Hyperuricemia is associated with androgenetic alopecia in men: A cross-sectional case-control study.

Background: Early androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is patterned hair loss occurring before 30 years. Early AGA is frequently reported in men and carries the risk of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular diseases. Hyperuricemia used to be a minor component of metabolic syndrome.

Evaluating the response of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for treatment of breast cancer: are tumor biomarkers and dynamic contrast enhanced MR images useful predictive tools?

Objective: In order to evaluate the therapeutic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) for breast cancer, this research focused on the changes in expression of tumor biomarkers and the correlations associated with changes of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) pre- and post-NAC. We also compared the accuracy of MRI and pathology in terms of residual tumor extent after NAC.

Methods: MRI was performed before and after four courses of cyclophosphamide, epirubicin and paclitaxel (CET) NAC on 114 patients treated in Huashan Hospital (Fudan University) from December 2009 to January 2013.

Total parathyroidectomy combined with partial auto-transplantation for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism.

Background: Drug treatment for secondary hyperparathyroidism caused by chronic renal failure may be available at the early stage of the disease, but it is not as effective for serious patients. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of total parathyroidectomy combined with forearm autotransplantation in the uremic patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism.

Methods: From September 1999 through September 2006, parathroidectomy and autotransplantation was performed in 20 patients.