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Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2024)

In 2024, many authors bring new findings, practical information on the diagnosis and treatment of conditions related to thoracic disease to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspectives and insightful views as authors.

Reviewer of the Month (2024)

In 2024, JTD reviewers continue to make 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.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

JTD Annual Report 2023

We are glad to present the 2023 Annual Report of JTD here. Celebrating its new impact factor of 2.5, JTD continues to publish cutting-edge research covering the whole spectrum of thoracic disease.

We here would like to extend our sincere gratitude to our editorial board members, guest editors, reviewers, authors and readers. We wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2024! We look forward to working with you in the new year to continue the success of JTD.

New Impact Factor for Journal of Thoracic Disease: 2.5

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD) has attained its latest impact factor update for the 2022 citation year: 2.5.

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

Journal of Thoracic Disease 2022 CiteScore Released: 4.6

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD) has received its 2022 CiteScore: 4.6, ranking 57 out of 144 journals in the Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine category.

Furthermore, we are delighted to highlight the remarkable achievements made by all AME journals in the CiteScore ranking.

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 16, No 5 (May, 2024)

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胸外科手术肺漏气与术中出血的诊治：基于Delphi法制定的意大利胸外科学会专家共识

肺持续性漏气和术中出血的诊治是胸外科手术中常见的挑战之一。 More >>

中国香港胸外科现状简介

中国香港的胸外科早在20世纪50年代还是一个新兴的亚专科，主要关注于非解剖性肺切除术和肺结核的开胸治疗。 More >>

中国台湾医疗系统与胸外科发展

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

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, Charl... 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, Kian ... 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 Furman, Mic... 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, Paul... 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, Ronal... 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 Wa... 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 >>

Endorsement

Journal of Thoracic Disease is endorsed by: The International COPD Coalition

The Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery (SBCT)

The Italian Society of Thoracic Surgery (SICT)

The Italian VATS Group

The Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD)

The Hong Kong Society of Endosonography

Editorial

A conundrum of honeycombing: challenges in tumor size estimation in patients with honeycombing in the lung

Sana Vahidy, Raoul Pereira, Sebastiao Nunes Martins-Filho, Meena Kalluri

PDF Pages: 2709-2712 Full Text (16) COI Form Open Access

Original Article

Prevalence of carotid artery stenosis and intra-cranial lesions in patients with aortic arch aneurysm and its association with intraoperative regional cerebral oxygen saturation and postoperative neurological outcomes

Daijiro Hori, Takahiro Yamamoto, Naoyuki Kimura, Atsushi Yamaguchi

PDF Pages: 2713-2722 Full Text (31) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Thoracic cavity remodeling and pulmonary function change after chest wall resection

Seon Yong Bae, Ji Hyeon Park, Bubse Na, Kwon Joong Na, Samina Park, In Kyu Park, Chang Hyun Kang, Young Tae Kim

PDF Pages: 2723-2735 Full Text (21) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Intraprocedural computed tomography-guided navigation with ventilatory strategy for atelectasis (ICNVA): a modified electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy

Shaohua Dai, Guoqiu Xu, Zhiguo Chen, Jian Tang

PDF Pages: 2736-2744 Full Text (Video) (65) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Network pharmacology to explore the mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of ground glass nodules

Feng Wang, Cui-Lian Mo, Ming Lu, Xiao-Long Deng, Jia-Ying Luo

PDF Pages: 2745-2756 Full Text (26) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Indeterminate pulmonary nodules and prior malignancy: survival and recurrence after surgery in newly diagnosed stage I non-small cell lung cancer

José Franco, Genaro Galán, Elvira Bondía, Irene Pastor, Andrea Calderón, Amelia Insa, Miguel Á. Mollá, Paloma Martín-Martorell, Juan A. Carbonell, Jaime Signes-Costa

PDF Pages: 2757-2766 Full Text (22) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Systemic immune-inflammation index in predicting hospitalized bronchiectasis exacerbation risks and disease severity

Wang Chun Kwok, Terence Chi Chun Tam, David Chi Leung Lam, Mary Sau Man Ip, James Chung Man Ho

PDF Pages: 2767-2775 Full Text (18) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Multimodal prehabilitation in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a feasibility study

David W. G. ten Cate, Rosaline van den Berg, Maaike Scholten-Bakker, Charlotte J. L. Molenaar, Erik M. von Meyenfeldt, Gerrit D. Slooter, Frank J. C. van den Broek, Geertruid M. H. Marres

PDF Pages: 2776-2789 Full Text (14) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Pediatric vascular ring outcomes for surgically repaired vs. unoperated children: a single-center experience

Houdaïfa Ajdaa, Karlien Carbonez, Jelena Hubrechts, Catherine Barrea, Geoffroy de Beco, Mona Momeni, Alain J. Poncelet

PDF Pages: 2790-2799 Full Text (20) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Prevalence of concomitant aortic disease and lung cancer: an exploratory study

Edoardo Pasqui, Luca Luzzi, Elisa Lazzeri, Giulia Casilli, Giulia Ferrante, Chiara Catelli, Piero Paladini, Gianmarco de Donato

PDF Pages: 2800-2810 Full Text (16) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Integrated endoscopic treatment of primitive unresectable tracheal tumor: the INTACT retrospective cohort study

Alessandro Marchioni, Linda Manicardi, Roberto Tonelli, Luca Tabbì, Dario Andrisani, Antonio Lamesta, Anna Mocellin, Giulia Bruzzi, Gaia Cappiello, Alessandro Andreani, Francesco Mattioli, Pierluigi Filosso, Enrico Clini

PDF Pages: 2811-2821 Full Text (22) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Different treatment modalities on the prognosis of patients with stage I–IIIa small cell lung cancer: a population based study

Fangjun Chen, Zihan Wang, Xing Gu, Yihong Ni, Guangliang Qiang

PDF Pages: 2822-2834 Full Text (23) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The inciting factor for bradycardia in COVID-19 patients: a potential harm of steroid treatment

Misa Ogiwara, Hiroaki Ihara, Yuki Muto, Manami Haba, Hiroki Nakazawa, Saori Hotta, Hitomi Jo, Noriko Hayama, Yuichiro Honma, Sakuo Hoshi, Mitsuhiro Fujii, Kazuhisa Takahashi

PDF Pages: 2835-2844 Full Text (13) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Intraoperative changes in upper extremity perfusion index after thoracic paravertebral and intertransverse process block in patients undergoing lung resection surgery

Chahyun Oh, Sun Yeul Lee, Soomin Lee, Jiyong Lee, Sujin Baek, Myungjong Shin, Yooyoung Chong, Min-Woong Kang, Chaeseong Lim, Sung Joon Han, Boohwi Hong

PDF Pages: 2845-2855 Full Text (11) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Presurgical invasive mediastinal staging in lung cancer, unexpected N2 and long-term survival: a registry-based study with data from the Spanish group for video-assisted thoracic surgery

Iker López, Borja Aguinagalde, Iratxe Urreta, Iñigo Royo, Sergio Bolufer, Laura Sánchez, Jon Zabaleta, Arantza Fernández-Monge, Raúl Embún; on behalf of the Spanish Group for Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (GEVATS)

PDF Pages: 2856-2865 Full Text (15) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Thoracoscopic surgery for rare congenital pulmonary airway malformations in adults: a decade of retrospective study

Yuqing Zhao, Huimin Jia

PDF Pages: 2866-2874 Full Text (16) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Differentiating inflammatory and malignant pulmonary lesions on 3T lung MRI with radiomics of apparent diffusion coefficient maps and T2w derived radiomic feature maps

Laura J. Jensen, Damon Kim, Thomas Elgeti, Ingo G. Steffen, Lars-Arne Schaafs, Bernd Hamm, Sebastian N. Nagel

PDF Pages: 2875-2893 Full Text (21) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Factors associated with incomplete resection for large, locally invasive non-small cell lung cancer

Whitney S. Brandt, Zhizhou Yang, Brendan T. Heiden, Pamela P. Samson, Daniel Morgensztern, Saiama N. Waqar, Bryan F. Meyers, Ruben G. Nava, G. Alexander Patterson, Benjamin D. Kozower, Varun Puri

PDF Pages: 2894-2905 Full Text (20) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Comparison of high-flow nasal cannula with conventional oxygen therapy for preventing postoperative hypoxemia in patients with lung resection surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Xingxing Zhang, Xiaoqing Li, Yang Li, Wenchun Wang, Yun Yu

PDF Pages: 2906-2917 Full Text (27) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The safety and feasibility of mini-invasive Bentall surgery via right anterior mini-thoracotomy

Xin He, Fengwei Guo, Jing Li, Yongxin Li, Yang Yan

PDF Pages: 2918-2926 Full Text (25) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Feasibility of the modified mini-bronchoalveolar lavage techniques using a nasogastric suction catheter and polytetrafluoroethylene bronchoscopic suction catheter in diagnosing bilateral pneumonia: a pilot study

Phongsaphat Pojpanichphong, Nadwipa Yuangtrakul

PDF Pages: 2927-2935 Full Text (25) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Regional trends in diagnosis of advanced lung cancer in Michigan over 33 years

Hollis E. Hutchings, Sue C. Grady, Qiong Zhang, Erik Schwarze, Andrew Popoff, Kamil Khanipov, Ikenna C. Okereke

PDF Pages: 2936-2947 Full Text (25) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Clinical characteristics and survival of esophageal cancer patients: annual report of the surgical treatment in Shanghai Chest Hospital, 2017

Chang Yuan, Xiaolu Wu, Yuxin Yang, Zhichao Liu, Yifeng Sun, Xufeng Guo, Bin Li, Rong Hua, Yang Yang, Teng Mao, Hong Zhang, Yuchen Su, Chunguang Li, Shanshan Geng, Zhigang Li

PDF Pages: 2948-2962 Full Text (13) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Clinical outcomes and staff satisfaction after adoption of digital chest drainage system for minimally invasive lung resections

Benjamin A. Palleiko, Anupama Singh, Christopher Strader, Tanmay Patil, Allison Crawford, Isabel Emmerick, Feiran Lou, Karl Uy, Mark W. Maxfield

PDF Pages: 2963-2974 Full Text (25) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Prognostic impact of ground-glass opacity components in lung cancer with lymph node metastasis

Satoru Tamagawa, Masayuki Nakao, Katsunori Oikado, Yoshinao Sato, Kohei Hashimoto, Junji Ichinose, Yosuke Matsuura, Sakae Okumura, Yukitoshi Satoh, Mingyon Mun

PDF Pages: 2975-2982 Full Text (14) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The efficacy and safety of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 prophylaxis and clinical assessment: an updated meta-analysis of randomized trials

Xudong Han, Wei Shi, Ya Yang

PDF Pages: 2983-2993 Full Text (14) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Association between anion gap and the 30-day mortality of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia: a study of the MIMIC-III database

Hui Yu, Sheng Chen

PDF Pages: 2994-3006 Full Text (21) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

mTOR inhibitors after lung transplantation: a real-life experience

Katja Schmucki, Thomas Gaisl, Patrick Hofmann, René Hage, Carolin Steinack, Thomas Hans Fehr, Silvia Ulrich, Macé M. Schuurmans

PDF Pages: 3007-3018 Full Text (20) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Airway stent intervention in a high-volume center: safe procedures and educational perspectives

Takuya Watanabe, Masayuki Tanahashi, Eriko Suzuki, Naoko Yoshii, Takuya Kohama, Kensuke Iguchi, Suiha Takeuchi, Minori Nakamura, Takumi Endo

PDF Pages: 3019-3030 Full Text (Video) (19) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

CT findings, prognosis, and follow-up of pulmonary artery periadventitial hematoma with aortic dissection: a retrospective single-center study

Hirofumi Koike, Eijun Sueyoshi, Chika Somagawa, Hiroki Nagayama, Ryo Toya

PDF Pages: 3031-3041 Full Text (21) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Non-intubated bronchoscopic tracheobronchial surgeries with electroencephalogram-monitored intravenous anesthesia: feasibility and outcomes

Yu Fang, Ching-Kai Lin, Zong-Han Yao, Hung-Jen Fan, Ya-Jung Cheng

PDF Pages: 3042-3050 Full Text (14) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Erythromycin regulates peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ to ameliorate cigarette smoke-induced oxidative stress in macrophages

Qiqi Li, Yunjie Wei, Yanlin Wei, Kaiye He, Guopeng Liao, Lingyun Cheng, Meihua Li

PDF Pages: 3051-3060 Full Text (23) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Establishment and validation of a clinicopathological prediction model for postoperative recurrence of stage IA lung adenocarcinoma

Xin Zhang, Jie Yang, Shining Li, Yong Ao, Leqi Zhong, Xinyu Liu, Kongjia Luo, Yi Hu

PDF Pages: 3061-3074 Full Text (23) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Causal relationship between renal function and risk of esophageal cancer: insights from Mendelian randomization

Yi Shi, Qingyue Zeng, Shuangqing Li, Di Deng

PDF Pages: 3075-3084 Full Text (15) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Comparison of cardiorespiratory parameters between 6-minute walk test and 1-minute sit to stand test in young adults with post-COVID-19: follow-up 3 months

Patchareeya Amput, Puttipong Poncumhak, Saisunee Konsanit, Sirima Wongphon

PDF Pages: 3085-3095 Full Text (14) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Early chest tube removal within 6 hours after thoracic surgery results in improved postoperative prognosis and no adverse effects

Takahiro Homma, Hisashi Saji, Yoshifumi Shimada, Keitaro Tanabe, Koji Kojima, Hideki Marushima, Tomoyuki Miyazawa, Hiroyuki Kimura, Hiroki Sakai, Kanji Otsubo, Takayuki Hatakeyama, Tomoshi Tsuchiya

PDF Pages: 3096-3106 Full Text (18) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Interest of the Leicester Cough Questionnaire in predicting postoperatives complications after lung resection: LCQ-SURGE

Caroline Corbice, André Gillibert, François-Régis Sarhan, Mathieu Sarsam, Jean Selim, Benjamin Bottet, Jean-Marc Baste, Fairuz Boujibar

PDF Pages: 3107-3116 Full Text (12) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Risk factors for the recurrence of left atrioventricular valvular regurgitation after surgical repair of partial and transitional atrioventricular septal defect

Jiatong Li, Tan Liu, Yuji Xie, Xin Zhang, Jie Liu, Ruize Zhang, Yun Yang, Shuangshuang Zhu, Yali Yang, Jing Wang, Li Zhang, Qing Lv, Lin He, Lingyun Fang, Wenqian Wu, He Li, Yuman Li, Mingxing Xie

PDF Pages: 3117-3128 Full Text (14) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia: clinical outcomes of 60 consecutive cases

Yoshihiko Taniguchi, Toru Arai, Taisuke Tsuji, Chikatoshi Sugimoto, Kazunobu Tachibana, Masanori Akira, Yoshikazu Inoue

PDF Pages: 3129-3141 Full Text (19) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Diagnostic value and safety of medical thoracoscopy in undiagnosed pleural effusions—a prospective observational cohort study

Ken Junyang Goh, Carrie Kah-Lai Leong, Si Ling Young, Brian Lee Wei Chua, Jane Jing Yi Wong, Ivana Gilcrist Chiew Sian Phua, Wen Ting Lim, Devanand Anantham, Qiao Li Tan

PDF Pages: 3142-3151 Full Text (35) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Integrative bioinformatics approach for identifying key genes and potential therapeutic targets in the concurrent manifestation of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and pulmonary hypertension

Xi Zheng, Chenyang Zhang, Tao Yang, Zhanyang Luo, Junyi Xia, Weibin Tian, Juan Shao, Hu Zhang, Jingru Gong, Xuhui Bao

PDF Pages: 3152-3169 Full Text (25) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Specific sequelae symptoms of COVID-19 of Omicron variant in comparison with non-COVID-19 patients: a retrospective cohort study in Japan

Takahiro Omori, Mariko Hanafusa, Nobuyuki Kondo, Yasunari Miyazaki, Shusho Okada, Takeo Fujiwara, Jin Kuramochi

PDF Pages: 3170-3180 Full Text (17) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Complement activation is associated with right ventricular dysfunction and the severity of pulmonary embolism: links with prothrombotic state

Paweł Rostoff, Michał Ząbczyk, Joanna Natorska, Anetta Undas

PDF Pages: 3181-3191 Full Text (26) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Comparison of frailty indexes as predictors of clinical outcomes after major thoracic surgery

Sara Parini, Danila Azzolina, Fabio Massera, Christian Garlisi, Esther Papalia, Guido Baietto, Giulia Bora, Maria Giovanna Mastromarino, Michela Barini, Enrico Ruffini, Alessandro Carriero, Ottavio Rena

PDF Pages: 3192-3203 Full Text (13) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Anesthetic predictors for postoperative pneumonia in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Wenzhi Zhu, Liping Zhu, Shuang Li, Xiaoyi Wang, Hongyu Tan

PDF Pages: 3204-3212 Full Text (24) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Value of computed tomography radiomics combined with inflammation indices in predicting the efficacy of immunotherapy in patients with locally advanced and metastatic non-small cell lung cancer

Hancheng Shao, Jun Zhu, Liang Shi, Jie Yao, Yuxuan Wang, Chonggang Ma, Andrzej Swierniak, Bin Ni

PDF Pages: 3213-3227 Full Text (21) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The clinical, radiological, postoperative pathological, and genetic features of nodular lung adenocarcinoma: a real-world single-center data

Weixiang Zhong, Wenshu Zhang, Lei Dai, Mingwu Chen

PDF Pages: 3228-3250 Full Text (19) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Increasing serum complement component 1q is associated with worse prognosis in advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a single-center, retrospective study

Jiazhuo Tang, Yang Fu, Yuxiao Song, Jiaxin Yin, Jun Wang, Hugo Arasanz, Bicheng Zhang

PDF Pages: 3251-3259 Full Text (17) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Clinical outcomes of the type II hybrid procedure for the repair of extensive aortic arch pathology

Yuan Xue, Yeting Lou, Xiaomeng Wang, Shipan Wang, Yue Shi, Duanduan Chen, Giovanni Mariscalco, Ioannis Dimarakis, Haiyang Li, Hongjia Zhang

PDF Pages: 3260-3271 Full Text (25) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Effectiveness and safety of a novel modified homemade snare in retrograde percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion lesions: a retrospective cohort study

Tao Zhang, Yuchen Zhang, Tingting Feng, Lin Zhao

PDF Pages: 3272-3281 Full Text (18) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography for patent foramen ovale detection

Kun Xu, Xiaoguang Tian, Meifang Hao, Yiying Li, Jingxuan Zhang, Randolph H. L. Wong, Adrianna Othmani, Quanbin Zhang

PDF Pages: 3282-3290 Full Text (15) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Analysis of related factors and treatment effect of chylothorax after lung surgery

Xingyu Zhu, Xiangwei Feng, Zhengwei Huang, Wangjue Xu, Aotian Guo, Jingwei Xu, Zhao Chen, Tao Shen, Jiayu Zhou, Zhengfu He

PDF Pages: 3291-3305 Full Text (13) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Development and validation of a self-attention network-based algorithm to detect mediastinal lesions on computed tomography images

Sizhu Wu, Shengyu Liu, Ming Zhong, Erik R. de Loos, Marc Hartert, Álvaro Fuentes-Martín, Alessandra Lenzini, Dejian Wang, Qing Qian

PDF Pages: 3306-3316 Full Text (24) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Comparative outcomes of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus open surgery for bronchogenic cysts in adults: a retrospective cohort study

Guowen Wang, Xiang Ji, Chunyu Yao, Yiyao Jiang, Lin Wang, Chuankui Li, Tao Tao, Qicai Li, Yifan Yang, Lixiang Li, Jae Jun Kim, Gregor J. Kocher, Angelo Carretta, Savvas Lampridis, Panagiotis T. Tasoudis, Zuyi Wang, Huaguang Pan, Hanlin Fang, Renquan Zhang

PDF Pages: 3317-3324 Full Text (Video) (16) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Postoperative follow-up of 221 patients with infective endocarditis from Gaoligong mountain area of Yunnan in China: a retrospective, single-center, observational cohort study

Hua Li, Yaxiong Li, Zheng Jia, Le Ren, Francesco Nappi, Xiao Ma, Yu Jiang, Shen Han

PDF Pages: 3325-3337 Full Text (19) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Somatic KMT2D loss-of-function mutations in lung squamous cell carcinoma: a single-center cohort study

Zekui Fang, Xiping Wu, Li Xiao, Chunli Wang, Yanyan Zhao, Qingchao Zhang, Paola Anna Jablonska, Alonso La Rosa, Wolfram C. M. Dempke, Muhammad Furqan, Huizhen Fan

PDF Pages: 3338-3349 Full Text (18) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Performance verification of a biochemical detection system for hydrothorax and ascites and clinical diagnostic accuracy evaluation of exudate and tuberculous effusion

Junyuan Huang, Pinning Feng, Yongjiang Chen, Xi Li, Iyare Izevbaye, Weiguo Lu, Yingchun Zhou

PDF Pages: 3350-3360 Full Text (15) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Brief Report

Does pulmonary embolism guideline increase the pulmonary vascular obstruction index and help to elucidate the severity of pulmonary embolism?

Yi Liu, Danrong Yang

PDF Pages: 3361-3365 Full Text (12) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Mycobacterium gordonae: the canary in the coal mine?

Daniel Condit, Lori Avery, Charles L. Daley, Mark Metersky

PDF Pages: 3366-3370 Full Text (22) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Atezolizumab and nintedanib in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and interstitial lung disease

Teppei Yamaguchi, Junichi Shimizu, Fumie Shigematsu, Naohiro Watanabe, Takaaki Hasegawa, Yoshitsugu Horio, Yoshitaka Inaba, Yutaka Fujiwara

PDF Pages: 3371-3380 Full Text (27) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Study Protocol

Treatment rationale and protocol design: an investigator-initiated phase II study of combination treatment of nivolumab and TM5614, a PAI-1 inhibitor for previously treated patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Takeshi Masuda, Taizo Hirata, Tomohiro Sakamoto, Yukari Tsubata, Eiki Ichihara, Toshiyuki Kozuki, Hiroyasu Shoda, Masanori Motonaga, Takako Yoshida, Miki Fukutani, Kazue Tsuji-Takayama, Atsushi Tamura, Harunobu Amagase, Hideki Fujihara, Gaku Aoki, Tomoyuki Akita, Yasushi Orihashi, Toshio Miyata, Noboru Hattori

PDF Pages: 3381-3388 Full Text (29) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article

Application of nanomaterials in heart transplantation: a narrative review

Huaiyu Jiang, Qiang Zhao, Xiaofeng Ye

PDF Pages: 3389-3405 Full Text (39) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Clinically important pulmonary vascular variations: a narrative review

Maciej T. Pawlica, Karolina Buchajska, Zuzanna Gabrysz, Marcin M. Cackowski, Michał Dziedzic, Tadeusz M. Orłowski, Dariusz A. Dziedzic

PDF Pages: 3406-3421 Full Text (17) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Post-thoracotomy pain syndrome in the era of minimally invasive thoracic surgery

Takuro Miyazaki, Ryoichiro Doi, Keitaro Matsumoto

PDF Pages: 3422-3430 Full Text (16) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Lung abscess: the non-conservative management: a narrative review

Walid Hadid, Giulia Maria Stella, Ashish P. Maskey, Rabih I. Bechara, Shaheen Islam

PDF Pages: 3431-3440 Full Text (44) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Thoracic manifestations and respiratory function alterations in axial spondyloarthritis and newest possibilities of ultrasound to detect changes in diaphragm—a narrative review

Hana Skala Kavanagh, Jan Aksentijević, Frane Grubišić, Simeon Grazio, Marija Gomerčić Palčić

PDF Pages: 3441-3449 Full Text (12) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

A narrative review of theophylline: is there still a place for an old friend?

Martin Scurek, Kristian Brat

PDF Pages: 3450-3460 Full Text (20) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation in mitral valve surgery: a narrative review

Yang Zou, Ning Yang, Fangbao Ding, Yingman Wang, Ju Mei, Zhaolei Jiang

PDF Pages: 3461-3471 Full Text (20) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Development of neuromodulation for atrial fibrillation: a narrative review

Ning Yang, Yang Zou, Bohan Wen, Yingman Wang, Ju Mei, Zhaolei Jiang

PDF Pages: 3472-3483 Full Text (16) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Management of soft tissue sarcomas of the chest wall: a comprehensive overview

Lori M. van Roozendaal, Joanna W. A. M. Bosmans, Jean H. T. Daemen, Aimee J. P. M. Franssen, James van Bastelaar, Sanne M. E. Engelen, Kristien B. M. I. Keymeulen, Wolfgang W. Schmidt Aguiar, Jose Ribas Milanez de Campos, Karel W. E. Hulsewé, Yvonne L. J. Vissers, Erik R. de Loos

PDF Pages: 3484-3492 Full Text (19) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Case Report: iMDT Corner

Intrapleural minocycline pleurodesis for bilateral pneumothorax due to septic pulmonary embolism: a case report

Masahiro Yanagiya, Yoshihiro Kazama, Shun-Mao Yang, Amos Lal, Debora Russo, Satoshi Watanabe, Ami Wada, Yoshiaki Furuhata, Jun Nakajima

PDF Pages: 3493-3502 Full Text (7) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

A case report of cStage IIIB squamous cell lung carcinoma completely resected after downstaging with neoadjuvant therapy

Jijia Li, Peng Zu, Marko Jakopović, Antoine Legras, Hisashi Saji, Ken Onodera, Georg Schlachtenberger, Hongxu Liu

PDF Pages: 3503-3511 Full Text (20) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Editorial Commentary

Wedge resection vs. segmentectomy: when is each acceptable in early-stage lung adenocarcinoma?

Palina Woodhouse, Eric L. Grogan

PDF Pages: 3512-3514 Full Text (13) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Who are the real candidates for wedge resection of lung cancer?

Takayuki Kosaka, Seshiru Nakazawa, Takashi Ibe, Ken Shirabe

PDF Pages: 3515-3517 Full Text (13) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Pure ground-glass opacities (GGO) lung adenocarcinoma: surgical resection is curative

Kevin X. Huang, Barry C. Gibney

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Striking a balance when operating for acute type A aortic dissection

Viswajit Kandula, Adham Elmously, Thomas F. X. O’Donnell, Virendra I. Patel, Hiroo Takayama

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Let’s think outside of the box

Paula Duarte D’Ambrosio, Juliana Ferreira, C. Isabela Silva Muller, Paula Antonia Ugalde Figueroa

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Anatomical partial lobectomy is a minimally invasive and precise procedure: beware of overuse

Junji Ichinose, Ayumi Suzuki, Yosuke Matsuura, Masayuki Nakao, Sakae Okumura, Mingyon Mun

PDF Pages: 3528-3530 Full Text (14) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The evolving field of sublobar resection: in search of the optimal operation or the optimal definition

Luis J. Herrera, Kojo Dadzie

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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.

Original Article

Factors associated with mortality in acute respiratory failure patients without acute respiratory distress syndrome

Tanuwong Viarasilpa, Watsamon Wattananiyom, Surat Tongyoo, Thummaporn Naorungroj, Preecha Thomrongpairoj, Chairat Permpikul

Published online: 31 May 2024

Editorial

Special requirements for TNM-staging in esophageal cancer

Magnus Sundbom, Gustav Linder

Published online: 30 May 2024

Original Article

Optimal methodology for percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy: a comparative analysis between conventional and multidisciplinary approaches utilizing ultrasound, flexible bronchoscopy, and microcatheter puncture in critically ill individuals of diminutive stature—a longitudinal single-institutional experience and retrospective analysis

Song-Am Lee, Jun-Seok Kim, Michael Ji, Dong-Kyu Kim, Hyeong-Ju Moon, Woo-Surng Lee

Published online: 27 May 2024

Editorial Commentary

Anatomical partial lobectomy: implications in the light of JCOG0802/WJOG4607L and CALGB140503 (Alliance) trials

Piergiorgio Muriana

Published online: 24 May 2024

Original Article

Early surgical outcomes of rapid deployment aortic valve replacement in bicuspid aortic valves

June Lee, Yong Han Kim, Hyun Ah Lim, Seok Beom Hong, Do Yeon Kim, Hwan Wook Kim

Published online: 07 May 2024

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The Journal of Thoracic Disease is an international, open access, peer-reviewed journal indexed in PubMed and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), covering the field of respiratory, lung, heart, esophageal, and mediastinal diseases.