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European Perspectives in Thoracic Surgery (2020) - the Seven Edition

For the 7^th consecutive year the Editorial Board of the Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD) presents a series collecting invited lectures presented during the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) Annual Conference. During the past 2 years, the Covid-19 pandemic hugely impacted on the organization of all medical conferences and educational programs including the ESTS Annual Meeting. It is our hope that we will soon get back to a new normality, where people can reconvene in person at the ESTS Annual Conference, sharing experiences, physically interacting at the Conferences and at the associated social events.

Interventional Pulmonology in the Intensive Care Unit

Bronchoscopy and airway procedures represent a large portion of the interventional pulmonology that occurs in the ICU. The complementary roles of intensivists and interventional pulmonologists are highlighted in articles that delineate nuances of bronchoscopy in critically ill patients both intubated and non-intubated, novel methods to manage life threatening hemoptysis and foreign body aspiration, utilization of rigid bronchoscopy to alleviate respiratory failure from central airway obstruction, challenges and pitfalls of performing bronchoscopy on patients receiving extracorporeal life support and the evolving role of endobronchial ultrasound in the ICU.

New Impact Factor for Journal of Thoracic Disease: 2.895

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD) has attained its latest impact factor update for the 2020 citation year: 2.895.

Here, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our Editorial Team Members, Guest Editors, authors, and reviewers for their valuable contributions.

Robotic Thoracic Surgery

Conventional thoracic incisions are associated with significant pain and morbidity. Historically thoracic procedures required prolong hospital stay and recovery time. Minimally invasive approaches, initially video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) and recently the robotic approach, have offset these morbidities without compromising the technical and oncological principles of thoracic surgery. In this series, world leaders in robotic thoracic surgery have provided an update on these common thoracic procedures to elucidate the indications and techniques for the readers.

Reviewer of the Month (2021)

In 2021, JTD reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. The following reviewers are highlighted and commended for their professional effort and enthusiasm in reviews. Let us take this chance to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the journal and to the scientific process!

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.

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.

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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Vol 13, No 9 (September, 2021)

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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Cough Section more

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

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

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

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Original Article

Mini-thoracotomy in redo mitral valve surgery: safety and efficacy of a standardized procedure

Filippo Prestipino, Riccardo D’Ascoli, Ádám Nagy, Gianluca Paternoster, Erica Manzan, Giampaolo Luzi

PDF Pages: 5363-5372 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Evaluation of the impact of an integrated care pathway for pulmonary embolism: a quasi-experimental pre-post study

Nuria Rodríguez-Núñez, Alberto Ruano-Raviña, Adriana Lama, Lucía Ferreiro, Jorge Ricoy, José M. Álvarez-Dobaño, Juan Suárez-Antelo, M. Elena Toubes, Carlos Rábade, Antonio Golpe, Vanessa Riveiro, Ana Casal, Romina Abelleira, Francisco Javier González-Barcala, José R. González-Juanatey, Luis Valdés

PDF Pages: 5373-5382 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Discriminating invasive adenocarcinoma among lung pure ground-glass nodules: a multi-parameter prediction model

Fuying Hu, Haihua Huang, Yunyan Jiang, Minxiang Feng, Hao Wang, Min Tang, Yi Zhou, Xianhua Tan, Yalan Liu, Chen Xu, Ning Ding, Chunxue Bai, Jie Hu, Dawei Yang, Yong Zhang

PDF Pages: 5383-5394 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Development and validation of a nomogram model for early postoperative hyperlactatemia in patients undergoing cardiac surgery

Su Wang, Dashuai Wang, Xiaofan Huang, Hongfei Wang, Sheng Le, Jinnong Zhang, Xinling Du

PDF Pages: 5395-5408 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

The role of targeted regulation of COX11 by miR-10a-3p in the development and progression of paediatric mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

Wenhong Li, Xin Ding, Rui Zhao, Donghui Xiong, Zhiping Xie, Jing Xu, Meiling Tan, Chunyu Li, Chunfu Yang

PDF Pages: 5409-5418 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Second and later-line erlotinib use in non-small cell lung cancer: real world outcomes and practice patterns overtime in Canada

Kirstin Perdrizet, Rinku Sutradhar, Qing Li, Ning Liu, Craig C. Earle, Natasha B. Leighl

PDF Pages: 5419-5429 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Propofol decreases CD8+ T cells and sevoflurane increases regulatory T cells after lung cancer resection: a randomized controlled trial

Ai Yamaguchi, Izumi Kawagoe, Shigeaki Inoue, Tsukasa Kochiyama, Masataka Fukuda, Masafumi Saito, Masakazu Hayashida

PDF Pages: 5430-5438 Full Text Reporting Checklist Trial Protocol Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS^®) protocol adapted to the Brazilian reality: a prospective cohort study for thoracic patients

Fernando C. Abrão, Sabrina Araujo de França, Igor R. L. B. de Abreu, João Carlos das Neves Pereira, Emílio C. del Massa, Andréa Oliver, Maria Gabriela C. Cavalcante

PDF Pages: 5439-5447 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Modified “in situ” arch replacement with an integrative frozen elephant trunk device for acute type A aortic dissection

Yunxing Xue, Hailong Cao, Qing Zhou, Jun Pan, Fudong Fan, Bomin Zhang, Dongjin Wang

PDF Pages: 5448-5457 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Pre-implant left ventricular dimension is not associated with worse outcomes after left ventricular assist device implantation

Amudan J. Srinivasan, Mahbub Jamil, Laura Seese, Ibrahim Sultan, Gavin Hickey, Mary E. Keebler, Michael A. Mathier, Arman Kilic

PDF Pages: 5458-5466 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

The relationship between pre-procedural elevated arterial lactate and contrast-induced nephropathy following primary percutaneous coronary intervention

Jun-Qing Yang, Xiao-Sheng Guo, Peng Ran, Xiang-Ming Hu, Ning Tan

PDF Pages: 5467-5476 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Outcomes following interventions to sustain body weight in esophageal cancer patients starting preoperative therapy: a retrospective cohort study

Jeffrey B. Velotta, Jennifer R. Dusendang, Hyunjee Kwak, Michelle Huyser, Ashish Patel, Simon K. Ashiku, Lisa J. Herrinton

PDF Pages: 5477-5486 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Cumulative experience of the anterior approach in robot-assisted thoracic surgery for lung cancer patients

Koji Yamazaki, Gouji Toyokawa, Yuka Kozuma, Fumihiro Shoji, Mototsugu Shimokawa, Sadanori Takeo

PDF Pages: 5487-5495 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Clinicopathologic features and prognostic value of epidermal growth factor receptor mutation in patients with pT1a and pT1b invasive lung adenocarcinoma after surgical resection

Shiqi Chen, Siqian Yang, Yang Zhang, Jiaqing Xiang, Yawei Zhang, Hong Hu, Yihua Sun, Fangqiu Fu, Chaoqiang Deng, Shengping Wang, Qiao Li, Yajia Gu, Yuan Li, Xuxia Shen, Ting Ye

PDF Pages: 5496-5507 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Combination of albumin concentration and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio for predicting overall survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Jinsen Weng, Jieping Huang, Wei Yu, Zhiyong Zhao, Biao Zhu, Jingping Lin, Yibin Cai, Jiulong Zhang, Weikun Su, Xiaohui Chen, Kunshou Zhu, Shaofeng Lin

PDF Pages: 5508-5516 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Relationship between HSPA1A-regulated gene expression and alternative splicing in mouse cardiomyocytes and cardiac hypertrophy

Shuai Li, Ping Yang

PDF Pages: 5517-5533 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

miR-488-5p promotes esophageal squamous cell carcinoma progression by suppressing the P53 pathway

Chang Su, Wenxiu Liu, Tao Jiang, Junfeng Liu

PDF Pages: 5534-5545 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Sternal lifting increases the operating space in esophagectomy via mediastinoscopy: a prospective cohort study

Shaojin Zhu, Gengxin Zhang, Qi You, Fei Li, Boying Ding, Feng Liu, Tongjun Ma

PDF Pages: 5546-5555 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Review Article

A narrative review of interstitial lung disease in anti-synthetase syndrome: a clinical approach

Naina Sawal, Sanjay Mukhopadhyay, Sheetal Rayancha, Alastair Moore, Puneet Garcha, Anupam Kumar, Viren Kaul

PDF Pages: 5556-5571 Full Text Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Letter to the Editor

Pregnancy-associated lung cancer: a clinical and scientific challenge more than treatment dilemma

Weitao Zhuang, Guibin Qiao

PDF Pages: 5572-5574 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Erratum

Erratum to efficacy of whole lung lavage in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a 20-year experience at a reference center in Thailand

Editorial Office

PDF Pages: 5575 Full Text Open Access

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

Outcomes of robotic esophagectomy

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

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

Ashwini Arjuna, Michael T. Olson, Rajat Walia

Primary graft dysfunction: what we know

Emily Clausen, Edward Cantu

Advanced considerations in organ donors

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

Overview of the outcomes of robotic segmentectomy and lobectomy

Giulia Veronesi, Pierluigi Novellis, Gianluca Perroni

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

Bilateral sequential lung transplantation: technical aspects

Haytham Elgharably, Michael J. Javorski, Kenneth R. McCurry

Artificial intelligence-assisted decision making for prognosis and drug efficacy prediction in lung cancer patients: a narrative review

Jingwei Li, Jiayang Wu, Zhehao Zhao, Qiran Zhang, Jun Shao, Chengdi Wang, Zhixin Qiu, Weimin Li

Living-donor lobar lung transplantation

Daisuke Nakajima, Hiroshi Date

Robotic first rib resection for thoracic outlet syndrome

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

Bacterial infections in lung transplantation

Margaret McCort, Erica MacKenzie, Kenneth Pursell, David Pitrak

Airway complications in lung transplantation

Maria M. Crespo

Intraoperative support during lung transplantation

Pedro Reck dos Santos, Jonathan D’Cunha

Approaching the sensitized lung patient: risk assessment for donor acceptance

Massimo Mangiola, Marilyn Marrari, Qingyong Xu, Pablo G. Sanchez, Adriana Zeevi

Lung retransplantation in the modern era

A. Justin Rucker, Joseph R. Nellis, Jacob A. Klapper, Matthew G. Hartwig

Review: immunosuppression for the lung transplant patient

Sakhee Kotecha, Steven Ivulich, Gregory Snell

Management of chronic rejection after lung transplantation

Bahaa Bedair, Ramsey R. Hachem

Fungal infections in lung transplantation

Palash Samanta, Cornelius J. Clancy, M. Hong Nguyen

The role of palliative care in lung transplantation

Eric Nolley, Matt Morrell

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

The new allocation era and policy

Luke J. Benvenuto, Selim M. Arcasoy

Artificial intelligence in thoracic surgery: a narrative review

Valentina Bellini, Marina Valente, Paolo Del Rio, Elena Bignami

Viral infections in lung transplantation

Aline Munting, Oriol Manuel

Ex vivo lung perfusion

Tatsuaki Watanabe, Marcelo Cypel, Shaf Keshavjee

Synthesis of multidimensional pathophysiological process leading to type A aortic dissection: a narrative review

Mikko Uimonen

Application of artificial intelligence in COVID-19 medical area: a systematic review

Zhoulin Chang, Zhiqing Zhan, Zifan Zhao, Zhixuan You, Yang Liu, Zhihong Yan, Yong Fu, Wenhua Liang, Lei Zhao

Global status of the robotic thoracic surgery

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

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

Development of the fundamentals of thoracic robotic surgery curriculum

Jeffrey S. Levy, Farid Gharagozloo

Lung transplantation for pulmonary hypertension

Ann Hwalek, Justin P. Rosenheck, Bryan A. Whitson

Original Article

Evaluation of local aggressive lung therapy versus systemic therapy in oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Chenxi Zhang, Nan Ma, Qitong Zhang, Kaifu Zheng, Chuang Sun, Xiyang Tang, Xiaofei Li, Jinbo Zhao

Positive nodal status is still a risk factor for long-term survivors of non-small cell lung cancer 5 years after complete resection

Young Ho Yang, Ha Eun Kim, Byung Jo Park, Seokkee Lee, Seong Yong Park, Chang Young Lee, Dae Joon Kim, Hyo Chae Paik, Jin Gu Lee

Prognostic value of surgical intervention in advanced lung adenocarcinoma: a population-based study

Shuncang Zhu, Tao Ge, Junjie Hu, Gening Jiang, Peng Zhang

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with COVID-19: 1-year experience

Koray Durak, Rashad Zayat, Oliver Grottke, Michael Dreher, Rüdiger Autschbach, Gernot Marx, Nikolaus Marx, Jan Spillner, Sebastian Kalverkamp, Alexander Kersten

Effect of anti-reflux therapy on pulmonary function in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Mei Yang, Jiajia Dong, Jing An, Lin Liu, Lei Chen

Main pulmonary artery enlargement predicts 90-day readmissions in Chinese COPD patients

Yuqi Zhou, Mohamed Noorul Arafath Thanathi Mohamed Ameen, Wenjuan Li, Dingyun Feng, Hailing Yang, Xiao-Ling Zou, Shaozhu Wu, Tiantuo Zhang

Assessment of intrathoracic lymph nodes by FDG PET/CT in patients with asbestos-related lung cancer

Norichika Iga, Hiroshi Sonobe, Daisuke Mizuno, Hideyuki Nishi

Use of the pictorial Sleepiness and Sleep Apnoea Scale in Chinese patients with suspected obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

Yang Ji, Hongxia Wang, Min Liu, Martyn R. Partridge

Surgery provides improved overall survival in surgically fit octogenarians with esophageal cancer after chemoradiation therapy

Haydee Del Calvo, Duc T. Nguyen, Edward Y. Chan, Ray Chihara, Edward A. Graviss, Min P. Kim

Risk factors for atelectasis of the middle lobe after right upper lobectomy: preoperative bronchial diameter and stapling of the fissure

Yasushi Mizukami, Yuki Takahashi, Ryunosuke Maki, Hirofumi Adachi

Pneumonectomy for lung cancer in the elderly: lessons learned from a multicenter study

Fabrizio Minervini, Gregor J. Kocher, Pietro Bertoglio, Peter B. Kestenholz, Carlos Gálvez Muñoz, Davide Patrini, Laurens J. Ceulemans, Housne Begum, Jon Lutz, Max Shojai, Yaron Shargall, Marco Scarci

Surgery without preoperative histological confirmation of lung cancer: what is the current clinical practice?

Mohammad R. Ghamati, Wilson W. L. Li, Erik H. F. M. van der Heijden, Ad F. T. M. Verhagen, Ronald A. Damhuis

Is sleeve lobectomy safe after induction therapy?—a systematic review and meta-analysis

Louis-Emmanuel Chriqui, Céline Forster, Alban Lovis, Hasna Bouchaab, Thorsten Krueger, Jean Yannis Perentes, Michel Gonzalez

Compression depth of 30 mm has similar efficacy and fewer complications versus 50 mm during mechanical chest compression with miniaturized chest compressor in a porcine model of cardiac arrest

Lian Liang, Zuyong Li, Ran Chen, Siqi Liu, Tianen Zhou, Longyuan Jiang, Wanchun Tang, Jun Jiang, Zhengfei Yang

A single center experience with minimally invasive approaches in congenital cardiac surgery

Joseph R. Nellis, Mani A. Daneshmand, Jeffrey G. Gaca, Nicholas D. Andersen, John C. Haney, Joseph W. Turek

Increasing atmospheric temperature implicates increasing risk for acute type A dissection in hypertensive patients

Deborah Henzi, Anna Platzmann, Jan Brtek, Tomas Holubec, Maximilian Y. Emmert, Paul Vogt, Carlos A. Mestres, Diana Reser

A modified system for classifying the bilateral superior pulmonary veins using three-dimensional computed tomography bronchography and angiography images

Jun Wang, Haoran Lin, Chengyu Bian, Zhipeng Chen, Jingjing Huang, Yang Xia, Weibing Wu, Quan Zhu, Mei Yuan, Liang Chen

Effect of low protein intake on acute exacerbations in mild to moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: data from the 2007–2012 KNHANES

Sojung Park, Seo Woo Kim, Chin Kook Rhee, Kyungjoo Kim, Woo Jin Kim, Kwang Ha Yoo, Chang Youl Lee, Deog Kyeom Kim, Yong Bum Park, Ki-Suck Jung, Jin Hwa Lee