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nipponense treatment, of which eight (Actinobacteria, Chitinophagales, Chitinophagaceae, Flavihumibacter, Marinilabiliaceae, Cytophaga xylanolytica group, Christensenellaceae, and Christensenellaceae R-7 group) were significantly correlated with at least two OM degradation indicators. The functional groups chemoheterotrophy, aerobic chemoheterotrophy, xylanolysis, ureolysis, and intracellular parasites were enhanced by M. nipponense and were negatively correlated with OM degradation indictors. CC-90001 inhibitor Overall, the M. nipponense bioturbation effectively increased the ORP to provide better conditions for OM degradation, altered the taxonomic composition and functional groups to enhance the bacterial ability for OM degradation, and finally promoted the OM degradation of the surface sediment in an artificial aquaculture system.

Beta-emitting Lu-177-labeled prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) radioligand therapy (RLT) is a new option for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), but its antitumor effect can decrease over time.

To report the safety and activity of alpha-emitting Ac-225-PSMA-617 RLT in mCRPC that has progressed after Lu-177-PSMA.

Twenty-six patients were treated under a compassionate use protocol. The eligibility criteria included previous treatment with abiraterone or enzalutamide, previous taxane-based chemotherapy, progression after Lu-177-PSMA, and positive PSMA-ligand uptake. The median number of previous mCRPC regimens was 6. Ac-225-PSMA-617 was given every 8 wk until progression/intolerable side effects.

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) decline, PSA progression-free survival (PSA-PFS), clinical progression-free survival (cPFS), overall survival (OS), and toxicity were measured.

Sixty-one cycles of Ac-225-PSMA-617 (median number of cycles 2; median activity 9 MBq) were administered. te metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer after Lu-177-PSMA failure. However, dry mouth is a common side effect that caused about a quarter of patients to stop therapy.

Ac-225-labeled prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-617 therapy showed substantial antitumor effect in late metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer after Lu-177-PSMA failure. However, dry mouth is a common side effect that caused about a quarter of patients to stop therapy.

BC2001 demonstrated improved local control with the addition of chemotherapy to radiotherapy in 360 patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

To establish whether such benefit remained in BC2001 patients who received prior neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

A total of 117 patients (33%) received neoadjuvant chemotherapy and were randomised to radiotherapy with (48%) or without (52%) concomitant chemotherapy. Patients were recruited between August 2001 and April 2008 from 28 UK centres.

Platinum-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy, followed by radiotherapy with (cRT) or without (RT) synchronous 5-fluorouracil and mitomycin-C.

Toxicity, locoregional control (LRC), overall survival (OS), and quality of life (QoL) were measured.

Of the patients, 74% received gemcitabine plus cisplatin or carboplatin. Compliance rates with full-dose radiotherapy were cRT 93% and RT 92%. An excess of grade ≥3 toxicities while on (chemo)radiation occurred for cRT 33% versus RT 22%, although nonstatistically significant (p = 0.16). With 110 mo median follow-up for survival (interquartile range 96-123), cRT showed improved LRC though not statistically significant (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] = 0.64, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.33-1.23, p = 0.18). No differences in OS (aHR = 0.95, 95% CI 0.57-1.57, p = 0.8) were observed. No significant detriment in QoL was observed between cRT and RT in this subgroup of patients.

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy does not compromise the delivery of radical curative treatment. Although underpowered due to a small sample size, the benefit of chemoradiotherapy to improve local control in this group of patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy is consistent with that observed in the main trial. Although a nonsignificant excess of toxicity was observed, there was no evidence of impaired QoL.

Chemotherapy before radical chemo(radiotherapy) is feasible and well tolerated.

Chemotherapy before radical chemo(radiotherapy) is feasible and well tolerated.

Molecular biomarkers aim to address the established limitations of clinicopathologic factors to accurately risk stratify patients with prostate cancer (PCa). Questions remain as to whether sufficient evidence supports adoption of these biomarkers for clinical use.

To perform a systematic review of the available evidence supporting the clinical utility of the Decipher genomic classifier (GC).

The review was performed as per the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines by searching PubMed and conference abstracts from January 2010 to June 2020. Evidence was then graded using the criteria of Simon et al (Simon RM, Paik S, Hayes DF. Use of archived specimens in evaluation of prognostic and predictive biomarkers. J Natl Cancer Inst 2009;1011446-52) and American Urology Association (AUA) criteria.

In total, 42 studies and 30407 patients were included. GC performance data were available for localized, postprostatectomy, nonmetastatic castration-resistant, and metastatic hn this paper, we review the evidence of the Decipher genomic classification tool for men with prostate cancer. We found consistent evidence that the test helps identify which cancers are more or less aggressive, which in turn aids in personalized treatment decision-making.

In this paper, we review the evidence of the Decipher genomic classification tool for men with prostate cancer. We found consistent evidence that the test helps identify which cancers are more or less aggressive, which in turn aids in personalized treatment decision-making.

The role of extended pelvic lymph node dissection (EPLND) in the surgical management of prostate cancer (PCa) patients remains controversial, mainly because of a lack of randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

To determine whether EPLND has better oncological outcomes than limited PLND (LPLND.

This was a prospective, single-center phase 3 trial in patients with intermediate- or high-risk clinically localized PCa.

Randomization (11) to LPLND (obturator nodes) or EPLND (obturator, external iliac, internal iliac, common iliac, and presacral nodes) bilaterally.

The primary endpoint was biochemical recurrence-free survival (BRFS). Secondary outcomes were metastasis-free survival (MFS), cancer-specific survival (CSS), and histopathological findings. The trial was designed to show a minimal 15% advantage in 5-yr BRFS by EPLND.

In total, 300 patients were randomized from May 2012 to December 2016 (150 LPLND and 150 EPLND). The median BRFS was 61.4 mo in the LPLND group and not reached in the EPLND group (hazcomes in prostate cancer patients undergoing prostatectomy according to the anatomic extent of lymph node resection. We found that extended removal of lymph nodes did not reduce biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer in the expected range.

In this study, we investigated early outcomes in prostate cancer patients undergoing prostatectomy according to the anatomic extent of lymph node resection. We found that extended removal of lymph nodes did not reduce biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer in the expected range.

To evaluate late-term tricuspid valve competence and biventricular function following cone reconstruction for Ebstein anomaly, and to explore biventricular remodeling.

Consecutive adult and pediatric patients who underwent cone reconstruction from 2009 to 2019 were reviewed for inclusion in this retrospective cardiac magnetic resonance imaging study. Tricuspid valve competence was assessed with tricuspid regurgitation fraction. Biventricular systolic function was assessed by ejection fraction, cardiac index, indexed stroke volume, and indexed aortic and pulmonary artery beat volume. Biventricular remodeling was assessed by planimetered areas (right atrium, functional right ventricle, left heart), and indexed end-diastolic and end-systolic ventricular volumes. Paired t tests or Wilcoxon signed-rank tests were used for analyses.

Of 58 included patients, 50 underwent cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Twelve patients had both preoperative and late postoperative cardiac magnetic resonance imaging with a mection.

Cone valve integrity was sustained. Biventricular function improved progressively during follow-up, and there are positive signs of biventricular remodeling late after cone reconstruction.Extreme hyperbilirubinemia can cause bilirubin neurotoxicity. Infants with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency can develop hemolysis and thus are at high risk. We evaluated a device that quantitatively measures G6PD activity kinetically using digital microfluidics (DMF). Intra- and inter-instrument and -day imprecision (CVs) were first assessed. G6PD activity in 86 samples was then measured and compared between DMF and 2 reference methods. Overall DMF reproducibility was 3.8% over 5 days by 2 operators on 2 instruments. Mean intra- and inter-instrument variabilities were 3.6% and 3.9%, respectively (n = 28), with a user variability of 4.3%. Mean G6PD activity was 6.40±4.62 and 6.37±4.62 U/g hemoglobin for DMF and Reference Methods 1 (n = 46) and 12.15±3.86 and 11.48±1.55 for DMF and 2 (n = 40), respectively, and strongly correlated (r = 0.95 and 0.95) with mean biases of +0.04±2.90 and +0.67±1.55 for methods 1 and 2, respectively. The novel device could be used for early newborn G6PD screening.With the availability of blue light-emitting diode phototherapy devices capable of delivering high-intensity irradiance, neonatologists in Japan are requesting revisions of the 1992 Kobe University treatment criteria for hyperbilirubinemia using total serum/plasma bilirubin (TB) and serum unbound bilirubin (UB) threshold values, especially for indications for exchange transfusion (ET). Retrospective data analysis of 1,184 infants born between January 2012 and November 2014 when the 1992 criteria were followed, we applied revised criteria proposed in 2017 to these infants to assess consequent changes in treatment recommendations. We found that the estimated number of infants with ET indications decreases from 48 to 20, with intensive phototherapy recommended for the remaining 28. Also, the estimated number of infants with phototherapy indications decreases from 446 to 195. We conclude that use of the revised criteria will lead to judicious use and reduction of phototherapy and ET in infants with hyperbilirubinemia.Chemical investigation of the twigs and leaves of Rhodomyrtus tomentosa led to the isolation and structural identification of a novel polymethylated phloroglucinol meroterpenoid (PPM) featuring a 6/6/6/6 tetracyclic system, rhotomentodione F (1), five new polymethylated polycyclic phloroglucinols (PPPs) with a rare bis-furan framework, rhotomentosones A-E (2-6), and one new adduct composed of an acylphloroglucinol and two β-triketone units, rhotomentosone F (7), as well as five known analogues (8-12). Their structures and absolute configurations were unambiguously determined by comprehensive spectroscopic data and electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculations. All isolates were evaluated for their anti-inflammatory and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitory activities. Compound 6 displayed significant AChE inhibitory effect with an IC50 value of 8.68 μM. Further molecular docking studies of 6 revealed that the interactions with AChE residues Ser125, Glu202, and Tyr133 are crucial for AChE inhibitory activity.