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Objective To observe the effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for patients with advanced cervical cancer.Methods According to the digital table ,106 patients with advanced cervical cancer were randomly divided into the two groups ,53 cases in each group .The observation group was given TP Scheme neoadjuvant chemotherapy before surgery ,the control group underwent surgery directly .The total effective rate of chemotherapy and the changes of diameter of tumor before and after chemotherapy were observed .The serum levels of vascular endothelial growth fac-tor(VEGF) and matrix metalloproteinase-9(MMP-9) of the observation group were detected ,and the operation condi-tions were compared between the two groups .Results After chemotherapy ,the total effective rate of the observation group was 60.4%.Before and after chemotherapy ,the average tumor diameter of the observation group was (5.24 ± 1.35)cm,(2.64 ±0.67)cm,respectively,the difference was significant (t=3.947,P<0.05).The operative time, blood loss and lymph node metastasis in the observation group were significantly less than those in the control group (t=3.725,5.392,χ2 =4.28,P<0.05 or P<0.01).After chemotherapy,the serum levels of VEGF and MMP-9 were significantly lower than that before chemotherapy (t=3.130,4.724,all P<0.05).Conclusion Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of advanced cervical cancer can significantly reduce serum VEGF and MMP-9 expression.
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Objective To study DeFazio capsules oxaliplatin neoadjuvant chemotherapy on matrix metallo-proteinase-9 ( MMP-9 ) and vascular endothelial growth factor ( VEGF ) in patients with advanced gastric cancer . Methods 92 patients with advanced gastric cancer were randomly divided into the two groups ,the observation group ( n=46 ) and the control group ( n=46 ) .Both two groups were used neoadjuvant chemotherapy , DeFazio capsules oxaliplatin chemotherapy for the observation group and capecitabine oxaliplatin chemotherapy for the control group . Expression of MMP-9 and VEGF was determined by immunohistochemistry in gastric cancer tissues .Results After chemotherapy,the total effective rate was 60.9%in the control group and 80.4%in the observation group.The total effective rate of the observation group was significantly higher (χ2 =6.42,P0.05).Neutropenia,neurotoxicity in the observation group were less than the control group (χ2 =5.68,4.18,all P0.05).After the chemothera-py,the positive expression rates of VEGF and MMP-9 in the control group were 45.7%,41.3%,respectively.Those of the observation group were 23.9%and 21.7%,respectively.VEGF and MMP-9 positive expression rates were sig-nificantly lower than before chemotherapy (χ2 =4.72,4.08,10.14,9.84,P<0.05,P<0.01).The observation group was significantly lower than the control group (χ2 =5.14,4.72,all P<0.05).Conclusion DeFazio capsules oxali-platin neoadjuvant chemotherapy can decrease MMP-9 and VEGF expression in patients with advanced gastric cancer .