[Correlation between Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].

Objective: To investigate the correlation between Chlamydia pneumonia (Cpn) infection and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Methods: 82 patients with acute exacerbation COPD (AE-COPD) or stabilized COPD patients at outpatient visits, in the People's Hospital of Jiangyin city from Aug. 2010 to May 2012, together with 46 cases having stationary phase COPD and 38 healthy volunteers as control group, were involved in this study.

Phase II study of carboplatin combined with weekly docetaxel in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

Purpose: This phase II study is performed to evaluate the safety, efficacy and tolerability of carboplatin combined with weekly docetaxel in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Patients And Methods: All patients were treated with the combination of docetaxel 35 mg/m(2) by IV infusion over 30-60 min weekly, on days 1, 8, and 15, for 3 weeks followed by 1 week of rest, with intravenous carboplatin (AUC 6) administered immediately afterward on day 1. Cycles were repeated every 28 days.