Combined Treatment with Autologous CIK Cells, Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy in Advanced Cervical Cancer.

To investigate the clinical efficacy of autologous cytokine induced killer (CIK) cells transfusion combined with radiochemotherapy in the treatment of advanced cervical cancer. A total of 89 hospitalized patients with advanced cervical cancer were admitted and divided into the treatment group (44 cases, autologous CIK cells transfusion combined with radiochemotherapy) and the control group (45 cases, radiochemotherapy) by a randomized non-blind method. Comparisons of therapeutic efficacies, immune functions, life qualities and survival rates were analyzed between the two groups. The short-term therapeutic efficacy of the treatment group was significantly higher than that of the control group. There was no significant difference in 1, 2 and 3 year survival rates between the two groups. Compared with pre-treatment, levels of CD3+, CD4+/CD8+ in peripheral blood were increased in the CIK group, which were reduced in the control group. In the CIK group,only the feeling was depressed on the 25th day post-treatment (T25) compared with the day before treatment (B1). However in the control group, the function of body, role, social and holistic health was obvious disordered on day T25 compared with day B1. On day T25, there were significant differences in function of body, social and holistic health between two groups. Autologous CIK cells transfusion combined with radiochemotherapy shows better short-term efficacy than radiochemotherapy alone in the treatment of advanced cervical cancer, which obviously improves immune function and life quality of patients with low side effects.

[Analysis and application of SCA1 and SCA3/MJD gene CAG repeats in Han population in Northeastern China].

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the normal range of (CAG)n in spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) gene and spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3/MJD) gene in 110 normal subjects of Han population in Northeastern China, to assess the genotypes for clinically diagnosed spinocerebellar ataxia(SCA) individuals including 25 patients from 8 families and 6 sporadic patients, and to make presymptomatic and prenatal diagnosis. METHODS: DNA fragments from the normal subjects and the patients were detected by fluorescence-PCR. Homozygosities were selected for DNA sequencing. RESULTS: The normal ranges of (CAG)n of SCA1 and SCA3/MJD were 20-39 and 14-38 repeats respectively, SCA1 was found mostly to be 26 and 27 repeats, allele frequency 34.09% and 20.91%; heterozygosity was 84.55%, SCA3/MJD was found mostly to be 14 repeats, allele frequency 39.55%, heterozygosity was 78.18%.(CAG)(68) of SCA3/MJD gene of one affected individual had been found in a family but no CAG mutative expansion in related members was observed. CONCLUSION: The normal ranges of CAG repeats vary with areas and races. SCAs genotyping is the first choice in presymptomatic and prenatal diagnosis.