T-box 2 expression predicts poor prognosis in gastric cancer.

T-Box 2 (TBX2) plays a critical role in embryonic development. Previously, TBX2 has been suggested to be involved in malignancies. However, the role of TBX2 in gastric cancer (GC) remains unclear.

Treatment of polycystic liver disease: a hypothesis, patient characteristics, short and long-term results.

Background: Non-total liver resecting invasive treatment of polycystic liver disease has different recurrence rates. The aim of this study is to illustrate why the recurrence rates are different. We established a hypothesis that the cyst number is a constant in polycystic liver disease in a patient's lifetime.

[Outcomes after transanal endoscopic microsurgery for early rectal cancer and risk factors associated with recurrence].

Objective: To investigate outcomes after transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) for early rectal cancer, identify risk factors associated with recurrence, and explore the indication of TEM for rectal cancer.

Methods: Sixty patients with rectal cancer undergoing TEM between June 2006 and June 2009 in the Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital of Shandong University were included in this study and data were retrospectively analyzed.

Results: There were 12 patients with pTis rectal cancer, 38 with pT1 and 10 with pT2.

[Effect of valproate acid sodium on apoptosis of human gastric cancer cells and its mechanism study].

Objective: To study the effect of valproate acid sodium(VPA) on apoptosis of human gastric cancer cell BGC-823 and to explore its possible mechanism.

Methods: Cell growth inhibition was examined by MTT assay. Apoptosis rate was detected by FCM with Annexin V/PI staining.

A taxonomic re-appraisal of Sarcocystis nesbitti (Protozoa: Sarcocystidae) from the monkey Macaca fascicularis in Yunnan, PR China.

The first detection of Sarcocystis nesbitti Mandour, 1969 in the Chinese mainland is reported and the morphology of the sarcocyst is described in detail. The parasite was detected in the monkey, Macaca fascicularis, maintained on a monkey farm in Yunnan Province; the infection may have occurred via faecal contamination from local rats, mice and/or birds. S.