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To investigate the expression of xenotropic and polytropic retrovirus receptor 1 () in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) and its clinical implication. The HPA and UALCAN databases were used to explore the expression of XPR1 in PTC and normal tissues. The cBioPortal database was used to obtain the clinical data of PTC patients and gene expression profile. The correlation of expression with gender,age,sub-types,T stage,N stage,M stage and clinical stage of patients were analyzed. Cox regression was conducted to analysis the factors affecting the prognosis of PTC patients. The mutation of was assessed through cBioPortal database. GO and KEGG analyses were used to explore the related biological pathway of involved in PTC. HPA database analysis showed that XPR1 was highly expressed in PTC tissue compared with normal tissues. UALCAN analysis displayed that expression was significantly higher in PTC tissue compared with normal tissues (0.05). Cox regression analysis showed that was an independent prognostic factor of PTC patients (=2.894,<0.05). The cBioPortal database indicated that the mutation appeared in 6% PTC patients; the mutation type mainly was missense and the mutation point was located at the E615K. Enrichment analysis indicated that might affect the PTC progression through involvement in metabolic pathway. is highly expressed in PTC tissues,which is associated with the prognosis of patients. Metabolic pathway associated with might play an important role in PTC progression,indicating that might be a novel biomarker for diagnosis and treatment of PTC.
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Humans , Prognosis , Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/genetics , Receptors, Virus/genetics , Thyroid Cancer, Papillary/genetics , Thyroid Neoplasms/geneticsABSTRACT
Objective To explore the expressions of c-Met and c-Src in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and its relationship with clinical pathological characters and prognosis. Methods The c-Met and c-Src expressions were detected by immunohistochemistry in 88 patients with NSCLC from April 2011 to January 2013. The relationship between the expressions of c-Met and c-Src and clinical pathological features and prognosis were analyzed. Results The c-Met and c-Src were all significantly expressed in NSCLC tissues, and no expression showed in interstitial and normal lung tissues. The expressions of c-Met and c-Src in patients with NSCLC were associated with sex, differentiation, pathology type, T staging and TNM staging (P<0.05 or <0.01); and the expression of c-Met was associated with lymph node metastasis (P<0.01). The expressions of c-Met and c-Src in patients with NSCLC were not associated with age, and the expression of c-Src was not associated with lymph node metastasis (P>0.05). Pearson correlation analysis result showed that the expressions of c-Met and c-Src in lung cancer tissues was positive correlation (r=0.662, P<0.01). Kaplan-Meier survival curve analysis result showed that the disease free survival time (DFS) and overall survival time (OS) in c-Met high expression patients (51 cases) were significantly shorter than those in c-Met low expression patients (37 cases): (18.08 ± 1.34) months vs. (23.76 ± 1.79) months and (33.63 ± 1.95) months vs. (42.24 ± 2.68) months, the DFS and OS in c-Src high expression patients (25 cases) were significantly shorter than those in c-Src low expression patients (63 cases): (16.96 ± 2.56) months vs. (21.86 ± 1.15) months and (27.84 ± 2.89) months vs. (40.98 ± 1.81) months, the DFS and OS in both c-Met and c-Src high expression patients (25 cases) were significantly shorter than those in both c-Met and c-Src low expression patients (37 cases): (16.96 ± 2.56) months vs. (23.76 ± 1.79) months and (27.84 ± 2.89) months vs. (42.24 ± 2.68) months, and there were statistical differences (P<0.05). Cox multiplicity result showed that T staging (RR=2.174, 95%CI 1.354 to 3.490, P=0.001) and high expressions of c-Met and c-Src (RR=1.447, 95%CI 1.114 to 1.880, P=0.006) were the independent risk factors of DFS in patients with NSCLC;pathology type (RR=0.610, 95%CI 0.377 to 0.986, P=0.044), T staging (RR=2.215, 95%CI 1.357 to 3.616, P=0.001) and high expressions of c-Met and c-Src (RR=1.979, 95%CI 1.455 to 2.692, P = 0.000) were the independent risk factors of OS in patients with NSCLC. Conclusions The c-Met and c-Src are involved in the development of NSCLC and affect the prognosis of patients with NSCLC.
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Objective To investigate the clinical manifestations and potential prognostic factors of neuroendocrine tumors of the thymus (NETT).Methods The clinical data of 139 patients with pathologically confirmed NETT from the Surveillance,Epidemiology,and End Results (SEER) database in National Cancer Institute between January 2007 and December 2014 were retrospectively analyzed.Cox proportional hazard regression was used to assess the prognostic influencing factors of NETT.Results The median age at diagnosis of 139 patients with NETT was 59 years old,and age was (58±17) years old.There were 95 males and 44 females,and the ratio was 2.2 ∶ 1.The median overall survival time was 90 months.Univariate analysis showed that the tumor stage (P =0.001),the tumor grade (P =0.001) and the surgery (P =0.003) were associated with prognosis.Multivariate analysis showed that the tumor grade was the independent prognostic factor for the patients with NETT (HR:5.70;95% CI 1.75-18.58;P =0.004).Conclusion NETT is a rare malignancy with tremendous aggressiveness.Tumor grade is an independent risk factor for the prognosis of the patients with NETT,and the prognosis of well-differentiated patients is better than that of poorly differentiated patients.
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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, among which more than half of non-small cell lung cancer had been locally advanced or distant metastasis at the time of diagnosis.Therefore,it has a poor prognosis.In recent years,long non-coding RNA(lncRNA)has drawn great attention in the field of oncology.Abnormally expression of lncRNA plays an important role in the development of non-small cell lung cancer through different transcriptional, post-transcriptional or epigenetic mechanisms.This review summarizes the current literature on lncRNA in non-small cell lung cancer, introduces the functions and influences of lncRNA in the biology of non-small cell lung cancer and highlights its clinical potential value as a tumor biomarker and potential therapeutic target.
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Objective To assess the effectiveness and safety of hyperthermia combined with chemotherapy(HCT)compared with chemotherapy (CT)for ovarian cancer. Methods Related literatures were searched by two independent investigators from the following electronic databases:PubMed,Cochrane Library,EMbase,VIP,WanFang Data,CNKI and CBM.Then the meta?analysis was performed by using RevMan 5.3 software. Results A total of 10 RCTs involving 546 patients were included. The results of Meta?analysis showed that the HCT group was superior to the CT group in the effective rate,tumor control rate,effective rate of CA125,ascites control rate and PD,with significant differences(P0.05). Conclusion Compared with CT,HCT can significantly increase short?term curative effect,ameliorate the quality of life,and it does not increase the incidence of adverse reactions. HCT is worthy of clinical applica?tion.
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ObjectiveTo compare and analyze conventional plan and inverse optimized plan in dosemetric of cervical cancer. MethodTwenty cases of cervical cancer treated with combination radical radiotherapy of EBT were selected,every case had two plans: one was conventional plan based A point prescription dose, the other was inverse optimized plan (IPSA, inverse planning with simulated annealing)based volume object dose.ResultsIPSA plans provided better values compared with the conventional plans in 90% prescription dose volume V90[ (94 ± 15 )% vs. (60 ± 17 )%], 100% prescription dose volume V100[(90 ± 18)% vs. (56 ± 14)%]and 100% treatment volume dose D100[(54 ± 10)% vs. (29 ±9)%](P <0.05),respectively. Meanwhile the organ at risk received lower dose volume. ConclusionsPlans generated using IPSA provide higher dose to the target volume but with lower dose to normal structure and less time. This study can help to guide the clinical application.
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Objective: To investigate the effects of FGFR1OP and p57/Kip2 proteins on the genesis and progression of gliomas and their clinical significance. Methods: The expression of FGFR1OP and p57/Kip2 in 54 glioma specimens was detected by SP immunohistochemical technique. The relationship between the ex-pression levels of those proteins and various clinical pathologic factors was evaluated. Results: The expres-sion of FGFR1OP and p57/Kip2 was found in 66.7% and 44.4% gliomas, respectively. The OD value of FG-FR1OP was 0.131±0.010 in high grade gliomas, and 0.118±0.010 in low grade ones, with a statistical signifi-cance (t=-5.497, P=0.000), showing that higher expression of FGFR1OP was significantly associated with glo-ma cell differentiation. The OD value of p57/Kip2 was 0.156±0.008 in high grade gliomas, and 0.165±0.006 in low grade ones, with a statistical significance (t=0.296, P=0.014), showing that lower p57/Kip2 expression was correlated with high grade gliomas. FGFR1OP was negatively correlated with p57/Kip2 in gliomas (r=-0.732, P<0.01). Conclusion: Increased expression of FGFR1OP and/or decreased expression of p57/Kip2 may play an important role in the genesis and progression of gliomas and may indicate a poor prognosis.
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OBJECTIVE: To analyze the causes for misplacement of pedicle screw in thoracolumbar spine.METHODS: From January 2002 to January 2008, 19 patients with misplacement in thoracolumbar spine were treated in Department of Orthopedics, Wuxi Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, including 12 males and 7 females with an average age of 52.5 years (range 23-68 years). The diagnoses were thoracolumbar fracture in 5 cases, lumbar spondylolisthesis in 8 and degenerative lumbar disease in 6. The fixation systems were Steffee used in 4 cases, DRFS in 3, RF in 6, AF in 4 and GSS in 2. X-ray and CT scanning were used to observe pedicle screw location, including screw,pedicle and membranous sac and great vessels.RESULTS: The time of misplacement of pedicle screw was 5-69 days with an average time of 18.5 days, including 7 cases of screw penetrating into lateral cortex, 4 of screw penetrating into medial cortex, 2 of screw penetrating into pedicle cortex, 2 of overplacement, 2 of intervertebral foremen placement and 2 of intervertebral space placement.CONCLUSION: The causes for screw misplacement were anatomic variation and poor surgical skills, and the key factors in precise insertion of pedicle screw are fine surgical skills, carefully study of preoperative image and the intra-operative monitoring.
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Objective To compare radiation-induced lung injury (RILI) between concurrent and sequential combination of postoperative radiotherapy and endocrine therapy. Methods A total of 118 patients subjected by radical or modified radical operation of breast cancer were enrolled in this study and received radiotherapy and endocrine therapy between Jan 2003 and December 2007. All the patients were categorized into four groups: radiotherapy (RT) plus concurrent aromatase inhibitor(AI): RT+AI; RT plus sequential AI:RT-AI; RT plus tamoxifen (TAM): RT+TAM; RT plus sequential TAM: RT-TAM. Radiotherapy was delivered by using various energy of electron (6, 9, 12 Mev β-ray) or 6 M.V X-ray for different target with a dose of 50 Gy (2 Gy/Fx, 5 fractions per week). RILI grades were classified according to RTOG/EORTC and Aoki evaluation criteria from one month to at least one year after radiotherapy. Results 30/118(25.4 %) patients was observed with RILI, RT+AI 22.7 % vs. RT-AI 20.0 %(P =0.806), RT+TAM 35.7 % vs. RT-TAM 24.2 %(P =0.328). The incident rate of RILI was higher in elder patients(>60 yr) than in other patients (33.9 % vs.16.9 %, P =0.05). Patients with positive chemotherapy history had a higher risk of RILI than those with chemotherapy-negtive history (P =0.039). Conclusion These findings suggest that RILI are associated with age and chemotherapy history, but not correlated with the sequence of radiotherapy and endocrine therapy.
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Objective To analyze the effect of X-irradiation on the proteins expression of p57kip2 and TGF-β1 in lung cancer cell stain A549 and its clinical significance.Methods Lung cancer cell stain A549 was cultivated and cell,protein was extracted at 6,12,24,36 and 48 hours after X-irradiation by differenl doses(2,4, 8 and 12 Gy).The expression of p57kip2 and TGF-β1 proteins were examined by Western blot.Results The expression of p57kip2 in lung cancer cell stain A549 was very low before X-irradiation.and increased significantly after irradiation with difierent doses and reached the peak level at 12 hours after irradiation(P<0.05).TGF-β1 reached its peak 1evel at 6 hours after irradiation(P<0.05).Conclusions X-irradiation can up-regulate the expression of p57kip2 and TGF-β1 proteins which increased with certain doses.p57kip2 and TGF-β1 could be usedto predict the damage degree of cancer cells by X-ray.
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BACKGROUND:The human body pulse signal can be regarded as the convolution of the heart excitation resource signal and the pulse transfer system. The backward signal was studied more before, but the research to the forward signal is not enough.OBJECTIVE: To extract the heart excitation source signals in human pulse wave.DESIGN: A randomized controlled design.SETTING: Second Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University;Biomedical Engineering institute of Shandong University.PARTICIPANTS: Health physical-examined persons in the Second Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University on March 11,2004 were recurited. RM6240 physiological signals collection system was adopted.METHODS: The collection of pulse wave in healthy persons was input into system-analysis mode and based on the principle of blind deconvolution and feasible arithmetic, heart source signals were obtained.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: ①Normal human pulse wave ②The heart excitation source signals.RESULTS: In the back-half segment of cepstrum (n> n0), periodic impulse was in accordance with the basic human pulse frequency. There was an excitation source in the pulse wave. If high-pass filter was defined to the signal (when n0 equals to 30 in the experimentation the result will be best.), we could get the heart excitation source signal after it was filtered, F transformation, index and inverse transformation.CONCLUSION: This method is practical and feasible and will provide a basis to further analyze pulse wave.