Background:Concurrent chemoradiotherapy(CCRT)is the standard treatment for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC).However,the optimal radiotherapy regimen,particularly in terms of total dose and pla...Background:Concurrent chemoradiotherapy(CCRT)is the standard treatment for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC).However,the optimal radiotherapy regimen,particularly in terms of total dose and planned range of irradiation field,remains unclear.This phase III clinical trial aimed to compare the survival benefits between different radiation doses and different target fields.Methods:This trial compared two aspects of radiation treatment,total dose and field,using a two-by-two factorial design.The high-dose(HD)group received 59.4 Gy radiation,and the standard-dose(SD)group received 50.4 Gy.The involved field irradiation(IFI)group and elective nodal irradiation(ENI)group adopted different irradiation ranges.The participants were assigned to one of the four groups(HD+ENI,HD+IFI,SD+ENI and SD+IFI).The primary endpoint was overall survival(OS),and the secondary endpoints included progressionfree survival(PFS).The synergy indexwas used to measure the interaction effect between dose and field.Results:The interaction analysis did not reveal significant synergistic effects between the dose and irradiation field.In comparison to the target field,patients in IFI or ENI showed similar OS(hazard ratio[HR]=0.99,95%CI:0.80-1.23,p=0.930)and PFS(HR=1.02,95%CI:0.82–1.25).TheHDtreatment did not show significantly prolonged OS compared with SD(HR=0.90,95%CI:0.72–1.11,p=0.318),but it suggested improved PFS(25.2 months to 18.0 months).Among the four groups,the HD+IFI group presented the best survival,while the SD+IFI group had the worst prognosis.No significant difference in the occurrence of severe adverse events was found in dose or field comparisons.Conclusions:IFI demonstrated similar treatment efficacy to ENI in CCRT of ESCC.The HD demonstrated improved PFS,but did not significantly improve OS.The dose escalation based on IFI(HD+IFI)showed better therapeutic efficacy than the current recommendation(SD+ENI)and is worth further validation.展开更多
Background To evaluate the hazard of space radiation posing to the tissues,it is important to obtain exact fluxes of different radiation particles.The Radiation Gene Box(RGB)onboard SJ-10 spacecraft was an instrument ...Background To evaluate the hazard of space radiation posing to the tissues,it is important to obtain exact fluxes of different radiation particles.The Radiation Gene Box(RGB)onboard SJ-10 spacecraft was an instrument designed to investigate the effects of space environment on the mESCs and drosophila.To derive the dose received by the tissues inside the RGB,the Space Radiation Detector(SRD)was installed inside it.Purpose The SRD was designed to derive the fluxes of electron,proton,hellion and gamma rays around it.If the type of the particles,the energies,the fluxes and the conversion coefficients are known,the dose received by the tissues could be evaluated.Methods The SRDwas designed as a △E-E solid-state telescope.By measuring the energy deposited in the three subdetectors,the particles’type and their energies could be discriminated.The data of SRDwere divided into 15 bins by the types of particles and their energy ranges.Results The gamma ray flux was higher than any other particle flux inside the RGB,and the electron was the most intense charge particle,while the helium ion was the most harmful radiation to the cells inside the RGB.Conclusion The dose rate inside the Radiation Gene Box was much higher than in the ground,but the integral dose of 12 days inside the RGB was about 2.13 mSv.It seemed unlikely to have obvious biological effects on the tissues of mice and drosophila.展开更多
The interracial structure of hard and soft oxides grown by dry oxidation on<100> n-type silicon substrates is examined using high resolution mild X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) before and after irradiati...The interracial structure of hard and soft oxides grown by dry oxidation on<100> n-type silicon substrates is examined using high resolution mild X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) before and after irradiation. Substantial differences in silicon of silica state (B.E. 103.4 eV), silicon of transitional state (B.E. 101.5 eV), surplus oxygen (B.E. 529.6 eV) and negative two-valence oxygen (B.E. 531.4 eV) are observed between the two kinds of samples. The XPS spectra strongly depend on the conditions of irradiation for soft samples, but do not as remarkablely as soft samples for hard samples. The effects of irradiation doses on XPS are greater than that of irradiation bias fields. Some viewpoints of irradiation induced hole electron pair are proposed to explain the results.展开更多
基金Key Research and Development Program of Shandong Province of China,Grant/Award Number:2017CXZC1206National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Number:81874224+1 种基金Academic promotion program of Shandong First Medical University,China,Grant/Award Number:2019LJ004Key Research and Development Program of Shandong Province,Grant/Award Numbers:2021LCZX04,2021SFGC0501。
文摘Background:Concurrent chemoradiotherapy(CCRT)is the standard treatment for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC).However,the optimal radiotherapy regimen,particularly in terms of total dose and planned range of irradiation field,remains unclear.This phase III clinical trial aimed to compare the survival benefits between different radiation doses and different target fields.Methods:This trial compared two aspects of radiation treatment,total dose and field,using a two-by-two factorial design.The high-dose(HD)group received 59.4 Gy radiation,and the standard-dose(SD)group received 50.4 Gy.The involved field irradiation(IFI)group and elective nodal irradiation(ENI)group adopted different irradiation ranges.The participants were assigned to one of the four groups(HD+ENI,HD+IFI,SD+ENI and SD+IFI).The primary endpoint was overall survival(OS),and the secondary endpoints included progressionfree survival(PFS).The synergy indexwas used to measure the interaction effect between dose and field.Results:The interaction analysis did not reveal significant synergistic effects between the dose and irradiation field.In comparison to the target field,patients in IFI or ENI showed similar OS(hazard ratio[HR]=0.99,95%CI:0.80-1.23,p=0.930)and PFS(HR=1.02,95%CI:0.82–1.25).TheHDtreatment did not show significantly prolonged OS compared with SD(HR=0.90,95%CI:0.72–1.11,p=0.318),but it suggested improved PFS(25.2 months to 18.0 months).Among the four groups,the HD+IFI group presented the best survival,while the SD+IFI group had the worst prognosis.No significant difference in the occurrence of severe adverse events was found in dose or field comparisons.Conclusions:IFI demonstrated similar treatment efficacy to ENI in CCRT of ESCC.The HD demonstrated improved PFS,but did not significantly improve OS.The dose escalation based on IFI(HD+IFI)showed better therapeutic efficacy than the current recommendation(SD+ENI)and is worth further validation.
基金This work is supported by the strategic priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Science,Grant No.XDA04020202-13.
文摘Background To evaluate the hazard of space radiation posing to the tissues,it is important to obtain exact fluxes of different radiation particles.The Radiation Gene Box(RGB)onboard SJ-10 spacecraft was an instrument designed to investigate the effects of space environment on the mESCs and drosophila.To derive the dose received by the tissues inside the RGB,the Space Radiation Detector(SRD)was installed inside it.Purpose The SRD was designed to derive the fluxes of electron,proton,hellion and gamma rays around it.If the type of the particles,the energies,the fluxes and the conversion coefficients are known,the dose received by the tissues could be evaluated.Methods The SRDwas designed as a △E-E solid-state telescope.By measuring the energy deposited in the three subdetectors,the particles’type and their energies could be discriminated.The data of SRDwere divided into 15 bins by the types of particles and their energy ranges.Results The gamma ray flux was higher than any other particle flux inside the RGB,and the electron was the most intense charge particle,while the helium ion was the most harmful radiation to the cells inside the RGB.Conclusion The dose rate inside the Radiation Gene Box was much higher than in the ground,but the integral dose of 12 days inside the RGB was about 2.13 mSv.It seemed unlikely to have obvious biological effects on the tissues of mice and drosophila.
基金This work was supported by Beijing Zhongguancun Associated Center of Analysis and Measurement
文摘The interracial structure of hard and soft oxides grown by dry oxidation on<100> n-type silicon substrates is examined using high resolution mild X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) before and after irradiation. Substantial differences in silicon of silica state (B.E. 103.4 eV), silicon of transitional state (B.E. 101.5 eV), surplus oxygen (B.E. 529.6 eV) and negative two-valence oxygen (B.E. 531.4 eV) are observed between the two kinds of samples. The XPS spectra strongly depend on the conditions of irradiation for soft samples, but do not as remarkablely as soft samples for hard samples. The effects of irradiation doses on XPS are greater than that of irradiation bias fields. Some viewpoints of irradiation induced hole electron pair are proposed to explain the results.
