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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

中国台湾位于南海以北,距大陆东南沿海约180公里,总面积3.6万平方公里... More >>

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

由于肿瘤治疗的进步,胸外科领域得到快速发展,如免疫肿瘤学、新方法... 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 >>

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

Thoracic drain management using a digital system
Takeo Nakada, Takashi Ohtsuka
Does the maze procedure predispose to acute kidney injury?
Alicia X. F. Chia, Philip Y. K. Pang
Incidence of bronchopleural fistula after pneumonectomy in an era of revolution
Puja Gaur Khaitan
The final frontier of subdiaphragmatic abscess management: should we bury the scalpel?
Carlos Augusto Metidieri Menegozzo, Marcos Roberto de Menezes, Edivaldo Massazo Utiyama
Adopting the robotic platform for anatomic lung resections: real life lessons for the tech enthusiast
Charles Bakhos, Roman Petrov, Abbas Abbas
A stitch in time: age impacts survival in repair of atrioventricular septal defects
Damien M. Wu, Igor E. Konstantinov, Christian P. Brizard, Edward Buratto
The pros and cons of uniportal VATS segmentectomy in the treatment of early-stage lung cancer: should the procedure be prioritized?
Masaaki Sato
Thoracoscopic anatomical segmentectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: minimally invasive surgery involving various approaches
Hirohisa Kato
Beyond the limits: journey to feasible and safe uniportal VATS surgery for lung cancer
Mi Hyoung Moon
Is a single port enough for the learned thoracic surgeons?
Yojiro Yutaka, Hiroshi Date
Can major lung resection under local anesthesia become widespread?
Takashi Suda
Opioid-sparing opportunities in the thoracic surgery pathway
Genevieve F. Gilson, Sandeep J. Khandhar

Original Article

Clinical outcomes of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for advanced lung adenosquamous carcinoma
Jingwen Wei, Jing Xiang, Yue Hao, Jinfei Si, Xiaodong Gu, Manyi Xu, Zhengbo Song
Anatomic lung resection after immune checkpoint inhibitors for initially unresectable advanced-staged non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective cohort analysis
Harry Etienne, Ludovic Fournel, Pierre Mordant, Bertrand Richard Delatour, Karel Pfeuty, Gil Frey, Agathe Seguin-Givelet, Alex Fourdrain, Christophe Lancelin, Pascal Berna, Antoine Legras, Marco Alifano, Patrick Bagan, Jalal Assouad
First insights into the role of wall shear stress in the development of a distal stent graft induced new entry through computational fluid dynamics simulations
Anja Osswald, Alexander Weymann, Konstantinos Tsagakis, Alina Zubarevich, Matthias Thielmann, Bastian Schmack, Arjang Ruhparwar, Christof Karmonik
Ex-vivo exploration of an endobronchial sentinel lymph node procedure in lung cancer for optimizing workflow and evaluating feasibility of novel imaging tools
Desi K. M. ter Woerds, Roel L. J. Verhoeven, Stefan M. van der Heide, Ad F. T. M. Verhagen, Erik H. J. G. Aarntzen, Erik H. F. M. van der Heijden
Interleukin-11 in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: predictive value of prognosis and acute exacerbation
Toru Arai, Masaki Hirose, Tomoko Kagawa, Kazuyoshi Hatsuda, Yoshikazu Inoue
Inflammatory myositis-associated interstitial lung disease can be distinguished from that associated with other connective tissue diseases
Hanna M. Nurmi, Pia K. Elfving, Hannu-Pekka Kettunen, Sanna-Katja Suoranta, Henrik M. I. Järvinen, Vili A. E. Kuittinen, Minna K. Purokivi, Riitta L. Kaarteenaho, Heikki O. Koskela
When to proceed to surgical rib fixation?—A single-institution clinical experience
Yaniss Belaroussi, Gabrielle Drevet, Valentin Soldea, Arnaud Patoir, Renaud Grima, Albrice Levrat, Pascal Rosamel, François Tronc, Jean-Stephane David, Jean-Michel Maury
Uniportal vs. multiportal thoracoscopic segmentectomy: a north American study
Ilitch Diaz-Gutierrez, Charles Antoine Menier, Félix H. Savoie-White, Jesse E. Doyle, Qi Wang, Rafael S. Andrade, Paula Ugalde Figueroa
Global trends in the burden of esophageal cancer, 1990−2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Yu Jiang, Yuechun Lin, Yaokai Wen, Wenhai Fu, Rui Wang, Jiaxi He, Jianrong Zhang, Zhufeng Wang, Fan Ge, Zhenyu Huo, Runchen Wang, Haoxin Peng, Xiangrong Wu, Jianxing He, Shuben Li
Laboratory blood test profiling reveals distinct biochemical and hemocyte features of KRAS mutated non-small cell lung cancer
Limin Ou, Xiuyu Cai, Wenchuang Zeng, Liyan Huang, Qiuhua Deng, Hailing Tang, Zhuxing Chen, Huan Zhou, Yongping Lin, Liping Liu, Wenhua Liang
Risk factors for postoperative cerebral infarction in patients after lung resection: a single-center case-control study
Shenhu Gao, Yuwei Zhou, Rong Yang, Chengli Du, Yihe Wu
Immunocyte count combined with CT features for distinguishing pulmonary tuberculoma from malignancy among non-calcified solitary pulmonary solid nodules
Zihao Liu, Haoyu Ran, Xiran Yu, Qingchen Wu, Cheng Zhang
Recipient, donor, and surgical factors leading to primary graft dysfunction after lung transplant
Takahide Toyoda, Emily Jeong Cerier, Adwaiy Jayant Manerikar, Viswajit Kandula, Ankit Bharat, Chitaru Kurihara
Tracheostomy insertion in COVID-19: insertion practice and factors leading to unplanned tube exchange
Peter McCauley, Amr Mohammed, Michelle Casey, Eslam Ramadan, Sinéad Galvin, James Paul O’Neill, Gerard Curley, Imran Sulaiman, Michael Emmet O’Brien, James O’Rourke
Contemporary real-world radiotherapy outcomes of unresected locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Mohammad Gouran-Savadkoohi, Aruz Mesci, Gregory R. Pond, Anand Swaminath, Kimmen Quan, Jim Wright, Theodoros Tsakiridis
Incidence and diagnostic validity of difficult airway in emergency departments in China: a cross-sectional survey
Yili Dai, Joseph Harold Walline, Yao Wu, Huadong Zhu, Jun Xu, Xuezhong Yu
Comparison of lymph node metastasis pattern from esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma versus very low thoracic esophageal squamous cancer: a propensity-matched analysis
Zhao Ma, Chuangui Chen, Xiaobin Shang, Jie Yue, Hongjing Jiang
Real-world experience of arbidol for Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2
Jingya Zhao, Yong Li, Rong Chen, Yanping Xu, Qingyuan Yang, Haiqing Zhang, Zhengxin Yin, Weiting Gu, Jinsong Hu, Li Chen, Jian Li, Guang Ning, Qijian Cheng, Min Zhou, Jieming Qu
Clinical features of recurrent spontaneous pneumomediastinum
Hirotaka Kumeda, Gaku Saito, Takashi Eguchi, Daisuke Hara, Kimihiro Shimizu
Impaired exercise capacity in individuals with non-obstructive small airway dysfunction
Zhishan Deng, Xiaochen Li, Chenglong Li, Youlan Zheng, Fan Wu, Zihui Wang, Sha Liu, Heshen Tian, Jinzhen Zheng, Jieqi Peng, Peiyu Huang, Huajing Yang, Shan Xiao, Xiang Wen, Changli Yang, Xiangwen Luo, Gongyong Peng, Bing Li, Yumin Zhou, Pixin Ran
Initial Asian experience of the branched E-vita open NEO in complex aortic pathologies
Jacky Y. K. Ho, Chong Hoon Kim, Simon C. Y. Chow, Micky W. T. Kwok, Ha Lee, Tae-Hoon Kim, Takuya Fujikawa, Randolph H. L. Wong, Suk-Won Song
Dyspnea in patients with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer: a population-based analysis of disease burden and patterns of care
Michael Yan, Michael Tjong, Wing C. Chan, Gail Darling, Victoria Delibasic, Laura E. Davis, Mark Doherty, Julie Hallet, Biniam Kidane, Alyson Mahar, Nicole Mittmann, Ambica Parmar, Vivian Tan, Hendrick Tan, Frances C. Wright, Natalie G. Coburn, Alexander V. Louie
Lessons learned by thoracic surgeons during the COVID-19 pandemic
Helen J. Madsen, Anne Lambert-Kerzner, Ellison Mucharsky, Joseph D. Phillips, Elizabeth A. David, David D. Odell, Adam R. Dyas, Robert A. Meguid
Honeycomb lung is a major risk factor for preoperative radiological tumor size underestimation in patients with primary lung cancer
Hisato Ishizawa, Yasushi Matsuda, Yoshiharu Ohno, Eiko Sakurai, Atsuhiko Ota, Hidekazu Hattori, Tetsuya Tsukamoto, Masaaki Matsunaga, Hiroshi Kawai, Yamato Suzuki, Hiromitsu Nagano, Takahiro Negi, Daisuke Tochii, Sachiko Tochii, Takashi Suda, Yasushi Hoshikawa
MicroRNA-186-5p inhibits H9c2 cells apoptosis induced by oxygen-glucose deprivation by targeting ERK1/2
Wennan Nie, Jia Wu, Xiaoyang Yu, Zhuolin Li, Xiaomin Cai, Wenyan Wei, Cheng Wang, Junjun Wang
Real-world evidence of safety and influence for lung cancer surgery under COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
Taketo Kato, Ryotaro Katsuya, Shoji Okado, Keiyu Sato, Osamu Noritake, Keita Nakanishi, Misa Noguchi, Yuka Kadomatsu, Harushi Ueno, Naoki Ozeki, Shota Nakamura, Koichi Fukumoto, Toyofumi Fengshi Chen-Yoshikawa
Removing different number of regional lymph nodes affects survival outcomes of operable patients at stage IIA non-small cell lung cancer (according to the 8th edition staging)
Xuan Li, Guoshu Li, Yukun Wang, Min Tan, Changhui Wang
Standardization of intra- and peri-operative management to reduce postoperative drainage time after major thoracoscopic pulmonary resections
Hitoshi Igai, Kazuki Numajiri, Fumi Ohsawa, Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara
Cone-beam computed tomography-guided endobronchial ultrasound using an ultrathin bronchoscope for diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary lesions: a prospective pilot study
Naoya Kawakita, Hiroaki Toba, Shinichi Sakamoto, Naoki Miyamoto, Mika Takashima, Yukikiyo Kawakami, Kazuya Kondo, Hiromitsu Takizawa
Polymorphisms in the FCER2 gene have associations with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Zhoude Zheng, Jia Li, Yi Liu, Lun Li, Tingting Huang, Yilin Huang, Siyao Song, Jinming Gao
The relationship between tumor infiltrating immune cells and the prognosis of patients with lung adenocarcinoma
Zhuang Tong, Xu Wang, Hongyu Liu, Jian Ding, Yinling Chu, Xin Zhou
Relationship between valvular structure and biochemical indices of non-valvular atrial fibrillation and senile degenerative valvular heart disease
Jian-Qin Chen, Xin Zeng, Kun-Con Li, Jing-Long Huang, Bing-Li Guo, Xuan Zhou
Risk factor analysis of postoperative cerebral infarction in thoracic surgery patients by propensity-score matching-a single institution retrospective cohort study
Qirui Chen, Ying Ji, Jing Wang, Yan Zhao, Xin Ye, Yi Liu
The value of serum Sema4D level in reflecting the inflammatory state of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Koulong Zheng, Jie Bai, Louyuan Xu, Liang Chen
Value of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging-T2WI-based radiomic features in distinguishing lung adenocarcinoma from lung squamous cell carcinoma with solid components >8 mm
Maoyuan Yang, Liang Shi, Tianwei Huang, Guangzheng Li, Hancheng Shao, Yijun Shen, Jun Zhu, Bin Ni
Serum vitamin D3 deficiency can affect the efficacy of sublingual immunotherapy in children with allergic rhinitis: a retrospective cohort study
Liang Li, Xiaojian Cui, Xinjie Zhang, Lisheng Zheng, Xuyuan Sun, Cuihong Yang, Jianbo Shu, Guangping Liu
The association of coagulation indicators with in-hospital acute kidney injury and malignant events of patients with acute aortic dissection: a retrospective cohort study
Shiyan Jiang, Yinhua Li, Chenlin Li, Zhouwu Shu, Shiwan Wu, Xiaojia Lu, Yue Liu, Yinlong Deng, Yequn Chen, Peiwei Cai, Bin Wang
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the risk factors for postoperative delirium in patients with acute type A aortic dissection
Shijian Wang, Tianguang Wang, Chaoyang Zhao, Dewen Lin
Differentiating between pulmonary adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma by spectral CT volumetric quantitative analysis: a comparative study with conventional spectral analysis
Li-Juan Zhong, Na Yu, Xin-Jie Zhou, Lang-Zhou Fu, Dai-Quan Zhou, Yi Wang, Min Yan
Immune-related thyroid dysfunction is associated with improved long-term prognosis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with immunotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Zhengjun Li, Ying Xia, Mozhu Xia, Chang Liu, Tao Wang, Yongyu Liu, Yi Ren
Postoperative delirium and its influencing factors in elderly patients with lung cancer in the intensive care unit
Yanna Lu, Xiaoxin Liu

Short Communication

Is SARS-COV-2 associated with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency?
Carlota Rodríguez-García, Emilio Rodríguez-Ruiz, Alberto Ruano-Raviña, Raquel Cruz, María Piñeiro-Lamas, Ana Casal, Pablo Lapunzina, Ángel Carracedo, Luis Valdés; on behalf of Scourge Consortium

Review Article

Lung cancer with air lucency: a systematic review and clinical management guide
Frank C. Detterbeck, Ulas Kumbasar, Andrew X. Li, Ami N. Rubinowitz, Leah Traube, Babina Gosangi, Brooks V. Udelsman, Brett C. Bade, Sora Ely, Gaspar Barreto, Lynn T. Tanoue, Edith M. Marom, M. Patricia Rivera
The beginning of a new era in induction treatment for operable non-small cell lung cancer: a narrative review
Shuichi Shinohara, Yusuke Takahashi, Katsuhiro Masago, Hirokazu Matsushita, Hiroaki Kuroda
Esophageal diverticula: from diagnosis to therapeutic management—narrative review
Adrian Constantin, Silviu Constantinoiu, Florin Achim, Bogdan Socea, Daniel Ovidiu Costea, Dragos Predescu
Intrathoracic vacuum therapy for the therapy of pleural empyema—a systematic review and analysis of the literature
Björn-Ole Stüben, Gabriel A. Plitzko, Matthias Reeh, Nathaniel Melling, Jakob R. Izbicki, Kai Bachmann, Michael Tachezy
Suggested robotic-assisted thoracic surgery training curriculum
Muteb Al Zaidi, Gavin M. Wright, Kazuhiro Yasufuku

Editorial on Clinical Update Sleep 20231

Clinical Update Sleep: Life Eessentials and NHS England ‘Optimal Sleep Pathway’
Joerg Steier, Alanna Hare, Abdulaziz Alsharifi; on behalf of the Organising Team for the Clinical Update Sleep

Original Article on Clinical Update Sleep 20231

Peri-operative outcomes of bariatric surgery in obstructive sleep apnoea: a single-centre cohort study
Cristiano van Zeller, Richard Brown, Michael Cheng, Johan Meurling, Barbara McGowan, Joerg Steier
Cardioprotective medication in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a single-centre cohort study
Janneta Kisel, Emily Ballard, Eui-Sik Suh, Nicholas Hart, Stam Kapetanakis, Shelley Srivastava, Philip Marino, Patrick Murphy, Joerg Steier
The effect of a change from face-to-face to remote positive airway pressure education for patients with sleep apnoea during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic: a prospective cohort study
Imran Johan Meurling, Adam Birdseye, Rohan Gell, Eliza Sany, Richard Brown, Sean Higgins, Rexford Muza, David O’Regan, Guy Leschziner, Joerg Steier, Ivana Rosenzweig, Panagis Drakatos

Editorial on Prolonged Air Leak after Lung Surgery: Prediction, Prevention and Management2

Prolonged air leak after lung surgery: prediction, prevention and management
Francesco Zaraca, Roberto Crisci, Florian Augustin, Alessandro Brunelli, Luca Bertolaccini
A brief appraisal on the GRADE methodology and the development of recommendations on the management of prolonged air leaks by the PALAS Study Group
Francesco Zaraca, Luca Bertolaccini; PALAS Study Group

Editorial Commentary on Prolonged Air Leak after Lung Surgery: Prediction, Prevention and Management2

Should we use a biophysical approach in the classification and management of air leakage after lung resection?
Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Cara, Claudia Bardoni, Lorenzo Spaggiari, Francesco Zaraca

Original Article on Prolonged Air Leak after Lung Surgery: Prediction, Prevention and Management2

Prolonged air leak after video-assisted thoracic anatomical pulmonary resections: a clinical predicting model based on data from the Italian VATS group registry, a machine learning approach
Duilio Divisi, Marco Pipitone, Reinhold Perkmann, Luca Bertolaccini, Carlo Curcio, Francesco Baldinelli, Roberto Crisci, Francesco Zaraca; Italian VATS group
Prolonged air leak after segmentectomy: incidence and risk factors
Michael R. Gooseman, Alessandro Brunelli, Nilanjan Chaudhuri, Richard Milton, Peter Tcherveniakov, Kostas Papagiannopoulos, Laura Valuckiene
Risk factors, complications and costs of prolonged air leak after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for primary lung cancer
Florian Ponholzer, Caecilia Ng, Herbert Maier, Paolo Lucciarini, Dietmar Öfner, Florian Augustin

Original Article of Sleep Section3

Effect of switching from continuous to bilevel positive airway pressure on sleep quality in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: the prospective POP IN VAuto study
Alain Palot, Xuân-Lan Nguyên, Sandrine Launois, Arnaud Prigent, Andrea Graml, Elodie Aversenq, Christian Koltes, Didier Recart, Florent Lavergne

Original Article of Cough Section

Diagnostic yield of chest radiograph in management of adults with difficult-to-treat chronic cough—retrospective study
Olga Truba, Marta Dabrowska, Elzbieta M. Grabczak, Katarzyna Bialek-Gosk, Aleksandra Rybka-Fraczek, Karolina Klimowicz, Malgorzata Zukowska, Rafal Krenke

Disclosure

1. The series “Clinical Update Sleep 2023” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Joerg Steier served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.

2. The series “Prolonged air leak after lung surgery: prediction, prevention and management” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease and sponsored by Bard Limited. Bard Limited has no interference on the contents of the special series. Roberto Crisci, Alessandro Brunelli, Florian Augustin and Francesco Zaraca served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.

3. The series “Sleep Section” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship.

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.

Study Protocol
A randomized controlled phase III trial protocol: perioperative pirfenidone therapy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer combined with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis to confirm the preventative effect against postoperative acute exacerbation: the PIII-PEOPLE study (NEJ034)
Yuichi Sakairi, Ichiro Yoshino, Takekazu Iwata, Shigetoshi Yoshida, Kazuyoshi Kuwano, Arata Azuma, Shuji Sakai, Kunihiko Kobayashi; on behalf of the North East Japan Study Group
Published online: 06 March 2023
Original Article
The role of the RAPID score in surgical planning for empyema
Ashley A. Liou, Braden Anderson, Courtney Whitehurst, Sabine Roman, Christian Beltran, Tayler Acton, Jeannine Foster, Obinna Nwokem, Idrees Mogri, Kendall Hammonds, Heath D. White, Alejandro C. Arroliga, Shekhar Ghamande
Published online: 16 February 2023