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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 4 (April, 2024)

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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 China Asthma Alliance

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

Original Article

Perioperative outcomes of robotic versus video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in non-small cell lung cancer patients after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy

Wangchao Yao, Ziyun Shen, Lele Zhang, Xinsheng Zhu, Yicheng Xiong, Meixin Teng, Yang Qing, Jing Zhang, Peng Zhang

PDF Pages: 2205-2215 Full Text (69) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Prognostic factors in lung transplantation after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation bridging therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yan Zhu, Fei Zeng, Mei-Juan Lan, Jiang-Shu-Yuan Liang, Ling-Yun Cai, Pei-Pei Gu, Lu-Yao Guo

PDF Pages: 2216-2224 Full Text (47) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Individualized treatment of type A intramural hematoma—upfront surgery is not always necessary

Simon Chi-Ying Chow, Kevin Lim, Tak-Wai Lum, Jacky Yan-Kit Ho, Song Wan, Takuya Fujikawa, Randolph Hung-Leung Wong

PDF Pages: 2225-2235 Full Text (53) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Evaluation of a new surgical procedure for simultaneous resection of synchronous thoracic middle-lower segment esophageal and distal gastric cancers

Xusheng Ding, Bin Li, Hui Shen, Zezhou Wang, Longlong Shao, Jiaqing Xiang

PDF Pages: 2236-2243 Full Text (45) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Pazopanib attenuated bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis via suppressing TGF-β1 signaling pathway

Kai Huang, Qianyi Zhang, Hao Ruan, Chunyu Guo, Shuyang Wu, Qinyi Liu, Deqiang Zhang, Shida Long, Wenrui Wang, Zhou Wu, Li Tian, Shuangyan Gao, Huanan Zhao, Xiaoting Gu, Huijun Yin, Cheng Yang

PDF Pages: 2244-2258 Full Text (33) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Echocardiographic right ventricular evaluation in cardiac surgery patients undergoing mitral valve reconstruction: a single center prospective observational study

Ali Haddad, Ahmed Mohamed, Sven Arends, Bassam Ishak, Olga Tsarenko, Ilir Balaj, Markus Kamler, Thorsten Brenner, Sharaf-Eldin Shehada

PDF Pages: 2259-2273 Full Text (32) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Health-related quality of life after minimal-invasive treatment of aortic valve stenosis in the elderly

Terézia B. Andrási, Celine Schellenberg, Alina Vasiloi, Alannah C. Glück

PDF Pages: 2274-2284 Full Text (35) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Suction versus non-suction drainage strategy after uniportal thoracoscopic lung surgery: a prospective cohort study

Yang Qiu, Jian Zhou, Dongsheng Wu, Ailin Luo, Mei Yang, Quan Zheng, Tengyong Wang, Qiang Pu

PDF Pages: 2285-2295 Full Text (26) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

A validated model to predict spread through air space in lung adenocarcinoma

Yuting Zheng, Xiaoyu Han, Hanting Li, Qinyue Luo, Chengyu Ding, Kailu Zhang, Jun Fan, Wenjuan Zeng, Heshui Shi

PDF Pages: 2296-2313 Full Text (32) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Gastrointestinal bleeding risk factors in type A aortic dissection post-aortic arch replacement

Junhai Hao, Jiaxin Li, Hanxiao Zhang, Jia Chen, Miaoxian Fang, Meifen Wu, Bowen Gu, Yingkai Xiao, Liming Lei

PDF Pages: 2314-2325 Full Text (30) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Yiqigubiao pill treatment regulates Sirtuin 5 expression and mitochondrial function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Ting Meng, Feng-Sen Li, Dan Xu, Jing Jing, Zheng Li, Miyesier Maimaitiaili, Yong-Jiang Bao

PDF Pages: 2326-2340 Full Text (33) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Clinical outcomes of radiofrequency catheter ablation guided by intracardiac echocardiography for Chinese atrial fibrillation patients: a single-center, retrospective study

Dongchen Zhou, Jian Yang, Biqi Zhang, Jie Han, Chenyu Zuo, Xingwei Lu, Jianwei Xuan, Xiaogang Guo

PDF Pages: 2341-2352 Full Text (43) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Compatible with fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis on high-resolution computed tomography: from the ATS/JRS/ALAT 2020 hypersensitivity pneumonitis guidelines

Shota Kaburaki, Ryo Okuda, Tamiko Takemura, Eri Hagiwara, Masahiro Seike, Akihiko Gemma, Takashi Ogura

PDF Pages: 2353-2364 Full Text (30) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Subnormothermic ex vivo lung perfusion possibly protects against ischemia-reperfusion injury via the mTORC-HIF-1α pathway

Jee Won Suh, Soo Jin Park, Young Wha Koh, Daun Seo, Seokjin Haam

PDF Pages: 2365-2378 Full Text (41) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Safety and efficacy of delayed completion lobectomy following wedge resection vs. segmentectomy—a retrospective cohort study

Yimu Wu, Kaiqi Jin, Linlin Qin, Zhaoxun Li, Xiaoxiong Xu, Jie Dai, Xiaogang Liu, Xinnan Xu, Xiao Zhou, Gening Jiang

PDF Pages: 2379-2393 Full Text (36) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Early and mid-term outcomes of tricuspid valve surgery in patients with functional tricuspid regurgitation induced by atrial fibrillation

Eun Chae Kim, Nazla Amanda Soehartono, Sue Hyun Kim, Yeiwon Lee, Suk Ho Sohn, Ho Young Hwang, Kyung Hwan Kim, Jae Woong Choi

PDF Pages: 2394-2403 Full Text (42) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Relationship of various COVID-19 antibody titer with individual characteristics and prediction of future epidemic trend in Xiamen City, China

Liansheng Xu, Buasiyamu Abudunaibi, Zhiqi Zeng, Yunkang Zhao, Yao Wang, Xiaohao Guo, Yidun Zhang, Tao Li, Wenkui Lu, Weiliang Tian, Zhinan Guo, Chenghao Su, Tianmu Chen

PDF Pages: 2404-2420 Full Text (25) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Screening and identification of hub genes for ischemic cardiomyopathy and construction and validation of a clinical prognosis model using bioinformatics analysis

Jing Wang, Liying Tang, Yuzhi Bai, Xia Zhao, Tian Tian, Christos G. Mihos, Eva Maria Javier Delmo, Pei Li

PDF Pages: 2421-2431 Full Text (23) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Prognostic impact of spread through air spaces in patients with ≤2 cm stage IA lung adenocarcinoma

Xiao Chen, Hangcheng Zhou, Mingsheng Wu, Meiqing Xu, Tian Li, Jun Wang, Xiaohui Sun, Yasuhiro Tsutani, Mingran Xie

PDF Pages: 2432-2442 Full Text (38) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Transcriptome analysis revealed the new mechanism of the intra-myocardial injectable alginate-hydrogel in the treatment of ventricular function degradation

Huiyong Wang, Ting Zhou, Wentao Ma, Ji Zheng, Zhiyong Cao, Caiyun He, Pedro A. Lemos, Jianfang Luo

PDF Pages: 2443-2459 Full Text (53) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

CXCR7 promotes pulmonary vascular remodeling via targeting p38/MMP2 pathway in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Jingjing Xu, Shuai Miao, Tianjun Wu, Chunxiao Hu, Dongxiao Huang, Xin Zhang

PDF Pages: 2460-2471 Full Text (46) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

A preliminary study of modified inflatable mediastinoscopic and single-incision plus one-port laparoscopic esophagectomy

Hua Tang, Zhihao Song, Rongqiang Wei, Kai Yan, Zihao Chen, Kenan Huang, Ning Xin, Noriyuki Hirahara, Inderpal S. Sarkaria, Xinyue Li, Bin Wu, Zhifei Xu

PDF Pages: 2472-2481 Full Text (45) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Developing and validating machine learning-based prediction models for frailty occurrence in those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Yong Chen, Yonglin Yu, Dongmei Yang, Wenbo Zhang, Vasileios Kouritas, Xiaoju Chen

PDF Pages: 2482-2498 Full Text (58) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Accurate etiological diagnosis of Mycoplasma hominis mediastinitis in immunocompetent patients using metagenomic next-generation sequencing: a case series and literature review

Sishi Cai, Jue Pan, Suzhen Wang, Rong Bao, Chunmei Zhou, Xiaodong Gao, Haruhiko Shiiya, Bijie Hu

PDF Pages: 2499-2509 Full Text (27) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

ALAS2 overexpression alleviates oxidative stress-induced ferroptosis in aortic aneurysms via GATA1 activation

Yunjun He, Xiaohui Wang, Donglin Li, Qianqian Zhu, Yilang Xiang, Yangyan He, Hongkun Zhang

PDF Pages: 2510-2527 Full Text (52) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The predictive and prognostic value of risk factors in patients receiving hybrid coronary revascularization with postoperative pulmonary complications

Shanshan Mu, Yingqi Chen, Jiawan Wang, Jingjing Guo, Ruitong Niu, Yang Zhang, Pixiong Su, Jason M. Ali, Jie Gao, Anshi Wu

PDF Pages: 2528-2538 Full Text (46) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Etiological diagnostic performance of probe capture-based targeted next-generation sequencing in bloodstream infection

Sishi Cai, Jianying Yuan, Yingzhen Li, Fengming Guo, Zengshun Lin, Hongyi Li, Qing Miao, Tingting Fang, Yuan Wu, Xiaodong Gao, Pei Li, Jun Liu, Chaohui Hu, Bijie Hu

PDF Pages: 2539-2549 Full Text (124) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

An esophagectomy surgical Apgar score-based nomogram—a risk-based postoperative triage system: a phase II randomised trial

Xiaohan Chen, Yong Xi, Chengbin Lin, Hongyan Yu, Jae Y. Kim, Jon O. Wee, Xianneng He, Jiajun Gao, Weiyu Shen

PDF Pages: 2550-2562 Full Text (42) Reporting Checklist Trial Protocol Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Automatic 3D coronary artery segmentation based on local region active contour model

Xiaohong Chen, Jufeng Jiang, Xiaofeng Zhang

PDF Pages: 2563-2579 Full Text (73) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Revealing the oncogenic role of elevated GNL3L expression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: insights into the STAT3 pathway

Shaobin Yu, Peipei Zhang, Shaojun Xu, Zhang Xiang, Ankit Madan, Guy D. Eslick, Farshid Dayyani, Shuchen Chen

PDF Pages: 2580-2590 Full Text (51) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The quality of life of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a bibliometric analysis

Xiaxia Wu, Zhongyang Liu, Chenpan Xu, Till Plönes, Hong Wang

PDF Pages: 2591-2603 Full Text (47) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article

Enhanced recovery after chest wall resection and reconstruction: a clinical practice review

Céline Forster, Valentin Jacques, Etienne Abdelnour-Berchtold, Thorsten Krueger, Jean Yannis Perentes, Matthieu Zellweger, Michel Gonzalez

PDF Pages: 2604-2612 Full Text (18) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Patient selection, surgery and perioperative management in lung transplantation in Japan

Chihiro Konoeda, Masaaki Sato

PDF Pages: 2613-2622 Full Text (22) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Blood flow assessment technology in aortic surgery: a narrative review

Yu Hohri, Megan M. Chung, Viswajit Kandula, Ilya Kim, Jay Leb, Hideyuki Hayashi, Adham Elmously, Thomas FX O’Donnell, Virendra Patel, Vijay Vedula, Hiroo Takayama

PDF Pages: 2623-2636 Full Text (26) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for general thoracic surgery: case series and narrative review

Megan E. Campany, Britton B. Donato, Pedro Reck dos Santos, Cory M. Alwardt, Kristin Sell-Dottin, Stephanie Blakeman, Penny Hung, Ayan Sen, Patrick DeValeria, Lara Schaheen, Jonathan D’Cunha

PDF Pages: 2637-2643 Full Text (19) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Machine learning in cardiac surgery: a narrative review

Travis J. Miles, Ravi K. Ghanta

PDF Pages: 2644-2653 Full Text (47) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Automatic detection of obstructive sleep apnea based on speech or snoring sounds: a narrative review

Shuang Cao, Ivana Rosenzweig, Federico Bilotta, Hong Jiang, Ming Xia

PDF Pages: 2654-2667 Full Text (47) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Surgical Technique

Effect of sternocleidomastoid flap repair and endoscopic injection of emulsified adipose tissue stromal vascular fraction in the treatment of refractory cervical anastomotic leak contaminating mediastinum

Baoxing Liu, Haibo Ma, Xingyu Liu, Fabrizio Minervini, Madhuri Rao, Alessio Campisi, Jiwei Cheng, Wenqun Xing

PDF Pages: 2668-2673 Full Text (49) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Editorial Commentary

The ideal regional block after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: do we have it?

Sarah Lumsden, Emily Lai, Juan P. Cata

PDF Pages: 2674-2676 Full Text (23) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Is paravertebral block the new standard of care for postoperative analgesia after thoracoscopic surgery?

Alberto Aiolfi, Davide Bona, Galyna Shabat, Marco Resta, Luigi Bonavina

PDF Pages: 2677-2680 Full Text (20) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Not all that glitters is gold

Marco Anile, Francesco Ferrante, Beatrice Zacchini, Angelina Pernazza, Massimiliano Bassi, Jacopo Vannucci, Federico Venuta

PDF Pages: 2681-2683 Full Text (24) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Pure ground-glass opacity of the lung: making the case for a lasting cure

Mohammad Abdallat, Danny Jonigk, Hassan A. Khalil

PDF Pages: 2684-2686 Full Text (24) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The impact of neoadjuvant therapy on postoperative outcomes following sleeve lobectomy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a call for future investigation

Rajika Jindani, Brendon Stiles

PDF Pages: 2687-2689 Full Text (17) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Neoadjuvant therapy and sleeve lobectomy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: morbidity and survival balancing

Alessio Campisi, Giorgio Cannone, Vincenzo Verzeletti, Andrea Dell’Amore

PDF Pages: 2690-2693 Full Text (21) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Advancing coronary artery bypass grafting: the fasudil-nitroglycerin cocktail as a potential antispastic solution

Michael Dashwood, Domingos Souza, Gökce Topal

PDF Pages: 2694-2697 Full Text (28) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Global implementation of individualized lung cancer care requires wide adoption of molecular tumor profiling

Nathaniel Deboever, Mara B. Antonoff

PDF Pages: 2698-2701 Full Text (41) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Images in Clinical Medicine

COVID-19 infection in a lung transplant recipient

Yuan Zeng, Guilin Peng, Chao Yang, Mengyang Liu, Jianxing He, Xin Xu

PDF Pages: 2702-2703 Full Text (30) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Letter to the Editor

Diagnostic strategies for pulmonary embolism in COVID-19

Daan J. L. van Twist, Yael Appelboom, Inge H. Y. Luu

PDF Pages: 2704-2706 Full Text (26) COI Form Open Access

D-dimer cut-off value for pulmonary embolism diagnosis in COVID-19

Sophie Y. H. Engels, Matthijs Oudkerk, Marjolein A. Heuvelmans

PDF Pages: 2707-2708 Full Text (26) COI Form Open Access

Original Article

Nonintubated thoracoscopic lung resection: a 3-year experience with 285 cases in a single institution

Ke-Cheng Chen, Ya-Jung Cheng, Ming-Hui Hung, Yu-Ding Tseng, Jin-Shing Chen

Delays in the diagnosis of lung cancer

Peter M Ellis, Rachel Vandermeer

The diagnostic utility of endobronchial ultrasonography with a guide sheath and tomosynthesis images for ground glass opacity pulmonary lesions

Takehiro Izumo, Shinji Sasada, Christine Chavez, Takaaki Tsuchida

Hydration with magnesium and mannitol without furosemide prevents the nephrotoxicity induced by cisplatin and pemetrexed in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Keiko Muraki, Ryo Koyama, Yuichiro Honma, Shigehiro Yagishita, Takehito Shukuya, Rina Ohashi, Fumiyuki Takahashi, Kenji Kido, Shin-ichiro Iwakami, Shinichi Sasaki, Akihiko Iwase, Kazuhisa Takahashi

Local control rates with five-fraction stereotactic body radiotherapy for oligometastatic cancer to the lung

Deepinder Singh, Yuhchyau Chen, Mary Z. Hare, Kenneth Y. Usuki, Hong Zhang, Thomas Lundquist, Neil Joyce, Michael C. Schell, Michael T. Milano

Theoretical models of carcinogenic particle deposition and clearance in children’s lungs

Robert Sturm

A novel paradigm in the treatment of oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer

Salma K Jabbour, Parima Daroui, Dirk Moore, Edward Licitra, Molly Gabel, Joseph Aisner

Radiotherapy for a second primary lung cancer arising post-pneumonectomy: planning considerations and clinical outcomes

Sashendra Senthi, Cornelis J. A. Haasbeek, Frank J. Lagerwaard, Wilko F. Verbakel, Patricia F. de Haan, Ben J. Slotman, Suresh Senan

Impact of metformin use on survival in locally-advanced, inoperable non-small cell lung cancer treated with definitive chemoradiation

Inaya Ahmed, Adam Ferro, Alan Cohler, John Langenfeld, Sujani G. Surakanti, Joseph Aisner, Wei Zou, Bruce G. Haffty, Salma K. Jabbour

Utility of EBUS-TBNA for diagnosis of mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis: a multicentre Australian experience

James Geake, Gary Hammerschlag, Phan Nguyen, Peter Wallbridge, Grant A. Jenkin, Tony M. Korman, Barton Jennings, Douglas F. Johnson, Louis B. Irving, Michael Farmer, Daniel P. Steinfort

Comparative outcomes of squamous and non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients in phase II studies of ASA404 (DMXAA) – retrospective analysis of pooled data

Mark J McKeage, Michael B Jameson, AS1404-201 Study Group Investigators

High prevalence of gene abnormalities in young patients with lung cancer

Osamu Nagashima, Rina Ohashi, Yasuko Yoshioka, Ai Inagaki, Manabu Tajima, Yoshika Koinuma, Shin-ichiro Iwakami, Akihiko Iwase, Shinichi Sasaki, Shigeru Tominaga, Kazuhisa Takahashi

Home-based exercise: promising rehabilitation for symptom relief, improved functional status and quality of life for post-surgical lung cancer patients

Amy J. Hoffman, Ruth Ann Brintnall, Alexander von Eye, Lee W. Jones, Gordon Alderink, Lawrence H. Patzelt, Jean K. Brown

Thoracic malignant solitary fibrous tumors: A population-based study of survival

Michael T Milano, Deepinder P Singh, Hong Zhang

Differences in chemosensitivity between primary and paired metastatic lung cancer tissues: In vitro analysis based on the collagen gel droplet embedded culture drug test (CD-DST)

Masahiko Higashiyama, Jiro Okami, Jun Maeda, Toshiteru Tokunaga, Ayako Fujiwara, Ken Kodama, Fumio Imamura, Hisayuki Kobayashi

High-resolution CT findings of patients with pulmonary nocardiosis

Naoki Tsujimoto, Takeshi Saraya, Ken Kikuchi, Saori Takata, Yasuyuki Kurihara, Sayuki Hiraoka, Hiroshi Makino, Shota Yonetani, Koji Araki, Haruyuki Ishii, Hajime Takizawa, Hajime Goto

Signal stratification of autoantibody levels in serum samples and its application to the early detection of lung cancer

Graham F. Healey, Stephen Lam, Peter Boyle, Geoffrey Hamilton-Fairley, Laura J. Peek, John F. R. Robertson

Review Article

Molecular biology of lung cancer

Wendy A. Cooper, David C. L. Lam, Sandra A. O’Toole, John D. Minna

Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infections

Margaret M. Johnson, John A. Odell

Treatment of advanced non small cell lung cancer

Maria Anna Bareschino, Clorinda Schettino, Antonio Rossi, Paolo Maione, Paola Claudia Sacco, Rosario Zeppa, Cesare Gridelli

Chemotherapy advances in small-cell lung cancer

Bryan A. Chan, Jermaine I. G. Coward

Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy: A descriptive analysis

Steven Leong, Hong Ju, Henry Marshall, Rayleen Bowman, Ian Yang, Ann-Maree Ree, Cathy Saxon, Kwun M Fong

Targeted therapy in lung cancer: IPASS and beyond, keeping abreast of the explosion of targeted therapies for lung cancer

Peter Savas, Brett Hughes, Benjamin Solomon

Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for stage I NSCLC: Recent advances and controversies

Suresh Senan, David A. Palma, Frank J. Lagerwaard

The anticipation and management of air leaks and residual spaces post lung resection

Michael Rolf Mueller, Beatrice A. Marzluf

Exploiting sensitization windows of opportunity in hyper and hypo-fractionated radiation therapy

Anish Prasanna, Mansoor M. Ahmed, Mohammed Mohiuddin, C. Norman Coleman

Ultrasound techniques in the evaluation of the mediastinum, part 2: mediastinal lymph node anatomy and diagnostic reach of ultrasound techniques, clinical work up of neoplastic and inflammatory mediastinal lymphadenopathy using ultrasound techniques and how to learn mediastinal endosonography

Christian Jenssen, Jouke Tabe Annema, Paul Clementsen, Xin-Wu Cui, Mathias Maximilian Borst, Christoph Frank Dietrich

Revisiting signs, strengths and weaknesses of Standard Chest Radiography in patients of Acute Dyspnea in the Emergency Department

Luciano Cardinale, Giovanni Volpicelli, Alessandro Lamorte, Jessica Martino, Andrea veltri

The continuing role of chemotherapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer in the targeted therapy era

Zarnie Lwin, Jonathan W. Riess, David Gandara

MicroRNAs in mesothelioma: from tumour suppressors and biomarkers to therapeutic targets

Glen Reid

Pleural controversies: image guided biopsy vs. thoracoscopy for undiagnosed pleural effusions?

Giles Dixon, Duneesha de Fonseka, Nick Maskell

Preservation solutions for cardiac and pulmonary donor grafts: a review of the current literature

Nicholas Latchana, Joshua R. Peck, Bryan Whitson, Sylvester M. Black

Active-specific immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer

Hauke Winter, Natasja K. van den Engel, Margareta Rusan, Nina Schupp, Christian H. Poehlein, Hong Ming Hu, Rudolf A. Hatz, Walter J. Urba, Karl Walter Jauch, Bernard A. Fox, Dominik Rüttinger

Advanced imaging in COPD: insights into pulmonary pathophysiology

Stephen Milne, Gregory G. King

Advances in lung adenocarcinoma classification: a summary of the new international multidisciplinary classification system (IASLC/ATS/ERS)

Elizabeth R. Tang, Andrew M. Schreiner, Bradley B. Pua

Diagnosis and early detection of COPD using spirometry

David P. Johns, Julia A.E. Walters, E. Haydn Walters

Improving radiotherapy planning, delivery accuracy, and normal tissue sparing using cutting edge technologies

Carri K. Glide-Hurst, Indrin J. Chetty

Pediatric lung transplantation: indications and outcomes

Stephen Kirkby, Don Hayes Jr

Staging lymph node metastases from lung cancer in the mediastinum

Mario D. Terán, Malcolm V. Brock

JTD special edition ‘Hot Topics in COPD’—The microbiome in COPD

Daniel C. Chambers, Shaan L. Gellatly, Philip Hugenholtz, Philip M. Hansbro

Lung donor selection criteria

John Chaney, Yoshikazu Suzuki, Edward Cantu III, Victor van Berkel

Molecular markers to predict clinical outcome and radiation induced toxicity in lung cancer

Joshua D. Palmer, Nicholas G. Zaorsky, Matthew Witek, Bo Lu

Lung cancer screening: identifying the high risk cohort

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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

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Editorial

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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

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Severe amiodarone induced pulmonary toxicity

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Guideline

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Research Highlight

Gene expression assays as prognostic and predictive markers in early stage non-small cell lung cancer

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Short Communication

The sleep apnea cardiovascular endpoints (SAVE) trial: Rationale and start-up phase

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Nonintubated thoracoscopic lung resection: a 3-year experience with 285 cases in a single institution

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Molecular biology of lung cancer

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Asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome (ACOS): current literature review

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Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infections

Margaret M. Johnson, John A. Odell

Epidemiology and prognosis of breast cancer in young women

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Treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

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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

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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

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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

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Geometrical Characteristics of Uniportal VATS

Luca Bertolaccini, Gaetano Rocco, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi

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Obstructive sleep apnea is a common disorder in the population—a review on the epidemiology of sleep apnea

Karl A. Franklin, Eva Lindberg

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The impact of PM2.5 on the human respiratory system

Yu-Fei Xing, Yue-Hua Xu, Min-Hua Shi, Yi-Xin Lian

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Suppressive oligonucleotides inhibit inflammation in a murine model of mechanical ventilator induced lung injury

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Five-year update on the mouse model of orthotopic lung transplantation: Scientific uses, tricks of the trade, and tips for success

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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

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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

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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

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