OBJECTIVE The objective of this article was to summarize the relationship between some components of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and the histopathologic findings in bladder cancer in a Chinese population. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed data of 323 patients from the Department of Urology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University between January 2012 and January 2014. All the patients w...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In a limited number of patients, the level of myo-inositol (MI), as seen by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (HMRS), has been shown to differ for gliomas of different histologic grades. We sought to determine if MI levels correlate with cerebral astrocytoma grade. METHODS Five control subjects, 14 patients with low-grade astrocytoma, 10 patients with anaplastic as...

In current clinical practice, histology-based grading of diffuse infiltrative gliomas is the best predictor of patient survival time. Yet histology provides little insight into the underlying biology of gliomas and is limited in its ability to identify and guide new molecularly targeted therapies. We have performed large-scale gene expression analysis using the Affymetrix HG U133 oligonucleotid...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The association of high-grade oligodendrogliomas with tumor contrast material enhancement on MR images has been reported. Some authors have even used contrast enhancement as a criterion for their oligodendroglioma grading system. The purpose of our study was to evaluate if tumor contrast enhancement is a specific finding for anaplastic oligodendroglioma. METHODS Pretrea...

Squamous cell carcinomas of sparsely haired skin are relatively common tumors in cats, and these tumors likely exhibit a rapid growth rate. Thus, we evaluated response and duration of response in relation to the Ki67 proliferative reactivity in such tumors. Seventeen cats with confirmed squamous cell carcinomas and treated with an accelerated, hypofractionated electron beam radiation protocol w...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In cerebral gliomas, rCBV correlates with tumor grade and histologic findings of vascular proliferation. Moreover, ADC assesses water diffusivity and is inversely correlated with tumor grade. In the present work, we have studied whether combined rCBV and ADC values improve the diagnostic accuracy of MR imaging in the preoperative grading of gliomas. MATERIALS AND METHOD...

BACKGROUND Marjolin's ulcer is known to present a high proportion of recurrence and poor prognosis compared to other kinds of skin cancer. Based on our experience, Marjolin's ulcer patients who have received reconstructive surgery present a higher proportion of recurrence when there was disturbed wound healing after surgery. The impact of disturbed wound healing after surgery on the prognosis w...

INTRODUCTION : Angiogenesis is of key importance in the process of tumor progression in a number of tumor types including breast cancer . In my study I have used anti CD34 antibody to assess intratumoral microvessel density (MVD) in 96 cases to estimate neo-angiogenesis and compared it in various prognostic groups . OBJECTIVES OF STUDY :To study MVD in malignant breast lumps by immunohistochemi...

=Abstract = We analysed 40 patients with soft tissue sarcomas (STS) of the extremities to investigate the prognostic significance of the growth fraction of the tumor. The patients consisted of 2 7 males and 13 females, and the ages ranged from 18 to 7 0 years (median 46.9 years). Tumors were located in the thigh (47. 5%), forearm (15%), buttock ( lo%), shoulder ( lo%), axilla (5%), arm (5%), lo...

BACKGROUND Paraplegia can result from operations requiring transient occlusion of the descending thoracic aorta. The present study tested whether inducing hyperthermia in rats before aortic ischemia would be neuroprotective. METHODS Rats were randomly assigned to hyperthermic preconditioning (n = 27) or control (n = 32) groups. Eighteen hours before ischemia, the hyperthermic preconditioned r...