Vol 5, No 5 (October 03, 2013) - Journal of Thoracic Disease

Original Article

VATS lobectomy facilitates the delivery of adjuvant docetaxel-carboplatin chemotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Xiuyi Zhi, Wen Gao, Baohui Han, Yue Yang, Hui Li, Deruo Liu, Changli Wang, Gong Min, Hao Long, James R. Rigas, Mark Carey, Thierry Jahan, Amanda Sammann, Joseph Reza, Daoyuan Wang, Michael J. Mann, David M. Jablons, Jianxing He, for the China Clinical Trials Consortium

PDF Pages: 578-584 Full Text (4296) Chinese (321) Open Access

Efficacy of epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitors for Chinese patients with squamous cell carcinoma of lung harboring EGFR mutation

Wenfeng Fang, Jianwei Zhang, Wenhua Liang, Yan Huang, Yue Yan, Xuan Wu, Zhihuang Hu, Yuxiang Ma, Hongyun Zhao, Yuanyuan Zhao, Yunpeng Yang, Cong Xue, Jing Zhang, Li Zhang

PDF Pages: 585-592 Full Text (4573) Open Access

Cytokeratin-based ctc counting unrelated to clinical follow up

Ludmilla Thomé Domingos Chinen, Fernanda Machado de Carvalho, Bruna Maria Malagoli Rocha, Caroline Motta Aguiar, Emne Ali Abdallah, Daniel Campanha, Natália Breve Mingues, Thiago Bueno de Oliveira, Macello Sampaio Maciel, Gustavo Marchioro Cervantes, Aldo L.A. Dettino, Fernando Augusto Soares, Patrizia Paterlini-Bréchot, Marcello Ferretti Fanelli

PDF Pages: 593-599 Full Text (5740) Open Access

Clinical utility of the ventricular septal defect diameter to aorta root diameter ratio to predict early childhood developmental defects or lung infections in patients with perimembranous ventricular septal defect

Jin-Xiang Liu, Jing-Hua Wang, Si-Rui Yang, Min Liu, Yang Xu, Jing-Hui Sun, Chao-Ying Yan

PDF Pages: 600-604 Full Text (4375) Open Access

Acute hypoxia activates store-operated Ca²⁺ entry and increases intracellular Ca²⁺ concentration in rat distal pulmonary venous smooth muscle cells

Gongyong Peng, Pixin Ran, Wenju Lu, Nanshan Zhong, Jian Wang

PDF Pages: 605-612 Full Text (3870) Open Access

The effects of azithromycin on patients with diffuse panbronchiolitis: a retrospective study of 29 cases

Ding Hui, Fen Yan, Ru-Hua Chen

PDF Pages: 613-617 Full Text (5209) Open Access

Signal stratification of autoantibody levels in serum samples and its application to the early detection of lung cancer

Graham F. Healey, Stephen Lam, Peter Boyle, Geoffrey Hamilton-Fairley, Laura J. Peek, John F. R. Robertson

PDF Pages: 618-625 Full Text (4899) Open Access

Analysis of the severity and prognosis assessment of aged patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a retrospective study

Kun Xiao, Long-Xiang Su, Bing-Chao Han, Peng Yan, Na Yuan, Jie Deng, Jia Li, Li-Xin Xie

PDF Pages: 626-633 Full Text (6590) Open Access

The clinical utility of pleural YKL-40 levels in diagnosing pleural effusions

Servet Kayhan, Aziz Gumus, Halit Cinarka, Naci Murat, Adnan Yilmaz, Recep Bedir, Unal Sahin

PDF Pages: 634-640 Full Text (4590) Open Access

Effects of leflunomide on inflamation and fibrosis in bleomycine induced pulmonary fibrosis in wistar albino rats

Servet Kayhan, Aygul Guzel, Latif Duran, Serife Tutuncu, Ahmet Guzel, Mithat Gunaydın, Osman Salis, Ali Okuyucu, Mustafa Yasin Selcuk

PDF Pages: 641-649 Full Text (6014) Open Access

High-amplitude left ventricular pacing in cardiac resynchronization therapy: an alternative way to increase response rate in non-responders

Halit Zengin, Filiz Akın, Sabri Demircan, Korhan Soylu, Alirıza Erbay, Serkan Yuksel, Murat Meric, Okan Gulel, Mahmut Sahin, Ozcan Yılmaz

PDF Pages: 650-657 Full Text (3151) Open Access

Lentivirus vector-mediated Rho guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitor 2 overexpression induces beta-2 adrenergic receptor desensitization in airway smooth muscle cells

Songshi Ni, Yanju Zhang, Haiying Wang, Juan Zhou, Liang Ding, Hua Liu

PDF Pages: 658-666 Full Text (4800) Open Access

Guideline

Chinese guideline for the prevention and management of bronchial asthma (Primary Health Care Version)

Asthma Workgroup, Society of Respiratory Diseases, Society of General Practitioners, Chinese Medical Association (CMA)

PDF Pages: 667-677 Full Text (21369) Open Access

Review Article

Transbronchial needle aspiration: where are we now?

Yang Xia, Ko-Pen Wang

PDF Pages: 678-682 Full Text (Video) (5070) Open Access

Cardiac regeneration: current therapies—future concepts

Stefanie A. Doppler, Marcus-André Deutsch, Rüdiger Lange, Markus Krane

PDF Pages: 683-697 Full Text (16624) Open Access

Research status and funding trends of lung cancer biomarkers

Li Cui, Hong Wei

PDF Pages: 698-705 Full Text (5223) Open Access

Perspective

A novel hypothesis: up-regulation of HO-1 by activation of PPARγ inhibits HMGB1-RAGE signaling pathway and ameliorates the development of ALI/ARDS

Guizuo Wang, Dong Han, Yonghong Zhang, Xinming Xie, Yuanyuan Wu, Shaojun Li, Manxiang Li

PDF Pages: 706-710 Full Text (7160) Open Access

ICC COLUMN: The Voice of the Patient¹

Physician bribes in the US and China

Weidong Zhang, Lawrence Grouse

PDF Pages: 711-715 Full Text (4925) Open Access

GCTAB Column²

Video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy: single-direction thoracoscopic lobectomy

Xiao-Ming Lin, Yi Yang, Chuang Chi, Yu Liu, De-Yao Xie

PDF Pages: 716-720 Full Text (Video) (3758) Open Access

Case Report

Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica: a case report and literature review

Xiao-Bin Zhang, Hui-Qing Zeng, Xue-Ying Cai, Yong-Jun Zhang

PDF Pages: E182-E184 Full Text (4342) Open Access

A rare large tracheal glomus tumor with postoperative haematemesis

Mingyu Fan, Chengwu Liu, Jiandong Mei, Lin Pan, Huijiao Chen, Lunxu Liu

PDF Pages: E185-E188 Full Text (3383) Open Access

Posterior mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis with dysphagia as the main symptom: a case report and literature review

Liangkun Xiong, Xiaowen Mao, Changsheng Li, Zhisu Liu, Zhonglin Zhang

PDF Pages: E189-E194 Full Text (4275) Open Access

Septic shock with tension fecothorax as a delayed presentation of a gunshot diaphragmatic rupture

George Chatzoulis, Ioannis C. Papachristos, Stavros I. Daliakopoulos, Kostas Chatzoulis, Savvas Lampridis, Grigorios Svarnas, Ioannis Katsiadramis

PDF Pages: E195-E198 Full Text (4979) Open Access

A young woman with a giant breast fibrosarcoma: a case report

Qingli Jiao, Aiguo Wu, Peng Liu, Jun Tang, Mingtian Yang, Xulong Fan, Linhai Zheng

PDF Pages: E199-E202 Full Text (5304) Open Access

A rare collision tumor of squamous carcinoma and small cell carcinoma in esophagus involved with separate lymph nodes: a case report

Jingpei Li, Xiaoke Chen, Yaxing Shen, Yingyong Hou, Shumin Zhang, Hao Wang, Mingxiang Feng, Lijie Tan, Qun Wang, Zhaochong Zeng

PDF Pages: E203-E206 Full Text (3608) Open Access

Corticosteroid monotherapy in a case of bronchocentric granulomatosis with a two-year follow-up

Huiling Li, Jianxing He, Yingying Gu, Nanshan Zhong

PDF Pages: E207-E209 Full Text (3247) Open Access

News

The Seventh China’s Forum on Minimally Invasive Therapy for Lung Cancer & the Fourth Asia-Pacific Assembly on VATS (December 14-15, 2013)

Editorial Office, Journal of Thoracic Disease

PDF Pages: E210-E216 Full Text (2823) Open Access

Disclosure:

1. The series “ICC COLUMN: The Voice of the Patient” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Lawrence Grouse served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.

2. The series “GCTAB Column” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease and funded by the educational grants from the Greater China Thoracoscopic Advisory Board (GCTAB).

Vol 5, No 5 (October 03, 2013): Journal of Thoracic Disease