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The Asia Thoracic Cancer Care Summit (ATCCS) is going to be held at the New World Millennium Hong Kong Hotel (Conference Hotel), Hong Kong from June 19 to 20, 2025: https://www.surgery.cuhk.edu.hk/atccs2025/.

Reviewer of the Month (2025)

In 2025, 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.

Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2025)

In 2025, 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.

JTD Annual Report 2024

We are glad to present the 2024 Annual Report of JTD here. Celebrating its new impact factor of 2.1, JTD continues to publish cutting-edge research covering the whole spectrum of thoracic disease.

Interviews with Editorial Board Members

JTD features a distinguished editorial board, the members of which continue to instill the power of their expertise for the journal’s development. By launching this column, we are glad to introduce to you some of them in the form of interviews, in which they will share their unique career experiences and perspectives. We believe their insights will shed light on the knowledge of related fields.

Interviews with Guest Editors

Over the years, a number of JTD guest editors have made valuable contributions to the journal. This column features interviews with our guest editors, who graciously share their experience in scientific careers and provide insightful perspectives on the special series.

Citation of JTD article in the prestigious AHA/ACC guidelines

We are glad to share with you a good news that the article titled “Early cardiology assessment and intervention reduces mortality following myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery (MINS)” authored by Hua A, Pattenden H, Leung M, et al. has been cited as best practice in the very prestigious and authoritative AHA/ACC 2024 guidelines for perioperative management for non-cardiac surgery.

New Impact Factor for Journal of Thoracic Disease: 2.1

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD) has attained its latest impact factor update for the 2023 citation year: 2.1.

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 2023 CiteScore Released: 4.6

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD) has received its 2023 CiteScore: 4.6, ranking 61 out of 155 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.

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

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Assessment of a respiratory face mask for capturing air pollutants and pathogens including human influenza and rhinoviruses

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

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A strategy for measuring health outcomes and evaluating impacts of interventions on asthma and COPD—common chronic respiratory diseases in Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD) countries

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Cough Section more

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

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

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

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Editorial

Viewpoints of investigator on CONSORT 2025 statement-updated guideline for reporting randomized trials

Tianxing Feng, Chouwen Zhu, Geliang Yang

PDF Pages: 2752-2755 Full Text (64) COI Form Open Access

Original Article

Assessing the efficacy and impact of minimally invasive thoracic surgery for diagnosing non-malignant pulmonary nodules

Jasmin Vargas, Efe Okunzuwa, Eric Hart, Kalvin Lung, Diego Avella-Patino, Samuel S. Kim, Ankit Bharat

PDF Pages: 2756-2764 Full Text (71) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Factors linked to lung cancer in MIMIC-IV database

Chengyuan Fang, Yuwen Bai, Yanzhong Xin, Luquan Zhang, Jianqun Ma

PDF Pages: 2765-2777 Full Text (38) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Enhancing survival in locally advanced esophageal cancer: a comparative analysis of neoadjuvant immunotherapy versus conventional neoadjuvant therapies using the SEER database

Qinyong Tian, Jingping Lin, Liudan Hu, Yimin Lin, Dingzhu Chen, Rongqiang Shen, Yi Zhang, Jinxin Xu, Lihua Chen

PDF Pages: 2778-2801 Full Text (38) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The epidemiology of chronic postsurgical pain after video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS-CPSP) in China: a multicentre prospective study

Di Jin, Yuelun Zhang, Hui Zheng, Jingxiang Wu, Ke Wei, Jiange Han, E Wang, Fufen Meng, Yiri Du, Le Shen, Yuguang Huang

PDF Pages: 2802-2812 Full Text (30) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Predicting COVID-19 vaccination timing by integrating the theory of planned behavior and the diffusion of innovations: a cross-sectional survey in Macao, China

Wei He, Jianwei Wu, Caleb Huanyong Chen, Aaron Finley, Hui Wang, Hui Huang, Chanwa Ng, Tinyat Chui, Jinghua Zhang, Chitin Hon

PDF Pages: 2813-2826 Full Text (23) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Exploring and verifying key thin-section computed tomography features for accurately differentiating granulomas and peripheral lung cancers

Hong-Bo Xu, Fa-Jin Lv, Can Ding, Bin-Jie Fu, Wang-Jia Li, Jian-Qun Yu, Zhi-Gang Chu

PDF Pages: 2827-2840 Full Text (28) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Prognostic factors for non-small cell lung cancer after neoadjuvant therapy and surgery: a retrospective observational study

Yuxing Lin, Renjie Huang, Qing Liu, Xin Yan, Guoliang Liao, Maojie Pan, Jianting Du, Xian Gong, Jiekun Qian, Long Wu, Bin Zheng, Chun Chen, Zhang Yang

PDF Pages: 2841-2855 Full Text (39) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Efficacy evaluation of tyrosine kinase inhibitors for advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients with leptomeningeal metastasis

Yanhua Wang, Yue Hao, Manyi Xu, Lue Hong, Chunwei Xu, Zhengbo Song

PDF Pages: 2856-2865 Full Text (23) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

A SEER prognostic nomogram analysis for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer: comparing the immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and non-ICIs eras

Xiaomei Jiang, Zhongqi Wang, Xiufeng Zhang, Liangyun Xie, Shanshan Ji, Qinqin Song, Jing Dong, Ye Jin, Shuangli Li, Zhi Zhang, Xuemei Zhang

PDF Pages: 2866-2887 Full Text (30) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Prognosis of critically ill immunocompromised patients with COVID-19 admitted for acute respiratory failure: a retrospective propensity score analysis

Océane Bernard de Lajartre, Alexia Le Corre, Anaelle Bichon, Nicolas Terzi, Arnaud Gacouin, Adel Maamar, Jean-Marc Tadie

PDF Pages: 2888-2900 Full Text (37) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Evaluating long-term bronchoscopic outcomes of tracheobronchoplasty in patients with expiratory central airway collapse

Bryan F. Vaca-Cartagena, Rodrigo Funes-Ferrada, Alanna Barrios-Ruiz, Sofia Valdes-Camacho, Alejandra Yu Lee-Mateus, Kelly S. Robertson, Sebastian Fernandez-Bussy, Mathew Thomas, Ian A. Makey, David Abia-Trujillo

PDF Pages: 2901-2911 Full Text (32) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Utilizing spectral detector computed tomography quantitative parameters via multimodality tumor tracking to predict occult lymph node metastasis in clinical stage 1 pure solid lung adenocarcinoma

Kaifang Liu, Yang Cao, Yiyang Gao, Yu Zhu, Kai Luo, Youtao Xu, Yinsu Zhu, Xiaodong Xie

PDF Pages: 2912-2925 Full Text (24) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Sarcopenic psoas muscle surface area predicts short and long-term mortality for oesophageal cancer patients

Emma Annukka Tiainen, Erkki-Ville Sakari Wirta, Tuula Marjatta Tyrväinen, Johanna Marja Laukkarinen, Mika Tapani Ukkonen

PDF Pages: 2926-2936 Full Text (29) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Comparison of neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus immunotherapy versus chemoradiotherapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients: efficacy and safety outcomes

Shuming Shi, Li Li, Hao Zhou, Fuhao Xu, Ning Liu, Dexian Zhang, Shuanghu Yuan

PDF Pages: 2937-2946 Full Text (21) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Four-year outcomes with perioperative toripalimab plus chemotherapy in resectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NeoTAP01 study)

Yuheng Zhou, Zerui Zhao, Wenyu Zhai, Shoucheng Feng, Weizhen Sun, Yaobin Lin, Hao Long

PDF Pages: 2947-2957 Full Text (28) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Segmental bronchial marking method using indocyanine green for safe thoracoscopic segmentectomy: a single-center early experience

Satoshi Takamori, Marina Nakatsuka, Hikaru Watanabe, Jun Suzuki, Makoto Endo, Satoshi Shiono

PDF Pages: 2958-2966 Full Text (Video) (33) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The relationship between blood biomarkers and prognosis of pathologic stage IA pure-solid non-small cell lung cancer patients

Jianlong Bu, Pinyi Zhang, Pengju Li, Yubo Yan, Mengfeng Liu, Xiaoqi Wu, Junfeng Wang, Changfa Qu

PDF Pages: 2967-2979 Full Text (22) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Biventricular remodeling after cone repair in Ebstein anomaly: magnetic resonance imaging data analysis

Jae Hong Lim, Chang-Ha Lee, Sungkyu Cho, Eung Re Kim, Yong Jin Kim

PDF Pages: 2980-2988 Full Text (23) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Impact of perineural invasion in thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma—a retrospective study with long-term follow-up outcomes

Jicheng Xiong, Simiao Lu, Shuoming Liang, Hainan Chen, Ziwei Wang, Hao Meng, Yehan Zhou, Qifeng Wang, Yan Miao, Qin Xie, Guangyuan Liu, Kangning Wang, Lin Peng, Qiang Fang, Wenguang Xiao, Yongtao Han, Xuefeng Leng

PDF Pages: 2989-3003 Full Text (23) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Effects of intraoperative non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on early postoperative pulmonary complications following lung resection: a retrospective propensity score-matched study

Wenzhi Zhu, Jing Ma, Xiaoyi Wang, Hongyu Tan

PDF Pages: 3004-3014 Full Text (23) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Risk factors for cough after pulmonary resection in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Zhenyi Li, Rongyang Li, Zhan Zhang, Yukai Wang, Sijie Zhang, Haiming Li, Lin Li, Hui Tian

PDF Pages: 3015-3031 Full Text (24) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Association between red blood cell distribution width to albumin ratio (RAR) and long-term prognosis of patients with sudden cardiac arrest

Fan Li, Junjie Li, Zijian Liu, Chen Zeng, Hongyan Wei, Keke Wang

PDF Pages: 3032-3052 Full Text (20) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Long-term outcomes of modified enhanced recovery after surgery (mERAS) protocols in peri-operative management of minimally invasive esophagectomy

Bin Zheng, Maohui Chen, Yizhou Huang, Taidui Zheng, Shuliang Zhang, Wei Li, Chun Chen

PDF Pages: 3053-3063 Full Text (16) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Malignant pleural effusion is a negative prognostic factor for immunotherapy outcomes in non-small cell lung cancer: a single-center retrospective study

Jing Wang, Boyue Pang, Jiali Zhang, Xiubao Ren, Ying Han

PDF Pages: 3064-3072 Full Text (21) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The impact of perceval sutureless aortic valve in multiple valve surgery: implications of short- and mid-term outcomes—a propensity score matched study

Jung-Hoon Shin, Hyun-Chul Joo, Jung-Hwan Kim, Sak Lee, Young-Nam Youn, Seung-Hyun Lee

PDF Pages: 3073-3084 Full Text (21) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Pneumonectomy after neoadjuvant immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy is a safe and effective option for central non-small-cell lung cancer patients, a single-center experience

Tao Cheng, Xiaolong Huang, Huiqin Yang, Chunlai Lu, Teng Ma, Fengkai Xu, Jie Gu, Di Ge

PDF Pages: 3085-3096 Full Text (20) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Prognostic value of cardiac biomarkers in surgery for acute type A aortic dissection: mid-term follow-up results

Sangyu Zhou, Yanxiang Liu, Bowen Zhang, Luchen Wang, Mingxin Xie, Haoyu Wang, Xiaogang Sun

PDF Pages: 3097-3105 Full Text (18) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Tracheostomy in COVID-19 critically ill patients: a bibliometric and visual analysis

Raffaele Merola, Stefania Troise, Antonio Romano, Maria Vargas

PDF Pages: 3106-3117 Full Text (23) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Safety, efficacy, and postoperative pulmonary function recovery of uniportal and multiportal thoracoscopic lung segmentectomy

Xinyu Guo, Dajiang Liu, Zhuang Shao, Yongsheng Meng, Bingyang Huang, Xiaoyong Song

PDF Pages: 3118-3127 Full Text (20) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Survival outcome after systematic lymphadenectomy in non-small cell lung cancer according to the latest proposed edition of the TNM system

Mohamed Haj Khalaf, Hayk Kikoyan, Denis Trufa, Mostafa Higaze, Koblandy Khamitov, Chirag Parjiea, Olena Stets Romaniwna, Arndt Hartmann, Ralf Rieker, Horia Sirbu

PDF Pages: 3128-3137 Full Text (26) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Predictors of successful closure following open-window thoracostomy in patients with empyema: a single-center retrospective cohort study

Hiroki Matsumiya, Masataka Mori, Katsuma Yoshimatsu, Rintaro Oyama, Natsumasa Nishizawa, Masatoshi Kanayama, Akihiro Taira, Shinji Shinohara, Taiji Kuwata, Masaru Takenaka, Koji Kuroda, Fumihiro Tanaka

PDF Pages: 3138-3146 Full Text (22) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Perioperative outcomes of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy in scope operation performed by a clinical engineer

Hidenori Goto, Kozo Nakanishi

PDF Pages: 3147-3156 Full Text (19) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

First-line serplulimab-based immunochemotherapy in elderly patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer: a multicenter, real-world study

Meiqi Shi, Wenyue Yang, Yun Zhou, Xiaodong Xia, Min Zhou, Xinli Zhou, Jialei Wang

PDF Pages: 3157-3169 Full Text (24) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

A retrospective study on the prognosis of patients with small cell lung cancer with or without interstitial pneumonia treated with postoperative chemotherapy

Mikihito Saito, Go Saito, Mitsuhiro Abe, Akira Nishiyama, Masayuki Ota, Hidemi Suzuki, Ichiro Yoshino, Yuichi Takiguchi, Takuji Suzuki

PDF Pages: 3170-3181 Full Text (42) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Critical role of spread through air spaces in prognosis of stage IA3 non-small cell lung cancer: insights from a real-world multicenter study

Shaobin Yu, Zhifan Zhang, Xiao Han, Chen Hui, Guibin Huang, Guofeng Yang, Shuchen Chen

PDF Pages: 3182-3199 Full Text (17) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Clinical outcomes of subxiphoid uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy using a double sternum retractor versus conventional approaches

Weiyang Chen, Hongtao Tang, Zengwei Yu, Lei Wang, Jie Li, Lin Lin, Jinlan Zhao, Qing Liu, Chunyan Zhao, Lin Ma, Wenya Li, Longqi Chen, Dong Tian

PDF Pages: 3200-3209 Full Text (Video) (74) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Challenges and current practices in the management of pulmonary nodules in China: a mixed methods study

Dan Chen, Liduo Shao, Yuxing Dong, Changjiang Lyu, Yuichi Saito, Alberto Salvicchi, Jie Gu, Jiping Shen, Jing Cang

PDF Pages: 3210-3222 Full Text (22) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

A systematic review and meta-analysis of artificial intelligence software for tuberculosis diagnosis using chest X-ray imaging

Zhi-Lin Han, Yu-Yang Zhang, Jian Li, Shan Gao, Wei Liu, Wan-Jie Yang, Zhi-Heng Xing

PDF Pages: 3223-3237 Full Text (37) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The effects of a modified deep serratus anterior plane block on surgical stress and perioperative neurocognitive disorders in elderly patients undergoing thoracic surgery: a randomized clinical study

Weiping Lei, Jiating Cheng, Elena Bignami, Michel Gonzalez, Qirui Sun, Jianliang Sun, Yuan Cheng

PDF Pages: 3238-3248 Full Text (14) Reporting Checklist Trial Protocol Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Comparative evaluation of deep learning-based and conventional reconstruction techniques for image quality enhancement in low-dose chest computed tomography

Zhengyu Zhang, Chong Liu, Shujuan Zhou, Xianfeng Yang, Romaric Loffroy, Hae Won Kim, Lei Shan

PDF Pages: 3249-3258 Full Text (29) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The value of chromosome 8 heteroploid tumor cells in the peripheral blood and pleural effusion in evaluating treatment efficacy and the prognosis of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer patients

Hanqing Yao, Zhengdong Wang, Junjun Yang, Alfredo Tartarone, Yusuke Tomita, Xingxiang Xu, Yong Song

PDF Pages: 3259-3271 Full Text (21) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Aortic valve calcification in echocardiography is a prognostic factor for short-term adverse outcomes in elderly patients with severe COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study

Xinyi Zhu, Lin Jiang, Chao Tang, Fei Shi, Jing Zhu, Wei Qian

PDF Pages: 3272-3282 Full Text (47) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Transcriptome analysis and artificial intelligence for predicting lymph node metastasis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Zhengang Zhao, Yujie Xie, Dongmei Lai, Jin Liang, Ikenna C. Okereke, Wanli Lin

PDF Pages: 3283-3296 Full Text (24) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Application and validation of a newly developed lung donor (LUNDON) acceptability score for lung transplantation: a retrospective cohort study

Feng Liu, Yifeng Huang, Chaojian Chen, Leyan Chen, Xin Huang, Zhouzi Dong, Huachi Jiang, Yijun He, Wujun Xue

PDF Pages: 3297-3306 Full Text (23) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Basic fibroblast growth factor-loaded hydrogel biomaterial patches for promoting the healing of esophageal anastomosis: an experimental animal study

Chengdong Liu, Yun Ding, Yiyuan Yang, Kenan Huang, Rongqiang Wei, Zhifei Xu, Zhigang Cai, Hua Tang

PDF Pages: 3307-3317 Full Text (12) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Clinical outcomes of contezolid in treating complex tuberculosis: real-world evidence from 11 patients

Ying Liu, Zixuan Cui, Yingxi Fu, Edward D. Chan, Chunmei Hu

PDF Pages: 3318-3325 Full Text (20) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Development and validation of a prognostic model for overall survival in pN0 esophageal cancer patients after neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a SEER database-based study

Pengjie Yang, Ting Yang, Tianlai Liu, Mengfei Sun, Jingjing Zhang, Berend J. van der Wilk, Dehui Zhao, Benben Zhu

PDF Pages: 3326-3344 Full Text (17) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Perioperative outcomes of median sternotomy for intrathoracic tracheal malignancies: a 15-year retrospective analysis

Anshun Zhu, Yunxuan Jia, Danyang Hou, Paolo A. Ferrari, Roberto Tonelli, Takahiro Homma, Chenxi Zhong, Haitang Yang, Feng Yao

PDF Pages: 3345-3356 Full Text (14) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Bioinformatics-based screening of genes associated with dilated cardiomyopathy

Yanghua Liu, Qingshan Wu, Fangni Mo, Ye Mai, Shengyuan Zhang, Xiang Wu

PDF Pages: 3357-3369 Full Text (19) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The value of the monocyte to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio in predicting the thrombosis burden and long-term prognosis of acute myocardial infarction patients: a retrospective cohort study

Youpeng Wang, Juncang Duan, Sanjana Nagraj, Yong Hoon Kim, Yibin Pan

PDF Pages: 3370-3379 Full Text (25) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Identification of esophageal cancer tumor antigens and immune subtypes for guiding vaccine development

Ruiqi Liu, Yanrong Chen, Xiaodong Xu, Qiang Xue, Hongmei Gu

PDF Pages: 3380-3399 Full Text (17) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

PIASy deficiency mitigates thoracic aortic aneurysm formation via the TGF-β/Smad2/3 pathway

Dafu Shen, Hui Zheng, Kejie Shao, Jingze Zhu, Yucheng Hou, Yinglong Ding, Zhenya Shen

PDF Pages: 3400-3409 Full Text (23) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article

Reducing barriers to care in the treatment of lung cancer: a narrative review

Robert M. Van Haren, Meera Mathur, Alique G. Topalian, Allison N. Moore, Catherine G. Pratt, Shesh Rai, Melinda Butsch Kovacic, John Kues

PDF Pages: 3410-3418 Full Text (15) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Demographics, risk factors and prevalence of chronic cough in Asian general adult population: a narrative review

Xuwen Yang, Mengjia Hu, Kewu Huang

PDF Pages: 3419-3432 Full Text (32) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Statins as potential adjuvant therapy in lung cancer: a narrative review

Ye Tian, Jinbao Li, Xueying Yang

PDF Pages: 3433-3449 Full Text (30) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Pulmonary ossification: a review

Ana Casal, Lucía Ferreiro, María Elena Toubes, Luis Valdés

PDF Pages: 3450-3455 Full Text (22) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Brief Report

Correlation of inflammatory markers with progression-free survival in advanced lung cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors in combination with chemotherapy: a real-world study

Shijun Li, Cuicui Zhang, Xinyue Wang, Jing Wang, Kai Li

PDF Pages: 3456-3463 Full Text (15) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Versatility of disposable scopes and their use in flexible, semi-rigid and rigid thoracoscopy

Rodrigo Garcia Tome, Ara Vartanyan, Chongiin Kim, Scott Oh

PDF Pages: 3464-3471 Full Text (42) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Editorial Commentary

Perioperative toripalimab and chemotherapy in resectable non-small cell lung cancer: another weapon in the armamentarium

Courtney H. Coschi, Peter M. Ellis

PDF Pages: 3472-3477 Full Text (22) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Clinical significance of mirtazapine for anorexia in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Hisao Imai, Kyoichi Kaira, Hiroshi Kagamu

PDF Pages: 3478-3483 Full Text (23) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article

Management of incidental lung nodules <8 mm in diameter

Marcelo Sánchez, Mariana Benegas, Ivan Vollmer

Published online: 22 August 2018

PDF Pages: S2611-S2627 Full Text (114833) Open Access

Original Article

Modified SEIR and AI prediction of the epidemics trend of COVID-19 in China under public health interventions

Zifeng Yang, Zhiqi Zeng, Ke Wang, Sook-San Wong, Wenhua Liang, Mark Zanin, Peng Liu, Xudong Cao, Zhongqiang Gao, Zhitong Mai, Jingyi Liang, Xiaoqing Liu, Shiyue Li, Yimin Li, Feng Ye, Weijie Guan, Yifan Yang, Fei Li, Shengmei Luo, Yuqi Xie, Bin Liu, Zhoulang Wang, Shaobo Zhang, Yaonan Wang, Nanshan Zhong, Jianxing He

Published online: 23 March 2020

PDF Pages: 165-174 Full Text (85662) Open Access

Guideline of Cough Section

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 Wang, Jiangtao Lin, Chuangli Hao, Lingfei Kong, Shunan Zhang, Yaolong Chen, Wei Luo, Mei Jiang, Jiaxing Xie, Nanshan Zhong

Published online: 28 November 2018

PDF Pages: 6314-6351 Full Text (70247) Open Access

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Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in lung cancer: an overview and update

Gillian Bethune, Drew Bethune, Neale Ridgway, Zhaolin Xu

Published online: 11 March 2010

PDF Pages: 48-51 Full Text (66649) Open Access

Review Article

Approach to chronic cough: the neuropathic basis for cough hypersensitivity syndrome

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Role of cannabis in cardiovascular disorders

Hemant Goyal, Hamza H. Awad, Jalal K. Ghali

Published online: 31 July 2017

PDF Pages: 2079-2092 Full Text (61262) Open Access

Editorial

Classification of drugs to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB): evidence and perspectives

Adrian Rendon, Simon Tiberi, Anna Scardigli, Lia D’Ambrosio, Rosella Centis, Jose A. Caminero, Giovanni Battista Migliori

Published online: 01 October 2016

PDF Pages: 2666-2671 Full Text (57582) Open Access

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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

Published online: 21 August 2012

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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

Published online: 30 January 2016

PDF Pages: E69-E74 Full Text (55037) Open Access

Review Article

Lung transplant in end-staged chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients: a concise review

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Published online: 11 June 2010

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