoblasts cultured in vitro.
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Objective: To study the mechanism of effect of total flavone of rhizoma drynariae in groups with different dosage on osteoblasts cultured in vitro. Methods: To culture osteoblasts with UMA-106-01 osteoblast strain and to observe the activity of ALP and the endosmosis of 3H-TdR. Results: The total flavone of rhizoma drynariae increased the activity of ALP in cells cultured with UMR-106-01 strain. The ALP activities correspondingly changed in the 24h, 48h and 72h, which related to dosage effect and time effect. Among them, the activity in the 48h is the most ideal one. And the amount of endosmosis of the total flavone of rhizoma drynariae to 3H-TdR increased more remarkably in the 48h than that in the 24h and it also related to the time effect. Conclusion: The total flavone of rhizoma drynariae can promote the differentiation and multiplication of osteoblasts.
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The 34 cases in the treatment group were treated with allicin injection through Murphy drip for a course of 10 days with nitroglycerin group as control. Results demonstrated that the total effective rate for symptoms and ECG were 82% and 62% respectively for the treatment group. It also markedly lowered the level of plasmal endothelin, and that of blood sugar in diabetics'. Adverst effects included local pain at the injection site and headache, the incidence of which were 18% and 6% respectively. This therapy is a satisfactory one for stubborn angina pectors.