Monodisperse Plant Protein Nanoparticles Prepared by Cation-Exchange Resins for Stabilization of Pickering Emulsions.

Our understanding of the microstructure of many plant proteins is based on the ancient and conventional methods of alkali extraction and acid precipitation, which generate considerable amounts of NaCl causing salting-out effects and aggregation of their molecules. In this study, monodisperse rice protein (RP) nanoparticles were prepared using cation-exchange resins that release H and absorb Na, thus avoiding the generation of NaCl during neutralization of the alkali extracts. The generated RP nanoparticles of small diameter (20 nm) and excellent uniformity (0.

Simultaneous modulated accelerated radiotherapy in cervical cancer with retroperitoneal lymph node metastasis after radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy.

Objective: To compare the dosimetry, toxicity, and efficacy of simultaneous modulated accelerated radiotherapy (SMART) with 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) in cervical cancer with retroperitoneal lymph node metastasis after radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy.

Methods: Total 32 patients who underwent SMART were retrospectively evaluated. Daily fractions of 2.

[Value of positron emission tomography-CT imaging combined with continual detection of CA125 in serum for diagnosis of early asymptomatic recurrence of epithelial ovarian carcinoma].

Objective: To evaluate the value of positron emission tomography (PET)-CT imaging combined with continual detection of CA125 in serum for diagnosis of early recurrent ovarian epithelial carcinoma.

Methods: Twenty six patients received PET-CT imaging, who were all diagnosed as primary epithelial ovarian cancer of stage II - IV and had complete remission after cytoreductive surgery and multiple courses of chemotherapy in Shandong Provincial Cancer Hospital. After a steady period, all patients experienced progressive rising of CA125 values 3 times in 2 months.

[Intensity modulated radiation therapy for patients with gynecological malignancies after hysterectomy and chemotherapy/radiotherapy].

Objective: To investigate the value of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for patient with gynecological malignancies after treatment of hysterectomy and chemotherapy/radiotherapy.

Methods: All 32 patients with cervical or endometrial cancer after hysterectomy received full course IMRT after 1 to 3 cycles of chemotherapy (Karnofsky performance status(KPS) > or =70). Seventeen of these patients underwent postoperative preventive irradiation and the other 15 patients were pelvic wall recurrence and/or retroperitoneal lymph node metastasis, though postoperative radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy had been given after operation.

[Preservation of the saphenous vein during inguinal lymphadenectomy for vulval malignancies].

Background & Objective: The conventional operation for the patients with vulval malignancies is radical vulvectomy and bilateral inguinal lymphadenectomy with partial saphenous vein trunk ligation and resection, but the quality of life of the patients was declined severely because of multiple postoperative complications. This study was to explore the influences of preserving the saphenous vein during inguinal lymphadenectomy for vulval malignancies on operation, prognosis, and complications.

Methods: A total of 64 patients with vulval malignancies, treated in Shandong Provincial Cancer Hospital from Jan.