Extracorporeal Shock Wave Combined with TeriparatideLoaded Hydrogel Injection Promotes Segmental Bone Defects Healing in Osteoporosis

BACKGROUND@#Osteoporosis is a systemic bone disease characterized by decreased bone density and deterioration of bone microstructure, leading to an increased probability of fragility fractures. Once segmental bone defect occurs, it is easy to cause delayed union and nonunion. @*METHODS@#The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave (ESW) and teriparatideloaded hydrogel (T-Gel) combined strategy on the cell activity and differentiation of osteoporosis derived bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (OP-BMSCs) in vitro and bone regeneration in osteoporotic segmental bone defects in vivo. @*RESULTS@#In vitro, the strategy of combining ESW and T-Gel significantly enhanced OP-BMSCs proliferation, survival, migration, and osteogenic differentiation by up-regulating the alkaline phosphatase activity, mineralization, and expression of runt-related transcription factor-2, type I collagen, osteocalcin, and osteopontin. In the segmental bone defect models of osteoporotic rabbits, MicroCT evaluation and histological observation demonstrated this ESW-combined with T-Gel injection significantly induced bone healing by enhancing the osteogenic activity of the local microenvironment in osteoporotic defects. @*CONCLUSION@#In conclusion, ESW-combined with T-Gel injection could regulate the poor osteogenic microenvironment in osteoporotic defects and show potential for enhancing fragility fractures healing.

Value of diffusion?weighted imaging in the evaluation of therapeutic effect of cyber knife on hepatocellular carcinoma / 中华放射学杂志

Objective To investigate the value of DWI in the evaluation of the therapeutic effect of cyber knife in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.Methods Ninety patients who were clinically diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma (95 lesions) in the 5th Medical Center of General Hospital of PLA from February 2011 to December 2013 were retrospectively analyzed. All 90 patients underwent pre‐treatment dynamic contrast‐enhanced MRI scans of liver. Fourty six of them underwent liver MRI scan 3 months after treatment with cyber knife, and 49 patients underwent liver MRI scans 6 months after treatment. According to the evaluation criteria of solid tumor effect, complete necrosis tumor lesions and postoperative residual active lesions were determined. The ADC values of residual active tissue lesion, necrosis lesion in tumor and normal liver were measured. Paired sample t test was used to compare the difference of ADC values of tumor necrosis lesions and normal liver tissues between 3 and 6 months after treatment and before treatment, and ROC was used to evaluate the efficacy of ADC values in predicting complete tissue necrosis after treatment. Results In the 95 lesions, 91 lesions were completely necrotic, and active tissues were found in 4 lesions after treatment. There were statistically significant differences in the ADC values of the lesions at 3 and 6 months after treatment and before treatment (P<0.05),and the ADC values of the tissues after treatment were higher than those before treatment. There was no statistically significant difference in ADC values between 3 and 6 months after treatment and before treatment in normal liver tissue (P>0.05). The area under the ROC of using ADC value to predict the complete necrosis after treatment with cyber knife was 0.767, and the ADC value was 1.23×10‐3 mm2/s as the diagnostic cutoff value. The sensitivity and specificity of the diagnosis were 76.5% and 70.6%, respectively. Conclusion ADC values can distinguish the necrotic component from the active component of hepatocellular carcinoma after treatment, and can be used to evaluate the therapeutic effect of cyber knife in hepatocellular carcinoma.

The efficacy and safety of targeted therapy plus fulvestrant in postmenopausal women with hormone-receptor positive advanced breast cancer: A meta-analysis of randomized-control trials.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of targeted therapy plus fulvestrant for postmenopausal patients with hormone receptor-positive advanced breast cancer. METHODS: Pubmed, Embase and Web of Science databases were systematically searched on February 26, 2018. Eligible studies were screened according to selection criteria, and two reviewers independently extracted outcome data which included progression-free survival, overall survival, objective response rate, clinical benefit rate and toxicities. RevMan 5.3 and STATA 11.0 software were used to conduct meta-analysis. RESULTS: Thirteen articles including twelve randomized-control trials fulfilled selection criteria. There was no evidence regarding the existence of publication bias and high-risk bias of quality in the selected studies. In previously endocrine therapy-treated postmenopausal patients with hormone-receptor positive advanced breast cancer, the PFS (HR = 0.77, 95%CI: 0.66-0.91) and ORR (RR = 1.78, 95%CI: 1.35-2.34) of combination therapy group were significantly higher than that from fulvestrant monotherapy group. Besides, a statistically significant difference in PFS was found across the two arms in postmenopausal women with PIK3CA-mutant ctDNA tumor (HR = 0.52, 95% CI: 0.39-0.69). Moreover, the risk of adverse events (RR = 1.09, 95%CI: 1.05-1.13), CTCAE≥3 (RR = 1.97, 95%CI: 1.49-2.60) and discontinuation due to adverse events (RR = 4.91, 95%CI: 3.37-7.15) were also significantly different between two treatment groups. Sensitivity analysis showed PLOMA-3 trial was an important factor of heterogeneity. DISCUSSION: Even though the combination of targeted therapy plus fulvestrant improved PFS and increased ORR in advanced breast cancer patients, the toxicities of combination therapy were also higher than fulvestrant monotherapy. Further studies related to inhibitors targeting the specific signaling pathway or receptors are urgently needed, and more efforts concerning precision medicine of targeted therapy plus endocrine therapy should be taken to improve the clinical benefits.

Health information service for patients in hospital library / 中华医学图书情报杂志

Objective To provide reference and ideas for information service in hospital library by analyzing the influencing factors for its service satisfaction.Methods The satisfaction of hospitalized patients for information service was investigated.The characteristics of patients,their requirements for information service and the influencing factors for their satisfaction were analyzed by logistic regression analysis.Their satisfaction for information service was assessed according to the IPA method and analyzed using the SPSS19.0.P0.05).The importance of information service and the satisfaction of patients for information service were rather high.IPA analysis showed that the patients considered high the importance of library-provided personal bibliography and departments-provided health pamphlets with a low satisfaction,which should thus be solved.Conclusion The satisfaction of patients for information service is good.However,the importance of library-provided personal bibliography and departments-provided health pamphlets is high and the satisfaction for them is low.It is thus necessary for librarians to improve their service and encourage more medical staff to participate in information service for patients.

Research progress and application status of telestroke / 国际脑血管病杂志

Althoughtheevidenceoftheevidence-basedmedicinehasshowedthatrecombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator can effectively open the occluded vessels, because of its short therapeutic time w indow and the risk of bleeding, the thrombolytic rate is general y low er currently. Clinical studies have show ed that telestroke can effectively shorten the treatment time of the patients, increase the thrombolytic rate, reduce the risk of bleeding, and improve the outcomes of patients. Although the application of telestroke is restricted in many w ays, such as technology, policy, and funding, w ith the grow ing maturity of the related technologies, telestroke w il play an increasingly important role in the treatment of stroke.

Mechanisms of aspirin resistance / 国际脑血管病杂志

In recent years,more and more attention has been given to aspirin resistance.Researchers have explored the mechanisms of this important phenomenon from several aspects,including patient compliance,laboratory tests,aspirin dose,genetics,and drug interactions.Many appropriate management methods of aspirin resistance have been proposed,such as improving patient compliance,avoiding drug interactions,adjusting dose,and adding other antiplatelet drugs with potential application value.This article reviews the advances in research on the mechanisms of aspirin resistance.

Effects of recombinant human growth hormone combined with fluorouracil on GHR~(2+) or GHR~+ human gastric cancer cell lines in vitro / 肠外与肠内营养

0.05).Conclusion: rhGH can stimulate the growth of GHR2+ tumor cell lines such as SGC-7901 and weaken the inhibitory effect of 5-FU on GHR2+ tumor cells.However,such effect was not remarked for GHR+ tumor cells in vitro.

Study on the effect of growth hormone and chemotherapy in tumor bcaring micc / 肠外与肠内营养

Objective:To study the effect of recombinant human growth hormone(rhGH) and its combination with chemotherapy(5-FU) in tumor bearing mice.Methods:Hepatic metastases model were established in 615 mice by splenic injection of proventriculus squamous carcinoma cell(MFC).Among them,sixty mice were divided randomly into 6 groups(ten per group): control(NS),GH1,GH2,flurouracil(5-FU),flurouracil plus rhGH(GH1+5-FU) and flurouracil plus rhGH(GH2+5-FU).Body weights were measured every week.On the 28~(th) day,animals in each group were executed.The weight of body and liver was measured,and cell cycle of tumor DNA was determined by flow cytometry(FCM). Other 48 animals were divided randomly into 6 groups(eight per group) and treated with the same methods as above.They were fed till death to observe survival time. Results:Body weights in the GH1+(5-FU) and the GH2+5-FU group were increased than that of control group(P