Cultural adaptation and validation of the Chinese version of the expanded prostate cancer index composite.

Aim: The expanded prostate cancer index composite (EPIC) is a widely adopted instrument for the quality of life of patients with prostate cancer. We aimed to create a Chinese version of EPIC to further research in the Chinese-speaking population.

Methods: A prototype was created by forward-backward translations and revisions.

Combined photodynamic therapy and intravitreal triamcinolone for the treatment of myopic choroidal neovascularization in a 13-year-old girl.

Background: Combination photodynamic therapy with verteporfin (PDT) and intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (IVT) is currently being investigated as a treatment for choroidal neovascularization (CNV) due to age-related macular degeneration. However, PDT with triamcinolone has never previously been described in the treatment of CNV secondary to pathologic myopia, or in a young person. We describe the case of a young girl treated with combination PDT and IVT for a myopic subfoveal CNV membrane.