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Objective:To explore the real return-to-work experiences and expectations of young and middle-aged stroke patients in community, in order to provide reference for the formulation of the support plan for returning to work from the perspective of patients, and further promote their return to work.Methods:Using the phenomenological method of qualitative research, 11 young and middle-aged stroke patients in Zhengzhou community from April to May, 2019 were interviewed in a semi-structured way, then the interview data were analyzed and the theme was extracted.Results:The community young and middle-aged stroke patients return-to-work experiences and expectations included the following five themes: uncertain return-to-work belief, limited work-related ability, complex inner feelings in the process of returning to work, insufficient external support and expectation of returning to work after stroke (The desire to return-to-work, expectation to get support and help related to returning to work).Conclusions:In order to promote young and middle-aged stroke patients in community to return to work, the three-way interaction mode of community-society-workplace should be considered from the aspects of patients' personal and external support to help patients recover actively, establish beliefs, reduce negative emotions, and further promote patients to return to work.
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Objective:To explore the clinical significance of recurrent laryngeal nerve inlet zone(RLNIZ) lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid cancer(PTC).Methods:The clinical data of the clinicopathologic characteristics of 738 cases with papillary thyroid cancer at our centers from Jul 2017 to Jun 2018 was retrospectively reviewed. 108 cases with RLNIZ lymph node dissection for pathological examination were included. The relationship between metastasis of RLNIZ lymph node and clinicopathologic characteristics was analyzed.Results:RLNIZ lymph node was detected in 12.3%(91/738)cases, the mean lymph node number in RLNIZ was 1.5±0.7, and 30.8%(28/91) cases suffered RLNIZ lymph node metastasis. RLNIZ lymph node metastasis(LNM) is associated with tumor size( P=0.028), capsular invasion( P=0.019), No. of central compartment LNM( P<0.001) and lateral neck LNM( P<0.001). No. of central compartment LNM was found to be the independent risk factor of RLNIZ lymph node metastasis. The incidence of dysphagia and inferior parathyroid damage was 0.9%(1/108)respectively. Conclusions:RLNIZ lymph node metastasis is common among PTC patients , therefore, RLNIZ lymph node should be routinely removed especially in patients with tumor size over 1cm、suspected capsular invasion and lateral neck lymph node metastasis confirmed by preoperative imaging examination.
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@#There are many return-to-work measurement instruments, including return-to-work ability, return-to-work self-efficacy, readiness for return-to-work and obstacles to return-to-work. This paper reviewed the return-to-work measurement instruments, content, evaluation method, targeting group, reliability and validity of measurements, and summarized its advantages and disadvantages. It could provide reference for construction of vocational rehabilitation programs and improvement of evaluation of the effect.
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Slingshot (SSH) is a member of the conserved family of cofilin phosphatases that plays a critical role in cell membrane protrusion and migration by transforming inactive phosphorylated cofilin to an active form. SSH-like protein 1 (SSH-1L) expression is detected in various types of tumors; insulin induces the phosphatases activity of SSH-1L in a phosphoinositide 3-kinase-dependent manner. However, little is known about the expression and role of SSH-1L in breast cancer. Here, we analyzed 295 human breast cancer tissue specimens for SSH-1L expression by immunohistochemistry. The correlation between SSH-1L level and patients' clinical characteristics was analyzed with Pearson's χ2 test. The function of SSH-1L was evaluated by gene knockdown and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction detection of cofilin expression in MDA-MB-231, MCF-7, and SK-BR-3 human breast cancer cell lines. SSH-1L expression was detected in 88.1% of tissue specimens by immunohistochemistry and was strongly associated with increased metastasis and mortality. Loss of SSH-1L expression decreased the nonphosphorylated, active form of cofilin in SK-BR-3 and MDA-MB-231 cell lines, which was associated with reduced cell motility. Accordingly, SSH-1L/cofilin signaling played a critical role in primary breast cancer metastasis and was a potential therapeutic target for breast cancer treatment.
