Heme oxygenase-1 and its metabolites affect pancreatic tumor growth in vivo.

Background: Pancreatic cancer (PaCa) is a fatal human cancer due to its exceptional resistance to all current anticancer therapies. The cytoprotective enzyme heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is significantly overexpressed in PaCa and seems to play an important role in cancer resistance to anticancer treatment. The inhibition of HO-1 sensitized PaCa cells to chemo- and radiotherapy in vitro.

Analysis of burned hand function (early versus delayed treatment).

Unlabelled: The aim of this study was analyze the results of hand function in adult patients with deep partial thickness hand burns. All patients were treated in Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital in Lithuania during the period 2001-2004.

Material And Methods: A total of 79 cases were reviewed prospectively.

The epidemiology and treatment of adult patients with hand burns in Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital in 1985, 1995, 2001 and 2002.

This study reviews the epidemiology of adult patients with hand burns admitted to Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital in Lithuania during selected four years (1985, 1995, 2001 and 2002). Two hundred and forty six cases were reviewed retrospectively with 74.4% of males and 25.