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Objective To evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of capecitabine combined with intensity modulated radiotherapy( IMRT)for postoperative mediastinal lymph node metastasis in esophageal cancer. Methods A total of 62 esophageal cancer patients with postoperative mediastinal lymph node metastases were randomly divided into the irradiation group(A group,31 cases)and the capecitabine combined with IMRT group( B group,31 cases). Both of two groups received IMRT radiotherapy with a total dose of 60-66 Gy, 30-33 times in 6-6. 5 weeks. The patients in B group were treated with capecitabine(1 250mg/ m2 ,2 f/ d, d1-d14,21 d × 2 cycle). Results Group A:there were 7 cases of complete response(CR),12 of partial response(PR),10 of stable disease(SD),and 2 of progressive disease(PD);the effective rate was 61. 3%(19 / 31). Group B:there were 10 cases of CR,16 of PR,4 of SD,and 1of PD;the effective rate was 83. 9%(26 / 31). There was a statistical significance between the effective rates of A group and B group(χ2 = 3. 971, P < 0. 05). Our experiment showed that the rates of grade Ⅱand Ⅲ myelosuppression in group A and group B were 29. 0% and 38. 7%(χ2 = 0. 648,P = 0. 421). The rates of Ⅰ and Ⅱ level radioactive pneumonia in group A and were 19. 4% and 25. 8%(χ2 = 0. 369,P = 0. 544). The different incidence of the two adverse reactions between group A and B had no statistical significance. Conclusion Compared with IMRT alone,IM-RT combined with capecitabine may have better curative efficacy without increasing toxicity to esophageal cancer patients with postoperative mediastinum lymphonode metastasis.
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Objective To investigate the expression and significance of KAI1/CD82 and E-Cadherin in human squamous cervical carcinoma.Methods The expressions of KAI1/CD82 and E-Cadherin were examined respectively by immunohistochemical S-P method in 10 cases of normal cervical tissue,15 cases of atypical hyperplasia of cervical epithelia and 64 cases of squamous cervical carcinoma.We analyzed statistically the correlation between the immunohistochemical results and the clinicopathological features.Results From normal cervical tissue,Cervical intraepithelial neoplasis(CIN) to cervical cancer,the positive expression rates of KAI1/CD82 and E-Cadherin were gradually decreased.Through statistic test,the positive expression rates of both invasive squamous carcinoma of the cervix were significantly lower in normal cervical tissue and CIN(P0.05).Of all the samples,direct correlation was showed in the expressions of KAI1/CD82 and E-Cadherin.Furthermore,the low-expression of both revealed significant correlation with lymphonode metastasis in human squamous cervical carcinoma.Conclusion KAI1/CD82 and(E-Cadherin) interactions may depress lymphonode metastasis in cervical carcinoma.Logistic analysis reveals that(E-Cadherin) gene,specific and interactions of several genes may be more significant during tumor metastasis.