Vol 12, No 9 (September 23, 2020): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Original Article

Characteristics of female lung cancer in Korea: analysis of Korean National Lung Cancer Registry
Jeong Uk Lim, Solji Han, Ho Cheol Kim, Chang Min Choi, Chi Young Jung, Deog Gon Cho, Jae Hyun Jeon, Jeong Eun Lee, Jin Seok Ahn, Yeongdae Kim, Yoo-Duk Choi, Yang-Gun Suh, Jung-Eun Kim, Young-Joo Won, Young-Chul Kim, Chan Kwon Park, Seung Joon Kim
Circulating tumor cells detected only after surgery for non-small cell lung cancer: is it a predictor of recurrence?
Noriyoshi Sawabata, Toshitaka Nakamura, Takeshi Kawaguchi, Takashi Watanabe, Noriko Sageshima Ouji, Toshihiro Ito, Shigeki Taniguchi
Development of positive/negative pressure booth generating airflow for protection of medical staff from contagious respiratory pathogens
Hidekazu Nishimura, Soichiro Sakata
Uncommon EGFR mutations in lung adenocarcinoma: features and response to tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Aurélien Brindel, Wajd Althakfi, Marc Barritault, Emmanuel Watkin, Jean-Michel Maury, Pierre-Paul Bringuier, Nicolas Girard, Marie Brevet
Treatment modality and outcomes among early-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients with COPD: a cohort study
Noeul Kang, Sun Hye Shin, Jae Myoung Noh, Danbee Kang, Hojoong Kim, O Jung Kwon, Hongryull Pyo, Yong Chan Ahn, Hong Kwan Kim, Yong Soo Choi, Jhingook Kim, Jae Ill Zo, Young Mog Shim, Juhee Cho, Hye Yun Park
Postoperative hiatal hernia after minimally invasive esophagectomy for esophageal cancer
Hironori Iwasaki, Tomokazu Tanaka, Shuusuke Miyake, Yukie Yoda, Hirokazu Noshiro
Change in treatment modality and trends in survival among stage I non-small cell lung cancer patients: a population-based study
Gileh-Gol Akhtar-Danesh, Christian Finley, Hsien Yeang Seow, Saad Shakeel, Noori Akhtar-Danesh
The impact of the Type D Personality pattern on prehospital delay in patients suffering from acute myocardial infarction
Youyang Zhang, Shihao Wu, Jiangqi Pan, Sophia Hoschar, Zhen Wang, Rongxiang Tu, Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Wenlin Ma
Study on automatic detection and classification of breast nodule using deep convolutional neural network system
Feiqian Wang, Xiaotong Liu, Na Yuan, Buyue Qian, Litao Ruan, Changchang Yin, Ciping Jin
Diagnosis and grading of radiographic osteoporotic vertebral deformity by general radiologists after a brief self-learning period
Yì Xiáng J. Wáng, Wei-Hong Liu, Davide Diacinti, Da-Wei Yang, Antonio Iannacone, Xiao-Rong Wang, Endi Kripa, Nazmi Che-Nordin, Daniele Diacinti
Different therapeutic modalities for aortic arch disease combined with Kommerell’s diverticulum: single-center experience with nine cases
Yi Chang, Cun-Tao Yu, Hong-Wei Guo, Xiao-Gang Sun, Qian Chang, Xiang-Yang Qian
Retrospective outcomes analysis of 99 consecutive uniportal awake lung biopsies: a real standard of care?
Roberto Cherchi, Giulia Grimaldi, Matteo Pinna-Susnik, Laura Riva, Sabrina Sarais, Massimiliano Santoru, Roberto Perra, Roberto Allieri, Giuseppe S. Porcu, Sonia Nemolato, Antonella Mameli, Federica Loi, Paolo A. Ferrari
Prognosis of wide wedge resection in patients with stage IA1 and IA2 lung adenocarcinoma with total tumor size including the lepidic component greater than 2 cm: a single center retrospective study
Youngkyu Moon, Si Young Choi, Mi Hyoung Moon
Reimplantation versus remodeling in valve-sparing surgery for aortic root aneurysms: a meta-analysis
Zhuoming Zhou, Mengya Liang, Suiqing Huang, Zhongkai Wu
Usefulness of a preoperative inflammatory marker as a predictor of asymptomatic acute rejection after lung transplantation: a Japanese single-institution study
Takashi Kanou, Masato Minami, Naoki Wada, Soichiro Funaki, Naoko Ose, Eriko Fukui, Yasushi Shintani
Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy as an adjunct diagnostic tool in the Danish lung cancer diagnostic pathway: an initial retrospective single centre series
Michael Stenger, Sally Zoorob, Abdinasir Ahmed Hussein, Jens Eckardt
Knockdown of KCNQ1OT1 attenuates cardiac hypertrophy through modulation of the miR-2054/AKT3 axis
Yiwei Chen, Zhifang Zhang, Diqi Zhu, Wenchuo Zhao, Fen Li
Effects of continuous aerobic exercise on lung function and quality of life with asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Xinggui Wu, Shiyuan Gao, Yixin Lian
Perioperative risk factors for delayed extubation after acute type A aortic dissection surgery
Wiriya Maisat, Sasiya Siriratwarangkul, Apiporn Charoensri, Wanchai Wongkornrat, Saowaphak Lapmahapaisan
Risk factors for venous thromboembolism and evaluation of the modified Caprini score in patients undergoing lung resection
Songping Cui, Shuo Chen, Hui Li, Lihui Ke, Yi Liu, Ruiheng Jiang, Bin Hu, Tong Li, Yang Wang, Jinbai Miao, Wenqian Zhang
Fluorescence navigation with indocyanine green for identification of intersegmental planes using a photodynamic eye camera
Kazuhito Funai, Akikazu Kawase, Kei Shimizu, Keigo Sekihara, Takashi Yamashita, Norihiko Shiiya
Tumor density is associated with response to endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle injection of cisplatin
C. Matthew Kinsey, Raúl San José Estépar, Jason H. T. Bates, Bernard F. Cole, George Washko, Michael Jantz, Hiren Mehta
Pulmonary valve replacement in primary repair of tetralogy of Fallot in adult patients
Huan Liu, Shun Liu, Anthony Zaki, Xiuwen Wang, Kai Zhu, Yuntao Lu, Ye Yang, Rafi Hamidi, Lai Wei, Chunsheng Wang
Bioinformatics analysis of key genes and miRNAs associated with Stanford type A aortic dissection
Siwei Bi, Ruiqi Liu, Yinzhi Shen, Jun Gu
Risk factors of chronic left ventricular dysfunction after cardiac valve surgery
Xingli Fan, Yangfeng Tang, Guanxin Zhang, Jiajun Zhang, Qing Xue, Boyao Zhang, Zhiyun Xu, Lin Han
Pulmonary infections in patients with and without hematological malignancies: diagnostic yield and safety of flexible bronchoscopy—a retrospective analysis
Jens Panse, Kai von Schwanewede, Edgar Jost, Michael Dreher, Tobias Müller
Association between blood eosinophils with exacerbation and patient-reported outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in an endemic area for parasitic infections: a prospective study
Siwasak Juthong, Punchalee Kaenmuang
Pleural changes in patients with pneumothoraces and Marfan syndrome
Takako Matsumoto, Kenta Uto, Hideaki Oda, Tamami Isaka, Yoji Nagashima, Masato Kanzaki
Trans-catheter closure of aortic anastomosis leak after aortic replacement: classifications and techniques
Wenhui Wu, Yutong Ke, Honglei Zhao, Lianjun Huang, Junzhou Pu
Evolution of chest CT manifestations of COVID-19: a longitudinal study
Min Kong, Hai Yang, Xiaodong Li, Jianfei Shen, Xinjian Xu, Dongqing Lv
Mediastinoscopy-assisted transhiatal esophagectomy versus thoraco-laparoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: a single-center initial experience
Wenyi Liu, Xiaotong Guo, Hongbo Zhao, Xin Yu, Chunguang Wang, Longde Du, Feng Wang, Juwei Mu
Effect of ticagrelor with or without aspirin on vein graft outcome 1 year after on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
Yunpeng Zhu, Qing Xue, Minlu Zhang, Junlong Hu, Hao Liu, Rui Wang, Xiaowei Wang, Lin Han, Qiang Zhao
Comparison of the next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology with culture methods in the diagnosis of bacterial and fungal infections
Peixin Chen, Wenwen Sun, Yayi He
The effectiveness of preemptive analgesia for relieving postoperative pain after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS): a prospective, non-randomized controlled trial
Min Kong, Xiaodong Li, Jianfei Shen, Minhua Ye, Haifei Xiang, Dehua Ma
Evaluation of liquid based cytology in detection of EGFR mutation in NSCLC by large samples
Zhengwei Dong, Ziyang Cao, Wei Wu, Liping Zhang, Likun Hou, Wei Zhang, Chunyan Wu
Active tuberculosis risk associated with malignancies: an 18-year retrospective cohort study in Korea
Jaekyung Cheon, Changyoung Kim, Eun Ji Park, Minsu Ock, Hyeji Lee, Jong Joon Ahn, Yangjin Jegal, Kwang Won Seo, Soon Eun Park, Ilsang Han, Hojun Kang, Mingi An, Jongha Park, Gyung-Min Park, Jae-Bum Jun, Taehoon Lee

iMDT Corner1

A new method for accurately localizing and resecting pulmonary nodules
Gongming Wang, Yongyong Lin, Lie Zheng, Yin Liang, Lei Zhao, Yinsheng Wen, Rusi Zhang, Zirui Huang, Longjun Yang, Dechang Zhao, Samy Lachkar, Jean Marc Baste, Naofumi Shinagawa, Calvin S. H. Ng, Masaaki Sato, Min P. Kim, Lanjun Zhang
Pectus excavatum requiring temporary pacemaker implantation before Nuss procedure: a case report
Gebang Wang, Zhanwu Yu, Chenlei Zhang, Hongyun Zang, Lorenzo Monti, Jin Yong Jeong, Ralph A. Schmid, Hans K. Pilegaard, Hongxu Liu

Original Article on Role of Precision Imaging in Thoracic Disease3

Keratin 17 is an imaging biomarker in lung cancers
Priya Bhattacharji, William Moore, Kavitha Yaddanapudi
Role of cardiac nuclear stress perfusion exam after computed tomographic coronary angiogram for evaluation of obstructive coronary artery disease in patients with chest pain
Maryam Gul, Mubashir Sheikh, Abbas Chaudhry, Luke Gerges, Hadi Al Halabi, Eric Feldman, Ammar Chaudhry
Refining dataset curation methods for deep learning-based automated tuberculosis screening
Tae Kyung Kim, Paul H. Yi, Gregory D. Hager, Cheng Ting Lin
Role of immunotherapy and co-mutations on KRAS-mutant non- small cell lung cancer survival
Idoroenyi Amanam, Isa Mambetsariev, Rohan Gupta, Srisairam Achuthan, Yingyu Wang, Rebecca Pharaon, Erminia Massarelli, Marianna Koczywas, Karen Reckamp, Ravi Salgia

Review Article on Role of Precision Imaging in Thoracic Disease3

Rapid progression of disease from immunotherapy following targeted therapy: insights into treatment management and sequence
Rebecca Pharaon, Isa Mambetsariev, Jeremy Fricke, Ravi Salgia
Radiogenomics of lung cancer
Chi Wah Wong, Ammar Chaudhry
Thoracic imaging finding of rheumatic diseases
Maryam Gul, Sadia Moinuddin, Aisha Alam, Iqra Aftab, Zunairah Shah, Ammar Chaudhry
Biomarkers in immunotherapy: literature review and future directions
Rebecca Pharaon, Maria A. Koczywas, Sabrina Salgia, Atish Mohanty, Erminia Massarelli
Thyroid cancer diagnosis in the era of precision imaging
Kimberley-Jane Bonjoc, Hannah Young, Susanne Warner, Thomas Gernon, Ellie Maghami, Ammar Chaudhry
Role of theranostics in thoracic oncology
Aleksandr Filippov, Kimberley-Jane C. Bonjoc, Junie Chea, Nicole Bowles, Erasmus Poku, Ammar Chaudhry
Role of imaging in lung transplantation evaluation
Alexander D. Calvert, Todd R. Hazelton
Role of precision imaging in esophageal cancer
Sherif B. Elsherif, Sonia Andreou, Mayur Virarkar, Erik Soule, Dheeraj Reddy Gopireddy, Priya R. Bhosale, Chandana Lall

Review Article on the 3rd International Cough Conference4

Peripheral and central mechanisms of cough hypersensitivity
Nabita Singh, Alexandria K. Driessen, Alice E. McGovern, Aung Aung Kywe Moe, Michael J. Farrell, Stuart B. Mazzone
Perspectives on chronic cough in Korea
Ji-Hyang Lee, Woo-Jung Song
The present and future of cough counting tools
Jocelin Isabel Hall, Manuel Lozano, Luis Estrada-Petrocelli, Surinder Birring, Richard Turner
Methods for assessing cough sensitivity
Yonglin Mai, Liman Fang, Shuxin Zhong, S. Dushinka Shaniya Helen de Silva, Ruchong Chen, Kefang Lai
Should computed tomography and bronchoscopy be routine examinations for chronic cough?
Li Yu, Xianghuai Xu, Shanshan Niu
Gabapentin versus baclofen for treatment of refractory gastroesophageal reflux-induced chronic cough
Mengru Zhang, Yiqing Zhu, Ran Dong, Zhongmin Qiu

Disclosure:

1. The series “iMDT Corner” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship.

2. The series “Sleep Section” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Walter McNicholas is serving as unpaid Guest Editor for the series.

3. The series “Role of Precision Imaging in Thoracic Disease” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Ammar Chaudhry served as unpaid Guest Editor for the series.

4. The series “3rd International Cough Conference” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Kefang Lai served as unpaid Guest Editor for the series.