Wilms' tumour: adjuvant treatment with actinomycin D and vincristine.

In an unselected series of 49 children with Wilms'' tumour treated in 1969-74 the 5-year relapse-free survival and survival rates were 78% and 81%, respectively, whereas in the series of children treated in 1963-68 the corresponding rates were 49% and 70%. The significant improvement in the relapse-free survival rate was a result of adjuvant treatment with actinomycin D and vincristine (AMD + VCR), which, in some patients, eradicated occult metastatic disease. In the treatment of lung metastases the combination of whole-lung irradiation and maintained chemotherapy with AMD + VCR proved excessively toxic: in 5 of 11 patients acute diffuse pneumonitis developed, and it was fatal in 3. Adjuvant AMD + VCR therapy is advocated in all patients with Wilms'' tumour except children less than 12 months old with a tumour of moderate size, limited to the kidney and completely resectable.     

Wilms' tumour: treatment of 113 patients from 1960 to 1971

The crude 5-year survival rate among children with Wilms'' tumour increased from 54% for those diagnosed from 1960 to 1965 to 81% for the period 1966 to 1971. This resulted from an increased ability to cure metastatic disease and, to a lesser extent, to an increased ability to prevent relapse. It is proposed that, after resection and postoperative irradiation, maintained combination chemotherapy with actinomycin D and vincristine should be used electively to prevent relapse, but that this use should also be selective in order that overall morbidity be minimized. Of urgent priority, therefore, is improved delineation of present-day prognostic factors in children with Wilms'' tumour.     

Effects of childhood cancer on long-term survivors and their families.

Problems experienced by families of long-term survivors of acute lymphatic leukaemia and Wilms''s tumour were investigated to find out the best way of using limited resources to improve management of such patients. All patients had received treatment at Alder Hey Children''s Hospital, and all had completed treatment at least two years before the study. A social worker interviewed the parents of each child. The results showed that various aspects of management needed improvement, including: information given to parents at diagnosis of their child''s illness and during subsequent treatment; continuity of care and multidisciplinary teamwork among those caring for the child; greater understanding by school teachers that such children have the same educational needs as others; wider communication by hospital staff with the child''s other relatives, particularly grandparents; financial help for parents; and marital counselling. To help implement these proposals full-time social workers were attached to the hospital. Preliminary results were encouraging, though it is too early to evaluate the long-term effects of the changes.     

Improvements in survival from childhood cancer: results of a population based survey over 30 years

Survival from cancer of children whose cancer was diagnosed during the 30 years 1954-83 was analysed. The study was population based with nearly 3000 cases covering about 30 million child years at risk. When survival during the three decades 1954-63, 1964-73, and 1974-83 was compared striking improvements were observed. For all childhood cancer five year survival increased from 21% in the first decade to 49% in the third decade. During the first and third decades five year survival rates for acute lymphocytic leukaemia increased from 2% to 47%, Hodgkin''s disease from 44% to 91%, non-Hodgkin''s lymphoma from 18% to 45%, Wilms''s tumour from 31% to 85%, and germ cell tumours from 10% to 64%. Twenty patients developed second primary tumours, but otherwise there were few late deaths. Less than 1% of children who survived without a relapse for 10 years subsequently died of their initial cancer.Survival from childhood cancer is no longer rare, and people who have been cured of cancer during childhood should be accepted as normal members of society.     

Relative shortening and functional tethering of spinal cord in adolescent scoliosis – Result of asynchronous neuro-osseous growth, summary of an electronic focus group debate of the IBSE

There is no generally accepted scientific theory for the causes of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). As part of its mission to widen understanding of scoliosis etiology, the International Federated Body on Scoliosis Etiology (IBSE) introduced the electronic focus group (EFG) as a means of increasing debate on knowledge of important topics. This has been designated as an on-line Delphi discussion. The Statement for this debate was written by Dr WCW Chu and colleagues who examine the spinal cord to vertebral growth interaction during adolescence in scoliosis. Using the multi-planar reconstruction technique of magnetic resonance imaging they investigated the relative length of spinal cord to vertebral column including ratios in 28 girls with AIS (mainly thoracic or double major curves) and 14 age-matched normal girls. Also evaluated were cerebellar tonsillar position, somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs), and clinical neurological examination. In severe AIS compared with normal controls, the vertebral column is significantly longer without detectable spinal cord lengthening. They speculate that anterior spinal column overgrowth relative to a normal length spinal cord exerts a stretching tethering force between the two ends, cranially and caudally leading to the initiation and progression of thoracic AIS. They support and develop the Roth-Porter concept of uncoupled neuro-osseous growth in the pathogenesis of AIS which now they prefer to term ' asynchronous neuro-osseous growth'. Morphological evidence about the curve apex suggests that the spinal cord is also affected, and a 'double pathology' is suggested. AIS is viewed as a disorder with a wide spectrum and a common neuroanatomical abnormality namely, a spinal cord of normal length but short relative to an abnormally lengthened anterior vertebral column. Neuroanatomical changes and/or abnormal neural function may be expressed only in severe cases. This asynchronous neuro-osseous growth concept is regarded as one component of a larger concept. The other component relates to the brain and cranium of AIS subjects because abnormalities have been found in brain (infratentorial and supratentorial) and skull (vault and base). The possible relevance of systemic melatonin-signaling pathway dysfunction, platelet calmodulin levels and putative vertebral vascular biology to the asynchronous neuro-osseous growth concept is discussed. A biomechanical model to test the spinal component of the concept is in hand. There is no published research on the biomechanical properties of the spinal cord for scoliosis specimens. Such research on normal spinal cords includes movements (kinematics), stress-strain responses to uniaxial loading, and anterior forces created by the stretched cord in forward flexion that may alter sagittal spinal shape during adolescent growth. The asynchronous neuro-osseous growth concept for the spine evokes controversy. Dr Chu and colleagues respond to five other concepts of pathogenesis for AIS and suggest that relative anterior spinal overgrowth and biomechanical growth modulation may also contribute to AIS pathogenesis.     

RETROPERITONEAL TUMORS IN CHILDREN—Roentgen Diagnosis

A study was undertaken to determine whether there are any features of retroperitoneal tumors in children that might be demonstrated on roentgenograms to aid in identifying them preoperatively. Study was limited to Wilms'' tumor of the kidney and neuroblastoma.Calcification was found in 57 per cent of the neuroblastomas and in only 12 per cent of Wilms'' tumors. Calcifications in neuroblastomas differed from those in Wilms'' tumors. Calcification in neuroblastoma was more frequent in older children than in the younger ones.The kidney was frequently displaced by both types of tumor. However, the neuroblastoma always displaced the kidney downward, or downward and slightly outward.In most instances, the Wilms'' tumor also displaced the kidney downward and outward, but in some instances upward and medially. This, of course, depended upon the site of origin of the tumor.There was a distortion of the intrarenal structures in 75 per cent of the cases of neuroblastoma and in 71 per cent of the cases of Wilms'' tumor.     

DR全脊柱摄影技术在脊柱侧弯中的应用与优势

目的:探讨数字化X线摄影(DR)全脊柱摄像技术在脊柱侧弯中的应用和优势。方法:收集2012年2月至2013年6月于本院进行治疗的脊柱侧弯病例88例,应用数字化X线摄影(DR)技术对脊柱由上至下进行正位和侧位的扫描,均进行3次曝光,每两次曝光间隔均为9秒,曝光后通过图像拼接技术将患者脊柱图像进行拼接和重叠,形成全景图像,对全部患者的图像质量进行观察和评估。结果:所有入选病例中有84例患者图像清晰显示了脊柱侧弯的方向和角度、椎体和椎间隙、对称的椎弓根、根间距及对脏器的影响程度。其中1例因运动不合作出现伪影,3例曝光不足。全脊柱图像质量正位优秀率为92.43%,侧位优秀率为85.92%;全脊柱图像拼接正位优秀率为83.44%,侧位优秀率为86.58%。结论:数字化X线摄影(DR)技术应用上方便快捷,患者配合时间较短,图像质量较好,能够满足临床医生进行诊断和治疗,有助于患者预后康复情况的评估,值得在临床诊断中推广应用。     

椎弓根螺钉强化技术联合PVP治疗kummell病的疗效及对患者脊柱稳定性和肢体功能的影响

摘要 目的：探究椎弓根螺钉强化技术联合经皮椎体成形术（PVP）治疗kummell病的疗效及对患者脊柱稳定性和肢体功能的影响。方法：选择2017年1月-2020年12月期间新疆医科大学第六附属医院和海军医科大学第二附属医院收治的64例kummell病患者,按照治疗方法分为PVP组（使用PVP治疗,32例）和强化组（使用椎弓根螺钉强化技术联合PVP治疗,32例）,比较两组围术期指标、脊柱稳定性、肢体功能及并发症。结果：强化组手术时长、术后住院时间长于PVP组,伤椎骨水泥注入量、透视次数、术中出血量多于PVP组,差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。末次随访时,两组伤椎局部Cobb角较术前降低,强化组低于PVP组,伤椎椎体前缘高度比较术前升高,强化组高于PVP组,差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。末次随访时,两组Roland-Morris功能障碍中文调查表（CRMDQ）、改良版Oswestry功能障碍指数量表（ODI）评分较术前降低,强化组低于PVP组,差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。两组随访期间腰背部疼痛、骨水泥渗漏、相邻椎体骨折等并发症差异无统计学意义（P＜0.05）。结论：PVP术治疗kummell病具有时间短、出血少、恢复快、透视次数少等明显优势,但椎弓根螺钉强化技术联合PVP治疗kummell病可以更好的保证脊柱稳定性,促进肢体功能恢复,且不增加并发症发生率。     

Population based survival rates for childhood cancer in Britain, 1980-91.

OBJECTIVES--To investigate the survival of children with cancer diagnosed during 1980-91 in order to assess the impact of developments in medical care on a population basis. DESIGN--Retrospective cohort study. SETTING--Great Britain. SUBJECTS--14973 children with cancer diagnosed during 1980-91 and included in the population based National Registry of Childhood Tumours. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES--Actuarial survival rates. RESULTS--For all cancers combined, two year survival increased from 66% to 76% between 1980-2 and 1989-91, and five year survival increased from 57% to 65% between 1980-2 and 1986-8. Significant increases in survival rates occurred among children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, acute nonlymphocytic leukaemia, retinoblastoma, osteosarcoma, Ewing''s sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, and malignant gonadal germ cell tumours. No trend in survival was seen for children with Hodgkin''s disease, central nervous system tumours, neuroblastoma, or Wilms''s tumour. CONCLUSIONS--Nearly two thirds of children who have cancer diagnosed can now expect to survive at least 10 years.     

LINC00667 promotes Wilms’ tumor metastasis and stemness by sponging miR‐200b/c/429 family to regulate IKK‐β

Wilms' tumor, also known as nephroblastoma, is a kind of pediatric renal cancer. Previous studies have indicated that microRNAs (miRNAs) regulate various cancers progression. However, whether miR‐200 family regulated Wilms' tumor progression remains to be elucidated. In our study, miR‐200b/c/429 expression was downregulated in Wilms' tumor tissue samples from 25 patients. And data from three independent analyses of quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction revealed that the expression of miR‐200b/c/429 was downregulated in Wilms' tumor cell lines. Functionally, Cell counting kit‐8 assay revealed that cell viability was reduced by overexpressing miR‐200b/c/429. Transwell assay manifested that cell migration and invasion was hindered by miR‐200b/c/429 overexpression. Sphere‐forming and western blot assays demonstrated that miR‐200b/c/429 overexpression suppressed the sphere formation ability. Mechanically, nuclear factor‐κB (NF‐κB) pathway was confirmed to be associated with Wilms' tumor progression; miR‐200b/c/429 overexpression inactivated NF‐κB pathway as miR‐200b/c/429 was identified to target IκB kinase β (IKK‐β), an NF‐κB pathway‐related gene. Moreover, miR‐200b/c/429 was sponged by LINC00667 in Wilms' tumor cells. LINC00667 competitively bound with miR‐200b/c/429 to regulate IKK‐β expression and then activated NF‐κB pathway in Wilms' tumor. Subsequently, rescue assays illustrated that silencing of IKK‐β could reverse the effect of miR‐200b/c/429 inhibition on the progression of sh‐LINC00667‐transfected Wilms' tumor cells. In summary, LINC00667 promoted Wilms' tumor progression by sponging miR‐200b/c/429 family to regulate IKK‐β.     

Natural History and Treatment of Wilms's Tumour: An Analysis of 335 Cases Occurring in England and Wales 1962-6

Hospital records and other data relating to Wilms''s tumour were analysed to elucidate both thenatural history of the disease and the effects of treatment, with special reference to actinomycin D. The age of maximum incidence was about 18 months; left-sided tumours were significantly more common than right-sided ones.Prognosis was related to stage of the disease at the initial operation and to the occurrence of metastasis. The three-year survival rate for cases having a nephrectomy was 35%; no child who did not have a nephrectomy survived.Recurrence of the tumour was observed in two-thirds of the cases, almost always within two years of the initial treatment, irrespective of the child''s age. The three-year survival rate for this group was 11%.The effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy are considered in detail. Very little improvement in survival rate could be ascribed to actinomycin D. The reasons for this and for the variations found in earlier reports on selected cases are possibly the addition of other components of treatment and differences in drug regimens. The findings suggest the need for controlled clinical trials.     

MSCs复合双相磷酸钙陶瓷促进腰椎骨折患者脊柱融合

目的:探索自体骨髓间充质干细胞(Mesenchymal stem cells,MSCs)复合双相磷酸钙陶瓷(Biphasic calcium phosphate ceramics,BCP)在腰椎骨折患者脊柱融合中的应用。方法:收集我院住院腰椎骨折患者50例,随机分为两组:MSCs复合BCP组和自体髂骨组。MSCs复合BCP组中,体外分离培养患者自体MSCs,复合BCP材料后共聚焦显微镜观察细胞和材料复合生长状况;然后回植于胸腰椎体骨折处,采用后路腰椎椎体间融合术(PLIF),钛合金椎弓根钉棒系统作脊柱内固定。自体髂骨组中,用患者自体髂骨代替BCP骨移植物。术前、术后1、3、6、12个月行X线和CT检查,同时采用Lenke字母分级评价脊柱融合情况,LBOS评分评价临床疗效,Cobb角评价患者伤椎复位效果。结果:两组患者术后6个月Lenke字母分级法表明两组患者均为A、B级,无C、D级;LBOS评分表明MSCs复合BCP组的优良率为68%(17/25),自体髂骨组优良率为76%(19/25);Cobb角结果表明两组伤椎复位效果良好。所有数据两组差异无明显统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:MSCs复合BCP材料是一种优良的促进脊柱融合方法,可替代自体髂骨移植。     

脊柱跳跃型骨折的临床研究进展

脊柱跳跃型骨折指多节段非相邻的椎体骨折(multiple-level noncontiguous spinal fractures,MNSF)。对于非高龄患者,此类骨折通常为暴力性高能量损伤。由于MNSF受伤机制的复杂性,患者的临床表现不尽相同,导致其常发生漏诊或延迟诊断。目前,临床上对于MNSF发病率和损伤原因有很多报道,特别是其致伤机制,也存在很多理论。脊柱跳跃性骨折的治疗需全面考虑,如脊柱的不稳定性、畸形和骨折节段之间正常的椎体数目甚至患者想要减少住院时间的要求等。治疗时应按照各自损伤部位的情况决定治疗方案,强调个体化治疗。需要手术治疗的患者应依据其损伤特点选择相应术式,重建脊柱稳定性。本文主要就近年来MNSF的临床研究进展了进行总结,旨在为MNSF的临床诊疗提供参考。     

Pregnancy,prolactin, and pituitary tumours

Nine pregnancies are described in patients with pituitary tumours. All patients had definite radiological evidence of a pituitary tumour and no evidence of acromegaly or Cushing''s disease. In seven patients serum prolactin levels were estimated before pregnancy and found to be raised.Seven patients had been treated with pituitary implantation of yttrium-90. The remaining two developed complications of the tumour during pregnancy. One developed a bitemporal visual field defect in the second trimester which was successfully treated by emergency yttrium-90 implantation. The other developed diabetes insipidus in the third trimester which resolved spontaneously after delivery.Six patients were treated with drugs to achieve pregnancy. Four took bromocriptine to suppress raised prolactin levels, one was treated with human menopausal gonadotrophin, and one was treated with clomiphene.     

先天性脊柱侧弯采用后路半椎体切除短节段融合疗效分析

目的:探讨先天性脊柱侧弯采用后路半椎体切除短节段融合治疗的临床疗效。方法:选取2011年1月~2014年1月经我院治疗的120份先天性脊柱侧弯患者,采用后路半椎体切除短节段融合治疗法进行治疗,比较手术前后、最后一次随访的脊柱全长正侧位X线片,测量并记录治疗前后及随访期间脊柱侧弯程度及后凸的Cobb's角。结果:通过治疗患者脊柱侧弯得到明显改善,半椎体节段侧弯Cobb's角术前平均44.2°,术后平均15.1°,平均矫正率为65.8%,末次随访平均14.3°,矫正率64.2%;全主弯Cobb's角术后平均矫正率60.7%,末次随访平均矫正率65.6%;半椎体节段后凸Cobb's角术前平均15.3°,术后为正常范围值;术后和末次随访的头侧、尾侧代偿弯改善明显,5项指标手术前后对比差异有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:先天性脊柱侧弯采用后路半椎体切除短节段融合治疗可以达到显著矫正先天性脊柱侧弯的效果。     

金天格在老年骨质疏松性椎体骨折术后的应用及临床分析

目的:探讨和分析金天格胶囊在老年骨质疏松症导致的椎体骨折术后的作用和临床疗效。方法:将2013.01-2015.01来我院明确诊断为骨质疏松症导致的椎体骨折共计136人经纳入标准和排除标准筛选后,使用随机数字表将其随机分为2组。实验组给予经皮椎体成形术(PVP)+钙剂+维生素D+唑来磷酸+金天格胶囊治疗。对照组则不给予金天格进行治疗。所有患者均至少接受了12个月的系统随访观察。观察和进行比较的指标主要为疼痛(VAS),骨密度,Macnab腰椎功能评分以及血液肝肾功等指标。结果:在术后3月和12个月,两组患者在疼痛、骨密度及腰椎功能评分等方面较术前均有显著改善(P0.05)。两组之间在上述指标中有统计学显著性差异。而在血液肝肾功等指标的比较中,则未发现疼显著统计学差异(P0.05)。结论:金天格胶囊在骨质疏松性椎体骨折术后的应用,能够有效地提高治疗效果,安全程度较高,在临床中可进一步的进行推广应用。     

Curvilinear Three-Dimensional Modeling of Spinal Curves with Dual Kriging

In spinal deformation studies, three-dimensional reconstruction of the spine is frequently represented as a curve in space fitted to the vertebral centroids. Conventional interpolation techniques such as splines. Bezier and the least squares method are limited since they cannot describe precisely the great variety of spinal morphologies. This article presents a more general technique called dual kriging, which includes two mathematical constituents (drift and covariance) to adjust the interpolated functions to spinal deformity better. The cross-validation technique was used to compare the parametric representations of spinal curves with different combinations of drift and covariance functions. Model validation was performed from a series of analytic curves reflecting typical scoliotic spines. Calculation of geometric torsion, a sensitive parameter, was done to evaluate the accuracy of the kriging models. The best model showed an absolute mean difference of 1.2 x 10～5 (±7·1 × l()～ ⁵) mm^?1 between the analytical and estimated geometric torsions compared to 5·25 × 10～ (±3.7 × ³10～²) mm* ¹ for the commonly used least-squares Fourier series method, a significant improvement in spinal torsion evaluation.