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Nie RC, Luo TQ, Li GD, Zhang FY, Chen GM, Li JX, Chen XJ, Zhao ZK, Jiang KM, Wei YC, Huang MW, Chen S, Chen YB. Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Patients with Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagogastric Junction: A Retrospective, Multicenter, Observational Study. Ann Surg Oncol 2022:10.1245/s10434-022-12830-4. [PMID: 36566257 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-022-12830-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although the incidence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (AEG) has been increasing since the past decade, the proportion of AEG cases in two previous clinical trials (ACTS-GC and CLASSIC) that investigated the efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy was relatively small. Therefore, whether AEG patients can benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy remains unclear. METHODS Patients who were diagnosed with pathological stage II/III, Siewert II/III AEG, and underwent curative surgery at three high-volume institutions were assessed. Clinical outcomes were analyzed by using Kaplan-Meier curves, log-rank test, and Cox regression model. Propensity score matching (PSM) was used to reduce the selection bias. RESULTS A total of 927 patients were included (the chemotherapy group: 696 patients; the surgery-only group: 231 patients). The median follow-up was 39.0 months. The 5-year overall survival was 63.1% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 59.0-67.6%) for the chemotherapy group and 50.2% in the surgery-only group (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.69, 95% CI: 0.54-0.88; p = 0.003). The 5-year, disease-free survival was 35.4% for the chemotherapy group and 16.6% for the surgery-only group (HR = 0.66, 95% CI: 0.53-0.83; p < 0.001). After PSM, the survival benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy for AEG was maintained. Multivariate analysis for overall survival and disease-free survival further demonstrated the survival benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy, with HRs of 0.63 (p < 0.001) and 0.52 (p < 0.001), respectively. CONCLUSIONS Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy was associated with improved overall survival and disease-free survival in patients with operable stage II or III AEG after D2 gastrectomy.
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- Run-Cong Nie
- Department of Gastric Surgery and Melanoma Surgical Section, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, SunYat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 51006, P.R. China
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- Department of Musculoskeletal Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, SunYat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 51006, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastric Surgery and Melanoma Surgical Section, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, SunYat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 51006, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastric Surgery and Melanoma Surgical Section, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, SunYat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 51006, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastric Surgery and Melanoma Surgical Section, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, SunYat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 51006, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastric Surgery and Melanoma Surgical Section, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, SunYat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 51006, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastric Surgery and Melanoma Surgical Section, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, SunYat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 51006, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastric Surgery and Melanoma Surgical Section, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, SunYat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 51006, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, P.R. China.
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- Department of Gastric Surgery, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P.R. China.
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- Department of Gastric Surgery and Melanoma Surgical Section, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, SunYat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 51006, P.R. China.
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Zhao D, Lyu XM, Chen P, Shi Y, Huang MW, Zheng L, Zhao WH, Ma XL, Zhang JG. [Efficacy and prognostic analysis of 125I brathytherapy combined with chemotherapy for pediatric parameningeal rhabdomyosarcoma]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2022; 102:1500-1505. [PMID: 35692064 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20210831-01979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Objective: To analyze the efficacy and prognostic factors in children with parameningeal rhabdomyosarcoma (PMRMS) treated by 125I brachytherapy combined with chemotherapy. Methods: A retrospective analysis of the clinical data of 33 pediatric patients treated with 125I brachytherapy combined with chemotherapy in Peking University Stomatological Hospital from July 2013 to October 2018 was carried out to analyze the efficacy and prognostic factors. Results: Among the 33 patients, 19 were males and 14 were females; the median age was 4 years old (1-12 years old). There were 17 cases with embryonic type, 9 cases with alveolar type, and 7 with undifferentiated type; 26 cases with original PMRMS, and 7 cases with recurrent PMRMS. The tumors occurred in subtemporal-mastoid area in 15 patients, while nasopalatine-paranasal area in 6 cases, and parapharyngeal-submandibular area in 12 cases. There were 28 patients in IRS Ⅲ, and 5 patients in IRS Ⅳ. As for the risk level, 28 cases were in the middle-risk group and 5 cases in the high-risk group. The median follow-up time was 52 months. The 1, 3, and 5-year local control rates were 87.9%, 58.6%, and 49.9%, and the 1, 3, and 5-year survival rates were 93.8%, 60.5%, and 47.5%, respectively. The 5-year local control rate and 5-year survival rate of 12 patients with the tumor in the parapharyngeal-submandibular area were 91.7% and 100%, respectively. The 5-year local control rate and 5-year survival rate of the 6 patients with tumor in the nasopalatine-paranasal area were both 83.3%. The 3-year local control rate and 3-year survival rate of the 15 patients with tumor in the subtemporal-mastoid area were 17.5% and 21.4%. The multivariate survival analysis using Cox proportional risk regression model showed that the tumor located in the subtemporal-mastoid area was an independent risk factor affecting the 5-year overall survival rate (HR=38.40, 95%CI: 4.87-302.52, P=0.001). Within 3 months after 125I seed implantation, the incidence of acute radiotherapy adverse reactions in all patients was 84.8% (28/33). Twenty-one patients (63.6%) had a grade 1 acute radiotherapy reaction, and 7 cases (21.2%) had a grade 2 acute radiotherapy reaction. No acute radiotherapy adverse reactions of grade 3 or 4 occurred. Three months after 125I seed implantation, the adverse reactions were significantly alleviated, and no adverse reactions of grade 3 or above such as skin ulcer or salivary gland fibrosis occurred, and no serious cranio-maxillofacial deformities occurred. Conclusions: 125I seed brachytherapy combined with chemotherapy has a definite clinical effect in the treatment of children with parameningeal rhabdomyosarcoma. The prognosis of rhabdomyosarcoma in the parapharyngeal-submandibular area and nasopalatine-paranasal area is better than that in the subtemporal-mastoid area.
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- D Zhao
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Center of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Center of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350005, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Center of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Center of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Center of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Blood Tumor Center, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100045, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Center of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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Zhong YW, Jiang Y, Dong S, Wu WJ, Wang LX, Zhang J, Huang MW. Tumor radiomics signature for artificial neural network-assisted detection of neck metastasis in patient with tongue cancer. J Neuroradiol 2021; 49:213-218. [PMID: 34358534 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2021.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To determine the neck management of tongue cancer, this study attempted to construct an artificial neural network (ANN)-assisted model based on computed tomography (CT) radiomics of primary tumors to predict neck lymph node (LN) status in patients with tongue squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). MATERIALS AND METHODS Three hundred thirteen patients with tongue SCC were retrospectively included and randomly divided into training (60%), validation (20%) and internally independent test (20%) sets. In total, 1673 feature values were extracted after the semiautomatic segmentation of primary tumors and set as input layers of a classical 3-layer ANN incorporated with or without clinical LN (cN) status after dimension reduction. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, accuracy (ACC), sensitivity (SEN), specificity (SPE), area under curve (AUC) and Net Reclassification Index (NRI), were used to evaluate and compare the models. RESULTS Four models with different settings were constructed. The ACC, SEN, SPE and AUC reached 84.1%, 93.1%, 76.5% and 0.943 (95% confidence interval: 0.891-0.996, p<.001), respectively, in the test set. The NRI of models compared with radiologists reached 40% (p<.001). The occult nodal metastasis rate was reduced from 30.9% to a minimum of 12.7% in the T1-2 group. CONCLUSION ANN-based models that incorporated CT radiomics of primary tumors with traditional LN evaluation were constructed and validated to more precisely predict neck LN metastasis in patients with tongue SCC than with naked eyes, especially in early-stage cancer.
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- Yi-Wei Zhong
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing, PR China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-based Precision Medicine, Beihang University, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, PR China.
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- Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China; Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, PR China
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Wei G, Huang MW, Wang WJ, Wu Y, Mei SF, Zhou LM, Mei LC, Zhu XL, Yang GF. Expanding the Chemical Space of Succinate Dehydrogenase Inhibitors via the Carbon-Silicon Switch Strategy. J Agric Food Chem 2021; 69:3965-3971. [PMID: 33779164 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c07322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The carbon-silicon switch strategy has become a key technique for structural optimization of drugs to widen the chemical space, increase drug activity against targeted proteins, and generate novel and patentable lead compounds. Flubeneteram, targeting succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), is a promising fungicide candidate recently developed in China. We describe the synthesis of novel SDH inhibitors with enhanced fungicidal activity to enlarge the chemical space of flubeneteram by employing the C-Si switch strategy. Several of the thus formed flubeneteram-silyl derivatives exhibited improved fungicidal activity against porcine SDH compared with the lead compound flubeneteram and the positive controls. Disease control experiments conducted in a greenhouse showed that trimethyl-silyl-substituted compound W2 showed comparable and even higher fungicidal activities compared to benzovindiflupyr and flubeneteram, respectively, even with a low concentration of 0.19 mg/L for soybean rust control. Furthermore, compound W2 encouragingly performed slightly better control than azoxystrobin and was less active than benzovindiflupyr at the concentration of 100 mg/L against soybean rust in field trials. The computational results showed that the silyl-substituted phenyl moiety in W2 could form strong van der Waals (VDW) interactions with SDH. Our results indicate that the C-Si switch strategy is an effective method for the development of novel SDH inhibitors.
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- Ge Wei
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensor Technology and Health of Ministry of Science and Technology, Central China Normal University, Luoyu Road 152, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensor Technology and Health of Ministry of Science and Technology, Central China Normal University, Luoyu Road 152, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensor Technology and Health of Ministry of Science and Technology, Central China Normal University, Luoyu Road 152, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensor Technology and Health of Ministry of Science and Technology, Central China Normal University, Luoyu Road 152, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensor Technology and Health of Ministry of Science and Technology, Central China Normal University, Luoyu Road 152, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensor Technology and Health of Ministry of Science and Technology, Central China Normal University, Luoyu Road 152, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensor Technology and Health of Ministry of Science and Technology, Central China Normal University, Luoyu Road 152, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensor Technology and Health of Ministry of Science and Technology, Central China Normal University, Luoyu Road 152, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensor Technology and Health of Ministry of Science and Technology, Central China Normal University, Luoyu Road 152, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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Objective To retrospectively review the impact of the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on services in the oral emergency room. Materials and methods A statistical analysis of epidemiological characteristics and the patients’ diagnoses and treatments in the Emergency Department of Peking University Hospital of Stomatology during the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 compared with those in 2019 in Beijing, China. Results There were fewer total visits in 2020 than in 2019 (P = 0.001), and the proportions of patients who were children, adolescents and elderly people were lower in 2020 than in 2019 (P < 0.001). The proportions of patients with acute toothache and infections were higher in 2020 than in 2019, and the proportions of patients with maxillofacial trauma and non-emergencies were lower in 2020 than in 2019 (P < 0.001). Drug treatment for acute pulpitis was used more often in 2020 than in 2019, and endodontic treatment and examination consultations were less common in 2020 than in 2019 (P = 0.022). Conclusions The outbreak of COVID-19 affected the patient population and structure of disease types and oral services in the emergency room. The number of visits to the oral emergency room and the proportions of the patients who were children, adolescents and elderly people were reduced, meanwhile the percentage of emergency cases, except trauma, and conservative treatments increased during the outbreak of COVID-19.
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- Jie Bai
- Department of Oral Emergency, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Department of Oral Emergency, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Department of Oral Emergency, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Department of Oral Emergency, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Beijing, P.R. China.
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Ma YQ, Zheng L, Huang MW, Liu SM, Lv XM, Zhang JG. Surgery combined with 125I brachytherapy for treatment of carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 2020; 131:395-404. [PMID: 33610540 DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2020.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Revised: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness and safety of surgery combined with 125I seed brachytherapy for treatment of carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma (CXPA) of the parotid gland and to identify the factors associated with prognosis. STUDY DESIGN We conducted a retrospective analysis of data of patients with CXPA of the parotid gland treated with surgery plus 125I seed brachytherapy at the Peking University School of Stomatology Hospital between December 2003 and July 2018. RESULTS Fifty-five patients (median age, 51 years) were included in the study. Median follow-up was 50.5 months. The 3-, 5-, and 10-year overall survival rates were 91.1%, 91.1%, and 81.5%, respectively. The 3-, 5-, and 10-year local control rates were all 85.2%. Grades 1-3 adverse effects occurred in 22 patients; no grade 4 reactions occurred. T stage, N stage, tumor invasiveness, perineural invasion, and surgical margins significantly affected local control rates. Lymph node metastasis and perineural invasion were independent predictors of poor local control. Lymph node metastasis was an independent predictor of poor survival. CONCLUSIONS Surgery plus 125I seed brachytherapy appears to be an effective and safe treatment for CXPA of the parotid gland. T stage, N stage, tumor invasiveness, and perineural invasion are factors influencing prognosis.
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- Yan-Qi Ma
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology.
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Li C, Liu SM, Zheng L, Huang MW, Shi Y, Lv XM, Zhang JG, Peng X, Zhang J. Comparison of outcomes using radiotherapy or brachytherapy after resection of primary adenoid cystic carcinoma in oral and maxillofacial regions. Brachytherapy 2020; 20:171-177. [PMID: 33069597 DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2020.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We wished to investigate the outcome of surgery combined with external-beam radiotherapy (EBRT) or brachytherapy (125I seeds) for the treatment of primary adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the oral and maxillofacial region. Data of patients with primary ACC were reviewed retrospectively. Patients were divided into EBRT and brachytherapy groups. Wide tumor excision was done to achieve negative margins. Standard radiotherapy in the EBRT group was 60 Gy. A treatment-planning system was used to create implantation plans with a prescribed dose of 60-120 Gy and 125I seeds were implanted postoperatively. Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank tests were used to analyze local control and survival. The median duration of followup was 66.1 and 46.8 months for the EBRT group and brachytherapy group, respectively. There was no significant difference in local control, control of metastasis to regional lymph nodes, or control of distant metastasis between the two groups. There was no significant difference in overall survival, disease-specific survival, or disease-free survival in the two groups at 3 years and 5 years. The prevalence of complications in the brachytherapy group was lower than that in the EBRT group. Both methods elicited good treatment effects, but the prevalence of adverse events was lower in the brachytherapy group.
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- C Li
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China.
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Li J, Zhang J, Lyu XM, Huang MW, Zheng L, Zhang JG. Efficacy of surgery combined with postoperative 125 I interstitial brachytherapy for treatment of acinic cell carcinoma of the parotid gland in children and adolescents. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2020; 67:e28343. [PMID: 32391970 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.28343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Revised: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Acinic cell carcinoma (AciCC) is rare in children; therefore, reaching a consensus on its management is challenging and radiotherapy is limited by concerns about long-term toxicity. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effectiveness and safety of surgery plus postoperative 125 I interstitial brachytherapy (IBT) for children and adolescents with AciCC of the parotid gland (PG) treated at a single institution. PROCEDURE Sixteen patients ≤ 18 years old with AciCC of the PG treated with surgery plus 125 I IBT from 2007 to 2018 were included. Surgery was the primary treatment; ten patients underwent total gross excision and six subtotal gross excision. The matched peripheral dose was 60-120 Gy. Overall survival, disease-free survival (DFS), local control rate, distant metastasis, and radiation-associated toxicities were analyzed, and factors influencing outcomes were evaluated. RESULTS During follow-up (1.8-12.6 years; mean, 6.3 years), lymph node metastasis was observed in one case, 2.6 years after 125 I IBT treatment. The five-year overall and DFS rates were 100% and 91.7%, respectively. On univariate analysis, tumor size ≥ 3 cm (100% vs 50%; P = 0.025) and extraglandular extension (100% vs 50%; P = 0.025) were significant prognostic indicators for DFS. No severe radiation-associated complications occurred. CONCLUSIONS Children and adolescents with AciCC of the PG with high-risk features can be managed using surgery plus postoperative 125 I IBT with excellent local control. Radiation-related complications were minor. Patients with facial nerve involvement can have their facial nerves preserved. Residual tumors can be safely managed using adjuvant 125 I IBT.
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- Jing Li
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, P. R. China
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Gao Y, Wu WJ, Zheng L, Huang MW, Liu SM, Zhang JG. Diagnostic value of navigation-guided core needle biopsy in deep regions of the head and neck with focal FDG uptake on 18F-FDG PET/CT. J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2020; 48:508-513. [PMID: 32143863 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2020.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Revised: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of core needle biopsy (CNB) in patients with focal fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake on positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in deep regions of the head and neck, with the guidance of infrared navigation integrated with PET. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with suspected primary or recurrent malignancies of the head and neck on PET/CT, from June 2016 to December 2018, were included. Before CNB, the region of interest was delineated and the ideal needle entry points, target sites, and a number of trajectories were designed on iPlan CMF 3.0. CNB was performed with the guidance of infrared navigation integrated with PET, according to the pre-plan. Sensitivity and diagnostic accuracy were analyzed by comparing the biopsy results with the final diagnosis. RESULTS Thirty-one consecutive patients were included. Among the 31 lesions, 18 were skull base, six were infratemporal fossa, and seven were maxillary region. The median values for SUVmax, SUVmean, and MTV were 6.09 (range: 1.43-24.67), 3.41 (range: 0.38-20.96), and 25.83 (range: 3.54-361.94) for the 31 lesions, respectively. Combined needle approaches were employed, including temporal (nine), subzygomatic (19), paramaxillary (11), and retromandibular (16) approaches. The depths of the 31 deep-region lesions, measured from the needle entry site on the skin to the target point, ranged from 1.33 cm to 7.82 cm (median 4.25 cm). There were three non-diagnostic lesions resulting from CNB, and these were all skull base. The diagnostic accuracy was 90.3%, while the sensitivity was 88%. According to the binary logistic regression for the final diagnosis, the only significant parameter was SUVmax. CONCLUSION With the guidance of navigation integrated with PET, CNB is a feasible and accurate diagnostic modality, which is also an alternative to open biopsy in patients with suspected primary or recurrent malignancies in deep regions of the head and neck on PET/CT.
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- Ya Gao
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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Wu WJ, Gao Y, Liu SM, Xu K, Zhang J, Huang MW. Subcutaneous Injection of Hyaluronic Acid to Decrease Acute Skin Toxicity After Adjuvant Interstitial Brachytherapy in Parotid Gland Cancer Patients: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019; 78:167-172. [PMID: 31604061 DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2019.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Revised: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 09/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of subcutaneous injection of hyaluronic acid in decreasing acute skin toxicity after adjuvant interstitial brachytherapy in parotid gland cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with histologically proven parotid gland cancer who would be treated with adjuvant interstitial brachytherapy were included in this nonrandomized controlled trial. Participants were nonrandomly divided into the experimental group and control group. Participants in the experimental group received an injection of hyaluronic acid subcutaneously immediately after interstitial brachytherapy during the operation. Acute toxicity was evaluated in the first 2 months. RESULTS Thirty consecutive participants were included from April to September 2018. Twenty participants were in the experimental group, and 10 were in the control group. The median volume of hyaluronic acid was 8 mL (range, 4 to 11 mL). In total, the incidence of acute skin toxicity was 40% (8 of 20 patients) and 100% (10 of 10 patients) in the experimental group and control group, respectively. The difference in the dose delivered to 90% of the target volume of the affected skin was significant between the pre-plan (mean, 36.93 Gy) and the actuarial quality verification (mean, 27.70 Gy) in the experimental group (P = .004). The difference in scoring of acute skin toxicity was significant between the experimental and control groups (P = .001). No clear correlation was found between the dose delivered to 90% of the target volume of the affected skin and the scoring of acute skin toxicity (P = .266). CONCLUSIONS Subcutaneous injection of hyaluronic acid was safe and efficient in decreasing acute skin toxicity after adjuvant interstitial brachytherapy in parotid gland cancer patients according to the preliminary results.
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- Wen-Jie Wu
- Attending Physician, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China.
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- Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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Wu WJ, Li ZY, Dong S, Liu SM, Zheng L, Huang MW, Zhang JG. Texture analysis of pretreatment [ 18F]FDG PET/CT for the prognostic prediction of locally advanced salivary gland carcinoma treated with interstitial brachytherapy. EJNMMI Res 2019; 9:89. [PMID: 31511990 PMCID: PMC6738371 DOI: 10.1186/s13550-019-0555-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2019] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of positron emission tomography (PET) parameters and the PET texture features of fluorine 18-fluorodeoxyglucose ([18F]FDG) uptake on pretreatment PET/computed tomography (CT) in patients with locally advanced salivary gland carcinoma treated with interstitial brachytherapy. Methods Forty-three patients with locally advanced salivary gland carcinoma of the head and neck were treated with 125I interstitial brachytherapy as the sole modality and underwent [18F]FDG PET/CT scanning before treatment. Tumor segmentation and texture analysis were performed using the 3D slicer software. In total, 54 features were extracted and categorized as first-order statistics, morphology and shape, gray-level co-occurrence matrix, and gray-level run length matrix. Up to November 2018, the follow-up time ranged from 6 to 120 months (median 18 months). Cumulative survival was calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method. Factors between groups were compared by the log-rank test. Multivariate Cox regression analysis with a backward conditional method was used to predict progression-free survival (PFS). Results The 3- and 5-year locoregional control (LC) rates were 55.4% and 37.0%, respectively. The 3- and 5-year PFS rates were 51.2% and 34.1%, respectively. The 3- and 5-year overall survival (OS) rates were 77.0% and 77.0%, respectively. Univariate analysis revealed that minimum intensity, mean intensity, median intensity, root mean square, and long run emphasis (LRE) were significant predictors of PFS, whereas clinicopathological factors, conventional PET parameters, and PET texture features failed to show significance. Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that minimum intensity and LRE were significant predictors of PFS. Conclusions The texture analysis of pretreatment [18F]FDG PET/CT provided more information than conventional PET parameters for predicting patient prognosis of locally advanced salivary gland carcinoma treated with interstitial brachytherapy. The minimum intensity was a risk factor for PFS, and LRE was a favorable factor in prognostic prediction according to the primary results.
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- Wen-Jie Wu
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22# Zhongguancun South Avenue, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22# Zhongguancun South Avenue, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22# Zhongguancun South Avenue, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22# Zhongguancun South Avenue, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22# Zhongguancun South Avenue, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22# Zhongguancun South Avenue, Beijing, 100081, China.
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22# Zhongguancun South Avenue, Beijing, 100081, China
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Huang MW, Stock AD, Mike EV, Herlitz L, Kolbeck R, Putterman C. Anti-IFNAR treatment does not reverse neuropsychiatric disease in MRL/ lpr lupus mice. Lupus 2019; 28:1510-1523. [PMID: 31474191 DOI: 10.1177/0961203319872265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Many systemic lupus erythematosus patients display a type I interferon (IFN) signature, and IFNα levels positively correlate with disease severity. Previous studies blocking the type I IFN pathway systemically in lupus models showed some beneficial effects. However, its effects on neuropsychiatric manifestations have yet to be carefully assessed, even though IFNα has been associated with induction of depression. Our aim was to investigate whether disrupting the type I IFN pathway would attenuate the development of murine neuropsychiatric lupus. METHODS Female MRL/lpr mice were administered an antitype I IFN receptor (IFNAR) antibody or a control antibody intraperitoneally three times weekly for 12 weeks starting at age 4-5 weeks. Behavior was assessed during and at the end of the treatment schedule. RESULTS No significant differences were seen between the anti-IFNAR- and control-treated mice when assessing for depression-like behavior or cognitive dysfunction, although anti-IFNAR antibody-treated mice displayed significant decreases in levels of IFN-stimulated genes. Anti-IFNAR treatment also did not significantly improve brain histology, cellular infiltration, or blood-brain barrier integrity. CONCLUSIONS Surprisingly, our results showed no improvement in neuropsychiatric disease and suggest that the role of IFNAR signaling in the pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric lupus continues to need to be carefully assessed.
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- M W Huang
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Research and Early Development, Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmune, Biopharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.,Division of Rheumatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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Wu ZY, Wu WJ, Zheng L, Huang MW, Shi Y, Lv XM, Liu SM, Zhang JG, Zhang J. Efficacy of combined surgery and 125 I seed brachytherapy for treatment of primary mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the parotid gland. Head Neck 2019; 41:3219-3225. [PMID: 31116488 DOI: 10.1002/hed.25813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 04/18/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND This study aimed to determine the effectiveness and safety of surgery combined with postoperative 125 I seed brachytherapy for treatment of primary mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) of the parotid gland. METHODS Retrospective analysis of data of patients with MEC (n = 108) treated with surgery plus postoperative 125 I seed brachytherapy between 2004 and 2016. Overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), local control rate (LCR), distant metastasis, and radiation-associated toxicities were analyzed, and factors affecting outcomes were evaluated. RESULTS The 5- and 10-year OS were 98.8% and 95.8%, respectively. The DFS and LCR at 5 and 10 years were all 91.4%. Age ≥ 60 years (hazard ratio [HR] = 6.86, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.54-30.55) and T4 disease (HR = 7.15, 95% CI: 1.40-36.52) were poor prognostic factors. Acute radiation-associated toxicities were minor. CONCLUSION Surgery plus 125 I seed brachytherapy appears to be an effective treatment for parotid gland MEC, capable of providing satisfactory outcomes with few complications.
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- Zhi-Yuan Wu
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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Xu N, Zheng L, Wu WJ, Huang MW, Zhang J, Zhang JG. Definitive 125I Brachytherapy of Locally Advanced Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Involving the Skull Base With Satisfying Efficacy and Safety. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019; 77:2143-2153. [PMID: 31028735 DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2019.03.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Revised: 03/24/2019] [Accepted: 03/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PURPOSE Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) involving the skull base is difficult to treat and sometimes unresectable. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of 125I radioactive seed interstitial brachytherapy for treatment of these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with ACC involving the skull base treated by definitive 125I brachytherapy from March 2008 through December 2018 at the Peking University Hospital of Stomatology (Beijing, China) were retrospectively identified. Overall survival (OS), as the primary efficacy indicator, and progression-free survival (PFS) and distant metastasis-free survival (DFS), as the secondary efficacy indicators, were analyzed by Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Cox regression analysis. Adverse radiotherapy (RT) reactions, as safety indicators, were recorded. RESULTS Thirty-two patients with (r)T4b locally advanced disease were enrolled. The prescription dose (PD) was 60 to 120 Gy. The dose delivered to 90% of the target volume was 99.1 to 145.2 Gy, the percentage of the target volume receiving at least 100% of the PD was at least 88.2%, and the percentage of the target volume receiving at least 150% of the PD was smaller than 74.0%. Mean follow-up was 32 months (median, 21 months; range, 3 to 95 months). The 1- and 3-year OS rates were 93.3 and 62.6%, the 1- and 3-year PFS rates were 90.0 and 46.4%, and the 1- and 3-year DFS rates were 91.7 and 61.1%, respectively. Survival was significantly associated with local recurrence (P = .04) and distant metastasis except in the lung (P = .05). The rate of severe chronic adverse RT reactions was 3.1%; no severe acute adverse RT reactions were observed. CONCLUSION 125I brachytherapy appears to be an effective and safe treatment in the short-term for ACC involving the skull base and could be the preferred treatment for patients with prior RT. Local control with brachytherapy could provide survival benefit even in patients with lung metastasis.
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- Ning Xu
- Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Professor and Department Head, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China.
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Li C, Liu SM, Zheng L, Huang MW, Shi Y, Lv XM, Zhang JG, Zhang J. [Study of surgery combined with 125I brachytherapy for adenoid cystic carcinoma of oral and maxillofacial region]. Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban 2019; 51:49-52. [PMID: 30773543 DOI: 10.19723/j.issn.1671-167x.2019.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To retrospectively analyze the results of treatment outcome by surgery combined with 125I brachytherapy and correlative factors of adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC). METHODS In the study, 75 patients with primary ACC of oral and maxillofacial region were treated by surgery combined with 125I seeds brachytherapy. Radical resection or subtotal resection was applied for the tumor. The brachytherapy treatment planning system was used to create implant plans with the prescribed dose of 60 Gy to 120 Gy. The 125I seeds were implanted intraoperatively or postoperatively. The regular follow-up was required. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to assess the tumor control rate and the patients' survival rates. Meanwhile, the Cox regression analysis was used to find out the prognostic factors. RESULTS Local control rates at the end of 3 and 5 years were as follows: T1-T2, 92.2% and 82.0%; T3-T4, 82.6% and 82.6%; and overall, 90.0% and 78.8%. The disease-free survival rates were 74.9% and 54.3%, respectively. The overall survival rates for all the patients were 86.0% and 79.6%, respectively at the end of 3 and 5 years and were 91.3% and 91.3% for T1-T2 patients vs. 73.9% and 59.7% for T3-T4 patients. Distant metastasis-free survival rates at the end of 3 and 5 years were 84.4% and 76.7%, respectively. The distant metastasis-free survival rates at the end of 3 and 5 years were 83.4% and 79.6% with T1-T2 lesion compared with 86.0% and 67.8% with T3-T4 lesion. According to the COX univariate analysis and multivariate analysis, the risk of local recurrence would be raised by the age. Tumor stage and tumor site were the prognostic factors of the overall survival rates. CONCLUSION 125I brachytherapy conducted as an adjuvant therapy postoperatively of ACC of oral and maxillofacial region can acquire satisfactory localregional control, distant metastasis-free survival, disease-free survival and overall survival. Tumors are prone to recur on the older patients. Patients having advanced tumor stage or tumor located in the nasal cavity or sinuses will suffer lower survival rates.
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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Wu WJ, Huang MW, Zhang GH, Zhao D, Zheng L, Yu GY, Zhang JG. Mandibular growth in survivors of pediatric parotid gland carcinoma treated with interstitial brachytherapy. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2018; 65:e27223. [PMID: 29797637 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.27223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Revised: 04/10/2018] [Accepted: 04/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to present long-term results of mandibular growth in pediatric parotid gland carcinoma survivors treated with interstitial brachytherapy. PROCEDURE Twenty-five survivors of pediatric parotid gland carcinoma treated with iodine-125 seed interstitial brachytherapy were included for quantitative analysis, including three dimensional (3D) cephalometry and measurement of mandibular volume. RESULTS 3D cephalometry showed that the median fore-and-aft increments of the lengths of the condyle, the ramus, and the body of the mandible were 1.23, 0.19, and 1.66 mm for the affected side, respectively, and were 1.37, 1.95, and 3.42 mm for the unaffected side, respectively. The difference in increments of the ramus was statistically significant between the affected side and the unaffected side (P = 0.003; P < 0.05). Moreover, mandibular volume measurements showed that the median fore-and-aft increments of the volumes of the condyle, the ramus, and the body of the mandible were 290.62, 220.14, and 1706.40 mm3 for the affected side, respectively, and were 269.15, 370.40, and 1469.86 mm3 for the unaffected side, respectively. The difference in increments was statistically significant between the affected side and the unaffected side for the ramus (P = 0.005; P < 0.05) and the body (P = 0.043; P < .05). CONCLUSION Mandibular growth was affected by interstitial brachytherapy, especially for the ramus, in pediatric parotid gland carcinoma survivors treated with interstitial brachytherapy. Nevertheless, the impact was mild in these survivors.
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- Wen-Jie Wu
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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Shi Y, Liu ZW, Wu ZY, Huang MW, Zhang J, Zhang JG. The Application and Comparation of Transcutaneous and Transmucosal 3D Printing Individual Templates Guiding Brachytherapy in Oral and Pharynx Area. Brachytherapy 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2018.04.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Ye KQ, Huang MW, Li JL, Tang JT, Zhang JG. [Simulation of dose distribution in bone medium of 125I photon emitting source with Monte Carlo method]. Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban 2018; 50:131-135. [PMID: 29483735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To present a theoretical analysis of how the presence of bone in interstitial brachytherapy affects dose rate distributions with MCNP4C Monte Carlo code and to prepare for the next clinical study on the dose distribution of interstitial brachytherapy in head and neck neoplasm. METHODS Type 6711,125I brachytherapy source was simulated with MCNP4C Monte Carlo code whose cross section library was DLC-200. The dose distribution along the transverse axis in water and dose constant were compared with the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) TG43UI update dosimetry formalism and current literature. The validated computer code was then applied to simple homogeneous bone tissue model to determine the affected different bone tissue had on dose distribution from 125I interstitial implant. RESULTS 125I brachytherapy source simulated with MCNP4C Monte Carlo code met the requirements of TG43UI report. Dose rate constant, 0.977 78 cGy/(h×U), was in agreement within 1.32% compared with the recommended value of TG43UI. There was a good agreement between TG43UI about the dosimetric parameters at distances of 1 to 10 cm along the transverse axis of the 125I source established by MCNP4C and current published data. And the dose distribution of 125I photon emitting source in different bone tissue was calculated. Dose-deposition capacity of photons was in decreasing order: cortical bone, spongy bone, cartilage, yellow bone marrow, red bone marrow in the same medium depth. Photons deposited significantly in traversal axis among the phantom material of cortical bone and sponge bone relevant to the dose to water. In the medium depth of 0.01 cm, 0.1 cm, and 1 cm, the dose in the cortical bone was 12.90 times, 9.72 times, and 0.30 times of water respectively. CONCLUSION This study build a 125I source model with MCNP4C Monte Carlo code, which is validated, and could be used in subsequent study. Dose distribution of photons in different bone medium is not the same as water, and its main energy deposits in bone medium surface, so we should consider the effect of bone medium when we design the target area adjacent to the bone tissue in 125I sources implantation plan.
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- K Q Ye
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of High Energy Radiation Imaging Fundamental Science,Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of High Energy Radiation Imaging Fundamental Science,Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China
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Huang MW, Wu WJ, Lv XM, Yu GY, Zhang JG. The role of 125 I interstitial brachytherapy for inoperable parotid gland carcinoma. Brachytherapy 2018; 17:244-249. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2017.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2017] [Revised: 08/31/2017] [Accepted: 09/27/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Hou CJ, Huang MW, Zhou JY, Hsu PC, Zeng JH, Chen YT. The application of individual virtual nostalgic game design to the evaluation of cognitive function. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2017; 2017:2586-2589. [PMID: 29060428 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2017.8037386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The aim of this study was to develop a task set based on personalized material for nostalgic experience, which could detect cognitive ability via a virtual experience system combined with Kinect somatosensory interactive operation applications without the user wearing any accessory input device. Fifty-nine subjects participated in the experiment. The receiver operating characteristic curve of the game system was statistically analyzed for determining the best cutoff-point in the cognitive function assessment. Correlation analysis and regression analysis were used to explore the correlations between the results and the clinical cognitive assessment scales. According to the MoCA scores, the results showed that the accuracy of the system was 86.4% in evaluating mild cognitive impairment. The system seems feasible and was strongly correlated with clinical cognitive assessment scales. We anticipate that daily use of our system could keep track of changes of cognitive function of the elderly in home life.
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Yang Y, Zuo HQ, Li Z, Qin YZ, Mo XW, Huang MW, Lai H, Wu LC, Chen JS. Comparison of efficacy of simo decoction and acupuncture or chewing gum alone on postoperative ileus in colorectal cancer resection: a randomized trial. Sci Rep 2017; 7:37826. [PMID: 28102199 PMCID: PMC5244388 DOI: 10.1038/srep37826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 11/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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To compared the ability of chewing gum or simo decoction (SMD) and acupuncture to reduce incidence of postoperative ileus (POI) after colorectal cancer resection, patients with colorectal cancer undergoing open or laparoscopic resection were randomized to receive SMD and acupuncture (n = 196), chewing gum alone (n = 197) or no intervention (n = 197) starting on postoperative day 1 and continuing for 5 consecutive days. Patients treated with SMD and acupuncture experienced significantly shorter hospital stay, shorter time to first flatus and shorter time to defecation than patients in the other groups (all P < 0.05). Incidence of grade I and II complications was also significantly lower in patients treated with SMD and acupuncture. Patients who chewed gum were similar to those who received no intervention in terms of hospital stay, incidence of complications, and time to first bowel motion, flatus, and defecation (all P > 0.05). The combination of SMD and acupuncture may reduce the incidence of POI and shorten hospital stay for patients with colorectal cancer after resection. In contrast, chewing gum does not appear to affect recovery of bowel function or hospital stay, though it may benefit patients who undergo open resection. (Clinicaltrials.gov registration number: NCT02813278).
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- Yang Yang
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, PR China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, PR China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, PR China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, PR China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, PR China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, PR China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, PR China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, PR China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, PR China
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Kuo CW, Wu TY, Huang MW. Electrochromic characterizations of copolymers based on 4,4′-bis( N -carbazolyl)-1,1′-biphenyl and indole-6-carboxylic acid and their applications in electrochromic devices. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2016.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Huang MW, Zhang JG, Zheng L, Liu SM, Yu GY. Accuracy evaluation of a 3D-printed individual template for needle guidance in head and neck brachytherapy. J Radiat Res 2016; 57:662-667. [PMID: 27422928 PMCID: PMC5137284 DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrw033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2015] [Revised: 12/30/2015] [Accepted: 02/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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To transfer the preplan for the head and neck brachytherapy to the clinical implantation procedure, a preplan-based 3D-printed individual template for needle insertion guidance had previously been designed and used. The accuracy of needle insertion using this kind template was assessed in vivo In the study, 25 patients with head and neck tumors were implanted with 125I radioactive seeds under the guidance of the 3D-printed individual template. Patients were divided into four groups based on the site of needle insertion: the parotid and masseter region group (nine patients); the maxillary and paranasal region group (eight patients); the submandibular and upper neck area group (five patients); and the retromandibular region group (six patients). The distance and angular deviations between the preplanned and placed needles were compared, and the complications and time required for needle insertion were assessed. The mean entrance point distance deviation for all 619 needles was 1.18 ± 0.81 mm, varying from 0.857 ± 0.545 to 1.930 ± 0.843 mm at different sites. The mean angular deviation was 2.08 ± 1.07 degrees, varying from 1.85 ± 0.93 to 2.73 ± 1.18 degrees at different sites. All needles were manually inserted to their preplanned positions in a single attempt, and the mean time to insert one needle was 7.5 s. No anatomical complications related to inaccurately placed implants were observed. Using the 3D-printed individual template for the implantation of 125I radioactive seeds in the head and neck region can accurately transfer a CT-based preplan to the brachytherapy needle insertion procedure. Moreover, the addition of individual template guidance can reduce the time required for implantation and minimize the damage to normal tissues.
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- Ming-Wei Huang
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing100081, P. R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing100081, P. R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing100081, P. R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing100081, P. R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing100081, P. R. China
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Wu WJ, Lv XM, Huang MW, Yu GY, Wang HS, Zhang JG. (125)I Seed Interstitial Brachytherapy for Recurrent Pleomorphic Adenoma. Brachytherapy 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2016.04.252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Liu SM, Wang HB, Sun Y, Shi Y, Zhang J, Huang MW, Zheng L, Lv XM, Zheng BM, Reilly KH, Yan XY, Ji P, Wu YF, Zhang JG. The efficacy of iodine-125 permanent brachytherapy versus intensity-modulated radiation for inoperable salivary gland malignancies: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial. BMC Cancer 2016; 16:193. [PMID: 26951097 PMCID: PMC4782516 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-016-2248-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2014] [Accepted: 03/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Background Radiation therapy is the method of choice for subjects with inoperable salivary gland malignancies. I-125 brachytherapy, delivering a high radiation dose to a tumor but sparing surrounding normal tissues, is supposed to be ideal modality for the treatment of salivary gland malignancies. We designed a randomised controlled clinical trial to compare the efficacy of I-125 permanent brachytherapy (PBT) versus intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for inoperable salivary gland malignancies. Methods/Design In this study, inclusion criteria are subjects with inoperable salivary gland malignancies, aged 18–80 years, have provided informed consent, with at least one measurable tumor focus, be able to survive ≥3 months, Karnofsky performance status ≥60, have adequate hematopoietic function of bone marrow, have normal liver and kidney function, and are willing to prevent pregnancy. Exclusion criteria include a history of radiation or chemotherapy, a history of other malignant tumors in the past 5 years, receiving other effective treatments, participating in other clinical trials, with circulatory metastasis, cognitive impairment, severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, acute infection, uncontrolled systemic disease, history of interstitial lungdisease, and being pregnant or breast feeding. The study will be conducted as a clinical, prospective, randomised controlled trial with balanced randomisation (1:1). The planned sample size is 90 subjects. Subjects with inoperable salivary gland malignancies are randomised to receive either I-125 PBT or IMRT, with stratification by tumor size and neck lymph node metastasis. Participants in both groups will be followed up at 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21 and 24 months after randomization. The primary outcome is local control rate of the primary site (based on imaging findings and clinical examination, RECIST criteria) in 1 year. Secondary outcomes are progression-free survival, overall survival, quality of life (QOL) measured with the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QOL Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-H&N35) of Chinese version, and safety of treatment. Chi-squared test is used to compare the local control rates in both groups. The survival curves are estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method, and log-rank test is used to test the significant difference. Discussion Only few observational studies have investigated the effect of I-125 PBT on inoperable salivary gland malignancies. To our knowledge, this is the first randomised controlled trial to investigate the efficacy of I-125 PBT for subjects with inoperable salivary gland malignancies, and will add to the knowledge base for the treatment of these subjects. Trial registration The study is registered to Clinical Trials.gov (NCT02048254) on Jan 29, 2014.
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- Shu-Ming Liu
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22 Zhongguancun South St, Haidian Dist, Beijing, 100081, PR China
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- Peking University Clinical Research Institute, Xueyuan Rd 38#, Haidian Dist, Beijing, 100191, PR China
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- Department of radiotherapy, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, 52 Fucheng Road, Haidian Dist, Beijing, 100142, PR China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22 Zhongguancun South St, Haidian Dist, Beijing, 100081, PR China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22 Zhongguancun South St, Haidian Dist, Beijing, 100081, PR China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22 Zhongguancun South St, Haidian Dist, Beijing, 100081, PR China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22 Zhongguancun South St, Haidian Dist, Beijing, 100081, PR China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22 Zhongguancun South St, Haidian Dist, Beijing, 100081, PR China
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- Department of radiotherapy, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, 52 Fucheng Road, Haidian Dist, Beijing, 100142, PR China
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- Peking University Clinical Research Institute, Xueyuan Rd 38#, Haidian Dist, Beijing, 100191, PR China
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- Peking University Clinical Research Institute, Xueyuan Rd 38#, Haidian Dist, Beijing, 100191, PR China
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- Peking University Clinical Research Institute, Xueyuan Rd 38#, Haidian Dist, Beijing, 100191, PR China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22 Zhongguancun South St, Haidian Dist, Beijing, 100081, PR China.
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Fan Y, Huang MW, Zheng L, Zhao YJ, Zhang JG. Three-dimensional verification of ¹²⁵I seed stability after permanent implantation in the parotid gland and periparotid region. Radiat Oncol 2015; 10:242. [PMID: 26597296 PMCID: PMC4657216 DOI: 10.1186/s13014-015-0552-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2015] [Accepted: 11/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Objective To evaluate seed stability after permanent implantation in the parotid gland and periparotid region via a three-dimensional reconstruction of CT data. Material and methods Fifteen patients treated from June 2008 to June 2012 at Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology for parotid gland tumors with postoperative adjunctive 125I interstitial brachytherapy were retrospectively reviewed in this study. Serial CT data were obtained during follow-up. Mimics and Geomagic Studio software were used for seed reconstruction and stability analysis, respectively. Results Seed loss and/or migration outside of the treated area were absent in all patients during follow-up (23–71 months). Total seed cluster volume was maximized on day 1 post-implantation due to edema and decreased significantly by an average of 13.5 % (SD = 9.80 %; 95 % CI, 6.82–17.68 %) during the first two months and an average of 4.5 % (SD = 3.60 %; 95 % CI, 2.29–6.29 %) during the next four months. Volume stabilized over the subsequent six months. Conclusions 125I seed number and location were stable with a general volumetric shrinkage tendency in the parotid gland and periparotid region. Three-dimensional seed reconstruction of CT images is feasible for visualization and verification of implanted seeds in parotid brachytherapy.
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- Yi Fan
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China.
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- Center of Digital Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China.
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Fan Y, Zheng L, Mao MH, Huang MW, Liu SM, Zhang J, Li SL, Zheng L, Zhang JG. Survival analysis of oral squamous cell carcinoma in a subgroup of young patients. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2015; 15:8887-91. [PMID: 25374224 DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.20.8887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is predominantly a disease of middle-aged men with long-term exposure to tobacco and alcohol. An increasing trend has been reported at a younger age worldwide. Clinical records of 100 patients under the age of 45 years treated specifically for oral cavity SCC in our hospital during a 10-year period were retrospectively analyzed to calculate the survival rates. An obvious male predominance coincided with smoking trend among Chinese young individuals and female patients were more likely to have no traditional risk factors such as smoking or drinking. The 5-year overall survival rate and disease-free survival rate were 61.0% and 75.5%, respectively, consistent with other published series over the decade showing a relatively better survival among the young. No significant differences clearly correlated with outcome when comparing non-smokers non-drinkers to ever-smokers and ever drinkers (P>0.05). Overall survival rate and disease free survival rate was found to be significantly higher in patients with early-stage disease than with advanced stage disease (P=0.001, P=0.009 respectively). The strong influence of clinical stage on prognosis emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of oral malignancies for this unique clinical subgroup.
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- Yi Fan
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China E-mail :
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Huang MW, Zhang JG, Yu GY. 3D Printing Individual Templates Guided Brachytherapy in Head and Neck. Brachytherapy 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2015.02.236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Xie ZZ, Huang MW, Xu W, Peng C, He JN, Meng ZN, Zhang Y, Li SS, Lin HR. Nineteen polymorphic microsatellite markers developed for Trachinotus ovatus. Genet Mol Res 2014; 13:10518-22. [PMID: 25511035 DOI: 10.4238/2014.december.12.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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To evaluate the population genetic diversity of the ovate pompano, we isolated and characterized 19 microsatellite markers using a (CA)13-enriched genomic library. Polymorphism was assessed in 30 individuals from a single population collected from the Daya Bay Aquaculture Center, Guangdong, China. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 2 to 18 with an average of 7.8. The observed and expected heterozygosities varied from 0.2667 to 1.000 and from 0.3960 to 0.9435, respectively. Sixteen of 19 loci conformed to Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, and no significant linkage disequilibrium was detected between any locus pairs. Our study supplies candidate microsatellite markers that can be useful for studying the population genetic structure of ovate pompano.
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, and the Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, and the Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, and the Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, and the Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, and the Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, and the Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, and the Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, and the Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals, and the Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Huang MW, Zhang JG, Zhang J, Liu SM, Zheng L, Shi Y, Shi DY, Yu GY. Oncocytic carcinoma of the parotid gland. Laryngoscope 2013; 123:381-5. [DOI: 10.1002/lary.23696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Huang CW, Wang SJ, Wu SJ, Yang CC, Huang MW, Lin CH, Cheng IH. Potential blood biomarker for disease severity in the Taiwanese population with Alzheimer's disease. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 2013; 28:75-83. [PMID: 23230229 PMCID: PMC10697223 DOI: 10.1177/1533317512467674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The identification of blood biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) could contribute for improvement in early diagnosis. To define AD biomarkers, we compared serum/plasma levels of amyloid β (Aβ), tau, cytokines, and biometals between AD and non-AD groups. Cognitive impairment was assessed by Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE) and Clinical Dementia Rating scales. Plasma concentrations of total Aβ, Aβ(42), tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), and interleukin 6 were quantified by immunoassays. Serum biometal concentrations were determined using flame atomic absorption spectrometry. We found that serum zinc (Zn) was lower in patients with AD. After controlling for age, the MMSE score correlated with both TNF-α and total Aβ levels in the AD group, while the MMSE score correlated with iron only in the non-AD group. Our finding that blood Zn, TNF-α, and total Aβ are possible biomarkers for AD diagnosis and prognosis validates the pervious publication on potential biomarker in the Taiwanese population.
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- Ching-Wen Huang
- Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Psychiatry, Pingtung Christian Hospital, Pingtung, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Kai-Suan Psychiatric Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Kai-Suan Psychiatric Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Chia-yi branch of Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Chia-yi branch of Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Infection and Immunity Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Huang MW, Liu SM, Zheng L, Shi Y, Zhang J, Li YS, Yu GY, Zhang JG. A digital model individual template and CT-guided 125I seed implants for malignant tumors of the head and neck. J Radiat Res 2012; 53:973-7. [PMID: 22859564 PMCID: PMC3483848 DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrs046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2012] [Revised: 05/17/2012] [Accepted: 06/06/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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To enhance the accuracy of radioactive seed implants in the head and neck, a digital model individual template, containing information simultaneously on needle pathway and facial features, was designed to guide implantation with CT imaging. Thirty-one patients with recurrent and local advanced malignant tumors of head and neck after prior surgery and radiotherapy were involved in this study. Before (125)I implants, patients received CT scans based on 0.75mm thickness. And the brachytherapy treatment planning system (BTPS) software was used to make the implantation plan based on the CT images. Mimics software and Geomagic software were used to read the data containing CT images and implantation plan, and to design the individual template. Then the individual template containing the information of needle pathway and face features simultaneously was made through rapid prototyping (RP) technique. All patients received (125)I seeds interstitial implantation under the guide of the individual template and CT. The individual templates were positioned easily and accurately, and were stable. After implants, treatment quality evaluation was made by CT and TPS. The seeds and dosages distribution (D(90),V(100),V(150)) were well meet the treatment requirement. Clinical practice confirms that this approach can facilitate easier and more accurate implantation.
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- Ming-Wei Huang
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Electronical Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, P. R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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Huang MW, Hsu CJ, Kuan CC, Chang WH. Static balance function in children with cochlear implants. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2011; 75:700-3. [PMID: 21420180 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2011.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2010] [Revised: 02/18/2011] [Accepted: 02/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to assess the static balance function in deaf adolescents with cochlear implants. METHODS We included 24 adolescents who had received unilateral cochlear implantation for at least 5 years. Each subject underwent stabilometry testing under 4 different conditions: (A) firm surface with eyes open; (B) firm surface with eyes closed; (C) foam pad with eyes open; and (D) foam pad with eyes closed. All of them received tests with their cochlear implant turned on and off. Another 24 age- and sex-matched adolescents with normal hearing were tested in the same way for comparison. Sway velocity and circular area were measured and analyzed. RESULTS The mean sway velocity of the cochlear implant group under conditions A-D was 1.68, 1.98, 2.36, and 5.25 cm/s, respectively, and the mean circular area of the cochlear implant group under conditions A-D was 7.39, 6.68, 12.21, and 34.27 cm(2), respectively. Both of the parameters showed statistical significance between the cochlear implant group and the normal hearing group for conditions A, C and D (p<0.05). Furthermore, there was no significant balance function change among cochlear implant group with their implant "on" and "off". CONCLUSIONS This study showed that the static balance function in adolescents with long-term use of cochlear implants was worse than those of normal hearing peers. The difference between the cochlear implant group and normal hearing group was the highest when both visual and somatosensory inputs were disrupted. The postural stability was similar whether or not the cochlear implant was activated.
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- Ming-Wei Huang
- Department of Otolaryngology, Taipei Hospital, Department of Health, The Executive Yuan, Taipei, Taiwan
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Huang MW, Tan J, Zhang J, Zhang HZ, Yu GY, Zhang JG. [Test of dose distribution of palatal denture applicator containing (125)I seeds]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2010; 45:549-552. [PMID: 21122450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVE to measure the dose distribution (tissue absorbed dose) of palatal denture applicator containing (125)I. METHODS simulated model of head and neck was used to wear the palatal dental applicator containing (125)I for the postoperative brachytherapy of a simulated tumor at a diameter of 2 cm in the palate. The denture contained 11 (125)I seed with radioactivity of 29.6 MBq per seed. The prescribed dose (edge matched dose) was 80 Gy. The absorbed dose in the simulated target and its adjacent area was measured by thermoluminescence dosimeters. RESULTS the dose in the target area reached the value of treatment needs, and the dose absorbed by tissue around the target was lower except tongue. CONCLUSIONS using palatal denture applicator containing (125)I for postoperative brachytherapy of malignant tumors of palate can get satisfied dose distribution, but the tongue needs to be protected.
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- Ming-Wei Huang
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 100081 Beijing, China
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OBJECTIVE To develop two versions of the Mandarin Hearing In Noise Test (MHINT). These tests are adaptive tests that measure the reception threshold for sentences (RTSs) in quiet and in noise. The RTS is the presentation level at which half the sentences are correctly recognized. DESIGN Four studies were undertaken to (1) develop sentence materials, (2) equalize sentence difficulty, (3) create phonemically balanced sentence lists; and (4) evaluate within-list response variability, inter-list reliability, and produce normative data. A total of 137 native Mandarin (Putonghua) speaking subjects in Mainland China and 89 native Mandarin speakers in Taiwan participated. They had normal hearing thresholds at 25 dB HL or better. RTSs were measured under four headphone test conditions: Quiet, and in noise with noise originating from the 0 degree (Noise Front), 90 degrees to the right (Noise Right), and 90 degrees to the left (Noise Left). The speech originated from the front (0 degree) in all conditions. The noise level was fixed at 65 dBA, and the speech was varied adaptively to find the RTS. RESULTS Two versions of the test materials, consisting of 24, 20-sentence lists each in Mandarin spoken in the Mainland (the MHINT-M) and the dialect of Mandarin spoken in Taiwan (the MHINT-T), were created from two sets of 240 sentences containing 10 syllables per sentence. The mean Quiet RTS was 14.7 dBA, using the MHINT-M, and 19.4 dBA, using the MHINT-T. Using the MHINT-M, the mean RTS for Noise Front was -4.3 dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), -11.7 dB SNR for Noise Right, and -11.7 dB SNR for Noise Left. Using the MHINT-T, the Noise Front RTS was -4.0 dB SNR, -10.7 dB SNR for Noise Right, and -11.0 dB SNR for Noise Left. Results in noise are slightly better than those seen for the English HINT norms. Response variability within list was low, and inter-list reliability was high, indicating that consistent results can be obtained using any list. Confidence intervals are reported. CONCLUSIONS The two versions of the MHINT are the first standardized Mandarin sentence speech intelligibility tests. Similar to other language versions of the HINT, the MHINT was developed using the same rationale as the English HINT, allowing norm-referenced results for the MHINT to be compared directly with results in other languages. The MHINT would benefit from further evaluation of its validity.
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- Centre for Communication Disorders, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Tsai KY, Chou P, Chou FHC, Su TTP, Lin SC, Lu MK, Ou-Yang WC, Su CY, Chao SS, Huang MW, Wu HC, Sun WJ, Su SF, Chen MC. Three-year follow-up study of the relationship between posttraumatic stress symptoms and quality of life among earthquake survivors in Yu-Chi, Taiwan. J Psychiatr Res 2007; 41:90-6. [PMID: 16325854 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2005.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2005] [Revised: 09/29/2005] [Accepted: 10/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To prospectively evaluate the relationship between the clinical course of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and quality of life (QOL) among Taiwan earthquake survivors for 3 years. METHODS A population survey was done in a Taiwan township near the epicenter of a severe earthquake (7.3 on the Richter scale). Trained assistants used the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 (MOS SF-36) and the Disaster-Related Psychological Screening Test to interview earthquake survivors 16 and older. A total of 1756 respondents were surveyed during the 3-year follow-up period. RESULTS At 0.5 and 3 years after the earthquake, the estimated rate of PTSS (cutoff point, 3/4) was 23.8% and 4.4%, respectively. The survivors with PTSS scored lower for each concept of the MOS SF-36 at these two intervals. Three years after the earthquake, the survivors in the persistently healthy group showed the highest scores in all subscales and domains of the MOS SF-36; second-highest was the recovering group; third-highest was the delayed PTSS group; and the persistent PTSS group showed the lowest scores in all concepts and domains. Notably, survivors with delayed onset PTSS exhibited a lower QOL when PTSS occurred. CONCLUSIONS Three years after the earthquake, the estimated rate of PTSS had declined, and the QOL of the survivors varied according to how their PTSS had progressed.
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- Kuan-Yi Tsai
- Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
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Chou FHC, Chou P, Su TTP, Ou-Yang WC, Chien IC, Lu MK, Huang MW. Quality of life and related risk factors in a Taiwanese Village population 21 months after an earthquake. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 2004; 38:358-64. [PMID: 15144515 DOI: 10.1080/j.1440-1614.2004.01364.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate quality of life and related risk factors of Taiwanese earthquake survivors with different psychiatric disorders 21 months after the earthquake. METHOD This was a population survey. Trained assistants used the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 (MOS SF-36) and questionnaires to interview 461 respondents (209 males and 252 females) 16 years or older who were equally exposed to the earthquake. Psychiatrists interviewed the same respondents using the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI), with an adjusted response rate of 79.9%. RESULTS The prevalence of varied psychiatric disorders in earthquake survivors ranged from 3.3% to 18%. However, there was almost a positive trend in quality of life in survivors among the following groups: posttraumatic stress disorder combined with major depressive episode; major depressive episode; posttraumatic stress disorder; other psychiatric diseases; and healthy mentality groups on the physical aspect or mental aspect of the MOS SF-36. When survivors were elderly or female and had experienced prominent financial loss immediately after the earthquake, social network change, and mental impairment, their quality of life tended to be worse. CONCLUSION The earthquake survivors had a higher percentage of psychiatric disorders. The risk factors that affected quality of life in survivors were age, female sex, financial loss, social network change, and mental impairment.
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Chen NJ, Huang MW, Hsieh SL. Enhanced secretion of IFN-gamma by activated Th1 cells occurs via reverse signaling through TNF-related activation-induced cytokine. J Immunol 2001; 166:270-6. [PMID: 11123302 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.1.270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Growing evidence has demonstrated that members of TNF superfamily transduce signals after engagement with their receptors. TNF-related activation-induced cytokine (TRANCE), a member of TNF superfamily, is preferentially expressed on the surface of activated CD4(+) Th1 cells. The soluble receptor activator of NF-kappaB (RANK).Fc fusion protein suppresses IFN-gamma secretion by activated Th1 cells, but does not affect IL-4 secretion by Th2 cells. The suppressive effect on IFN-gamma secretion is observed when Th1 cells are activated by APCs, but not by immobilized anti-TCR beta mAb. In contrast, immobilized RANK.Fc fusion protein augments IFN-gamma secretion by Th1 cells, indicating the occurrence of reverse signaling through TRANCE during T cell/APC interaction. The enhanced secretion of IFN-gamma mediated via TRANCE correlates with the activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase and is blocked by SB203580, a p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase-specific inhibitor. Thus, in addition to its role in activating dendritic cells by binding to the receptor RANK, TRANCE itself can signal the augmentation of IFN-gamma secretion via a p38-dependent pathway, and this provides yet another example of reverse signaling by a member of TNF superfamily.
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- N J Chen
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Tsai IL, Lin WY, Teng CM, Ishikawa T, Doong SL, Huang MW, Chen YC, Chen IS. Coumarins and antiplatelet constituents from the root bark of Zanthoxylum schinifolium. Planta Med 2000; 66:618-623. [PMID: 11105565 DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-8648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Further study on the chloroform-soluble portion of the root bark of Zanthoxylum schinifolium led to the isolation of eight new coumarins: methylschinilenol (1), hydroxyepoxycollinin I (2), 8-methoxyanisocoumarin H (3), hydroxyschininallylol (4), hydroxyepoxycollinin II (5), schinitrienin (6), schininallylone (7), and isoschinilenol (8), along with twenty-six known compounds including fourteen coumarins, and nine alkaloids. The structural elucidation was determined by spectroscopic data. Among the isolates, terpenyl-coumarins and furoquinolines were the active constituents with antiplatelet aggregation in vitro and collinin (10) showed significant anti-HBC DNA replication activity.
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- I L Tsai
- School of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Yan L, Huang MW, Scholz PM, Weiss HR. Decreasing cyclic GMP exerts similar positive functional effects on cardiac myocytes regardless of initial level. Pharmacology 2000; 61:51-6. [PMID: 10895081 DOI: 10.1159/000028380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We tested the hypothesis that lowering the level of cyclic GMP would have positive functional effects on isolated rabbit ventricular myocytes regardless of the basal cyclic GMP level. Cell shortening data were collected with a video detector; O(2) consumption data were obtained with a Clark electrode; intracellular cyclic GMP levels were obtained by radioimmunoassay. Data were obtained: (1) at baseline; (2) after the addition of 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4, 3-alpha]quinoxaline-1-one (ODQ) 10(-6) and 10(-4) mol/l, a selective soluble guanylyl cyclase inhibitor, and (3) after zaprinast 10(-6) mol/l, a cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor, followed by ODQ 10(-6) and 10(-4) mol/l. We found that ODQ 10(-4) mol/l significantly decreased the cyclic GMP level from 493 +/- 75 to 301 +/- 78 (fmol/100,000 myocytes) and increased percent shortening (Pcs, %; 4.9 +/- 0.3 vs. 5.8 +/- 0.6) and maximum rate of shortening (Rs, microm/s; 58.7 +/- 5.7 vs. 73.6 +/- 4.9). Zaprinast significantly increased the cyclic GMP level from 419 +/- 140 to 599 +/- 241 and decreased Pcs (6.2 +/- 0.5 vs. 4.4 +/- 0.4) and Rs (65.5 +/- 5.3 vs. 49.6 +/- 4.3). After zaprinast, ODQ 10(-4) mol/l decreased the cyclic GMP level to 439 +/- 139 and increased percent shortening and rate of shortening by a similar percentage compared to the non-zaprinast treated myocytes. We conclude that in rabbit ventricular myocytes, a reduction in the level of myocyte cyclic GMP increases myocyte function independent of the initial cyclic GMP level.
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- Heart and Brain Circulation Laboratory, Departments of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854-5635, USA
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Yan L, Lee H, Huang MW, Scholz PM, Weiss HR. Opposing functional effects of cyclic GMP and cyclic AMP may act through protein phosphorylation in rabbit cardiac myocytes. J Auton Pharmacol 2000; 20:111-21. [PMID: 11095549 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2680.2000.00177.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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1. We tested the hypothesis that the negative functional effects of cyclic GMP (cGMP) oppose the positive effects of cyclic AMP (cAMP) in cardiac myocytes through interaction at the level of their respective protein kinases. 2. Cell shortening was studied using a video-edge detector. The O2 consumption of a suspension of rabbit ventricular myocytes was measured using O2 electrodes. Protein phosphorylation was measured autoradiographically following SDS-PAGE. Data were collected with: (1) 8-bromo-cGMP (8-Br-cGMP) 10(-7) or 10(-5) M; (2) 8-bromo-cAMP (8-Br-cAMP) 10(-7) or 10(-5) M; (3) 8-Br-cAMP 10(-5) M followed by 8-Br-cGMP 10(-7) or 10(-5) M; (4) 8-Br-cGMP 10(-5) M followed by 8-Br-cAMP 10(-7) or 10(-5) M; (5) 8-Br-cGMP 10(-7) or 10(-5) M followed by KT 5720 (cAMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor) or KT 5823 (cGMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor) 10(-6) M; and (6) 8-Br-cAMP 10(-7) or 10(-5) M followed by KT 5720 or KT 5823 10(-6) M. 3. 8-Br-cGMP 10(-5) M decreased percent shortening (Pcs) from 6.3+/-0.6 to 3.6+/-0.4% and rate of shortening (Rs) from 66.7+/-4.4 to 41.8+/-4.2 microm s(-1). 8-Br-cAMP 10(-5) M increased Pcs (from 3.7+/-0.2 to 4.8+/-0.2) and Rs (from 50.0+/-3.0 to 60.0+/-3.1). With 8-Br-cAMP 10(-5) M, 8-Br-cGMP 10(-5) M decreased Pcs and Rs less. The positive functional effects of 8-Br-cAMP 10(-7) or 10(-5) M were also diminished with 8-Br-cGMP 10(-5) M. Following 8-Br-cGMP 10(-7) or 10(-5) M, KT 5720 10(-6) M further decreased Pcs to 2.5+/-0.3 and Rs to 30.0+/-4.1. KT 5823 10(-6) M returned Pcs to 4.7+/-0.4 and Rs to 61.3+/-5.3. Following 8-Br-cAMP 10(-7) or 10(-5) M, KT 5720 decreased the elevated Pcs and Rs significantly and KT 5823 10(-6) M further increased these parameters. 4. cGMP and cAMP phosphorylated the same five protein bands. With KT 5720 or KT 5823, all of the bands were lighter at the same concentration of 8-Br-cAMP and 8-Br-cGMP. 5. We conclude that, in rabbit ventricular myocytes, the opposing functional effects of cGMP and cAMP are related to the interaction at the level of their respective protein kinases.
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- L Yan
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway 08854-5635, USA
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1. We tested the hypothesis that the transition to pacing-induced failure in hypertrophic hearts would result in reduced functional and metabolic responses to beta-adrenoceptor stimulation. 2. Isoproterenol (ISO; 0.1 microg/kg per min) was infused into a coronary artery in five anaesthetized open-chest control, five aortic stenosis-induced left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and five LVH pacing-induced failure dogs. 3. In both control and LVH dogs, but not in failure dogs, ISO significantly increased local regional work (1,923+/-665 vs 2,656+/-715, 1,185+/-286 vs 1,906+/-562 and 835+/-106 vs 849+/-216g.mm/min, respectively), force (11.1+/-1.4 vs 16.9+/-2.6, 8.6+/-1.5 vs 13.7+/-2.3 and 12.2+/-1.1 vs 11.0+/-1.8g, respectively) and myocardial O2 consumption (7.3+/-2.0 vs 10.0+/-1.5, 8.2+/-1.6 vs 11.6+/-2.6 and 4.4+/-1.5 vs 5.5+/-1.8 mL O2/min per 100 g, respectively). 4. Isoproterenol also significantly increased cAMP in control and LVH dogs (474+/-67 vs 600+/-91 and 473+/-34 vs 619+/-53 pmol/g, respectively). In heart failure, cAMP was significantly lower and there was no significant increase in cAMP in response to ISO (245+/-43 vs 314+/-40pmol/g, respectively). 5. We conclude that there were no significant myocardial functional, O2 consumption or cAMP responses to ISO after the transition from hypertrophy to cardiac failure.
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- M W Huang
- Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick 08903-0019, USA
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Tse J, Huang MW, Leone RJ, Weiss HR, He YQ, Scholz PM. Down regulation of myocardial beta1-adrenoceptor signal transduction system in pacing-induced failure in dogs with aortic stenosis-induced left ventricular hypertrophy. Mol Cell Biochem 2000; 205:67-73. [PMID: 10821423 DOI: 10.1023/a:1007085027234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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We recently demonstrated that rapid ventricular pacing caused cardiac failure (Failure) in dogs with aortic stenosis-induced left ventricular hypertrophy (Hypertrophy) and isoproterenol caused no significant increases in function, O2 consumption and intracellular cyclic AMP level in the failing hypertrophied hearts. We tested the hypothesis that alterations in the beta1-adrenoceptor-signal transduction pathway would correlate with the reduced functional and metabolic responses to beta-adrenergic stimulation during the transition from the compensated hypertrophy to failure. Pressure overload-induced left ventricular hypertrophy was created using aortic valve plication in 10 dogs over a 6-month period. Five months after aortic valve plication, congestive heart failure was induced in 5 dogs by rapid ventricular pacing at 240 bpm for 4 weeks. The density of myocardial beta1-adrenoceptors (fmoles/mg membrane protein; fmoles/g wet tissue) was significantly reduced in the Failure dogs (176+/-19; 755+/-136) when compared to those of the Control (344+/-51; 1,551+/-203) and the Hypertrophy (298+/-33; 1,721+/-162) dogs. The receptor affinities were not significantly different among all groups. There was a small but significant decrease in the percentage of beta1-adrenoceptors of the failing hypertrophied hearts (62+/-3%) when compared to that of the hypertrophied hearts (77+/-5%). The basal myocardial adenylyl cyclase activity (pmoles/mg protein/min) was significantly lower in the Failure dogs (45+/-4) than in the Control (116+/-14) and Hypertrophy (86+/-6) dogs. The forskolin (0.1 mM)-stimulated adenylyl cyclase activity was also significantly lower in the Failure dogs (158+/-17) than in the Control dogs (296+/-35) and slightly lower than in the Hypertrophy dogs (215+/-10). There were no significant differences in low Km cyclic AMP-phosphodiesterase activities among all groups. We conclude that down regulation of beta1-adrenoceptors and reduced adenylyl cyclase activities contribute to the decreases in myocardial functions and beta-adrenergic responses in the failing hypertrophied hearts induced by rapid ventricular pacing.
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- J Tse
- Department of Anesthesia, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick 08901-1977, USA
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We tested the hypothesis that the second messenger activated by nitric oxide, cyclic GMP, would reduce the effects of myocyte stunning following simulated ischemia-reperfusion and that this was related to cyclic GMP protein kinase. Ventricular cardiac myocytes were isolated from New Zealand White rabbits (n = 8). Cell shortening was measured by a video edge detector and protein phosphorylation was determined autoradiographically after SDS gel electrophoresis. Cell shortening data were acquired at: (i) baseline followed by 8-Bromo-cGMP 10(-6) M (8-Br-cGMP) and then KT 5823 10(-6) M (cyclic GMP protein kinase inhibitor) and (ii) simulated ischemia (20 min of 95% N(2)-5% CO(2) at 37 degrees C) followed by simulated reperfusion (reoxygenation) with addition of 8-Br-cGMP 10(-6) M followed by KT 5823 10(-6) M, (iii) addition of 8-Br-cGMP prior to ischemia followed by the addition of KT 5823 10(-6) M after 30 min of reoxygenation. In the control group, 8-Br-cGMP 10(-6) M decreased percentage shortening (%short) (5.0 +/- 0.6 vs 3.8 +/- 0. 4) and the maximum velocity (V(max), microm/s) (48.6 +/- 6.9 vs 40.2 +/- 6.4). KT 5823 10(-6) M added after 8-Br-cGMP partially restored %short (4.6 +/- 0.5) and V(max) (46.6 +/- 8.0). After stunning, baseline myocytes had decreased %short (3.4 +/- 0.2) and V(max) (36. 0 +/- 4.2). After the addition of 8-Br-cGMP, the %short (2.7 +/- 0. 2) and V(max) (27.6 +/- 2.5) decreased further. The addition of KT 5823 did not change either the %short or the V(max). The myocytes with 8-Br-cGMP during ischemia had increased %short (4.2 +/- 0.2) and V(max) (37.2 +/- 3.4) when compared to the stunned group. The addition of KT 5823 did not significantly alter %short (3.3 +/- 0.4) or V(max) (29.2 +/- 5.0) in the myocytes pretreated with 8-Br-cGMP. Protein phosphorylation was increased by 8-Br-cGMP in control and stunned myocytes. KT 5823 blocked this effect in control but not stunned myocytes, suggesting some change in the cyclic GMP protein kinase. Ischemia-reperfusion produced myocyte stunning that was reduced when 8-Br-cGMP was added prior to but not after ischemia.
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- Heart and Brain Circulation Laboratory, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854-5635, USA
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BACKGROUND We tested the hypothesis that pacing-induced cardiac failure of hypertrophic hearts would reduce the functional and metabolic responses of these hearts to guanylate cyclase inhibition and this was associated with alterations in cyclic GMP. MATERIALS AND METHODS Methylene blue (MB, 2 mg/kg/min, guanylate cyclase inhibitor) was infused into the left anterior descending coronary artery in 5 control, 5 left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), and 5 LVH pacing-induced failure dogs. Regional myocardial work was calculated as the integrated product of force and segment shortening and regional myocardial O(2) consumption (VO(2)) from coronary blood flow and O(2) extraction measurements. Cyclic GMP was determined by radioimmunoassay. RESULTS MB increased regional work (635 +/- 169 vs 1649 +/- 500, 781 +/- 184 vs 1569 +/- 203 g * mm/min) and VO(2) (8.3 +/- 1.4 vs 10.9 +/- 1.4, 7.3 +/- 0.7 vs 9.1 +/- 0.7 ml O(2)/min/100 g) in both control and LVH dogs but not in failure dogs (536 +/- 234 vs 623 +/- 193, 3.6 +/- 1.1 vs 4.7 +/- 1.9). MB also decreased cyclic GMP in control dogs (1170 +/- 142 vs 812 +/- 105 pmol/g). LVH dogs had elevated baseline cyclic GMP (5875 +/- 949) compared to control dogs but also demonstrated decreased cyclic GMP in response to MB (2820 +/- 372). In failure dogs, basal cyclic GMP was also elevated (4650 +/- 613) compared to control dogs but there was a lack of response to MB (3670 +/- 640). CONCLUSIONS We conclude that the myocardial function, VO(2) and cyclic GMP responses to methylene blue are diminished in the transition from hypertrophy to cardiac failure.
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- M W Huang
- Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA
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PURPOSE To describe the gray-scale and color and duplex Doppler ultrasound (US) and the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging features of uterine arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). MATERIALS AND METHODS Uterine AVMs in 10 patients were retrospectively evaluated. All patients underwent gray-scale US and color and duplex Doppler US. Nine underwent angiography with therapeutic embolization; four, MR imaging. The resistance index (RI), pulsatility index (PI), and peak systolic velocities (PSVs) were evaluated. RESULTS At gray-scale US, uterine AVMs were nonspecific and manifested as subtle myometrial inhomogeneity, tubular spaces within the myometrium, intramural uterine mass, endometrial mass, or cervical mass or sometimes as prominent parametrial vessels. Color Doppler features were consistent and included intense juxtaposed signals with aliasing and apparent flow reversals. Spectral Doppler US revealed low-resistance flow (RI, 0.25-0.55; PI, 0.3-0.6) and PSVs greater than 96 cm/sec, which suggests arteriovenous shunting. MR imaging showed a bulky uterus, a focal uterine mass, disruption of the junctional zones, serpiginous flow-related signal voids, and prominent parametrial vessels. CONCLUSION Gray-scale morphology and Doppler US features should allow noninvasive diagnosis of uterine AVMs. Doppler and MR imaging features of uterine AVMs may overlap with other causes of arteriovenous shunting, including abnormal placentation and gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD). These can be differentiated with serum beta human chorionic gonadotropin test results (negative with AVM, positive with GTD).
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- M W Huang
- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Toronto Hospital, Ontario, Canada
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Huang MW, Chang TC, Huang MJ. Effect of estrogen on the serum level of thyroglobulin. J Formos Med Assoc 1992; 91:5-8. [PMID: 1352334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Thyroglobulin has been widely accepted as a useful parameter for monitoring the recurrence of differentiated thyroid carcinoma. In thyroid cell cultures, it has been reported that estrogen may stimulate the tgb gene which controls synthesis of thyroglobulin by the thyroid follicular cell. Since the serum estrogen levels of women fluctuate during the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and menopause, thyroglobulin may be unreliable in the follow-up of recurrence of differentiated thyroid carcinoma in females if it can be affected by estrogen in vivo. In order to clarify the effect of estrogen on thyroglobulin, the sera of 16 men, 42 women and 20 children were collected and divided into seven groups. Their serum estradiol and thyroglobulin levels were 17.7 +/- 1.8 pg/mL (mean +/- SEM) and 17.1 +/- 1.6 ng/mL, respectively in 20 children, 26.7 +/- 4.1 pg/mL and 12.9 +/- 1.2 ng/mL, respectively in 16 males, 151.6 +/- 20.4 pg/mL and 13.7 +/- 4.2 ng/mL, respectively in five females on the 10th to 14th days of the menstrual cycle, 16.7 +/- 1.8 pg/mL and 15.2 +/- 2.1 ng/mL, respectively in 12 postmenopausal females, 530.0 +/- 131.0 pg/mL and 14.2 +/- 1.8 ng/mL, respectively in eight pregnant women in the first trimester, 3613.9 +/- 1014.2 pg/mL and 12.0 +/- 1.6 ng/mL, respectively in seven pregnant women in the second trimester and 9246.0 +/- 694.5 pg/mL and 16.4 +/- 2.0 ng/mL, respectively in 10 pregnant women in the third trimester. The serum estradiol levels were significantly different (p less than 0.005) among these seven groups, but the serum thyroglobulin levels were not (p = 0.25). Therefore, serum thyroglobulin levels are not affected by estrogen.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- M W Huang
- Department of Internal Medicine, West Garden Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C
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