Chemotherapy combined with intermittent microwave ablation in the treatment of oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

Purpose: To observe the role of chemotherapy combined with microwave ablation in the treatment of oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Methods: 68 oligometastatic NSCLC patients were enrolled in this comparative study and randomly received chemotherapy with intermittent CT guided microwave ablation or chemotherapy only. The efficacy and the adverse effects were evaluated at 1, 3, and 6 months after treatment.

Comparison of serum tumor markers combined with dual-source CT in the diagnosis of lung cancer.

Background: The purpose of this study is to explore the clinical value of serum tumor markers combined with dual-source CT scanning in the diagnosis of lung cancer.

Methods: One hundred-two patients with lung cancer (malignant tumor group), 50 patients with benign lesions (benign control group) and 50 healthy patients (normal control group) were selected as the research objects. The levels of serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), cytokeratin 19 fragment antigen 21-1 (CYFRA21-1) and gastrin releasing peptide precursor 31-98 (Pro-GRP31-98) were detected using the electrochemiluminescence and enzyme-linked immunoassay in three groups of people.

Altered Brain White Matter Integrity in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A TBSS Study.

Background And Purpose: The aim of this study is to explore the possible changed cerebral white matter regions in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS).

Methods: Twenty TLE patients and 22 age- and gender-matched normal controls were included in this study. Voxel-wise analyses of multiple diffusion metrics, including fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) were performed with TBSS.