Phase I/II trial of external irradiation plus medium-dose brachytherapy given concurrently to liposomal doxorubicin and cisplatin for advanced uterine cervix carcinoma.

Background And Purpose: Although the standard of care for patients with locally advanced uterine cervix carcinoma is cisplatin-(CDDP-)based chemotherapy and irradiation (RT), the optimal regimen remains to be elucidated. A phase I/II study was conducted to evaluate the dose limiting toxicity (DLT) and the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of liposomal doxorubicin (Caelyx) combined with CDDP and RT for cervical cancer.

Patients And Methods: 24 patients with stage IIB-IVA were enrolled (Table 1).

In vitro optical characterization and discrimination of female breast tissue during near infrared femtosecond laser pulses propagation.

Ultrashort infrared laser pulses were transmitted through excised female breast tissue. The resulted signal was recorded by a streak camera with a time resolution of the order of a few ps. Experimental data of the temporal spread of the ultrashort pulse during the transmission through the tissue have been analyzed using the Patterson analytical expression derived from the diffusion theory.

Localization of an acromesomelic dysplasia on chromosome 9 by homozygosity mapping.

The acromesomelic dysplasias (AMDs) are a group of genetic disorders that primarily affect the middle and distal segments of the extremities. A form of AMD is present on the isolated island of St Helena in the South Atlantic, which has a population of approximately 5500 derived from a number of founder individuals. DNA from four affected individuals and 11 first-degree relatives in four related nuclear families segregating an AMD was collected for gene mapping studies.

Changes in immunologic variables (TNF-a, sCD8 and sCD4) during danazol treatment in patients with endometriosis.

Design: The levels of TNF-a, sCD8, and sCD4 were measured in serum samples taken from 20 women. Blood samples for TNF-a, sCD8 and sCD4 levels were taken from 10 endometriotic women before treatment, during the last 15 days of a 6-month administration of danazol and 3 months after treatment. Blood samples were taken only once from 10 women without endometriosis (control group).

The evaluation of morphological abnormalities of human spermatozoa in fertile and infertile men.

Spermatozoal morphology in semen from 114 fertile men, 107 infertile men with varicocele and 35 infertile men with infection of the accessory genital organs, aged from 18 to 53 years were evaluated by Papanicolaou-stained smears in order to investigate: (a) the frequency of abnormalities in the neck and tail of spermatozoa with an abnormal head and (b) the ability of prediction of the morphology of one sperm part when the morphology of another part is known. The investigation showed that: (1) morphological abnormalities in the neck are significantly higher (P < 0.001, P < 0.