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中国香港胸外科现状简介

中国香港的胸外科早在20世纪50年代还是一个新兴的亚专科,主要关注于非... More >>

中国台湾医疗系统与胸外科发展

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从赫尔辛基大学医院的视角介绍芬兰胸外科的历史、现状与未来

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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Cough—Chinese Thoracic Society (CTS) Asthma Consortium

Kefang Lai, Huahao Shen, Xin Zhou, Zhongmin Qiu, Shaoxi Cai, Kewu Huang, Qiuping Wang, Changzheng... More >>

Cough frequency monitors: can they discriminate patient from environmental coughs?

Stefan T. Kulnik, Natalie M. Williams, Lalit Kalra, John Moxham, Surinder S. Birring More >>

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Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD)

Original Article

Predictors associated with mortality of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy
Elena Neumann, Sebastian D. Sahli, Alexander Kaserer, Julia Braun, Muriel A. Spahn, Raed Aser, Donat R. Spahn, Markus J. Wilhelm
Identification of a polycomb group-related gene signature for predicting prognosis and immunotherapy efficacy in lung adenocarcinoma
Lei Liu, Zhanghao Huang, Peng Zhang, Wenmiao Wang, Houqiang Li, Xinyu Sha, Silin Wang, Youlang Zhou, Jiahai Shi
Sequential therapy with crizotinib and a second-generation ALK inhibitor versus direct therapy of a second-generation ALK inhibitor in ALK-positive advanced lung cancer: a real-world study
Jingwen Wei, Huan Zhou, Zhengbo Song
Analysis of real-world data to investigate evolving treatment sequencing patterns in advanced non-small cell lung cancers and their impact on survival
Zongzhi Liu, Kyeryoung Lee, David Cohn, Mingwei Zhang, Lei Ai, Minghao Li, Xingming Zhang, Tomi Jun, Mitchell K. Higashi, Qi Pan, William Oh, Gustavo Stolovitzky, Eric Schadt, Xiaoyan Wang, Shuyu D. Li
Trend of asthma prevalence and risk factors in the 20s age band in South Korea
Da Som Jeon, Min Ju Kim, Jae Seung Lee, Sei Won Lee, Yeon-Mok Oh
Pneumonitis in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: no interaction between immune checkpoint inhibition and radiation therapy
Shane S. Neibart, Jyoti Malhotra, Jason A. Roy, Brian L. Strom, Salma K. Jabbour
Indwelling pleural catheters for persistent pleural effusions secondary to post lung resection for malignancies
Jean Reinoso, Ghulam Aftab, Karthik Vijayan, Hiren J. Mehta
The long-term outcomes of surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation during redo left-sided valvular surgery
Yoonjin Kang, Jae Woong Choi, Ji Seong Kim, Suk Ho Sohn, Ho Young Hwang, Kyung Hwan Kim
Ultrasound-guided lung biopsy for small (≤2 cm) subpleural lung lesions: comparison of diagnostic yield and safety with larger lesions
Byunggeon Park, Jongmin Park, Kyung Min Shin, Jae-Kwang Lim, Jihoon Hong, Jung Guen Cha, So Mi Lee, Seung Hyun Cho, Sun Ha Choi, Ji Yun Jeong, Young Woo Do
Analyzing the impact of minimally invasive surgical approaches on post-operative outcomes of pneumonectomy and sleeve lobectomy patients
Lindsay J. Nitsche, Sean Jordan, Todd Demmy, Elisabeth Dexter, Mark Hennon, Chukwumere Nwogu, Sai Yendamuri, Anthony Picone
A semiautomated radiomics model based on multimodal dual-layer spectral CT for preoperative discrimination of the invasiveness of pulmonary ground-glass nodules
Yue Wang, Hebing Chen, Yuyang Chen, Zhenguang Zhong, Haoyu Huang, Peng Sun, Xiaohui Zhang, Yiliang Wan, Lingli Li, Tianhe Ye, Feng Pan, Lian Yang
Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease in a multi-center registry cohort
Veronica Marcoux, Stacey Lok, Prosanta Mondal, Deborah Assayag, Jolene H. Fisher, Shane Shapera, Julie Morisset, Hélène Manganas, Charlene D. Fell, Nathan Hambly, P. Gerard Cox, Martin Kolb, Andrea S. Gershon, Teresa To, Mohsen Sadatsafavi, Nasreen Khalil, Alyson W. Wong, Pierce G. Wilcox, Christopher J. Ryerson, Kerri A. Johannson
Prediction of clinicopathological features, multi-omics events and prognosis based on digital pathology and deep learning in HR+/HER2 breast cancer
Jia Hu, Hong Lv, Shen Zhao, Cai-Jin Lin, Guan-Hua Su, Zhi-Ming Shao
Changes in targeted metabolomics in lung tissue of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Yi Feng, Meiqin Xie, Qi Liu, Jiali Weng, Liangyu Wei, Kian Fan Chung, Ian M. Adcock, Qing Chang, Mengnan Li, Yan Huang, Hai Zhang, Feng Li
Temporal trend in burden of asthma in China, South Korea, and Japan, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Kailun Tang, Junfeng Huang, Shuojia Xie, Zikai Lin, Jingzhan Li, Xiaohu Wang, Shiyue Li, Ruchong Chen
TAK-242 protects against oxygen-glucose deprivation and reoxygenation-induced injury in brain microvascular endothelial cells and alters the expression pattern of lncRNAs
Li-Yun Kong, Shen-Yu Zhu, Mao-Yan Si, Xue-Hua Xu, Jun-Jian Yu, Wei-Xiang Zhong, Cheng-Peng Sang, Ding-Yu Rao, Fa-Chun Xie, Zi-You Liu, Zhi-Xian Tang
Risk factors of aspiration occurrence with different feeding patterns in elderly intensive care unit patients: a cross-sectional study
Pingping Miao, Yan Zhang, Ailing Zhong
PCK2 inhibits lung adenocarcinoma tumor cell immune escape through oxidative stress-induced senescence as a potential therapeutic target
Mingming Tang, Jianjun Sun, Zhigang Cai
A test of miR-128-3p and miR-33a-5p in serum exosome as biomarkers for auxiliary diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer
Mengxing Li, Tao Liu, Wen Cheng, Hai Jin, Xiaowei Wang
Differentiating between tuberculous and non-tuberculous pleural effusions using the pleural fluid ratio of 10× adenosine deaminase/lactate dehydrogenase
Yan Li, Zhujun Chen, Pan Yang, Hailing Duan, Jian He, Liang Gong, Lintao Zhao
Oral rifampicin interferes with urine dipstick tests for patients with pulmonary tuberculosis
Fei Wang, Lihui Zhao, Wei Du, Yan Hu, Yi Ren
Overexpression of TWF1 promotes lung adenocarcinoma progression and is associated with poor prognosis in cancer patients through the MMP1 signaling pathway
Kui Zhai, Ni Jiang, Ji-Fan Wen, Xiao Zhang, Tao Liu, Kai-Jun Long, Xi-Xian Ke, Gang Xu, Cheng Chen
Clinical value of peripheral blood circulating tumor DNA in predicting the efficacy of immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer
Jing Wang, Xirong Fan, Jinshu Zhang, Cheng Huang
The predictive value of chest computed tomography images, tumor markers, and metabolomics in the identification of benign and malignant pulmonary nodules
Shuhua Xu, Jingjun Ge, Xiaoli Liu, Qiyu He, Dongjin Xu, Weikang Cao, Junning Ding, Xinghua Kai, Guoping Zhou
Analysis of risk factors for negative emotions in patients with severe pneumonia and their impact on prognosis
Xiaoli Tai, Xiaoli Zhou
Prediction of target genes in community-acquired pneumonia based on the bioinformatics method
Yangsong Zuo, Wenyi Shen, Guiming Chen, Huailian Liu, Na Liu, Ting Xu, Juan Pu
Identification of the potential ferroptosis key genes in lung cancer with bone metastasis
Qin Zhou, Ting Xu, Jiajing Li, Jing Tan, Qixing Mao, Tengfei Liu, Lijun Wang, Minhao Zhang
The association between the MELD-XI score and heart failure in patients with acute myocardial infarction after coronary artery stenting-a retrospective study
Difang Chen, Mei Lu, Zhaoming Fu, Kejun Ding, Peng Liang
Analysis of risk factors and management of unexpected intraoperative bleeding during video-assisted thoracic surgery for non-small cell lung cancer: a case-control study
Wei Chen, Kuanzhe Jin, Zhanwu Yu, Hongxu Liu
Extracellular RNA profiles in non-small cell lung cancer plasma
Yaojun Ni, Wenhao Zhang, Guang Mu, Yan Gu, Hongchang Wang, Ke Wei, Yang Xia, Xueying Xie, Qinyu Ge, Tan Tan, Jun Wang
Analysis of heart displacement during thoracic radiotherapy based on electrocardiograph-gated 4-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging
Guanghui Yang, Guanzhong Gong, Chengrui Fu, Chengxin Liu
Effectiveness and feasibility of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in treating combined aortic and mitral regurgitation: a retrospective observational study
Jinsong Cao, Xuan Zheng, Ming Chen, Xintan Liu, Jinping Liu, Gangcheng Zhang
Surgery vs. radiotherapy in a population-based cohort of elderly patients with early-stage small-cell lung cancer: an IPTW propensity-score analysis
Lipin Liu, Runze Li, Yue Peng, Tao Zhang, Bin Qiu
Nutritional status in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis and new nutritional risk screening model for active tuberculosis: a national, multicenter, cross-sectional study in China
Wei Chen, Qin Ding, Sheng-Kang Zhang, Zhao-Wei Tong, Fei Ren, Chun-Mei Hu, Shi-Fang Su, Xiao-Hong Kan, Hanjuan Cao, Rong Li, Gang Fang, Xin-Zhi Guo, Xiao-Hong Chen, Gu-Qing Zhu, Qian Yao, Hai-Yan Luo, Han-Mei Tang, Jian-Yan Lin, Luca Bertolaccini, Lin Fan

Study Protocol

Efficacy and safety of Lianhua Qingwen capsules combined with standard of care in the treatment of adult patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 (FLOSAN): protocol for a randomized, double-blind, international multicenter clinical trial
Yang-Qing Zhan, Rui-Feng Chen, Qing-Shan Zheng, Xing-Wang Li, You-Ning Liu, Piroon Mootsikapun, Methee Chayakulkeeree, Pureepat Arttawejkul, Truong Thi Ngoc Lan, Gordon G. Liu, Hong-Zhou Lu, Qing-Quan Liu, Nan-Shan Zhong, Zi-Feng Yang, Jin-Ping Zheng

Original Article of GARD Section1

Global Asthma Network Phase I Syria asthma surveillance and the impact of the war
Yousser Mohammad, Shaaban Rafea, Youssef Latifeh, Thayr Haydar, Hassan Jamal, Ghoroub Alkhayer, Ghazal Dib, Mohammad Sadek AL-Massalmeh, Abdulraouf AL-Lahham, Yaser Fawaz, Louei D. Nahas, Asma El Sony, Philippa Ellwood

Disclosure

1. The series “GARD Section” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Yousser Mohammad and Luis Taborda-Barata served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.

Original Article

Nonintubated thoracoscopic lung resection: a 3-year experience with 285 cases in a single institution
Ke-Cheng Chen, Ya-Jung Cheng, Ming-Hui Hung, Yu-Ding Tseng, Jin-Shing Chen
Delays in the diagnosis of lung cancer
Peter M Ellis, Rachel Vandermeer
The diagnostic utility of endobronchial ultrasonography with a guide sheath and tomosynthesis images for ground glass opacity pulmonary lesions
Takehiro Izumo, Shinji Sasada, Christine Chavez, Takaaki Tsuchida
Hydration with magnesium and mannitol without furosemide prevents the nephrotoxicity induced by cisplatin and pemetrexed in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Keiko Muraki, Ryo Koyama, Yuichiro Honma, Shigehiro Yagishita, Takehito Shukuya, Rina Ohashi, Fumiyuki Takahashi, Kenji Kido, Shin-ichiro Iwakami, Shinichi Sasaki, Akihiko Iwase, Kazuhisa Takahashi
Local control rates with five-fraction stereotactic body radiotherapy for oligometastatic cancer to the lung
Deepinder Singh, Yuhchyau Chen, Mary Z. Hare, Kenneth Y. Usuki, Hong Zhang, Thomas Lundquist, Neil Joyce, Michael C. Schell, Michael T. Milano
Theoretical models of carcinogenic particle deposition and clearance in children’s lungs
Robert Sturm
A novel paradigm in the treatment of oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer
Salma K Jabbour, Parima Daroui, Dirk Moore, Edward Licitra, Molly Gabel, Joseph Aisner
Radiotherapy for a second primary lung cancer arising post-pneumonectomy: planning considerations and clinical outcomes
Sashendra Senthi, Cornelis J. A. Haasbeek, Frank J. Lagerwaard, Wilko F. Verbakel, Patricia F. de Haan, Ben J. Slotman, Suresh Senan
Impact of metformin use on survival in locally-advanced, inoperable non-small cell lung cancer treated with definitive chemoradiation
Inaya Ahmed, Adam Ferro, Alan Cohler, John Langenfeld, Sujani G. Surakanti, Joseph Aisner, Wei Zou, Bruce G. Haffty, Salma K. Jabbour
Utility of EBUS-TBNA for diagnosis of mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis: a multicentre Australian experience
James Geake, Gary Hammerschlag, Phan Nguyen, Peter Wallbridge, Grant A. Jenkin, Tony M. Korman, Barton Jennings, Douglas F. Johnson, Louis B. Irving, Michael Farmer, Daniel P. Steinfort
Comparative outcomes of squamous and non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients in phase II studies of ASA404 (DMXAA) – retrospective analysis of pooled data
Mark J McKeage, Michael B Jameson, AS1404-201 Study Group Investigators
High prevalence of gene abnormalities in young patients with lung cancer
Osamu Nagashima, Rina Ohashi, Yasuko Yoshioka, Ai Inagaki, Manabu Tajima, Yoshika Koinuma, Shin-ichiro Iwakami, Akihiko Iwase, Shinichi Sasaki, Shigeru Tominaga, Kazuhisa Takahashi
Home-based exercise: promising rehabilitation for symptom relief, improved functional status and quality of life for post-surgical lung cancer patients
Amy J. Hoffman, Ruth Ann Brintnall, Alexander von Eye, Lee W. Jones, Gordon Alderink, Lawrence H. Patzelt, Jean K. Brown
Thoracic malignant solitary fibrous tumors: A population-based study of survival
Michael T Milano, Deepinder P Singh, Hong Zhang
Differences in chemosensitivity between primary and paired metastatic lung cancer tissues: In vitro analysis based on the collagen gel droplet embedded culture drug test (CD-DST)
Masahiko Higashiyama, Jiro Okami, Jun Maeda, Toshiteru Tokunaga, Ayako Fujiwara, Ken Kodama, Fumio Imamura, Hisayuki Kobayashi
High-resolution CT findings of patients with pulmonary nocardiosis
Naoki Tsujimoto, Takeshi Saraya, Ken Kikuchi, Saori Takata, Yasuyuki Kurihara, Sayuki Hiraoka, Hiroshi Makino, Shota Yonetani, Koji Araki, Haruyuki Ishii, Hajime Takizawa, Hajime Goto
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

Review Article

Molecular biology of lung cancer
Wendy A. Cooper, David C. L. Lam, Sandra A. O’Toole, John D. Minna
Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infections
Margaret M. Johnson, John A. Odell
Treatment of advanced non small cell lung cancer
Maria Anna Bareschino, Clorinda Schettino, Antonio Rossi, Paolo Maione, Paola Claudia Sacco, Rosario Zeppa, Cesare Gridelli
Chemotherapy advances in small-cell lung cancer
Bryan A. Chan, Jermaine I. G. Coward
Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy: A descriptive analysis
Steven Leong, Hong Ju, Henry Marshall, Rayleen Bowman, Ian Yang, Ann-Maree Ree, Cathy Saxon, Kwun M Fong
Targeted therapy in lung cancer: IPASS and beyond, keeping abreast of the explosion of targeted therapies for lung cancer
Peter Savas, Brett Hughes, Benjamin Solomon
Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for stage I NSCLC: Recent advances and controversies
Suresh Senan, David A. Palma, Frank J. Lagerwaard
The anticipation and management of air leaks and residual spaces post lung resection
Michael Rolf Mueller, Beatrice A. Marzluf
Exploiting sensitization windows of opportunity in hyper and hypo-fractionated radiation therapy
Anish Prasanna, Mansoor M. Ahmed, Mohammed Mohiuddin, C. Norman Coleman
Ultrasound techniques in the evaluation of the mediastinum, part 2: mediastinal lymph node anatomy and diagnostic reach of ultrasound techniques, clinical work up of neoplastic and inflammatory mediastinal lymphadenopathy using ultrasound techniques and how to learn mediastinal endosonography
Christian Jenssen, Jouke Tabe Annema, Paul Clementsen, Xin-Wu Cui, Mathias Maximilian Borst, Christoph Frank Dietrich
Revisiting signs, strengths and weaknesses of Standard Chest Radiography in patients of Acute Dyspnea in the Emergency Department
Luciano Cardinale, Giovanni Volpicelli, Alessandro Lamorte, Jessica Martino, Andrea veltri
The continuing role of chemotherapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer in the targeted therapy era
Zarnie Lwin, Jonathan W. Riess, David Gandara
MicroRNAs in mesothelioma: from tumour suppressors and biomarkers to therapeutic targets
Glen Reid
Pleural controversies: image guided biopsy vs. thoracoscopy for undiagnosed pleural effusions?
Giles Dixon, Duneesha de Fonseka, Nick Maskell
Preservation solutions for cardiac and pulmonary donor grafts: a review of the current literature
Nicholas Latchana, Joshua R. Peck, Bryan Whitson, Sylvester M. Black
Active-specific immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer
Hauke Winter, Natasja K. van den Engel, Margareta Rusan, Nina Schupp, Christian H. Poehlein, Hong Ming Hu, Rudolf A. Hatz, Walter J. Urba, Karl Walter Jauch, Bernard A. Fox, Dominik Rüttinger
Advanced imaging in COPD: insights into pulmonary pathophysiology
Stephen Milne, Gregory G. King
Advances in lung adenocarcinoma classification: a summary of the new international multidisciplinary classification system (IASLC/ATS/ERS)
Elizabeth R. Tang, Andrew M. Schreiner, Bradley B. Pua
Diagnosis and early detection of COPD using spirometry
David P. Johns, Julia A.E. Walters, E. Haydn Walters
Improving radiotherapy planning, delivery accuracy, and normal tissue sparing using cutting edge technologies
Carri K. Glide-Hurst, Indrin J. Chetty
Pediatric lung transplantation: indications and outcomes
Stephen Kirkby, Don Hayes Jr
Staging lymph node metastases from lung cancer in the mediastinum
Mario D. Terán, Malcolm V. Brock
JTD special edition ‘Hot Topics in COPD’—The microbiome in COPD
Daniel C. Chambers, Shaan L. Gellatly, Philip Hugenholtz, Philip M. Hansbro
Lung donor selection criteria
John Chaney, Yoshikazu Suzuki, Edward Cantu III, Victor van Berkel
Molecular markers to predict clinical outcome and radiation induced toxicity in lung cancer
Joshua D. Palmer, Nicholas G. Zaorsky, Matthew Witek, Bo Lu
Lung cancer screening: identifying the high risk cohort
Michael W. Marcus, Olaide Y. Raji, John K. Field
Pleural controversies: indwelling pleural catheter vs. pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusions
Marc Fortin, Alain Tremblay
New techniques for assessing response after hypofractionated radiotherapy for lung cancer
Sarah A. Mattonen, Kitty Huang, Aaron D. Ward, Suresh Senan, David A. Palma
Supportive and palliative care for lung cancer patients
Patsy Yates, Penelope Schofield, Isabella Zhao, David Currow

Case Report

First report of a novel liquid nitrogen adjustable flow spray cryotherapy (SCT) device in the bronchoscopic treatment of disease of the central tracheo-bronchial airways
Robert Browning, Scott Parrish, Saiyad Sarkar, J. Francis Turner Jr
Severe amiodarone induced pulmonary toxicity
Nicholas Nacca, Castigliano M Bhamidipati, Luke S Yuhico, Sowmya Pinnamaneni, Tamas Szombathy

Guideline

Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma
Nico van Zandwijk, Christopher Clarke, Douglas Henderson, A. William Musk, Kwun Fong, Anna Nowak, Robert Loeragan, Brian McCaughan, Michael Boyer, Malcolm Feigen, David Currow, Penelope Schofeild, Beth Ivimey Nick Pavlakis, Jocelyn McLean, Henry Marshall, Steven Leong, Victoria Keena, Andrew Penman

Research Highlight

Gene expression assays as prognostic and predictive markers in early stage non-small cell lung cancer
Tom Donnem, Roy M Bremnes, Lill-Tove Busund, Sigve Andersen, Francesco Pezzella

Short Communication

The sleep apnea cardiovascular endpoints (SAVE) trial: Rationale and start-up phase
R Doug McEvoy, Craig S Anderson, Nick A Antic, Baoyuan Chen, Quanying He, Emma Heeley, Shaoguang Huang, Yining Huang, Jiguang Wang, Nanshan Zhong

Circulating Tumor Cells

Detection methods of circulating tumor cells
Klaus Pantel, Catherine Alix-Panabières

Original Article

Suppressive oligonucleotides inhibit inflammation in a murine model of mechanical ventilator induced lung injury
Julia Scheiermann, Dennis M. Klinman
Five-year update on the mouse model of orthotopic lung transplantation: Scientific uses, tricks of the trade, and tips for success
Xue Lin, Wenjun Li, Jiaming Lai, Mikio Okazaki, Seiichiro Sugimoto, Sumiharu Yamamoto, Xingan Wang, Andrew E. Gelman, Daniel Kreisel, Alexander Sasha Krupnick
A pooled analysis of advanced nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer patients with stable treated brain metastases in two phase II trials receiving bevacizumab and pemetrexed as second-line therapy
Matthew A. Gubens, Jody C. Chuang, Wallace Akerley, Corey J. Langer, Christelle Clément- Duchêne, Melanie San Pedro-Salcedo, A. Dimitrios Colevas, Konstantin Dragnev, Mark A. Socinski, Heather A. Wakelee
Pleurodesis: a comparison of two sclerosing agents for pleural effusions in Mozambique
Ivo Figueiredo, Anilsa Cossa, Anila Hassane, José Sousa, Joaquim Pondo, João Teixeira, Kevan Akrami, Susannah K. Graves, Atul Malhotra, Elizabete A. Nunes

Review Article

Atypical antibody responses to influenza
Dalton Hermans, Richard J. Webby, Sook-San Wong
What can individuals do to reduce personal health risks from air pollution?
Robert Laumbach, Qingyu Meng, Howard Kipen
The role of rotors in atrial fibrillation
David E. Krummen, Vijay Swarup, Sanjiv M. Narayan
Current outcomes of off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: evidence from randomized controlled trials
Daniel Fudulu, Umberto Benedetto, Gustavo Guida Pecchinenda, Pierpaolo Chivasso, Vito Domenico Bruno, Filippo Rapetto, Alan Bryan, Gianni Davide Angelini
Staging lymph node metastases from lung cancer in the mediastinum
Mario D. Terán, Malcolm V. Brock
Improving radiotherapy planning, delivery accuracy, and normal tissue sparing using cutting edge technologies
Carri K. Glide-Hurst, Indrin J. Chetty
Esophageal cancer: staging system and guidelines for staging and treatment
Mark F. Berry
Implementing the new IASLC/ATS/ERS classification of lung adenocarcinomas: results from international and Chinese cohorts
Ming-Ching Lee, Kyuichi Kadota, Daniel Buitrago, David R. Jones, Prasad S. Adusumilli
Premature menopause in young breast cancer: effects on quality of life and treatment interventions
Shoshana M. Rosenberg, Ann H. Partridge
Strategies for the acquisition of transcriptional and epigenetic information in single cells
Guang Li, Elda Dzilic, Nick Flores, Alice Shieh, Sean M. Wu
The role of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β in the infarcted myocardium
Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis
Utility of cardiac magnetic resonance for evaluation of mitral regurgitation prior to mitral valve surgery
Neil K. Mehta, Jiwon Kim, Jonathan Y. Siden, Sara Rodriguez-Diego, Javid Alakbarli, Antonino Di Franco, Jonathan W. Weinsaft
Adjuvant, neoadjuvant, and definitive radiation therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma
Gwendolyn Cramer, Charles B. Simone II, Theresa M. Busch, Keith A. Cengel

Editorial

Conservatism strikes back: later is better than earlier dialysis for acute kidney injury
Dana Bielopolski, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh
Sleep and critical illness: bridging the two pillars at the ATS 2016
Stuti J. Jaiswal, Atul Malhotra, Robert L. Owens
Temperature and duration targets during post-arrest care: choosing the right prescription for the right patient
John C. Greenwood, Abhishek Bhardwaj, Benjamin S. Abella
Examining the paradox of high high-density lipoprotein and elevated cardiovascular risk
Kavisha Singh, Anand Rohatgi
Mortality after red blood cell transfusions from previously pregnant donors: complexities in the interpretation of large data
Susan Kuldanek, Christopher C. Silliman
Optogenetic tools for cell biological applications
Abhirup Mukherjee, Nicole A. Repina, David V. Schaffer, Ravi S. Kane
Editorial on “Transcription factor SPZ1 promotes TWIST-mediated epithelial—mesenchymal transition and oncogenesis in human liver cancer”
Dan J. Raz
Editorial on “Can CT-PET and endoscopic assessment post-neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy predict residual disease in esophageal cancer”
Chia-Ju Liu, Wei Lu
The hemodynamic impact of acute nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: is it safe?
Bo Xu, Reena Mehra
Tumor spread through air space (STAS) is an important predictor of clinical outcome in stage IA lung adenocarcinoma
Hui-Zi Chen, Erin M. Bertino, Kai He
Antiviral prophylaxis of cytomegalovirus reactivation in immune competent patients—the jury remains out
Sara A. Mansfield, Charles H. Cook
Allosterically targeting EGFR drug-resistance gatekeeper mutations
Nicholas Spellmon, Chunying Li, Zhe Yang
Imaging homeostatic sleep pressure and circadian rhythm in the human brain
Zhuo Fang, Hengyi Rao
Tumor mutational burden (TMB) as a biomarker of response to immunotherapy in small cell lung cancer
Yanis Boumber

Letter to the Editor

Response to “VATS vs. thoracotomy regarding postoperative chronic pain”
Emine Ozgur Bayman, Kalpaj R. Parekh, John Keech, Timothy J. Brennan
The role of a decision analysis in treatment of T2N0 esophageal cancer
Tara R. Semenkovich, Bryan F. Meyers, Benjamin D. Kozower, Varun Puri

Case Report

Intraoperative near-infrared imaging can identify subcentimeter colorectal cancer lung metastases during pulmonary metastasectomy
Andrew D. Newton, Jarrod D. Predina, Lydia G. Frenzel-Sulyok, Michael H. Shin, Yiqing Wang, Sunil Singhal
A novel strategy for cardiopulmonary support during lung transplantation
Ramiro Fernandez, Malcolm M. DeCamp, Ankit Bharat

Review Article on Left Ventricular Assist Devices

Left ventricular assist device driveline infections: recent advances and future goals
Anne-Marie Leuck

Short Communication of Interventional Pulmonology Corner

Endobronchial ultrasound—guidance for interstitial photodynamic therapy of locally advanced lung cancer—a new interventional concept
Kassem Harris, Emily Oakley, David Bellnier, Gal Shafirstein

Below are the latest Journal of Thoracic Disease articles published online ahead of print publication.

Original Article
Development of prognostic models to estimate the probability of lung injury one year after COVID-19-related hospitalization —a prospective study
Ana Casal-Mouriño, José Manuel Álvarez-Dobaño, María Jesús Domínguez, Francisco Gude, María E. Toubes, Óscar Lado-Baleato, Anxo Martínez de Alegría, Manuel Taboada, Vanessa Riveiro, Nuria Rodríguez-Núñez, Adriana Lama, Lucía Ferreiro, Borja Otero, Juan Suárez-Antelo, Antonio Pose, Luis Valdés
Published online: 26 April 2023