Publications by authors named "Ben-Hua Xu"

Purpose: To investigate the efficacy of ultrasound (US)-guided percutaneous MWA for benign thyroid nodules with cosmetic problems and identify related factors contributing to post-ablative complete relief (CR).

Methods: This retrospective study reviewed the efficacy of MWA in treating thyroid nodules in patients with cosmetic problems who underwent MWA from January 2021 to May 2023. Patients were followed up at 1, 3, and 6 months after MWA.

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The timing of radiotherapy (RT) delivery has been reported to affect both cancer survival and treatment toxicity. However, the association among the timing of RT delivery, survival, and toxicity in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (LA-NPC) has not been investigated. We retrospectively reviewed patients diagnosed with LA-NPC who received definitive RT at multiple institutions.

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  • Most existing research on thyroid nodules has focused on diagnostic processes using artificial intelligence (AI), with few studies evaluating AI's detection performance.
  • This study examined the effectiveness of a real-time AI system in detecting thyroid nodules by comparing its performance with radiologists of varying experience levels and identified factors that impact detection accuracy.
  • Results showed that while the AI outperformed a junior radiologist, it was not as effective as a senior radiologist; however, combining AI with radiologists significantly improved detection rates, highlighting AI's potential as an effective support tool in clinical settings.
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  • Radiotherapy (RT) is a local treatment option for patients with refractory or relapsed aggressive B-cell lymphomas, but the effectiveness of hypofractionated RT had not been previously confirmed.
  • A study analyzed 30 patients who received hypofractionated RT, showing a high objective response rate (90%) and complete response rate (80%), with promising one-year overall survival (81.8%) and progression-free survival (66.3%).
  • The findings indicate that hypofractionated RT is both effective and tolerable, particularly for patients with localized residual disease, as no serious side effects were reported.
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  • Ovarian cancer is a significant health issue, being the second leading cause of death among gynecologic cancers, largely due to cancer stemness and resistance to chemotherapy.
  • This study explores the role of N6-methyladenine (m6A) RNA methylation and prostaglandin E receptor 2 (PTGER2) in ovarian cancer progression through bioinformatics, cellular, and molecular experiments.
  • The findings highlight PTGER2 as an oncogene that correlates with poor prognosis and enhanced metastatic behavior in ovarian cancer, suggesting it could be a new target for treatment strategies.
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Background: Limited evidence supports the omission of routine bone marrow (BM) examination (biopsy and aspiration) in patients with nasal-type extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTCL). This study was aimed at assessing whether BM examination provides valuable information for positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT)-based staging in this patient population.

Patients And Methods: Patients newly diagnosed with ENKTCL who underwent initial staging with both PET/CT and BM examination between 2013 and 2020 were retrospectively identified in two Chinese institutions.

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Background And Purpose: We aimed to explore the necessity of the external iliac lymph nodes (EIN) along with inguinal nodes (IN) region in clinical target volume (CTV) for rectal carcinomas covering the anal canal region.

Materials And Methods: This research premise enrolled 399 patients who had primary low rectal cancer detected below the peritoneal reflection via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and were treated with neoadjuvant radiotherapy (NRT), without elective EIN along with IN irradiation. We stratified the patients into two groups based on whether the lower edge of the rectal tumor extended to the anal canal (P group, n = 109) or not (Rb group, n = 290).

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Background: The survival time of patients with early pancreatic cancer (PC) is still disappointing, even after surgical resection. PC has an extremely poor prognosis. Herein, we aimed to investigate the survival effect of postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) on resected stage I to II PC.

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Purpose: Apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme catalytic polypeptide-like 3B (APOBEC3B) is a recently discovered protein that is considered important in causing mutations in tumor cell genome bases. Whether APOBEC3B is expressed in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) still remains unknown. Studies have shown that programmed-cell-death receptor-1 ligand (PD-L1) is highly expressed in NPC, but its clinical significance has not been fully elucidated.

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  • Preoperative radiotherapy combined with total mesorectal excision and adjuvant chemotherapy is the recommended treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC), with both long-course and short-course radiotherapy showing similar levels of local control and survival benefits.* -
  • Short-course radiotherapy (SCRT) is becoming more popular due to its simplicity and lower cost, but it struggles with poor downstaging and sphincter preservation rates compared to long-course chemoradiotherapy (LCRT). Studies suggest delaying surgery after SCRT may improve pathological outcomes.* -
  • This phase I study aims to explore higher doses of SCRT followed by modified FOLFOX6 chemotherapy to enhance safety and clinical outcomes, setting the stage for
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To evaluate the effect of an intensified capecitabine and oxaliplatin (XELOX) chemoradiation treatment followed by one cycle of consolidation chemotherapy before surgery in locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). Patients with histologically confirmed, newly diagnosed, locally advanced rectal adenocarcinoma (cT3-T4 and/or cN+) were enrolled. All patients received 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) or intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) with a dose 50.

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Introduction: The clinical target volume (CTV) delineation is crucial for tumour control and normal tissue protection. This study investigated the contralateral extension of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) in patients with a clinically diagnosed unilateral tumour to pursue the possibility of CTV reduction.

Methods: Twenty NPC patients with localized tumours confined to only one side of the nasopharynx as shown by magnetic resonance imaging and fibreoptic endoscopy were selected for biopsy.

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Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) and ionizing radiation (IR) are common genotoxic stresses that damage human skin, although the specific damages to the genomic DNA are different. Here, we show that in the mouse glabrous skin, both UVR and IR induce DNA damage, cell cycle arrest, and condensed cell nuclei. However, only IR induces mitotic catastrophe (MC) in the epidermis.

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The aim of this study was to explore the role of combined pretreatment serum carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) as potential prognostic factors in metastatic pancreatic cancer patients.We investigated pretreatment serum CA19-9 and NLR in 59 metastatic pancreatic cancer patients, determined the patients' thresholds by receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, and assessed their prognostic values by Kaplan-Meier curve and Cox regression models.Results of multivariate analysis showed high CA19-9, high NLR, and high score (the scoring system of CA19-9 and NLR) were significantly correlated with overall survival.

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Background: To assess the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT).

Methods: The clinical data of patients with ESCC treated with chemoradiotherapy with or without NAC were collected and retrospectively reviewed. The overall survival, locoregional failure-free survival, and distant failure-free survival were analyzed statistically.

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This study demonstrated the feasibility and advantages of a hybrid, volumetric arc therapy technique that used two 90° coplanar arcs and two three-dimensional conformal tangential beams in the simultaneous-integrated boost radiotherapy of left-sided breast cancer after breast-conserving surgery. A total of nine patients with stage I, left-sided breast cancer who underwent breast-conserving surgery were selected for this retrospective study. For each patient, a hybrid arc plan was generated and then compared with two hybrid intensity-modulated radiotherapy plans.

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Objective: To evaluate the predictive value of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) for pathologic complete response (pCR) to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT) in locally advanced rectal cancer.

Methods: A total of 265 patients with rectal adenocarcinoma, whole Diffusion-Weighted MRI (DWI-MRI) images, clinically stage II to III (cT3-4 and/or cN+) and treated with NCRT followed by TME were screened. Fifty patients with pCR and another 50 patients without pCR with similar clinical charcacters and treatment regimens were selected for statistical analysis.

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Background: To assess the efficacy and toxicities of combined lobaplatin with paclitaxel (LP) as a first line chemotherapy in esophageal cancer.

Methods: The clinical data of 45 patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma treated initially with lobaplatin-paclitaxel chemotherapy were collected and reviewed retrospectively. The overall response, treatment toxicities and dysphagia relief were analyzed with SPSS software.

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This study was conducted to assess the efficacy and toxicity of nimotuzumab combined with radiotherapy (RT) in elderly patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. The clinical data of 16 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients, aged >70 years, who were initially treated with nimotuzumab combined with RT, were collected and retrospectively reviewed. The overall response and treatment toxicity were analyzed using SPSS software.

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Background: Esophageal cancer is the eighth most common malignancy and sixth most fatal disease worldwide. However, it is the fourth most common cause of death in China. Although surgery is currently the recommended course of treatment, there are some patients that do not receive radical treatment due to the presence of distant organ or lymph node metastasis.

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Aims And Background: Locally advanced rectal adenocarcinoma is typically treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and surgery. We assessed the effect of an additional cycle of capecitabine/oxaliplatin chemotherapy before surgery in 57 patients with T3/4, N+/- or T1/2, N+ rectal cancer. MATERIALS AND STUDY DESIGN: Radiotherapy (total dose, 50.

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Background: Ultrasonography is the most frequently used clinical tool for the identification, assessment, and follow-up of thyroid nodules. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the value of diagnostic ultrasonography indicators, to obtain rankings of the most valuable indicators in the differential diagnosis of thyroid nodules, and to analyze the optimal diagnostic points and clinical values.

Methods: One hundred forty-four patients with 172 thyroid nodules underwent preoperative ultrasonography examinations, including gray-scale ultrasonography (GSUS), color Doppler ultrasonography (CDUS), and contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS).

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Background: The effectiveness and influence of surgery followed by adjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) on the survival of patients with resectable esophageal carcinoma are still under debate. The outcomes of clinical trials have not been consistent. This study aimed to perform a meta-analysis of eligible published clinical trials to compare CRT with surgery without adjuvant chemoradiotherapy (non-CRT) for resectable esophageal carcinoma.

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Objective: To evaluate the early diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in acute renal failure (ARF) of rabbit.

Methods: The rabbit model of ARF was established by intramuscular injection of 50% glycerin (12 ml/kg) into the hind legs of 18 New Zealand rabbits. CEUS was performed for both kidneys before injection and 6 hours after the injection.

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