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In addition, no invasion of other sites was observed within 3 months after diagnosis. INTERVENTIONS AND OUTCOMES Underwent orchiectomy on the affected side was performed by urologists after all patients were diagnosed with PTL. Meanwhile, some patients received at least one course of chemotherapy, or received postoperative combined RT and chemotherapy. Because of it particularity, nineteen instances of lymph node region involvement were discovered in 12 patients since the operation. LESSONS PT-DLBCL has unique biological characteristics, and its treatment modalities are becoming increasingly standardized. In the future, systematic interventions need to be actively considered in the early stages of PTL.BACKGROUND To evaluate the value of plasma D-dimer levels for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS The following databases were searched for relevant studies published from 1990 to 2018 Wanfang Data, SinoMed, VIP Chinese Science and Technology Periodicals Database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Superstar Journals Database, Cochrane library, and PubMed. The studies were selected according to the diagnosis of HCC by plasma D-dimer levels. Quality assessment of the diagnostic accuracy of the studied items was conducted for rigorous quality evaluation of the studies that met the inclusion criteria. After extracting the relevant data, Stata 15.0 software was adopted for the analysis of the diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative likelihood ratios. SB590885 inhibitor A summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curve was constructed to comprehensively evaluate the value of plasma D-dimer levels for the diagnosis of HCC. RESULTS A total of 6 studies conducted in China with 475 cases in the patient groups and 727 in the control groups were included. The confidence level was expressed as the 95% confidence interval (CI). The pooled sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratios, and DOR of plasma D-dimer levels for the diagnosis of HCC were 0.75 (95% CI = 0.66-0.82), 0.93 (95% CI = 0.86-0.97), 11.4 (95% CI = 5.3-24.5), 0.27 (95% CI = 0.20-0.36), and 42 (95% CI = 19-93), respectively. The area under the SROC curve was 0.88 (95% CI = 0.85-0.91). CONCLUSIONS Plasma D-dimer has high sensitivity and specificity, and is expected to be an important plasma marker for the clinical diagnosis of HCC. Due to the limited quality and quantity of the included studies, the above results should be further validated.The competency in video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) lobectomy is expected to be achieved after surgeons practiced 30 to 50 cases according to previous reports. Does single port video-assisted thoracoscopic (SPVATS) lobectomy have a steeper learning curve and being harder to perform correctly, leading to long development times and high defect rates?From January, 2014 to February, 2017, 8 individual surgeons (3 were novices, 5 were pioneers in SPVATS surgery) submitted their cases chronologically to evaluate the learning curve of SPVATS lobectomy. Operating time (OT) was set as a surrogate marker for surgical competency. Postoperative outcomes and OT between the 2 groups were compared using propensity score matching (11 nearest neighbor). The learning curve for OT was evaluated using the cumulative sum (CUSUM) method.In the entire study cohort, a total of 356 cases were included (93 in junior consultant group [group A], 263 in senior consultant group [group B]). There were no significant differences between the 2 groups in operative time, conversion rate, postoperative complication rate, 30 and 90 days mortality rate. After propensity-score matching (86 pairs), operative time was longer in group A (214.33 ± 62.18 vs 183.62 ± 61.25 minutes, P = .001). Two-year overall survival rate was similar among 2 groups (P = .409). Competency was reached after junior surgeon completed 30th case of SPVATS lobectomy.SPVATS lobectomy is safe for the novice surgeon who wants to adopt this new surgical approach under well-developed training program. The learning curves for competence in SPVATS lobectomy are similar to VATS lobectomy in our series.Pain is a significant burden among different communities, but little is known regarding the epidemiology of pain, particularly with respect to socioeconomic status (SES).The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of body pain and to identify risk factors of pain in middle-aged and older Chinese.The data were extracted from the 2008 Chinese Suboptimal Health Study that consisted of 18,316 Chinese subjects aged 18 to 65 years. Information on SES including occupation and education levels and body pain were collected. A Likert scale was used to evaluate reported body pain. We used the multiple logistic regression model to examine the association between SES and body pain.Overall, 65.34% reported body pain (male 60.93%; female 69.73%). After adjustments based on sex, age, education, area of residence, marital status, smoking, drinking and health status, the results showed that students (odds ratio [OR] = 1.51; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.32-1.74) and professionals (OR = 1.22; 95% CI 1.08-1.37) had significant high risk for body pain, compared with civil servants and farmers (OR = 0.64; 95% CI 0.55-0.75) who significantly lower risk of body pain. The study demonstrates there is a significant negative association between education and reported body pain.The results indicated an association between SES and body pain within the Chinese community. Body pain varied among different Chinese occupation-related population and people with higher education level are less like to have body pain.We hypothesized that area under the concentration time curve (AUC(0-12)) is more accurate pharmacokinetic predictor vs trough level of mycophenolic acid (C0).Study was performed at the University Hospital of Limoges (France) and included 238 renal recipients aged 22 to 82 years. Risk of nephropathy was evaluated by analyzing data of protocol biopsies according to the Banff 97 classification.Assessment of immunosuppressants' exposures was based on the calculation of the mean of AUC(0-12). The AUC(0-12) was estimated using a Bayesian estimator and a 3-point limited sampling strategy. Cyclosporine and tacrolimus analyses were performed using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry method. The measurement of total mycophenolic acid was performed using a validated high-performance liquid chromatography method with ultraviolet detection. IBM SPSS 20.0 was used for statistical analysis.The most accurate dosing of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) was observed in patients receiving MMF with tacrolimus, 70.6% of patients' AUC(0-12) exposures were within the therapeutic range.