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Objective To understand the status of depression and quality of life in the patients with advanced gastric cancer , and to explore their relationship .Methods The depression self rating scale (SDS) and the Chinese Scale of World Health Organiza‐tion Quality of Life Scale‐Brief Form Questionnaire (WHOQOL‐BREF) were adopted to conduct the questionnaire investigation on 131 patients with advanced gastric cancer ,then the results were compared with those of the health population .Results Among 131 patients with advanced gastric cancer ,the prevalence rate of depression was 47 .33% ,and the average SDS score was 45 .99 ± 15 .47 ,which were higher than those of the health population .The scores of quality of life were 61 .61 ± 12 .66 for the physiologic health domain ,59 .54 ± 12 .49 for the mental health domain ,64 .95 ± 14 .16 for the social relation domain and 52 .93 ± 14 .07 for the surrounding environment domain .There was a significant correlation between the depression score with the four domains scores of life quality ,in which the correlation with the mental health domain was strongest (r= -0 .636 ,r2 =0 .405) .Conclusion High depression level and poor quality of life exist in the patients with advanced gastric cancer ,and there is a correlation between them , in which the correlation between depression with the mental health domain is strongest .
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Objective To study the relationships between serum IL-18 and IL-18BP and the development,metastasis,curative effect and prognosis of primary liver cancer.Methods There were total 49 cases patients,of which 28 cases primary hepaticcarcinoma(PHC)and 21 cases liver cirrhosis(LC),and 18 cases heathy people.Their serum levels of IL-18 and IL-18BP were determined by using an ELISA assay and comparation.Results The serum IL-18 in PHC was significantly lower than that in LC and controls;the serum IL-18BP in PHC was significantly higher than that in LC and controls;the IL-18 and IL-18BP in LC were significantly higher than those in controls(P
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Objective To study the antitumor effects in vitro and impact on colon cancer in rats of endostatin transfected bifidobacterium oral powder preparation(ETB-2).Methods Growth inhibitory effect of the cecropins on normal human gastric epithelial cell line(GES-1) and human colon adenocarcinoma cell line(LS-174T) was observed using a microculturetetrazolium(MTT) colorimetric methods.Male Wistar rats were divided into 4 groups.All treatments were completed in a course of 18 weeks and the experiment was finished at week 33.Results The cecropins showed selective cytotoxic activity against the human colon adenocarcinoma cell line.There was a significant lower in incidence of colon tumors in rats(70%vs100%,P0.05).Conclusion ETB-2 has significant preventive effect on colon cancer induced by DMH in rats.