Elemental diet preventative effects for adverse events during chemotherapy in patients with esophageal cancer - A systematic review and meta-analysis.

The effectiveness of an elemental diet (ED) for preventing adverse events (AEs) during chemotherapy for patients with esophageal cancer (EC) remains unclear. The aim of this meta-analysis was to comprehensively assess the efficacy of ED for preventing AE in EC patients during chemotherapy. Medline (via PubMed), Embase, the Cochrane Library, and Web of Science were searched to retrieve prospective and randomized studies published before April 12, 2023.

Efficacy and safety of cyclophosphamide in anthracycline- and taxane-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer: a meta-analysis.

Background: Our study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of anthracycline plus taxane (AT)-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) with or without cyclophosphamide in the treatment of breast cancer.

Methods: We searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and the Cochrane Library for randomized controlled studies comparing the efficacy and safety of AT-based NAC with or without cyclophosphamide in breast cancer patients.

Results: Four eligible studies with 2,302 individuals were ultimately included in the quantitative analysis.

The relationship of plasma fibrinogen with clinicopathological stages and tumor markers in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Numerous studies have shown that the blood of cancer patients are generally in hypercoagulable statement. The aim of the present research is to study the relationships of plasma fibrinogen (Fbg) levels with clinicopathological stages (CS) and tumor markers of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Baseline information, plasma Fbg levels, CS, and expression level of tumor markers were collected from medical records retrospectively.

Short-term clinical outcomes of enteral nutrition versus parenteral nutrition after surgery for pancreatic cancer: a meta-analysis.

Background: The short-term clinical outcomes between early enteral nutrition (EEN) and total parenteral nutrition (TPN) after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) for pancreatic cancer were not clear.

Methods: We searched the PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and Wanfang databases to identify randomized controlled studies comparing EEN and TPN after PD for pancreatic cancer. Then a meta-analysis was conducted.

The efficacy of dietary Spirulina as an adjunct to chemotherapy to improve immune function and reduce myelosuppression in patients with malignant tumors.

Background: Recent studies have demonstrated functional benefits of Spirulina () in the treatment and prevention of cancer. However, it is unclear if Spirulina can be used to limit the side effects of chemotherapy in patients with malignant tumors.

Methods: In this study, cancer patients receiving four cycles of chemotherapy were randomized into control or treatment groups.

Clinical Effects of Xihuang Pill Combined with Chemotherapy in Patients with Advanced Colorectal Cancer.

. To investigate the therapeutic effects of Xihuang pill combined with chemotherapy on advanced colorectal cancer. Sixty-three patients with advanced colorectal cancer were divided into an experimental group ( = 32) and control group ( = 31).

Investigation of Efficacy Evaluation Comparison of cfDNA and CEA in Colorectal Cancer.

Background: To investigate the comparison of efficacy evaluation value for cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and CEA in advanced colorectal cancer.

Methods: A total of 40 patients with advanced colorectal cancer were enrolled in this study. By PCR Real-time, changes of plasma ALU247and ALU115 level as well as the cfDNA integrity (ALU247/ALU115) before and after chemotherapy were analyzed in patients with advanced colorectal cancer.

C-Jun N-terminal kinase signalling pathway in response to cisplatin.

Cisplatin (cis diamminedichloroplatinum II, cDDP) is one of the most effective cancer chemotherapeutic agents and is used in the treatment of many types of human malignancies. However, inherent tumour resistance is a major barrier to effective cisplatin therapy. So far, the mechanism of cDDP resistance has not been well defined.

Associations between UGT1A1*6 or UGT1A1*6/*28 polymorphisms and irinotecan-induced neutropenia in Asian cancer patients.

Purpose: Neutropenia is a life-threatening side effect of irinotecan, and uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) gene polymorphisms are considered to be one of the predictive markers of irinotecan-related toxicities. Many studies have demonstrated that patients bearing UGT1A1*28 have a higher risk of severe neutropenia on toxicity of irinotecan. However, UGT1A1 (TA7/TA7) was very rare in Asian populations.

Supramolecular lanthanide metallogrids exhibiting field-induced single-ion magnetic behavior.

A supramolecular strategy has been applied to construct two tetranuclear lanthanide complexes for investigating the magnetic properties of individual lanthanide ions. The Ln(III) complexes (Ln = Dy, Tb) display field-induced slow magnetization relaxation, typical of single-molecule magnet behavior. The four lanthanide ions in the molecules are well separated by distances of ca.

Syntheses, structure, and magnetic properties of heteronuclear Cu(II)4Fe(III)4 cluster and Cu(II)8 bimetallacycles.

The compartmental Schiff base ligands N,N'-ethylenebis(3-hydroxysalicylidene) (H(4)L) and N,N'-propylenebis(3-hydroxysalicylidene) (H(4)L') have been employed in the synthesis of a cyclic tetranuclear Cu(II) complex [Cu(4)(L')(2)(MeOH)(3)(H(2)O)]·[Cu(4)(L')(2)(MeOH)(3)] (1), a novel octanuclear Cu(II) complex [Cu(8)(L-L)(2)(H(2)O)(4)(μ(2)-H(2)O)]·3DMF·3H(2)O (2) and a hetero-octanuclear Cu(II)-Fe(III) complex [Cu(4)Fe(4)(L)(4)(H(2)O)(3)(μ(3)-O)(2)]·3DMF·3H(2)O (3). During the formation of the Cu(8) complex (2), a new bis-Schiff base ligand (L-L)(8-) forms via the ortho-para C-C coupling of two H(4)L ligands. The bicyclic complex (2) is comprised of two cyclic Cu(4) units that are similar to that of complex 1.

Matrix metalloproteinase-9 was involved in the immuno-modulatory defect of mesenchymal stem cell from chronic myeloid leukemia patients.

Background: Overwhelming evidences on chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) indicate that patients harbor quiescent CML stem cells that are responsible for blast crisis. While the hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) origin of CML was first suggested over 30 years ago, recently CML-initiating cells beyond HSCs are also being investigated.

Methods: We have previously isolated fetal liver kinase-1-positive (Flk1(+)) cells carrying the BCR/ABL fusion gene from the bone marrow of Ph(+) patients with hemangioblast property.

Pyrazine-2-amidoxime Ni(II) complexes: from ferromagnetic cluster to antiferromagnetic layer.

Tetranuclear [Ni(4)(Hpzaox)(2)(pzaox)(2)(py)(4)](ClO(4))(2)·2py (1), [Ni(4)(Hpzaox)(2)(pzaox)(2)(py)(4)](NO(3))(2)·4py (2), and two-dimensional (2D) [Ni(4)(Hpzaox)(2)(pzaox)(2)(H(2)O)(2)](NO(3))(2)·2H(2)O (3) are prepared via the reaction of NiX(2)·6H(2)O and pyrazine-2-amidoxime (H(2)pzaox). All compounds contain [Ni(4)(Hpzaox)(2)(pzaox)(2)](2+) fragments, which assemble to form a tetranuclear or polymeric network. Magnetic studies show that the tetranuclear compounds display usual ferromagnetic coupling via the oxime N-O bridges, and the 2D compound displays unusual antiferromagnetic behavior.

Ferromagnetic coupling in oximato-bridged multi-decker Ni(II) clusters.

Single-, double- and triple-decker oximato-bridged Ni(ii) clusters based on pyridine-2-amidoxime (H(2)pyaox) have been synthesized and characterized. The decks have the same tetranuclear cationic units [Ni(4)(Hpyaox)(2)(pyaox)(2)](2+) that are stably present in the reaction solution. Magnetic studies show that uncommon ferromagnetic exchange between the adjacent Ni(ii) ions through the oxime bridges is operative in the compounds with the magnetic coupling constant (J) in the range 0.

[The prevalence and risk factors for coronary stenosis in patients with cerebral infarction].

Objective: To study the morbidity rate of and relevance to coronary stenosis in cerebral infarction patients.

Methods: CT coronary angiography was performed in 112 cases of cerebral infarction after CT cerebral angiography. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was carried out between the clinical data and coronary stenosis.