Chinese medical journal
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Chinese medical journal · Nov 2012
An Asian population-based survival analysis of patients with distal esophageal and gastric cardia adenocarcinomas.
Gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinomas include adenocarcinomas of the distal esophagus (DE) and gastric cardia (GC). It is controversial whether these tumors are the same entity and whether they have the same survival rates. Patients with DE and GC adenocarcinomas have a similar survival rate in the US; however, data are lacking in Asian countries. Therefore, we conducted a retrospective study to understand the implications of the tumor location in the survival of Asian patients. ⋯ Patients with DE and GC adenocarcinomas have similar survival rates in the Asian population. Both post-operative N staging and AJCC staging are prognostic factors.
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Chinese medical journal · Nov 2012
Randomized Controlled TrialA randomized controlled trial of postoperative tumor lysate-pulsed dendritic cells and cytokine-induced killer cells immunotherapy in patients with localized and locally advanced renal cell carcinoma.
It remains a challenge to inhibit the local recurrence or distant metastasis of localized or locally advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) after surgical resection. We investigated the feasibility, safety and efficacy of immunotherapy using autologous tumor lysate (TL)-pulsed dendritic cells (DCs) and cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells in patients with localized or locally advanced RCC. ⋯ Postoperative immunotherapy with TL-pulsed DC-CIK cells may prevent recurrence/metastasis and increase the overall survival rate after surgery in localized or locally advanced RCC.
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Chinese medical journal · Nov 2012
Lower-limb valgus deformity associated with developmental hip dysplasia.
Treating developmental dysplasia of the hip is often challenging. The difficulties include not only the hip surgery itself but also the treatment of the associated lower-limb valgus deformity. However, there have been very few studies on such deformity in patients with developmental hip dysplasia. In this study, we investigated the prevalence and severity of lower-limb valgus deformity, along with the relationship between the severity of valgus deformity and mechanical alterations of the hip or the ipsilateral knee. ⋯ Hip dysplasia is commonly associated with lower-limb valgus deformity, and the severity of the lower-limb valgus deformity is mostly affected by lateral migration but not superior migration of the femoral head. The valgus deformity may originate mainly in the distal femur, in addition to the hip joint itself. These findings can be taken into account when planning to treat the patients with hip dysplasia.
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Chinese medical journal · Nov 2012
Effect of pcDNA3.1- vascular endothelial growth factor 165 recombined vector on vascular buds in rabbit vertebral cartilage endplate.
This study aimed to investigate the effect of pcDNA3.1-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)165 vector on vertebral cartilage endplate vascular buds and intervertebral discs. ⋯ The pcDNA3.1-VEGF165 plasmid can increase the average number and diameter of vascular buds and decelerate intervertebral disc degeneration.
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Chinese medical journal · Nov 2012
Association of sterol regulatory element binding protein 2 and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 genetic polymorphisms with avascular necrosis of the femoral head in the Chinese population.
Sterol regulatory element binding protein (SREBP)-2 plays a key role in lipid homeostasis by stimulating gene expression of cholesterol biosynthetic pathways. The insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP) family regulates growth and metabolism, especially bone cell metabolism, and correlates with osteonecrosis. However, association of their gene polymorphisms with risk of avascular necrosis of the femoral head (ANFH) has rarely been reported. We determined whether SREBP-2 and IGFBP-3 gene polymorphisms were associated with increased ANFH risk in the Chinese population. ⋯ Our results suggested that interaction of SREBP-2 gene polymorphisms and the relationship between the polymorphisms and clinical phenotype of IGFBP-3 were closely related to increased ANFH risk in the Chinese population. The most significant finding was that the CT + CC genotype carriers of IGFBP-3 rs2453839 were highly associated with the development of ANFH.