Compliance with Oral Nutritional Supplementation among Gastric Cancer Patients at Nutritional Risk: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Aims: To explore compliance with oral nutritional supplementation (ONS) and to identify the risk factors for noncompliance among gastric cancer patients based on the health belief model (HBM).

Methods: This prospective, observational study included gastric cancer patients at nutritional risk who were prescribed ONS from July to September 2020. Demographic factors, clinical factors, ONS-related factors, social factors and variables derived from the HBM were collected.

Can therapeutic drug monitoring increase the safety of Imatinib in GIST patients?

Imatinib at 400 mg daily is the standard treatment for patients affected with CML and GIST. The intervariability in plasma concentration is very significant. In many reports, a good therapeutic effect is attributed to an adequate concentration of Imatinib.

Simultaneous quantification of imatinib and its main metabolite N-demethyl-imatinib in human plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and its application to therapeutic drug monitoring in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor.

The aim of this study was to improve and validate a more stable and less time-consuming method based on liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry (LC- MS/MS) for the quantitative measurement of imatinib and its metabolite N-demethyl-imatinib (NDI) in human plasma. Separation of analytes was performed on a Waters XTerra RP column (50 × 2.1 mm i.

Normal carcinoembryonic antigen indicates benefit from perioperative chemotherapy to gastric carcinoma patients.

Aim: To evaluate pretreatment serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) as a predictor of survival for patients with locally advanced gastric cancer receiving perioperative chemotherapy.

Methods: We retrospectively studied a cohort of 228 gastric cancer patients who underwent D2 gastrectomy combined with chemotherapy at the Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center between January 2005 and December 2009. Among them, 168 patients received 6-12 cycles of oxaliplatin-based adjuvant (post-operative) chemotherapy, while 60 received perioperative chemotherapy (2 cycles of FOLFOX6 or XELOX before surgery and 4-10 cycles after surgery).

Significance of palliative gastrectomy for late-stage gastric cancer patients.

Purpose: To investigate the significance of palliative gastrectomy for different types of metastatic gastric cancer patients displaying peritoneal dissemination, hepatic metastasis, distant lymph node metastasis occurring locally during late-stage disease, and multi-organ metastases.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study of 862 patients who were histologically diagnosed as late-stage gastric cancer who could not undergo radical surgery at the Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center between January 1993 and December 2008. The follow-up lasted until December 2010.

[Emotional problems and parenting locus of control in children with anxiety disorders].

Objective: To carry out a preliminary study on the emotional problems and parenting locus of control among children with anxiety disorders.

Methods: A total of 110 children with simple anxiety disorders (AD group) and 113 normal children (control group) from September to December 2005 were enrolled. Children were asked to complete the Depression Self-Rating Scale for Children (DSRSC), the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED), and the Parenting Locus of Control Scale (PLOC).

[Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in primary and middle school students in Hunan Province].

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in a representative sample of primary and middle school students in Hunan Province.

Methods: A total of 9 495 children aged 5-17 years from Hunan urban and rural schools were enrolled by a cluster sampling and a two-phase design. The students' psychiatric status was assessed using the Investigation Screening Inventory for Child Mental Disorder and a semi-structured interview designed based on the DSM-IV criteria.

[A case-control study on family environment related factors in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with anxiety disorder].

Objective: To study the family rearing pattern of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with or without anxiety disorder and to explore its risk factors.

Methods: 9495 children and their parents were sampled at random in Hunan province, using two-stage investigation. Those who were diagnosed ADHD and the normal control filled out Egna Minnen av Barndoms Uppfostran and family adaptability and cohesion scale by themselves.