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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.

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.

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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Vol 13, No 5 (May, 2021)

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Air Pollution more

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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Journal of Thoracic Disease is endorsed by International COPD Coalition.

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The Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery (SBCT)

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Editorial

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

PDF Pages: 2698-2704 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Original Article

Predictive value of graft patency and major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCEs) in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) based on Fourier transform (FFT)

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

PDF Pages: 2705-2715 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 2716-2727 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 2728-2737 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 2738-2745 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 2746-2757 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 2758-2767 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

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

PDF Pages: 2768-2775 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 2776-2789 Full Text Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 2790-2802 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 2803-2811 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

Katsuya Watanabe, Daisuke Noma, Haruhiko Masuda, Munetaka Masuda

PDF Pages: 2812-2823 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 2824-2832 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 2833-2843 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 2844-2857 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

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

PDF Pages: 2858-2866 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Gender differences in coronary artery diameters and survival results after off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) procedures

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

PDF Pages: 2867-2873 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Outcomes related to anticoagulation management for mechanical valve replacements

Lauren V. Huckaby, Laura M. Seese, Thomas G. Gleason, Ibrahim Sultan, Yisi Wang, Floyd Thoma, Arman Kilic

PDF Pages: 2874-2884 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 2885-2895 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Differential outcomes of residual disease in surgically-resected non-small cell lung cancer and the importance of guideline-concordant adjuvant therapy

Dustin K. Lieu, Li Ding, Elizabeth A. David, Sean C. Wightman, Scott M. Atay, P. Michael McFadden, Anthony W. Kim

PDF Pages: 2896-2909 Full Text Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 2910-2922 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 2923-2932 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

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

Tiange Luo, Xu Meng

PDF Pages: 2933-2941 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 2942-2951 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 2952-2958 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 2959-2967 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

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

PDF Pages: 2968-2978 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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-Leong Cheung

PDF Pages: 2979-2985 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

A longitudinal follow-up of COVID-19 patients in the convalescent phase showed recovery in radiological results, the dynamics of lymphocytes, and a decrease in the level of IgG antibody: a single-centre, observational study

Ziqi Wang, Li Yang, Yi Chen, Zhiwei Xu, Hui Wang, Xiaoju Zhang

PDF Pages: 2986-3000 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Safety and feasibility of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic uncommon segmentectomy

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

PDF Pages: 3001-3009 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 3010-3020 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 3021-3032 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 3033-3041 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 3042-3050 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 3051-3060 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Knockdown of lncRNA TUC338 inhibits esophageal cancer cells migration and invasion

Ting Qian, Hui Zhang, Shaorong Yu, Zhenzhang Chen, Hui Jia, Fanyu Peng, Guochun Cao, Jianwei Lu, Delin Liu, Dawei Sun

PDF Pages: 3061-3069 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 3070-3075 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Construction, validation and, visualization of a web-based nomogram for predicting the overall survival and cancer-specific survival of leiomyosarcoma patients with lung metastasis

Zhehong Li, Junqiang Wei, Xintian Gan, Mingze Song, Yafang Zhang, Haiying Cao, Yu Jin, Jilong Yang

PDF Pages: 3076-3092 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

A systematic review and meta-analysis of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery treating spontaneous pneumothorax

Zhenhai Lin, Zhidong Zhang, Qiugui Wang, Junhua Li, Wen Peng, Guangquan Ge

PDF Pages: 3093-3104 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 3105-3114 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Decreased expression of Dlg5 is associated with a poor prognosis and epithelial–mesenchymal transition in squamous cell lung cancer

Juanjuan Che, Jing Wang, Huihui Li, Hongchao Zhen, Kun Shang, Yan Yang, Bangwei Cao

PDF Pages: 3115-3125 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

The association between the ERCC1/2 polymorphisms and radiotherapy efficacy in 87 patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Chenxue Jiang, Yanling Guo, Yefei Li, Jingjing Kang, Xiaojiang Sun, Hongyu Wu, Jianguo Feng, Yaping Xu

PDF Pages: 3126-3136 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Serum β-klotho is a potential biomarker in the prediction of clinical outcomes among patients with NSCLC

Juan Zhou, Suqin Ben, Tan Xu, Liqin Xu, Xin Yao

PDF Pages: 3137-3150 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 3151-3159 Full Text Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Review Article

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

Brian Housman, Raja Flores, Dong-Seok Lee

PDF Pages: 3160-3170 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

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

Takeo Nakada, Hiroaki Kuroda

PDF Pages: 3171-3181 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Surgical Technique

Single-direction VATS left lower lobectomy and lymph node dissection after neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy: a case report

Jihong Lin, Shuchen Chen, Kaiming Peng, Lei Gao, Shaobin Yu, Peipei Zhang, Zhimin Shen, Junjie He, Mingqiang Kang

PDF Pages: 3182-3185 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Letter to the Editor

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

Zeyi Cheng, Luchen Wang, Xiaogang Sun

PDF Pages: 3186-3187 Full Text COI Form Open Access

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

Yuqin Zeng, Zijing Zhou, Ping Chen

PDF Pages: 3188-3190 Full Text Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Editorial on the 3rd International Cough Conference¹

Uncommon causes of chronic cough associated with airway eosinophilia

Jiaxing Xie, Kian Fan Chung, Kefang Lai

PDF Pages: 3191-3196 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Review Article on the 3rd International Cough Conference¹

Narrative Review: how long should patients with cough variant asthma or non-asthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis be treated?

Akio Niimi

PDF Pages: 3197-3214 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

News of GARD Section²

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

PDF Pages: 3215-3225 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Editorial on Radiotherapy for Brain Metastases from Lung Cancer³

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

Lucyna Kepka

PDF Pages: 3226-3229 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Review Article on Radiotherapy for Brain Metastases from Lung Cancer³

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

Shruti Bhandari, Neal Dunlap, Goetz Kloecker

PDF Pages: 3230-3234 Full Text COI Form Open Access

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

Aswin George Abraham, Wilson Roa

PDF Pages: 3235-3245 Full Text COI Form Open Access

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

Beata Sas-Korczynska, Monika Rucinska

PDF Pages: 3246-3257 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Supportive care for patients with brain metastases from lung cancer

Akanksha Sharma, Maciej M. Mrugala

PDF Pages: 3258-3268 Full Text COI Form Open Access

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

Lucyna Kepka, Joanna Socha, Beata Sas-Korczynska

PDF Pages: 3269-3278 Full Text COI Form Open Access

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

Justyna Chalubinska-Fendler, Lucyna Kepka

PDF Pages: 3279-3288 Full Text COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 3289-3294 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Management of brain metastases in elderly patients with lung cancer

Joanna Socha, Anna Rychter, Lucyna Kepka

PDF Pages: 3295-3307 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Radiotherapy of brain metastasis from lung cancer in limited resource settings

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

PDF Pages: 3308-3314 Full Text COI Form Open Access

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

Rafal Suwinski

PDF Pages: 3315-3322 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Disclosure:

1. The series “the 3rd International Cough Conference” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding.

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

3. The series “Radiotherapy for Brain Metastases from Lung Cancer” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Lucyna Kepka 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

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

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

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

Mark Barash, Jonathan S. Kurman

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

Ashwini Arjuna, Michael T. Olson, Rajat Walia

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bacterial infections in lung transplantation

Margaret McCort, Erica MacKenzie, Kenneth Pursell, David Pitrak

Approaching the sensitized lung patient: risk assessment for donor acceptance

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

Review: immunosuppression for the lung transplant patient

Sakhee Kotecha, Steven Ivulich, Gregory Snell

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

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

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

Margaret Wei, Elliot Ho, Pravachan Hegde

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

Robotic lobectomy: how to teach thoracic residents

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

Global status of the robotic thoracic surgery

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

Pneumothorax in patients with respiratory failure in ICU

Joseph Thachuthara-George

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

Prevalence and characteristics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in China with a diagnostic criterion of FEV₁/FVC less than the lower limit of normal—a reanalysis of Chinese epidemiological survey of COPD (CESCOPD) study

Sha Liu, Yumin Zhou, Weifeng Zou, Xiaowu Tan, Pixin Ran

Anatomical location and number of metastatic lymph nodes for prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer

Joji Samejima, Hiroyuki Ito, Takuya Nagashima, Daiji Nemoto, Daisuke Eriguchi, Haruhiko Nakayama, Norihiko Ikeda, Morihito Okada

Implementation of an enhanced recovery after thoracic surgery care pathway for thoracotomy patients—achieving better pain control with less (schedule II) opioid utilization

Karishma Kodia, Joy A. Stephens-McDonnough, Ahmed Alnajar, Nestor R. Villamizar, Dao M. Nguyen

A risk score for predicting postoperative complications in non-intubated thoracic surgery

Lan Lan, Long Jiang, Chongyang Duan, Weixiang Lu, Canzhou Zhang, Yanyi Cen, Jianxing He

Assessment of competence in local anaesthetic thoracoscopy: development and validity investigation of a new assessment tool

Leizl Joy Nayahangan, Morten Bo Søndergaard Svendsen, Uffe Bodtger, Najib Rahman, Nick Maskell, Jatinder Singh Sidhu, Jonathan Lawaetz, Paul Frost Clementsen, Lars Konge

A simple assessment of lung nodule location for reduction in unnecessary invasive procedures

C. Matthew Kinsey, Ehab Billatos, Vitor Mori, Ben Tonelli, Bernard F. Cole, Fenghai Duan, Helga Marques, Isaac de la Bruere, Jorge Onieva, Rubén San José Estépar, Alyx Cleveland, Dan Idelkope, Chris Stevenson, Jason H. T. Bates, Denise Aberle, Avi Spira, George Washko, Raúl San José Estépar

A phase II study of everolimus in patients with advanced solid malignancies with TSC1, TSC2, NF1, NF2 or STK11 mutations

Siddhartha Devarakonda, Bruna Pellini, Luke Verghese, Haeseong Park, Daniel Morgensztern, Ramaswamy Govindan, Rama Suresh, Peter Oppelt, Maria Q. Baggstrom, Ningying Wu, Saiama N. Waqar

Editorial

The intersection of interventional pulmonology and critical care

Jonathan S. Kurman, Ashutosh Sachdeva, Rahul Nanchal

Is robotic approach more suited for thoracic procedures than video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)?

Ghulam Abbas

Outcomes and technique of robotic diaphragm plication

Lana Schumacher, Danjing Zhao

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