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

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

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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 >>

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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Original Article

Increased lung cancer recurrence following transthoracic needle biopsy
Seung Keun Yoon, Mi Hyoung Moon, Kyung Soo Kim, Seok Whan Moon
Patient-reported respiratory symptoms and relevant factors in patients with pulmonary nodules
Weitao Zhuang, Haijie Xu, Junhan Wu, Zijie Li, Yong Tang, Hansheng Wu, Yali Chen, Guibin Qiao
Real-world retrospective study of anti-PD-1 antibody in combination with chemotherapy as a neoadjuvant treatment strategy for locally advanced resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Can Liu, Yi Yu, Yuanyuan Shao, Lintao He, Tao Wu, Jinxiu Zheng, Jun Chen, Junhe Li
The impact of group II pulmonary hypertension on congestive heart failure patients admitted with ST elevation myocardial infarction, a nationwide study
Mohamad El Labban, Mikael R. Mir, Alexandra Abruzzo, Sydney Boike, Fayreal A. Niaz, Natasha T. Vo, Ibtisam Rauf, Syed A. Khan
Robotic-assisted ectopic mediastinal parathyroidectomy: a single institution experience and operative review for the thoracic surgeon
Christina M. Stuart, Nicolas Chanes, Adam R. Dyas, Maria B. Albuja Cruz, Christopher D. Raeburn, Robert C. McIntyre Jr, Simran K. Randhawa, Elizabeth A. David, John D. Mitchell, Robert A. Meguid
Efficacy, safety and patient satisfaction of two-stage versus single-stage computed tomography guided localization and resection of pulmonary nodules
Hei Yu Matthew Chen, Tsz Ho Andrew Wong, Ki Kwong Li, Ho Yan Howard Chan
Efficacy analysis of ALK inhibitors for treating lung squamous carcinoma patients harboring ALK rearrangement
Jingwen Wei, Wei Sun, Xiaohong Zeng, Huan Zhou, Zhengbo Song
The proximal extension of acute type A aortic dissection is associated with ascending aortic wall degeneration
Trina Chen, Ivana Kholova, Timo Paavonen, Ari Mennander
Priorities and strategy for the implementation of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in thoracic surgery
Tomas Piler, Martin Schauer, Christopher Larisch, Julia Riedel, Reiner Neu, Hans-Stefan Hofmann, Michael Ried
Development of a prognostic nomogram for patients underwent extracorporeal circulation auxiliary to open cardiac surgery on hospital mortality: a retrospective cohort study
Peihe Wang, Meiling Lu, Yu Huang, Lu Sun, Zhen Han
Prognostic significance of preoperative creatine kinase in resected thymic epithelial tumors
Asato Hashinokuchi, Shinkichi Takamori, Masafumi Yamaguchi, Saito Shunichi, Kyoto Matsudo, Taichi Nagano, Fumihiko Kinoshita, Takaki Akamine, Mikihiro Kohno, Mototsugu Shimokawa, Kousei Ishigami, Tomoyoshi Takenaka, Tomoharu Yoshizumi
Efficacy of ultrasound-guided second serratus anterior plane block on postoperative quality of recovery and analgesia after video-assisted thoracic surgery: a randomized, triple-blind, placebo-controlled study
Willis Wasonga Omindo, Wei Ping, Ruixing Qiu, Shubin Zheng, Qihang Sun, Yan Qian, Ruijie Zhang, Ni Zhang, Biyun Zhou
Safety of long-term esophageal stent use for multiple indications
Bryce M. Bludevich, Benjamin A. Palleiko, Hayley Reddington, Maria Navarro, S. Alyssa Q. Uy, Mark W. Maxfield, Isabel Emmerick, Feiran Lou, Karl Fabian L. Uy
Meta-analysis and systematic review of mediastinal cryobiopsy versus endobronchial ultrasound-transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in the diagnosis of intrathoracic adenopathy
Roshen Mathew, Winnie Elma Roy, Elizabel Susan Thomas, Nikhil Meena, Olesya Danilevskaya
Predictors of relapse of polymyositis/dermatomyositis associated interstitial lung disease
Tomoo Kishaba, Hiroyuki Yano, Masaki Itagane, Ko Sudo, Hiroaki Nagano, Mitsuyo Kinjo
A prediction model based on computed tomography characteristics for identifying malignant from benign sub-centimeter solid pulmonary nodules
Shu-Lei Cui, Lin-Lin Qi, Jia-Ning Liu, Feng-Lan Li, Jia-Qi Chen, Sai-Nan Cheng, Qian Xu, Jian-Wei Wang
Association of immune deficiency with prognosis and corticosteroid treatment benefits among patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome
Yanan Zhou, Dongni Hou, Cuicui Chen, Yanping Yang, Ying Wang, Yuanlin Song
Robotic-assisted CT-guided percutaneous pulmonary nodules localization by hook-wire needles: a retrospective observational study
Haoming Guo, Zubin Ouyang, Xinghua Li, Yongliang Han, Fengming Tao, Mengqi Liu, Runtian Cheng, Xiaoya Chen, Fajin Lv, Haitao Yang
Impact of radiological follow-up frequency on resected lung cancer: a propensity score matching analysis
Álvaro Fuentes-Martín, Néstor J. Martínez-Hernández, Alberto Cabañero Sánchez, Santiago Figueroa Almánzar, Sergi Call, Sergio Bolufer, David Gómez de Antonio, María Fé Muñoz Moreno, Raul Embun, Ángel Cilleruelo Ramos; Spanish Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Group (GEVATS)*
Emergent robotic surgery conversions: improving operating room team performance through high fidelity simulations
Bryce Bludevich, Kevin M. Dickson, Hayley Reddington, Chelsea Jeewoo Lim, Max Hazeltine, Hannah Buettner, Anne Weaver, Jorge Yarzebski, Isabel Cristina Martins Emmerick, Maksim Zayaruzny, Mamatha Kadiyala, Mark W. Maxfield, Karl Uy, Feiran Lou
Systematic review and meta-analysis of breathing exercises effects on lung function and quality of life in postoperative lung cancer patients
Jiayi Ren, Zongyue Li, Yuchen He, Hang Gao, Jin Li, Jiming Tao
Does needle gauge affect complication rates of computed tomography-guided lung biopsy?
Hamed Jalaeian, Kenneth Richardson, Konrad Kozlowski, Anmol Patel, Shree Venkat
Elevated circulating levels of neutrophil extracellular traps after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery as risk factors of postoperative atrial fibrillation and mortality
Yujin Jung, Jae Woong Choi, Ho Young Hwang, Ja Yoon Gu, Kyung Hwan Kim, Hyun Kyung Kim
The early and long-term occurrence of symptomatic venous thromboembolism after lung cancer surgery without extended thromboprophylaxis—a single center experience with 435 patients
Henna Maria Ala-Seppälä, Mika Tapani Ukkonen, Jari Olavi Laurikka, Jahangir Ari Khan
Acute exacerbation of interstitial lung diseases and mortality post-cryobiopsy: a multicenter cohort study
Adam Austin, Johnny Jaber, Katherine Fu, Lauran Zeineddine, Mohamed Omballi, George Mckenney, Ramsy Abdelghani, Diana Espinoza, David Becnel, Hiren J. Mehta
Double-bar technique for the correction of asymmetric pectus excavatum
Wongi Woo, Duk Hwan Moon, Jimin Lee, Bong Jun Kim, Sungsoo Lee
Revision after prior failed pectus excavatum repair: higher risks and greater complications than primary surgery
Kenan A. Shawwaf, Mohamed R. Aly, Michael M. Botros, Ryan S. Moosavi, Rawan M. Zeineddine, Jesse J. Lackey, Beth Sandstrom, Juan M. Farina, Dawn E. Jaroszewski
Clinical and radiological features of a cluster of immunocompetent adolescents with varicella pneumonia: a descriptive study
Hanting Li, Lu Chen, Leqing Chen, Yanqing Fan, Yuting Zheng, Qingyue Luo, Xiaoyu Han, Heshui Shi
Effectiveness and safety of anlotinib plus anti-programmed cell death 1/ligand 1 (anti-PD-1/PD-L1) antibodies as maintenance therapy after first-line chemotherapy combined with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer: a real-world study
Pan Yang, Hu Luo, Lintao Zhao, Fu Xiong, Chunlan Tang
Using the combined C-reactive protein and controlling nutritional status index for elderly non-small cell lung cancer
Ryohei Miyazaki, Masaya Tamura, Takashi Sakai, Naoki Furukawa, Marino Yamamoto, Hironobu Okada
Bleeding and long-term survival after lung resections: nationwide observational cohort study
Axel Dimberg, Magnus Dalén, Ulrik Sartipy
Impact of bridging veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to COVID-19 lung transplantation
Takahide Toyoda, Benjamin Louis Thomae, Taisuke Kaiho, Emily Jeong Cerier, Rade Tomic, G. R. Scott Budinger, Ankit Bharat, Chitaru Kurihara
Dynamic decline of lymphocytes predicts extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-related infections: a retrospective observational study
Tong Hao, Chenhui Jin, Dingji Hu, Changde Wu, Yike Zhu, Jianfeng Xie, Lili Huang, Jingyuan Xu, Wei Chang, Ling Liu, Fengmei Guo, Haibo Qiu, Yi Yang, Songqiao Liu
Pleural pro-gastrin releasing peptide is a potential diagnostic marker for malignant pleural effusion induced by small-cell lung cancer
Ya-Fei Wang, Qian Yang, Ling Hai, Feng Zhou, Lei Zhang, Ying-Jun Wang, Wen-Hui Gao, Li Yan, Ting-Wang Jiang, Jin-Hong Huang, Hong Chen, Qianghua Zhou, José M. Porcel, Wen-Qi Zheng, Zhi-De Hu
Establishing a risk prediction model for residual pulmonary vascular obstruction after regular anticoagulant therapy for non-high-risk pulmonary embolism
Dongping Zhu, Junfei Feng, Jie Guo, Jixian Duan, Yan Yang, Jing Leng
The prognostic value of controlling nutritional status score on esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients with neoadjuvant therapy followed by esophagectomy—a retrospective research
Pinhao Fang, Jianfeng Zhou, Zhiwen Liang, Yushang Yang, Siyuan Luan, Xin Xiao, Xiaokun Li, Qixin Shang, Hanlu Zhang, Xiaoxi Zeng, Yong Yuan
Application of three-dimensional printed models with near-infrared fluorescence technology in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery segmentectomy: a single-center propensity-score matching analysis
Renjie Huang, Jianting Du, Guobing Xu, Xian Gong, Jiekun Qian, Shuxing Chen, Bin Zheng, Chun Chen, Zhang Yang
COVID-19 seropositive donors yield comparable post-lung transplant outcomes
Chitaru Kurihara, Taisuke Kaiho, Takahide Toyoda, Benjamin Thomae, Anne O’Boye, Jeffrey Lysne, Ankit Bharat
Application of model for end-stage liver disease as disease classification in cardiac valve surgery: a retrospective study based on the INSPIRE database
Wei Zhou, Xiaobin Liu, Xingping Lv, Tuo Shen, Shaolin Ma, Feng Zhu
The impact of incomplete revascularization on survival in minimal invasive off-pump coronary artery surgery: a propensity score analysis of 1,149 cases
Magdalena I. Rufa, Adrian Ursulescu, Juergen Dippon, Dincer Aktuerk, Samir Ahad, Ragi Nagib, Marc Albert, Ulrich Franke
The relationship between the collagen score at the anastomotic site of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and anastomotic leakage
Xiao-Feng Chen, Jun-Peng Lin, Hang Zhou, Bing-Zi Kang, Rahul Nayak, Lin Gao, Shui-Sen Jiang, Feng Wang
Relationship between preoperative FT3 levels and new-onset atrial fibrillation after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
Yunfei Li, Wenqian Zhai, Zhigang Guo, Min Ren, Jeffrey Shuhaiber, Shahzad G. Raja, Savvas Lampridis, Jiange Han
Machine learning-based prediction of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting-associated acute kidney injury
Yuezi Song, Wenqian Zhai, Songnan Ma, Yubo Wu, Min Ren, Jef Van den Eynde, Paolo Nardi, Philip Y. K. Pang, Jason M. Ali, Jiange Han, Zhigang Guo
Jejunostomy feeding plus oral feeding versus intravenous nutrition plus oral feeding after esophageal cancer resection: a comparative retrospective cohort study
Maoxiu Yuan, Hai Zhang, Mingchao Wei, Caiyun Lan, Zhenyang Zhang, Ling Huang, Jianzhong Zhou, Haiquan He, Kazuo Koyanagi, Qingyi Feng, Jiangbo Lin
Exploring the impact of electrocardiographic parameters on the risk of common arrhythmias: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study
Guangheng Wu, Qiaoyun Zhang, Jie Zhang, Jinqi Zhu, Deqiang Zheng, Youxin Wang, Lijuan Wu
Identification of a prognostic gene signature in patients with cisplatin resistant squamous cell lung cancer
Yi Mu, Yinan Dong, Mingyang Zheng, Martin P. Barr, Giandomenico Roviello, Zhihuang Hu, Jia Liu
Effect of preoperative autologous platelet-rich plasmapheresis on postoperative bleeding in patients undergoing heart valve surgery
Manman Liu, Chao Liang, Meijing Ying, Fulvia Ortolani, Biling Wu, Jie Liu, Zhen Yang, Wanxia Xiong, Ming Ding
Application of drainage strategy with bi-pigtail catheters in patients undergoing lobectomy by uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery
Pingwen Yu, Davor Stamenovic, Hiran C. Fernando, Hongxu Liu
Andrographolide sulfonate downregulation of TLR3-TRIF and amelioration of airway inflammation caused by respiratory syncytial virus infection
Na Zhou, Siyi Che, Jiao Liu, Zhenghong Jiang, Luo Ren, Yin Liu, Enmei Liu, Jun Xie
Prevalence and management of pulmonary nodules: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Dan Chen, Liyun Yang, Wenhong Zhang, Jieyun Shen, Paul E. Y. Van Schil, Duilio Divisi, Nagarashee Seetharamu, Jie Gu
Surgical technical experience of adult aortic coarctation concomitant with poststenotic aneurysm or dissection
Huanyu Qiao, Bo Yang, David C. Rotzinger, Yongmin Liu
Preliminary experience of surgery after neoadjuvant immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy for stage-IIIB non-small cell lung cancer
Yizong Ding, Xiaojing Zhao, Petros Christopoulos, Travis C. Geraci, Yujie Fu
Differences in T cell-associated serum markers between ischemic cardiomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy
Yuli Huang, Lin Xuan, Qiong Xu, Jun Wang, Jie Liu
Bioinformatic analysis of differentially expressed genes in lung cancer bone metastasis and their implications for disease progression in lung cancer patients
Qiaojun Hong, Haiyan Hu, Dandan Liu, Xiaojian Hu, Zhanggui Wang, Daoping Zhou

Case Series

Sternal fixation and autologous bone grafting for post sternotomy non-union: a case series
Hiral Jhala, Patricia McFarlane, Sanjeet Singh Avtaar Singh, Kamal Deep, Zahid Mahmood, Harikrishna Doshi, Nawwar Al-Attar

Review Article

Acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis a narrative review primary focus on treatments
Xiaohui Luo, Fei Xiang
Values of circulating tumor DNA for non-small cell lung cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant therapy, progress and challenges: a narrative review
Sicheng Zhou, Cheng Shen, Yao Wang, Ziyi Zhao, Guowei Che
Management of spontaneous pneumothorax: a mini-review on its latest evidence
Hei-Shun Cheng, Charles Wong, Pui-Hing Chiu, Chun-Wai Tong, Pui-Ling Flora Miu
Pleural fluid biomarkers: a narrative review
Christopher Chan, Ken Ka Pang Chan
Clinical phenotypes of sepsis: a narrative review
Beibei Liu, Qingtao Zhou
Complex chest wall reconstruction after failure: a literature review
Debora Brascia, Giuseppe Mangiameli, Giuseppe Marulli
Chest wall resections for non-small cell lung cancer: a literature review
Luyu Huang, Feng Li, Jens Neudecker, Aron Elsner, Julia Strauchmann, Tomasz Dziodzio, Haiyu Zhou, Jens Rueckert
Novel techniques and future developments in minimally invasive pectus repair
Luzia Toselli, Gaston Bellia-Munzon, Daniela Sanjurjo, Marcelo Martinez-Ferro

Original Article

Nonintubated thoracoscopic lung resection: a 3-year experience with 285 cases in a single institution
Ke-Cheng Chen, Ya-Jung Cheng, Ming-Hui Hung, Yu-Ding Tseng, Jin-Shing Chen
Delays in the diagnosis of lung cancer
Peter M Ellis, Rachel Vandermeer
The diagnostic utility of endobronchial ultrasonography with a guide sheath and tomosynthesis images for ground glass opacity pulmonary lesions
Takehiro Izumo, Shinji Sasada, Christine Chavez, Takaaki Tsuchida
Hydration with magnesium and mannitol without furosemide prevents the nephrotoxicity induced by cisplatin and pemetrexed in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Keiko Muraki, Ryo Koyama, Yuichiro Honma, Shigehiro Yagishita, Takehito Shukuya, Rina Ohashi, Fumiyuki Takahashi, Kenji Kido, Shin-ichiro Iwakami, Shinichi Sasaki, Akihiko Iwase, Kazuhisa Takahashi
Local control rates with five-fraction stereotactic body radiotherapy for oligometastatic cancer to the lung
Deepinder Singh, Yuhchyau Chen, Mary Z. Hare, Kenneth Y. Usuki, Hong Zhang, Thomas Lundquist, Neil Joyce, Michael C. Schell, Michael T. Milano
Theoretical models of carcinogenic particle deposition and clearance in children’s lungs
Robert Sturm
A novel paradigm in the treatment of oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer
Salma K Jabbour, Parima Daroui, Dirk Moore, Edward Licitra, Molly Gabel, Joseph Aisner
Radiotherapy for a second primary lung cancer arising post-pneumonectomy: planning considerations and clinical outcomes
Sashendra Senthi, Cornelis J. A. Haasbeek, Frank J. Lagerwaard, Wilko F. Verbakel, Patricia F. de Haan, Ben J. Slotman, Suresh Senan
Impact of metformin use on survival in locally-advanced, inoperable non-small cell lung cancer treated with definitive chemoradiation
Inaya Ahmed, Adam Ferro, Alan Cohler, John Langenfeld, Sujani G. Surakanti, Joseph Aisner, Wei Zou, Bruce G. Haffty, Salma K. Jabbour
Utility of EBUS-TBNA for diagnosis of mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis: a multicentre Australian experience
James Geake, Gary Hammerschlag, Phan Nguyen, Peter Wallbridge, Grant A. Jenkin, Tony M. Korman, Barton Jennings, Douglas F. Johnson, Louis B. Irving, Michael Farmer, Daniel P. Steinfort
Comparative outcomes of squamous and non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients in phase II studies of ASA404 (DMXAA) – retrospective analysis of pooled data
Mark J McKeage, Michael B Jameson, AS1404-201 Study Group Investigators
High prevalence of gene abnormalities in young patients with lung cancer
Osamu Nagashima, Rina Ohashi, Yasuko Yoshioka, Ai Inagaki, Manabu Tajima, Yoshika Koinuma, Shin-ichiro Iwakami, Akihiko Iwase, Shinichi Sasaki, Shigeru Tominaga, Kazuhisa Takahashi
Home-based exercise: promising rehabilitation for symptom relief, improved functional status and quality of life for post-surgical lung cancer patients
Amy J. Hoffman, Ruth Ann Brintnall, Alexander von Eye, Lee W. Jones, Gordon Alderink, Lawrence H. Patzelt, Jean K. Brown
Thoracic malignant solitary fibrous tumors: A population-based study of survival
Michael T Milano, Deepinder P Singh, Hong Zhang
Differences in chemosensitivity between primary and paired metastatic lung cancer tissues: In vitro analysis based on the collagen gel droplet embedded culture drug test (CD-DST)
Masahiko Higashiyama, Jiro Okami, Jun Maeda, Toshiteru Tokunaga, Ayako Fujiwara, Ken Kodama, Fumio Imamura, Hisayuki Kobayashi
High-resolution CT findings of patients with pulmonary nocardiosis
Naoki Tsujimoto, Takeshi Saraya, Ken Kikuchi, Saori Takata, Yasuyuki Kurihara, Sayuki Hiraoka, Hiroshi Makino, Shota Yonetani, Koji Araki, Haruyuki Ishii, Hajime Takizawa, Hajime Goto
Signal stratification of autoantibody levels in serum samples and its application to the early detection of lung cancer
Graham F. Healey, Stephen Lam, Peter Boyle, Geoffrey Hamilton-Fairley, Laura J. Peek, John F. R. Robertson

Review Article

Molecular biology of lung cancer
Wendy A. Cooper, David C. L. Lam, Sandra A. O’Toole, John D. Minna
Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infections
Margaret M. Johnson, John A. Odell
Treatment of advanced non small cell lung cancer
Maria Anna Bareschino, Clorinda Schettino, Antonio Rossi, Paolo Maione, Paola Claudia Sacco, Rosario Zeppa, Cesare Gridelli
Chemotherapy advances in small-cell lung cancer
Bryan A. Chan, Jermaine I. G. Coward
Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy: A descriptive analysis
Steven Leong, Hong Ju, Henry Marshall, Rayleen Bowman, Ian Yang, Ann-Maree Ree, Cathy Saxon, Kwun M Fong
Targeted therapy in lung cancer: IPASS and beyond, keeping abreast of the explosion of targeted therapies for lung cancer
Peter Savas, Brett Hughes, Benjamin Solomon
Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for stage I NSCLC: Recent advances and controversies
Suresh Senan, David A. Palma, Frank J. Lagerwaard
The anticipation and management of air leaks and residual spaces post lung resection
Michael Rolf Mueller, Beatrice A. Marzluf
Exploiting sensitization windows of opportunity in hyper and hypo-fractionated radiation therapy
Anish Prasanna, Mansoor M. Ahmed, Mohammed Mohiuddin, C. Norman Coleman
Ultrasound techniques in the evaluation of the mediastinum, part 2: mediastinal lymph node anatomy and diagnostic reach of ultrasound techniques, clinical work up of neoplastic and inflammatory mediastinal lymphadenopathy using ultrasound techniques and how to learn mediastinal endosonography
Christian Jenssen, Jouke Tabe Annema, Paul Clementsen, Xin-Wu Cui, Mathias Maximilian Borst, Christoph Frank Dietrich
Revisiting signs, strengths and weaknesses of Standard Chest Radiography in patients of Acute Dyspnea in the Emergency Department
Luciano Cardinale, Giovanni Volpicelli, Alessandro Lamorte, Jessica Martino, Andrea veltri
The continuing role of chemotherapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer in the targeted therapy era
Zarnie Lwin, Jonathan W. Riess, David Gandara
MicroRNAs in mesothelioma: from tumour suppressors and biomarkers to therapeutic targets
Glen Reid
Pleural controversies: image guided biopsy vs. thoracoscopy for undiagnosed pleural effusions?
Giles Dixon, Duneesha de Fonseka, Nick Maskell
Preservation solutions for cardiac and pulmonary donor grafts: a review of the current literature
Nicholas Latchana, Joshua R. Peck, Bryan Whitson, Sylvester M. Black
Active-specific immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer
Hauke Winter, Natasja K. van den Engel, Margareta Rusan, Nina Schupp, Christian H. Poehlein, Hong Ming Hu, Rudolf A. Hatz, Walter J. Urba, Karl Walter Jauch, Bernard A. Fox, Dominik Rüttinger
Advanced imaging in COPD: insights into pulmonary pathophysiology
Stephen Milne, Gregory G. King
Advances in lung adenocarcinoma classification: a summary of the new international multidisciplinary classification system (IASLC/ATS/ERS)
Elizabeth R. Tang, Andrew M. Schreiner, Bradley B. Pua
Diagnosis and early detection of COPD using spirometry
David P. Johns, Julia A.E. Walters, E. Haydn Walters
Improving radiotherapy planning, delivery accuracy, and normal tissue sparing using cutting edge technologies
Carri K. Glide-Hurst, Indrin J. Chetty
Pediatric lung transplantation: indications and outcomes
Stephen Kirkby, Don Hayes Jr
Staging lymph node metastases from lung cancer in the mediastinum
Mario D. Terán, Malcolm V. Brock
JTD special edition ‘Hot Topics in COPD’—The microbiome in COPD
Daniel C. Chambers, Shaan L. Gellatly, Philip Hugenholtz, Philip M. Hansbro
Lung donor selection criteria
John Chaney, Yoshikazu Suzuki, Edward Cantu III, Victor van Berkel
Molecular markers to predict clinical outcome and radiation induced toxicity in lung cancer
Joshua D. Palmer, Nicholas G. Zaorsky, Matthew Witek, Bo Lu
Lung cancer screening: identifying the high risk cohort
Michael W. Marcus, Olaide Y. Raji, John K. Field
Pleural controversies: indwelling pleural catheter vs. pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusions
Marc Fortin, Alain Tremblay
New techniques for assessing response after hypofractionated radiotherapy for lung cancer
Sarah A. Mattonen, Kitty Huang, Aaron D. Ward, Suresh Senan, David A. Palma
Supportive and palliative care for lung cancer patients
Patsy Yates, Penelope Schofield, Isabella Zhao, David Currow

Case Report

First report of a novel liquid nitrogen adjustable flow spray cryotherapy (SCT) device in the bronchoscopic treatment of disease of the central tracheo-bronchial airways
Robert Browning, Scott Parrish, Saiyad Sarkar, J. Francis Turner Jr
Severe amiodarone induced pulmonary toxicity
Nicholas Nacca, Castigliano M Bhamidipati, Luke S Yuhico, Sowmya Pinnamaneni, Tamas Szombathy

Guideline

Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma
Nico van Zandwijk, Christopher Clarke, Douglas Henderson, A. William Musk, Kwun Fong, Anna Nowak, Robert Loeragan, Brian McCaughan, Michael Boyer, Malcolm Feigen, David Currow, Penelope Schofeild, Beth Ivimey Nick Pavlakis, Jocelyn McLean, Henry Marshall, Steven Leong, Victoria Keena, Andrew Penman

Research Highlight

Gene expression assays as prognostic and predictive markers in early stage non-small cell lung cancer
Tom Donnem, Roy M Bremnes, Lill-Tove Busund, Sigve Andersen, Francesco Pezzella

Short Communication

The sleep apnea cardiovascular endpoints (SAVE) trial: Rationale and start-up phase
R Doug McEvoy, Craig S Anderson, Nick A Antic, Baoyuan Chen, Quanying He, Emma Heeley, Shaoguang Huang, Yining Huang, Jiguang Wang, Nanshan Zhong

Circulating Tumor Cells

Detection methods of circulating tumor cells
Klaus Pantel, Catherine Alix-Panabières

Original Article

Suppressive oligonucleotides inhibit inflammation in a murine model of mechanical ventilator induced lung injury
Julia Scheiermann, Dennis M. Klinman
Five-year update on the mouse model of orthotopic lung transplantation: Scientific uses, tricks of the trade, and tips for success
Xue Lin, Wenjun Li, Jiaming Lai, Mikio Okazaki, Seiichiro Sugimoto, Sumiharu Yamamoto, Xingan Wang, Andrew E. Gelman, Daniel Kreisel, Alexander Sasha Krupnick
A pooled analysis of advanced nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer patients with stable treated brain metastases in two phase II trials receiving bevacizumab and pemetrexed as second-line therapy
Matthew A. Gubens, Jody C. Chuang, Wallace Akerley, Corey J. Langer, Christelle Clément- Duchêne, Melanie San Pedro-Salcedo, A. Dimitrios Colevas, Konstantin Dragnev, Mark A. Socinski, Heather A. Wakelee
Pleurodesis: a comparison of two sclerosing agents for pleural effusions in Mozambique
Ivo Figueiredo, Anilsa Cossa, Anila Hassane, José Sousa, Joaquim Pondo, João Teixeira, Kevan Akrami, Susannah K. Graves, Atul Malhotra, Elizabete A. Nunes

Review Article

Atypical antibody responses to influenza
Dalton Hermans, Richard J. Webby, Sook-San Wong
What can individuals do to reduce personal health risks from air pollution?
Robert Laumbach, Qingyu Meng, Howard Kipen
The role of rotors in atrial fibrillation
David E. Krummen, Vijay Swarup, Sanjiv M. Narayan
Current outcomes of off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: evidence from randomized controlled trials
Daniel Fudulu, Umberto Benedetto, Gustavo Guida Pecchinenda, Pierpaolo Chivasso, Vito Domenico Bruno, Filippo Rapetto, Alan Bryan, Gianni Davide Angelini
Staging lymph node metastases from lung cancer in the mediastinum
Mario D. Terán, Malcolm V. Brock
Improving radiotherapy planning, delivery accuracy, and normal tissue sparing using cutting edge technologies
Carri K. Glide-Hurst, Indrin J. Chetty
Esophageal cancer: staging system and guidelines for staging and treatment
Mark F. Berry
Implementing the new IASLC/ATS/ERS classification of lung adenocarcinomas: results from international and Chinese cohorts
Ming-Ching Lee, Kyuichi Kadota, Daniel Buitrago, David R. Jones, Prasad S. Adusumilli
Premature menopause in young breast cancer: effects on quality of life and treatment interventions
Shoshana M. Rosenberg, Ann H. Partridge
Strategies for the acquisition of transcriptional and epigenetic information in single cells
Guang Li, Elda Dzilic, Nick Flores, Alice Shieh, Sean M. Wu
The role of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β in the infarcted myocardium
Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis
Utility of cardiac magnetic resonance for evaluation of mitral regurgitation prior to mitral valve surgery
Neil K. Mehta, Jiwon Kim, Jonathan Y. Siden, Sara Rodriguez-Diego, Javid Alakbarli, Antonino Di Franco, Jonathan W. Weinsaft
Adjuvant, neoadjuvant, and definitive radiation therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma
Gwendolyn Cramer, Charles B. Simone II, Theresa M. Busch, Keith A. Cengel

Editorial

Conservatism strikes back: later is better than earlier dialysis for acute kidney injury
Dana Bielopolski, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh
Sleep and critical illness: bridging the two pillars at the ATS 2016
Stuti J. Jaiswal, Atul Malhotra, Robert L. Owens
Temperature and duration targets during post-arrest care: choosing the right prescription for the right patient
John C. Greenwood, Abhishek Bhardwaj, Benjamin S. Abella
Examining the paradox of high high-density lipoprotein and elevated cardiovascular risk
Kavisha Singh, Anand Rohatgi
Mortality after red blood cell transfusions from previously pregnant donors: complexities in the interpretation of large data
Susan Kuldanek, Christopher C. Silliman
Optogenetic tools for cell biological applications
Abhirup Mukherjee, Nicole A. Repina, David V. Schaffer, Ravi S. Kane
Editorial on “Transcription factor SPZ1 promotes TWIST-mediated epithelial—mesenchymal transition and oncogenesis in human liver cancer”
Dan J. Raz
Editorial on “Can CT-PET and endoscopic assessment post-neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy predict residual disease in esophageal cancer”
Chia-Ju Liu, Wei Lu
The hemodynamic impact of acute nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: is it safe?
Bo Xu, Reena Mehra
Tumor spread through air space (STAS) is an important predictor of clinical outcome in stage IA lung adenocarcinoma
Hui-Zi Chen, Erin M. Bertino, Kai He
Antiviral prophylaxis of cytomegalovirus reactivation in immune competent patients—the jury remains out
Sara A. Mansfield, Charles H. Cook
Allosterically targeting EGFR drug-resistance gatekeeper mutations
Nicholas Spellmon, Chunying Li, Zhe Yang
Imaging homeostatic sleep pressure and circadian rhythm in the human brain
Zhuo Fang, Hengyi Rao
Tumor mutational burden (TMB) as a biomarker of response to immunotherapy in small cell lung cancer
Yanis Boumber

Letter to the Editor

Response to “VATS vs. thoracotomy regarding postoperative chronic pain”
Emine Ozgur Bayman, Kalpaj R. Parekh, John Keech, Timothy J. Brennan
The role of a decision analysis in treatment of T2N0 esophageal cancer
Tara R. Semenkovich, Bryan F. Meyers, Benjamin D. Kozower, Varun Puri

Case Report

Intraoperative near-infrared imaging can identify subcentimeter colorectal cancer lung metastases during pulmonary metastasectomy
Andrew D. Newton, Jarrod D. Predina, Lydia G. Frenzel-Sulyok, Michael H. Shin, Yiqing Wang, Sunil Singhal
A novel strategy for cardiopulmonary support during lung transplantation
Ramiro Fernandez, Malcolm M. DeCamp, Ankit Bharat

Review Article on Left Ventricular Assist Devices

Left ventricular assist device driveline infections: recent advances and future goals
Anne-Marie Leuck

Short Communication of Interventional Pulmonology Corner

Endobronchial ultrasound—guidance for interstitial photodynamic therapy of locally advanced lung cancer—a new interventional concept
Kassem Harris, Emily Oakley, David Bellnier, Gal Shafirstein

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