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Radiotherapy for Brain Metastases from Lung Cancer

All aforementioned considerations relate to the patients with preserved performance status who may benefit from the progress in the management of lung cancer. However, among patients with brain metastases from lung cancer, there is a significant proportion of patients with poor performance status, for whom WBRT has no benefit over the use of steroids alone. These patients should benefit from the early introduction of all measures of palliative care without radiotherapy, because such an approach improves the quality of life, especially in patients with lung cancer.

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

Unlike in general surgery where laparoscopy has become the standard of care, minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) has been slow to develop. And there appear to be several barriers to the adoption of MICS techniques. Despite these challenges the practice of ‘minimal access’ cardiac surgery is widespread and appears to be increasing in popularity.

In this special series, a series of reviews highlighting the breadth and current status of minimally invasive cardiac surgery are presented.

Thoracic Surgery Worldwide (Ongoing)

Starting in 2021, the Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD) will be launching a new regular feature in each issue entitled “Thoracic Surgery Worldwide”. The aim of this series is to showcase the status of Thoracic Surgery around the world. This Series is edited by Dr Alan Sihoe from Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital, HK.

Esophageal Surgery Academic Week

It's time for the annual ISES (international summit of esophageal surgery) again. Due to the effects of COVID-19, we have switched our event to virtual format in 2020, and extended the program duration to one week, every day from 6 to 9pm. Due to the inconsistency of the epidemic situation in various countries, the experts invited by ISES in 2020 are limited to China. But this year we are going to invite international experts to participate again, and English is the language of the conference.

We are now very excited to announce the virtual ISES 2021 event, which will take place between April 11 and 16, 2021.

Pulmonary Metastases

In this series, we offer a comprehensive synopsis of the management of different primary tumors with lung metastases. The treatment strategies for lung metastases has become more complex. The lack of consensus guidelines forces us to discuss the indication for lung metastasis surgery as part of a multidisciplinary tumor board, which is made up of pneumologists, medical oncologists, radiologists, pathologists and surgeons. With the development of more effective systemic therapy for pulmonary metastatic disease, it is probable that more patients will be considered candidates for a multimodal management of pulmonary metastases from different primary tumors. Read More>>

Training in Pulmonary Medicine and Surgery

Specialist training is a critical issue in Europe and worldwide. The trainee is a future colleague from whom we expect that he will deliver the best ever possible quality of care. Continuous professional development should lead to accreditation and recertification. However, once again, there are considerable variations between European countries concerning reglementations of life-long learning on the one hand, and recertification on the other hand. However, this additional challenge of the future with a marked political flavour is a matter of professional advocacy rather than education! We thank all expert authors for their invaluable contribution to this series. We hope that our common work will be useful to both trainees and trainers! Read More>>

Reviewer of the Month (2020)

2020 is passing in the wink of an eye. Over the year, many JTD reviewers have made outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work. We would like to highlight a few of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer.

Modified SEIR and AI prediction of the epidemics trend of COVID-19 in China under public health interventions

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak originating in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, coincided with chunyun, the period of mass migration for the annual Spring Festival. To contain its spread, China adopted unprecedented nationwide interventions on January 23, 2020. These policies included large-scale quarantine, strict controls on travel and extensive monitoring of suspected cases. However, it is unknown whether these policies have had an impact on the epidemic. We sought to show how these control measures impacted the containment of the epidemic.

Testimonials for JTD from Eminent Experts Worldwide

Eminent Experts Worldwide, including editorial board members, authors, and readers, who know the journal well, provided testimonials for JTD. We are thankful for their support for the journal.

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Age modification of ozone associations with cardiovascular disease risk in adults: a potential role for soluble P-selectin and blood pressure

Drew B. Day, Merlise A. Clyde, Jianbang Xiang, Feng Li, Xiaoxing Cui, Jinhan Mo, Jicheng Gong,... More >>

Assessment of a respiratory face mask for capturing air pollutants and pathogens including human influenza and rhinoviruses

S. Steve Zhou, Salimatu Lukula, Cory Chiossone, Raymond W. Nims, Donna B. Suchmann, M. Khalid Ijaz More >>

Relationship between free and total malondialdehyde, a well-established marker of oxidative stress, in various types of human biospecimens

Xiaoxing Cui, Jicheng Gong, Hailong Han, Linchen He, Yanbo Teng, Teresa Tetley, Rudy Sinharay,... More >>

GARD Section more

The nationwide program of allergic disease prevention as an implementation of GARD guidelines in Poland

Filip Raciborski, Bolesław Samoliński, Edyta Krzych-Fałta, Aleksandra Grąbczewska, Filip... More >>

A strategy for measuring health outcomes and evaluating impacts of interventions on asthma and COPD—common chronic respiratory diseases in Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD) countries

Teresa To, Alvaro A. Cruz, Giovanni Viegi, Rachel McGihon, Nikolai Khaltaev, Arzu Yorgancioglu,... More >>

Integrating primary care of chronic respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Brazil: Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK Brazil): study protocol for randomised controlled trials

Max O. Bachmann, Eric D. Bateman, Rafael Stelmach, Álvaro A. Cruz, Matheus Pacheco de Andrade,... More >>

Cough Section more

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 >>

Methodology for development of the Chinese evidence-based Clinical Practice Guideline of the Diagnosis and Management of Cough

Mei Jiang, Yan-Qing Xie, Jia-Xing Xie, Xiang-Wei Zou, Ke-Fang Lai 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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Editorial

Lung transplantation protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic: a single center experience

Ernest G. Chan, Takashi Harano, Matthew R. Morrell, Pablo G. Sanchez

PDF Pages: 2081-2086 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Expert Consensus

Chinese expert consensus on technical specifications of electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy in diagnosing peripheral pulmonary lesions

Fangfang Xie, Huaping Yang, Rui Huang, Xiaoxuan Zheng, Liming Cao, Jingjing Liu, Shuoyao Qu, Yan Zhang, Shiman Wu, Jian Zhang, Mingyao Ke, Jiayuan Sun, on behalf of the Interventional & Minimally Invasive Respiratory Committee of the China Medical Education Association and Expert Assistance Group of the Domestic Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy Technology

PDF Pages: 2087-2098 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Original Article

Applied pressure of cooling gas: a neglected determinant for size of specimens in transbronchial cryobiopsy

Xiaobo Chen, Shiyue Li, Weiquan Xiao, Yao Yao, Yanqiuzi Cheng, Yongshun Ye, Huanjie Chen, Zhuquan Su, Nanshan Zhong

PDF Pages: 2099-2105 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Minimally-invasive-perventricular-device-occlusion versus surgical-closure for treating perimembranous-ventricular-septal-defect: 3-year outcomes of a multicenter randomized clinical trial

Wenxin Lu, Fengwen Zhang, Taibing Fan, Tianli Zhao, Yu Han, Xiaopeng Hu, Qi Li, Hao Shi, Xiangbin Pan

PDF Pages: 2106-2115 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Safety and efficacy of an implantable device for management of gastroesophageal reflux in lung transplant recipients

Samantha E. Halpern, Aryaman Gupta, Oliver K. Jawitz, Ashley Y. Choi, Hai V. Salfity, Jacob A. Klapper, Matthew G. Hartwig

PDF Pages: 2116-2127 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Need for permanent pacemaker implantation following implantation of the rapid deployment valve in combined procedures: a single centre cohort study

Oliver Deutsch, Isabell Deisenhofer, Katharina Koch-Buettner, Rüdiger Lange, Markus Krane

PDF Pages: 2128-2136 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

The surgical management of early-stage lung adenocarcinoma: is wedge resection effective?

Ying Ji, Guangyu Bai, Bin Qiu, Liang Zhao, Jing Zhou, Qi Xue, Shugeng Gao

PDF Pages: 2137-2147 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of mechanically ventilated elderly patients in intensive care units: a Chinese multicentre retrospective study

Jia-Gui Ma, Bo Zhu, Li Jiang, Qi Jiang, Xiu-Ming Xi

PDF Pages: 2148-2159 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Hospitalization increases while economic status deteriorates in late stages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for 2007–2015

Hyung Koo Kang, Jae-Woo Jung, Min-Jong Kang, Deog Kyeom Kim, Hayoung Choi, Young Jae Cho, Seung Hun Jang, Chang Hoon Lee, Yeon Mok Oh, Jisook Park, Jae Yeol Kim

PDF Pages: 2160-2168 Full Text Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Effects of blood oxygen saturation on pulmonary artery remodeling in an in vitro perfusion circuit model

Yao Liu, Bin Wen, Fengwen Zhang, Xiang-Bin Pan

PDF Pages: 2169-2176 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery pleurectomy: a suitable alternative for treating malignant pleural effusions

Laurence P. Diggs, Sean P. Martin, Justin A. Drake, R. Taylor Ripley

PDF Pages: 2177-2183 Full Text COI Form Open Access

The impact of an N1 lymph node examination in patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective cohort study

Wenyu Zhai, Yuzhen Zheng, Yuming Rong, Xiaoqiang Li, Qihang Yan, Fangfang Duan, Zerui Zhao, Jianlong Chen, Shuqin Dai, Junye Wang

PDF Pages: 2184-2193 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Surgical treatment of sternum comminuted fracture with memory alloy embracing fixator

Shun Xu, Jie Zhu, Qi Yu, Leilei Peng, Yu Tao, Shengbo Qi, Hao Han, Yongjing Liu

PDF Pages: 2194-2202 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Direct comparison of rapid deployment versus sutureless aortic valve replacement: a meta-analysis

Suk Ho Sohn, Yoonjin Kang, Ji Seong Kim, Jae Woong Choi, Myoung-Jin Jang, Ho Young Hwang

PDF Pages: 2203-2215 Full Text Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

A case series: xiphoidectomy for xiphodynia, a rare thoracic wall disorder

Maikel J. A. M. Bakens, Paul C. M. Andel, Jean H. T. Daemen, Karel W. E. Hulsewé, Yvonne L. J. Vissers, Erik R. de Loos

PDF Pages: 2216-2223 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Acceptability and feasibility of S-1 plus cisplatin adjuvant chemotherapy for completely resected non-small cell lung cancer: an open-label, single arm, multicenter, phase 2 trial

Shugo Uematsu, Atsushi Sano, Kazutoshi Isobe, Kazuhiro Usui, Jun Matsumoto, Takaharu Kiribayashi, Kiyohaya Obara, Akihiko Kitami, Yoshitaka Murakami, Akira Iyoda

PDF Pages: 2224-2232 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Mini-access open arch repair

Shi A. Kim, Won Kyung Pyo, You Jung Ok, Ho Jin Kim, Joon Bum Kim

PDF Pages: 2233-2241 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

ECM2 and GLT8D2 in human pulmonary artery hypertension: fruits from weighted gene co-expression network analysis

Zeyang Bai, Lianyan Xu, Yong Dai, Qingchen Yuan, Zihua Zhou

PDF Pages: 2242-2254 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Surgical techniques and outcome analysis of uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery complex sleeve lung resection: a 20 case-series study

Ji-Chen Qu, Konstantinos Marios Soultanis, Lei Jiang

PDF Pages: 2255-2263 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Characteristics of unilateral main bronchus obstruction and differentiation from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by spirometry

Wen Sun, Guang-Fa Wang, Wei Zhang, Hong Zhang, Ying Liu, Cheng-Li Que

PDF Pages: 2264-2275 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Dynamic nomogram for long-term survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer after pneumonectomy

Zi-Ming Wang, Marc Swierzy, Dany Balke, Dania Nachira, Diego González-Rivas, Harun Badakhshi, Mahmoud Ismail

PDF Pages: 2276-2287 Full Text Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Epidemiology and clinical features of common community human coronavirus disease

Taehee Kim, Hayoung Choi, Tae Rim Shin, Yousang Ko, Yong Bum Park, Hwan Il Kim, Seung Hun Jang, Ki Suck Jung, Youlim Kim, Myung Goo Lee, Soojie Chung, Cheol-Hong Kim, In Gyu Hyun, Yun Su Sim

PDF Pages: 2288-2299 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

CD31⁺, CD38⁺, CD44⁺, and CD103⁺ lymphocytes in peripheral blood, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and lung biopsy tissue in sarcoid patients and controls

Regina Aleksonienė, Justinas Besusparis, Vygantas Gruslys, Laimutė Jurgauskienė, Aida Laurinavičienė, Arvydas Laurinavičius, Radvilė Malickaitė, Jolita Norkūnienė, Rolandas Zablockis, Edvardas Žurauskas, Edvardas Danila

PDF Pages: 2300-2318 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Several specific high-resolution computed tomography patterns correlate with survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Minna E. Mononen, Hannu-Pekka Kettunen, Sanna-Katja Suoranta, Miia S. Kärkkäinen, Tuomas A. Selander, Minna K. Purokivi, Riitta L. Kaarteenaho

PDF Pages: 2319-2330 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Follow-up loss in smoking cessation consultation: can we predict and prevent it?

Bruno Miguel Oliveira Cabrita, Maria-Antónia Galego, Ana-Luísa Fernandes, Sara Dias, Sílvia Correia, Paula Simão, Jorge Ferreira, Joana Amado

PDF Pages: 2331-2338 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Drug-eluting beads bronchial arterial chemoembolization plus intercostals arterial infusion chemotherapy is effective and well- tolerated in treating non-small cell lung cancer patients with refractory malignant pleural effusion

Xiaofei Liu, Hu Lin, Qin Wang, Mi Mu, Pan Pan, Fangfang Tian, Rui Zhang, Weiguo Zhao, Pengtao Bao

PDF Pages: 2339-2350 Full Text Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Risk factors for postoperative pneumonia after cardiac surgery: a prediction model

Dashuai Wang, Xiaofan Huang, Hongfei Wang, Sheng Le, Han Yang, Feng Wang, Xinling Du

PDF Pages: 2351-2362 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Prognostic nomograms and risk-stratifying systems for predicting survival in patients with resected pT2-4aN0M0 esophageal carcinoma

Xiao-Meng Dou, Na Zhang, Yan-Yan Fang, Bo-Han Zhang, Jie-Jing Liao, Jing-Sheng Cai, Jin-Bo Li

PDF Pages: 2363-2377 Full Text Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Risk of prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in health care workers-an idiographic meta-analysis from a Chinese perspective

Hai-Yan Guo, Qian-Hong Zhong, Jie Zhou, Zhi-Meng Zhao, Xi-Lin Zhang, Zhen-Huang Chen, Xin-Cai Qiu, Zhi-Long Wu

PDF Pages: 2378-2392 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Genomic landscape of ground glass opacities (GGOs) in East Asians

Peng Cao, Shan Hu, Kangle Kong, Peng Han, Jiaqi Yue, Yu Deng, Bo Zhao, Fan Li

PDF Pages: 2393-2403 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

EpCAM expression in esophageal cancer and its correlation with immunotherapy of solitomab

Lan Yu, Qing-Ming Guo, Yu Wang, Yan Xu, Li Liu, Xiao-Tao Zhang

PDF Pages: 2404-2413 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Association between serum adipsin and plaque vulnerability determined by optical coherence tomography in patients with coronary artery disease

Renhua Sun, Yong Qiao, Gaoliang Yan, Dong Wang, Wenjie Zuo, Zhenjun Ji, Xiaoguo Zhang, Yuyu Yao, Genshan Ma, Chengchun Tang

PDF Pages: 2414-2425 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Effects of miR-132-3p on progress and epithelial mesenchymal transition of non-small cell lung cancer via regulating KLF7

Ning Wang, Ye Xu, Qingkui Guo, Chen Zhu, Wen Zhao, Wenliang Qian, Min Zheng

PDF Pages: 2426-2436 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

High expression of cell adhesion molecule 2 unfavorably impacts survival in non-small cell lung cancer patients with brain metastases

Lu Dai, Yi-Hua Li, Ying-Ying Liang, Jian Zhao, Gang Chen, Jun Yin, Pieter E. Postmus, Alfredo Addeo, Justin D. Blasberg, Concetta Elisa Onesti, Zhi-Wei Liao, Xu-Guang Rao, Hui-Dong Long

PDF Pages: 2437-2446 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

CircRNA 010567 plays a significant role in myocardial infarction via the regulation of the miRNA-141/DAPK1 axis

Qinge Zhao, Weichao Li, Wei Pan, Ziyao Wang

PDF Pages: 2447-2459 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Abnormal spindle-like microcephaly-associated protein enhances cell invasion through Wnt/β-catenin-dependent regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in non-small cell lung cancer cells

Chunwei Xia, Xiaofeng Xu, Yiyan Ding, Cunjun Yu, Jianbing Qiao, Ping Liu

PDF Pages: 2460-2474 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Anticancer mechanism of breviscapine in non-small cell lung cancer A549 cells acts via ROS-mediated upregulation of IGFBP4

Weitian Wei, Liang Wang, Liwei Xu, Jian Zeng

PDF Pages: 2475-2485 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Risk factors for postoperative sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy in patients undergoing general thoracic surgery: a single center experience

Yinghua Wang, Xinming Zhai, Minfang Zhu, Yan Pan, Min Yang, Kaiyan Yu, Ben He

PDF Pages: 2486-2494 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Review Article

Interventional pulmonology during COVID-19 pandemic: current evidence and future perspectives

Roberto Piro, Eleonora Casalini, Francesco Livrieri, Matteo Fontana, Giulia Ghidoni, Sofia Taddei, Nicola Facciolongo

PDF Pages: 2495-2509 Full Text Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of the malignant pleural mesothelioma, a narrative review of literature

Sven Oliver Schumann, Gregor Kocher, Fabrizio Minervini

PDF Pages: 2510-2523 Full Text Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Perioperative identifications of non-palpable pulmonary nodules: a narrative review

Andrea Imperatori, Elisa Nardecchia, Maria Cattoni, Shehab Mohamed, Davide Di Natale, Ilaria Righi, Paolo Mendogni, Cristina Diotti, Nicola Rotolo, Lorenzo Dominioni, Lorenzo Rosso

PDF Pages: 2524-2531 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Narrative review of metabolomics in cardiovascular disease

Julian Müller, Thomas Bertsch, Justus Volke, Alexander Schmid, Rebecca Klingbeil, Yulian Metodiev, Bican Karaca, Seung-Hyun Kim, Simon Lindner, Tobias Schupp, Maximilian Kittel, Gernot Poschet, Ibrahim Akin, Michael Behnes

PDF Pages: 2532-2550 Full Text Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Cannulation strategies in type A aortic dissection: a novel insight narrative review

Qingping Xia, Yong Cao, Baodong Xie, Dongyun Qiu, Li Deng, Maosheng Wang, Hongguang Han

PDF Pages: 2551-2562 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Letter to the Editor

Helmet continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and arm deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in COVID-19: a double-edged sword

Carla Lucci, Elena Manca Thiesi, Federico Pappalardo

PDF Pages: 2563-2564 Full Text Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Optimal therapeutic strategy using durable left ventricular assist device in Korea

Teruhiko Imamura

PDF Pages: 2565-2566 Full Text COI Form Open Access

What is the optimal therapeutic protocol for using a durable left ventricular assist device in the near future of a developing country?

Jun Ho Lee, Yang Hyun Cho

PDF Pages: 2567-2568 Full Text COI Form Open Access

COVID-19 epidemic in a Respiratory Diseases Unit: predictor ranking and mining

Giulia M. Stella, Davide Piloni, Giulia Accordino, Amelia Grosso, Federica Albicini, Erica Gini, Silvia Mancinelli, Matteo Della Zoppa, Andrea P. G. Marchelli, Chandra Bortolotto, Angelo G. Corsico

PDF Pages: 2569-2574 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Original Article of Cough Section¹

The spectrum, clinical features and diagnosis of chronic cough due to rare causes

Kefang Lai, Jiaman Tang, Wenzhi Zhan, Hu Li, Fang Yi, Li Long, Jianmeng Zhou, Xiaomei Chen, Lianrong Huang, Zhangyu Sun, Ziyu Jiang, Yuehan Chen, Hankun Lu, Wei Luo, Ruchong Chen, Nanshan Zhong

PDF Pages: 2575-2582 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Editorial on Pulmonary Metastases²

Modern management of pulmonary metastases (Preface)

Khosro Hekmat

PDF Pages: 2583-2584 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Review Article on Pulmonary Metastases²

The epidemiology and biology of pulmonary metastases

William D. Gerull, Varun Puri, Benjamin D. Kozower

PDF Pages: 2585-2589 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Preoperative evaluation and indications for pulmonary metastasectomy

Ryu Kanzaki, Eriko Fukui, Takashi Kanou, Naoko Ose, Soichiro Funaki, Masato Minami, Yasushi Shintani, Meinoshin Okumura

PDF Pages: 2590-2602 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Pulmonary metastasectomy: limits to credibility

Tom Treasure, Fergus Macbeth

PDF Pages: 2603-2610 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Lymphadenectomy in pulmonary metastasectomy

Stefan Welter, Varun Gupta, Ioannis Kyritsis

PDF Pages: 2611-2617 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Pulmonary metastasectomy in the era of targeted therapy and immunotherapy

Christopher Y. Bong, B. Mark Smithers, Terence C. Chua

PDF Pages: 2618-2627 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Pulmonary metastasectomy in colorectal carcinoma

Paul Beckers, Lawek Berzenji, Suresh K. Yogeswaran, Patrick Lauwers, Giada Bilotta, Nikol Shkarpa, Jeroen Hendriks, Paul E. Van Schil

PDF Pages: 2628-2635 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Pulmonary metastasectomy in renal cell carcinoma: a mainstay of multidisciplinary treatment

Joseph Seitlinger, Mathilde Prieto, Joelle Siat, Stéphane Renaud

PDF Pages: 2636-2642 Full Text COI Form Open Access

The role of pulmonary metastasectomy for pulmonary metastasis from head and neck cancer

Satoshi Shiono

PDF Pages: 2643-2648 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Original Article on Pulmonary Metastases²

Pulmonary metastasectomy in soft tissue sarcomas: a systematic review

Davor Stamenovic, Peter Hohenberger, Eric Roessner

PDF Pages: 2649-2660 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Review Article on Pulmonary Metastases²

Pulmonary metastasectomy in germ cell tumors and prostate cancer

Federico Raveglia, Lorenzo Rosso, Mario Nosotti, Giuseppe Cardillo, Gabrielle Maffeis, Marco Scarci

PDF Pages: 2661-2668 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Results of redo pulmonary metastasectomy

Vincenzo Ambrogi, Alessandro Tamburrini, Riccardo Tajé

PDF Pages: 2669-2685 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Multimodal and palliative treatment of patients with pulmonary metastases

Natalie Baldes, Michael Eberlein, Servet Bölükbas

PDF Pages: 2686-2691 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Does a thoracoscopic approach provide better outcomes for pulmonary metastases?

Aizemaiti Rusidanmu, Wenjie Chin, Jinming Xu, Luming Wang, Zhehao He, Xiayi Lv, Jian Hu

PDF Pages: 2692-2697 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Disclosure:

1. The series “Cough Section” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Woo-Jung Song is serving as the unpaid Section Editor for the series.

2. The series “Pulmonary Metastases” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Khosro Hekmat served as the unpaid Guest Editor 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

Editorial

Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) for lung cancer: What does the future hold?

Billy W Loo Jr

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

Esophageal cancer incidence and mortality in China, 2009

Wanqing Chen, Yutong He, Rongshou Zheng, Siwei Zhang, Hongmei Zeng, Xiaonong Zou, Jie He

Catamenial pneumothorax: a rare entity? Report of 5 cases and review of the literature

Aikaterini N. Visouli, Kaid Darwiche, Andreas Mpakas, Paul Zarogoulidis, Antonios Papagiannis, Kosmas Tsakiridis, Nikolaos Machairiotis, Aikaterini Stylianaki, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Nicolaos Courcoutsakis, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis

Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of programmed cell death ligand1 (PD-L1) expression in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis

Zhen-Kui Pan, Feng Ye, Xuan Wu, Han-Xiang An, Jing-Xun Wu

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

Review Article

Molecular biology of lung cancer

Wendy A. Cooper, David C. L. Lam, Sandra A. O’Toole, John D. Minna

Asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome (ACOS): current literature review

Antonis Papaiwannou, Paul Zarogoulidis, Konstantinos Porpodis, Dionysios Spyratos, Ioannis Kioumis, Georgia Pitsiou, Athanasia Pataka, Kosmas Tsakiridis, Stamatis Arikas, Andreas Mpakas, Theodora Tsiouda, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Ioanna Kougioumtzi, Nikolaos Machairiotis, Stavros Siminelakis, Alexander Kolettas, George Kessis, Thomas Beleveslis, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis

Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infections

Margaret M. Johnson, John A. Odell

Epidemiology and prognosis of breast cancer in young women

Hussein A. Assi, Katia E. Khoury, Haifa Dbouk, Lana E. Khalil, Tarek H. Mouhieddine, Nagi S. El Saghir

Treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Konstantinos Zarogoulidis, Paul Zarogoulidis, Kaid Darwiche, Efimia Boutsikou, Nikolaos Machairiotis, Kosmas Tsakiridis, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Ioanna Kougioumtzi, Ilias Karapantzos, Haidong Huang, Dionysios Spyratos

Current management of esophageal cancer

Xavier Benoit D’Journo, Pascal Alexandre Thomas

A review of current and novel therapies for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Rokhsara Rafii, Maya M. Juarez, Timothy E. Albertson, Andrew L. Chan

Pneumothorax after transthoracic needle biopsy of lung lesions under CT guidance

Tatjana Boskovic, Jelena Stanic, Slobodanka Pena-Karan, Paul Zarogoulidis, Kostas Drevelegas, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Nikolaos Machairiotis, Andreas Mpakas, Kosmas Tsakiridis, Georgios Kesisis, Theodora Tsiouda, Ioanna Kougioumtzi, Stamatis Arikas, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis

Right heart failure post left ventricular assist device implantation

Mihalis Argiriou, Styliani-Maria Kolokotron, Timothy Sakellaridis, Orestis Argiriou, Christos Charitos, Paul Zarogoulidis, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Ioanna Kougioumtzi, Nikolaos Machairiotis, Theodora Tsiouda, Kosmas Tsakiridis, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis

The pivotal role of pathology in the management of lung cancer

Morgan R. Davidson, Adi F. Gazdar, Belinda E. Clarke

Cardiac regeneration: current therapies—future concepts

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

Mechanistic impact of outdoor air pollution on asthma and allergic diseases

Shau-Ku Huang, Qingling Zhang, Zhiming Qiu, Kian Fan Chung

Guideline

Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma

Uniportal VATS

Geometrical Characteristics of Uniportal VATS

Luca Bertolaccini, Gaetano Rocco, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi

Review Article on Respiratory Sleep Disorders

Obstructive sleep apnea is a common disorder in the population—a review on the epidemiology of sleep apnea

Karl A. Franklin, Eva Lindberg

Review Article on Pollutional Haze

The impact of PM2.5 on the human respiratory system

Yu-Fei Xing, Yue-Hua Xu, Min-Hua Shi, Yi-Xin Lian

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

Short Communication

Predictive value of pulmonary function measures for short-term outcomes following lung resection: analysis of a single high-volume institution

Lauren J. Taylor, Walker A. Julliard, James D. Maloney

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

Commentary

Insights into ascending aortic aneurysm pathogenesis using in vivo and ex vivo imaging systems in angiotensin II-infused mice

Mary B. Sheppard, Alan Daugherty, Hong Lu

Management of screening-detected stage I lung cancer

Raymond U. Osarogiagbon

New strategies in esophageal carcinoma: promises and problems

Zhaohui Xiong, Jingxi He, Xiaoxin Luke Chen

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

Review Article

Prophylactic cranial irradiation in non-small cell lung cancer: evidence and future development

Justyna Chalubinska-Fendler, Lucyna Kepka

Management of life-threatening hemoptysis in the ICU

Ananth V. Charya, Van K. Holden, Edward M. Pickering

Foreign body aspiration

Divyansh Bajaj, Ashutosh Sachdeva, Desh Deepak

Managing complications of pleural procedures

John G. Williams, Andrew D. Lerner

An evolving role for endobronchial ultrasonography in the intensive care unit

Or Kalchiem-Dekel, Saamia Hossain, Cosmin Gauran, Jason A. Beattie, Bryan C. Husta, Robert P. Lee, Mohit Chawla

Wound care management: tracheostomy and gastrostomy

Sammar Alsunaid, Van K. Holden, Akshay Kohli, Jose Diaz, Lindsay B. O’Meara

Radiotherapy for brain metastases from small-cell lung cancer in distinct clinical indications and scenarios

Lucyna Kepka, Joanna Socha, Beata Sas-Korczynska

The intersection of bronchoscopy and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Julie Lin, Laura Frye

Outcomes of robotic esophagectomy

Amy Young, José María Alvarez Gallesio, David B. Sewell, Rebecca Carr, Daniela Molena

Medical thoracoscopy in intensive care unit

Sanket Thakore, Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, Fayez Kheir

An overview of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement in the intensive care unit

Margaret Wei, Elliot Ho, Pravachan Hegde

Combination of immunotherapy and radiotherapy in the treatment of brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer

Rafal Suwinski

Patient selection and preoperative evaluation of percutaneous dilation tracheostomy in the intensive care unit

Mark Barash, Jonathan S. Kurman

The impact of income and education on lung cancer screening utilization, eligibility, and outcomes: a narrative review of socioeconomic disparities in lung cancer screening

Samuel Castro, Ernesto Sosa, Vanessa Lozano, Aamna Akhtar, Kyra Love, Jeanette Duffels, Dan J. Raz, Jae Y. Kim, Virginia Sun, Loretta Erhunmwunsee

Current trends in candidate selection, contraindications, and indications for lung transplantation

Ashwini Arjuna, Michael T. Olson, Rajat Walia

A narrative review of socioeconomic disparities in the treatment of esophageal cancer

Aaron M. Delman, Allison M. Ammann, Kevin M. Turner, Dennis M. Vaysburg, Robert M. Van Haren

Narrative review of anxiety and depression in patients with esophageal cancer: underappreciated and undertreated

Brian Housman, Raja Flores, Dong-Seok Lee

Equipment and procedural setup for interventional pulmonology procedures in the intensive care unit

Amrik S. Ray, Van K. Holden, Ashutosh Sachdeva, Faria Nasim

Advanced considerations in organ donors

Hailey M. Shepherd, Jason M. Gauthier, Varun Puri, Daniel Kreisel, Ruben G. Nava

Ultrasound use in the ICU for interventional pulmonology procedures

Ivana Milojevic, Kewakebt Lemma, Rahul Khosla

Overview of the outcomes of robotic segmentectomy and lobectomy

Giulia Veronesi, Pierluigi Novellis, Gianluca Perroni

Radiotherapy of brain metastasis from lung cancer in limited resource settings

Jai Prakash Agarwal, Anil Tibdewal, Sulagna Mohanty, Naveen Mummudi

Training residents in robotic thoracic surgery

Evan T. Alicuben, Sean C. Wightman, Kimberly A. Shemanski, Elizabeth A. David, Scott M. Atay, Anthony W. Kim

Anesthetic considerations in lung transplantation: past, present and future

Andrew W. Murray, Michael L. Boisen, Ashley Fritz, J. Ross Renew, Archer Kilbourne Martin

Living-donor lobar lung transplantation

Daisuke Nakajima, Hiroshi Date

Hippocampal avoidance in prophylactic cranial irradiation for small cell lung cancer: benefits and pitfalls

Aswin George Abraham, Wilson Roa

Robotic first rib resection for thoracic outlet syndrome

Farid Gharagozloo, Nabhan Atiquzzaman, Mark Meyer, Barbara Tempesta, Scott Werden

Managing complications of percutaneous tracheostomy and gastrostomy

Aline N. Zouk, Hitesh Batra

The critical role of learning from investigating and debriefing adverse events

Siva Raja, Virginia R. Litle

Therapeutic bronchoscopy facilitates liberation from mechanical ventilation and improves quality of life for critically ill patients with central airway obstruction

Bryan S. Benn

WBRT for brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer: for whom and when?—Contemporary point of view

Beata Sas-Korczynska, Monika Rucinska

Local ablative therapy of brain metastasis from non-small cell lung cancer: benefits and limitations

Felipe de Azevedo Rosas, Sérgio Leonardo Favareto, Douglas Guedes de Castro

Radiotherapy in brain metastases from EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer

Shruti Bhandari, Neal Dunlap, Goetz Kloecker

Global burden of medication non-adherence in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma: a narrative review of the clinical and economic case for smart inhalers

Evalyne M. Jansen, Susanne J. van de Hei, Boudewijn J. H. Dierick, Huib A. M. Kerstjens, Janwillem W. H. Kocks, Job F. M. van Boven

Bacterial infections in lung transplantation

Margaret McCort, Erica MacKenzie, Kenneth Pursell, David Pitrak

Racial and socioeconomic disparities in the use of stereotactic body radiotherapy for treating non-small cell lung cancer: a narrative review

Yue Lin, Kimberley S. Mak

The role of gender in non-small cell lung cancer: a narrative review

Ioana Baiu, Ashley L. Titan, Linda W. Martin, Andrea Wolf, Leah Backhus

State of the art: percutaneous tracheostomy in the intensive care unit

Christian Ghattas, Sammar Alsunaid, Edward M. Pickering, Van K. Holden

Beyond the learning curve: a review of complex cases in robotic thoracic surgery

Travis C. Geraci, Joshua Scheinerman, David Chen, Amie Kent, Costas Bizekis, Robert J. Cerfolio, Michael D. Zervos

Management of brain metastases in elderly patients with lung cancer

Joanna Socha, Anna Rychter, Lucyna Kepka

Robotic lobectomy: how to teach thoracic residents

Ricardo Mingarini Terra, Pedro Henrique Cunha Leite, Alberto Jorge Monteiro Dela Vega

Supportive care for patients with brain metastases from lung cancer

Akanksha Sharma, Maciej M. Mrugala

Global status of the robotic thoracic surgery

Ricardo Mingarini Terra, Pedro Henrique Cunha Leite, Alberto Jorge Monteiro Dela Vega

Narrative review of socioeconomic and racial disparities in the treatment of early stage lung cancer

Nathaniel Evans III, Tyler Grenda, Nkosi H. Alvarez, Olugbenga T. Okusanya

Real-world treatment patterns and outcomes in small-cell lung cancer: a systematic literature review

Sukhvinder Johal, Robert Hettle, Joe Carroll, Peter Maguire, Tammy Wynne

Donation after circulatory death donors in lung transplantation

Thomas M. Egan, Benjamin E. Haithcock, Jason Lobo, Gita Mody, Robert B. Love, John Jacob Requard III, John Espey, Mir Hasnain Ali

A narrative review of the health disparities associated with malignant pleural mesothelioma

Devon C. Freudenberger, Rachit D. Shah

Narrative review of optimal prognostic radiological tools using computed tomography for T1N0-staged non-small cell lung cancer

Takeo Nakada, Hiroaki Kuroda

Development of the fundamentals of thoracic robotic surgery curriculum

Jeffrey S. Levy, Farid Gharagozloo

Original Article

Performance of an AI based CAD system in solid lung nodule detection on chest phantom radiographs compared to radiology residents and fellow radiologists

Alan A. Peters, Amanda Decasper, Jaro Munz, Jeremias Klaus, Laura I. Loebelenz, Maximilian Korbinian Michael Hoffner, Cynthia Hourscht, Johannes T. Heverhagen, Andreas Christe, Lukas Ebner

Retrolaminar versus epidural block for postoperative analgesia after minor video-assisted thoracic surgery: a retrospective, matched, non-inferiority study

Keiko Nobukuni, Mariko Hatta, Toshiaki Nakagaki, Jun Yoshino, Toshiro Obuchi, Naoyuki Fujimura

Peripheral blood eosinophilia may be a prognostic biomarker in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with immunotherapy

Adelaide Alves, Margarida Dias, Sérgio Campainha, Ana Barroso

Risk factors of middle lobe bronchus kinking following right upper lobectomy

Takahiro Yanagihara, Yasuharu Sekine, Kazuto Sugai, Tomoyuki Kawamura, Naoki Maki, Yusuke Saeki, Shinsuke Kitazawa, Naohiro Kobayashi, Shinji Kikuchi, Yukinobu Goto, Hideo Ichimura, Yukio Sato

Autologous blood patch pleurodesis for prolonged postoperative air leaks

Irsa S. Hasan, Mark S. Allen, Stephen D. Cassivi, William S. Harmsen, Nandita Mahajan, Francis C. Nichols, Janani Reisenauer, Robert K. Shen, Dennis A. Wigle, Shanda H. Blackmon

Contrast-enhanced CT longitudinal tail sign as a marker of positive resection margins in adenoid cystic carcinoma of the central airway

Shu-Chao Wang, Le-Kang Yin, Yu Zhang, Li-Min Xue, Jian-Ding Ye, Guang-Yu Tao, Hong Yu, Jin-Wei Qiang

Weighted miRNA co-expression network reveals potential roles of apoptosis related pathways and crucial genes in thoracic aortic aneurysm

Siliang Chen, Lei Ji, Mengyin Chen, Dan Yang, Jiawei Zhou, Yuehong Zheng

Safety and feasibility of rigid fixation by SternaLock Blu plates during the modified Ravitch procedure: a pilot study

Erik R. de Loos, Paul C. M. Andel, Jean H. T. Daemen, Jos G. Maessen, Karel W. E. Hulsewé, Yvonne L. J. Vissers

Assessment of relationships among clinicopathological characteristics, morphological computer tomography features, and tumor cell proliferation in stage I lung adenocarcinoma

Xiaoling Ma, Shuchang Zhou, Lu Huang, Peijun Zhao, Yujin Wang, Qiongjie Hu, Liming Xia

Reappraisal of mechanical tricuspid valve replacement in the current era: a single center retrospective study

Byungjoon Park, Dong Seop Jeong, Wook Sung Kim, Kiick Sung, Pyo Won Park

Serum exosomal microRNA-146a as a novel diagnostic biomarker for acute coronary syndrome

Long-Jun Li, Ya-Juan Gu, Lu-Qiao Wang, Wen Wan, Hua-Wei Wang, Xiao-Na Yang, Lin-Ling Ma, Li-Hong Yang, Zhao-Hui Meng

The prognostic utility of the histologic subtype of stage I lung adenocarcinoma may be diminished when using only the invasive component to determine tumor size for tumor node metastasis (TNM) staging

Yeoun Eun Sung, Kyo Young Lee, Youngkyu Moon

Chronic lung allograft pathology lesions in two rat strain combinations

Federica Pezzuto, Francesca Lunardi, Marta Vadori, Davide Zampieri, Federica Casiraghi, Nadia Azzollini, Stefania Edith Vuljan, Marco Mammana, Luca Vedovelli Marco Schiavon, Dario Gregori Emanuele Cozzi, Federico Rea, Fiorella Calabrese

Clinical validity of 25-gauge endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle in lymph node staging of lung cancer

Yu Okubo, Yuji Matsumoto, Midori Tanaka, Tatsuya Imabayashi, Yasuhito Uezono, Shun-ichi Watanabe, Takaaki Tsuchida

Hospital outcome of concomitant tricuspid annuloplasty during totally endoscopic mitral valve surgery: a propensity matched study

Ling-Chen Huang, Qi-Chen Xu, Dao-Zhong Chen, Xiao-Fu Dai, Liang-Wan Chen

Safety and feasibility of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic uncommon segmentectomy

Natsumi Matsuura, Hitoshi Igai, Fumi Ohsawa, Tomohiro Yazawa, Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara

Survival outcomes and prognostic factors of primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus

Huikai Miao, Rongzhen Li, Dongni Chen, Jia Hu, Youfang Chen, Zhesheng Wen

Preoperative inflammation-based scores predict early recurrence after lung cancer resection

Katsuya Watanabe, Daisuke Noma, Haruhiko Masuda, Munetaka Masuda

Clinico-pathological classification of rheumatic mitral valve damage and surgical strategy

Tiange Luo, Xu Meng

Which are the limiting factors in lung tissue sampling and diagnostic accuracy for a new Interventional Pulmonology Unit? From expert consensus-based evidence to results of a new-born Unit

Cristiano Carbonelli, Antonio Rossi, Gianluca Ciliberti, Maria Arcangela Grimaldi, Stefano Notarangelo, Paola Parente, Massimiliano Copetti, Alessandro Zanforlin, Filippo Lococo, Marco Taurchini, Evaristo Maiello, Salvatore De Cosmo, Paolo Graziano

Relation of red cell distribution width with HAS-BLED score in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation

Hong-Li Cai, Hao Chen, Jing Wang, Ling Xie, Kou-Long Zheng, Qing Zhang

Predictive value of graft patency and MACCEs in CABG based on FFT

Yanxiong Jia, Hongyi Xu, Pixiong Su, Jie Gao, Song Gu, Yan Liu, Xiangguang An, Jun Yan, Xitao Zhang

Pilot study using virtual 4-D tracking electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of pulmonary nodules: a single center prospective study

Tsukasa Ishiwata, Hideki Ujiie, Alexander Gregor, Terunaga Inage, Yamato Motooka, Tomonari Kinoshita, Masato Aragaki, Zhenchian Chen, Andrew Effat, Nicholas Bernards, Kazuhiro Yasufuku

Role of surgery in a case-control study of patients with clinical stage IIIA small cell lung cancer

Shuangyi Li, Kaiqi Jin, Yingying Pan, Chunxiao Wu, Shengxiang Ren, Gening Jiang, Peng Zhang

Surgical management of pleuro-peritoneal fistula in chronic renal failure patient—safety and effectiveness

Hei-Yu Matthew Chen, Ho-Yan Howard Chan, Hoi-Ming Herman Chan, Hung-Leung Cheung

Association between delayed transthoracic echocardiography and in-hospital mortality in type A acute aortic dissection-associated ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction

Bei Liu, Li-Dong Cai, Yi Wang

Immune checkpoint inhibitors combined with chemotherapy/bevacizumab therapy for patients with advanced lung cancer and heavily treated with EGFR mutation: a retrospective analysis

Ran Hu, Zhiting Zhao, Yue Shi, Meiqi Shi, Guohao Xia, Shaorong Yu, Jifeng Feng

Gender differences in coronary artery diameters and survival results after OPCAB procedures

Tomasz Urbanowicz, Michał Michalak, Anna Olasińska-Wiśniewska, Assad Haneya, Ewa Straburzyńska-Migaj, Michał Bociański, Marek Jemielity

Detrimental effects of elevated transpulmonary gradient on outcomes following restrictive mitral annuloplasty in patients with pre-existing pulmonary hypertension

Satoshi Kainuma, Koichi Toda, Shigeru Miyagawa, Yasushi Yoshikawa, Hiroki Hata, Daisuke Yoshioka, Takuji Kawamura, Ai Kawamura, Noriyuki Kashiyama, Takayoshi Ueno, Toru Kuratani, Toshihiro Funatsu, Haruhiko Kondoh, Takafumi Masai, Arudo Hiraoka, Taichi Sakaguchi, Hidenori Yoshitaka, Takashi Daimon, Kazuhiro Taniguchi, Yoshiki Sawa, Osaka Cardiovascular Surgery Research (OSCAR) Group

Currarino-Silverman syndrome: diagnosis and treatment of rare chest wall deformity, a case series

Andrei I. Gritsiuta, Alexander Bracken, Karisa Beebe, Alexei A. Pechetov

Predictability of early changes in derived neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors

Jeong Uk Lim, Hye Seon Kang, Chang Dong Yeo, Ju Sang Kim, Chan Kwon Park, Jin Woo Kim, Seung Joon Kim, Sang Haak Lee

Investigation of failure modes of explanted porcine valves in the mitral position

Kun Liu, Wentao Feng, Xianda Yang, Jinglun Shen, Haibo Zhang, Yubo Fan

Prosthetic-free ribs stabilization technique in critical complex chest wall traumas: first results and experiences

Paolo N. C. Girotti, Peter Tschann, Ingmar Königsrainer

Xenogeneic materials for the surgical treatment of aortic infections

Paula R. Keschenau, Alexander Gombert, Mohammed E. Barbati, Houman Jalaie, Johannes Kalder, Michael J. Jacobs, Drosos Kotelis

Use of carbon nanotube sensor for detecting postoperative abnormal respiratory waveforms

Masashi Kobayashi, Yohei Wada, Yasuro Okumiya, Koji Yataka, Katsunori Suzuki, Yasuhiro Nakashima, Hironori Ishibashi, Kenichi Okubo

Editorial

The intersection of interventional pulmonology and critical care

Jonathan S. Kurman, Ashutosh Sachdeva, Rahul Nanchal

Treatment of brain metastases from lung cancer: challenging the historical nihilism concerning prognosis

Lucyna Kepka

Lung ultrasound may improve COVID-19 safety protocols

Szymon Skoczyński, Natalia Buda, Konrad Mendrala, Tomasz Górecki, Ewa Kucewicz-Czech, Łukasz Krzych, Tomasz Koszutski, Tomasz Darocha

Outcomes and technique of robotic diaphragm plication

Lana Schumacher, Danjing Zhao

Healthcare disparities in thoracic malignancies

Kei Suzuki, Virginia R. Litle

Letter to the Editor

Palpitation and virtual-assisted lung mapping: not mutually exclusive but complementary to facilitate sublobar lung resection

Masahiro Yanagiya, Masaaki Sato

Does overweight really play protective role in elderly patients after cardiac surgery?

Zeyi Cheng, Luchen Wang, Xiaogang Sun

Policy during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: a protector for acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) patients?

Yuqin Zeng, Zijing Zhou, Ping Chen

Short Communication

Feasibility and safety of a novel electrosurgery device as part of multi-modal bronchoscopic therapy for malignant central airway lesions

Abhinav Agrawal, Udit Chaddha, Baris Demirkol, Septimiu Murgu

Surgical Technique

Implementation of simulation-based crisis training in robotic thoracic surgery: how to improve safety and performance?

Jean-Marc Baste, Benjamin Bottet, Jean Selim, Matthieu Sarsam, Antoine Lefevre-Scelles, Marie-Melody Dusseaux, Sébastien Franchina, Anne-Sophie Palenzuela, Abdeslam Chagraoui, Christophe Peillon, Alexandre Thouroude, Jean-Pierre Henry, Jean-Michel M. Coq, Louis Sibert, Cédric Damm

Robotic pulmonary segmentectomy

Kelsey A. Musgrove, Charlotte R. Spear, Kamil Abbas, Britney R. Harris, Ghulam Abbas

Robotic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis surgical techniques and outcomes

Beebarg Raza, Ankit Dhamija, Ghulam Abbas, Alper Toker

Technique of robotic esophagectomy

Tadeusz D. Witek, John J. Brady, Inderpal S. Sarkaria

News of GARD Section

Digital Health Europe (DHE) Twinning on severe asthma—kick-off meeting report

Jean Bousquet, Anna Bedbrook, Wienczyslawa Czarlewski, Giuseppe De Carlo, Joao A. Fonseca, Miguel A. González Ballester, Maddalena Illario, Seppo Koskinen, Tiina Laatikainen, Gabrielle L. Onorato, Susanna Palkonen, Vincenzo Patella, Nhân Pham-Thi, Francesca Puggioni, Maria Teresa Ventura, Guy Joos, Piotr Kuna, Renaud Louis, Michael Makris, Petra Zalud, Torsten Zuberbier, Claus Bachert, Luisa Brussino, Pedro Carreiro-Martins, Carme Carrion y Ribas, Maciej Chalubinski, Elisio M. Costa, Govert de Vries, Bilun Gemicioglu, Dimitra Gennimata, Yann Micheli, Marek Niedoszytko, Frederico S. Regateiro, Jan Romantowski, Luis Taborda-Barata, Sanna Toppila-Salmi, Ioanna Tsiligianni, Frederic Viart, Daniel Laune