Observation on therapeutic effects of acupuncture combined with TDP irradiation and chinese herbal steaming and washing therapy for treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome in early stage / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To search for an effective therapy for carpal tunnel syndrome in early stage.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Sixty cases were randomly divided into an observation group 1 (21 cases), an observation group 2 (22 cases) and a basic treatment group (17 cases). The patients in three groups were treated with oral administration of Vitamin B1, Vitamin B12, compound Vitamin B and small splint for wrist protection as basic treatment, and the observation group 1 was also treated with acupuncture on local points as Laogong (PC 8), Yuji (LU 10), Hegu (LI 4) and Waiguan (TE 5) etc. combined with TDP irradiation, and the observation group 2 was treated with herbal steaming and washing on the affected part using Safflower and Lopseed etc. Electromyography, visual analogue scale (VAS) and clinical effect of three groups were observed before and after treatment.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The changes of electromyogra phy had no significant difference before and after treatment in all groups (all P > 0.05), the VAS scores in two ob servation groups were superior to that in basic treatment group (both P < 0.05). The excellent and good rates were 90.5% and 86.4% in the observation group 1 and the observation group 2 respectively, both higher than that of 64.7% in the basic treatment group.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Acupunture combined with TDP irradiation and Chinese herbal steaming and washing therapy both have significant therapeutic effects for treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome in early stage.</p>

Comparison of therapeutic effects of deep needling and shallow needling on sudden deafness / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore and evaluate therapeutic effect of different needling methods on sudden deafness.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Forty-seven cases were randomly divided into a treatment group of 23 cases who were treated by deep needling at Ermen (TE 21), Tinggong (SI 19) and Tinghui (GB 2) combined with body acupuncture, and a control group of 24 cases who were treated with shallow needling at these acupoints combined with body acupuncture. Changes of hearing at different stages after treatment were observed and compared between the two groups.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The effective rate was 87.0% in the treatment group and 29.2% in the control group, with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The therapeutic effect of the deep needling group is better than that of the shallow needling group.</p>

Relationship between overexpression of the RIalpha subunit of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase and clinicopathological features of lung cancer / 中华肿瘤杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the relationship between the overexpression of PKA RIalpha mRNA and cliniopathological parameters in lung cancer.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>RT-PCR was used to detect the expression of PKA RIalpha mRNA in 54 cases with human lung cancer and matched normal tissues.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>(1) The expression of PKA RIalpha mRNA was significantly higher in cancer tissue (66.7%) than in normal tissues (20.4%) (P < 0.01). (2) The expression was significantly correlated with TNM stage (P < 0.01), being increased with TNM stage. (3) The expression was significantly higher in patients with positive lymph nodes than in those with negative lymph nodes (P < 0.01). (4) There were no significant associations of PKA RIalpha mRNA expression with histological type, differentiation grade or size of the tumor.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>This study indicates that the overexpression of PKA RIalpha mRNA may play an important role in the progression, metastasis and prognosis of lung cancer.</p>

Expression of different RASSF1 transcripts and its clinical significance in lung carcinoma / 中华肿瘤杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the expression of three different RASSF1 transcripts and its clinical significance in lung carcinomas.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The mRNA expression of RASSF1A, RASSF1B and RASSF1C was detected by RT-PCR in 51 human lung cancer tissues and 51 matched normal tissues.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>1. The mRNA expression of three RASSF1 transcripts was detectable in all non-cancer tissues. However, high rate of expression loss of RASSF1A and RASSF1B existed in lung cancer tissues, which was 53.2% (2851) and 37.3% (19/51), respectively. RASSF1C was expressed in all of the tumor tissues. 2. Loss or abnormal down-regulation of RASSF1A was positively related with lymph node metastasis and TNM stage (P < 0.05) and 3. RASSF1B and RASSF1C mRNA expression was not correlated with TNM stage, histological type, differentiation grade or smoking index.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>There is a significant expression difference among the three RASSF1 transcripts in lung carcinoma. RASSF1A, closely associated with lymph metastasis and TNM stage of lung carcinoma, should be a new tumor suppressor gene.</p>