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Thoracic Surgery Worldwide

The “Thoracic Surgery Worldwide” series aims to give readers an introduction to the current status and future directions of this specialty in various regions of the world. Each article in this important series will focus on one country of region, and will be authored by a thoracic surgeon recognized as a leader in the specialty in their own country or region. Readers may learn from the best practices of international peers, benchmark their own work, gain inspiration for research, see opportunities for training abroad, and better appreciate the proud progress our specialty has made worldwide.

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.

Reviewer of the Month (2023)

In 2023, 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.

Surgical Treatment of Arrhythmias (Ongoing)

This Series on Surgical Treatment of Arrhythmias is edited by Dr. Hiroshi Kubota from Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan.

Malignant and Benign Pleural Effusions (Ongoing)

The series on “Malignant and Benign Pleural Effusions” is edited by Dr. Avinash Aujayeb from Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, UK.

JTD Annual Report 2022

We are glad to present the 2022 Annual Report of JTD here. Celebrating its new increased impact factor of 3.005, JTD continues to publish cutting-edge research covering the whole spectrum of thoracic disease.

Extracorporeal Life Support in Thoracic Surgery (Ongoing)

This special series on “Extracorporeal Life Support in Thoracic Surgery” is edited by Dr. Ilhan Inci from Klinik Hirslanden Zurich, Switzerland

Minimally Invasive Treatment of Pectus Deformities (Ongoing)

The series on “Minimally Invasive Treatment of Pectus Deformities” is edited by Prof. Erik R. de Loos from Zuyderland medical center (the Netherlands), Prof. Frank-Martin Haecker from University of Basel (Switzerland) and Prof. Jean H.T. Daemen from Zuyderland medical center (the Netherlands).

Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2023)

In 2023, 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.

Why is the outcome good? Secrets of lung transplantation in Japan (Ongoing)

The series on “Why is the outcome good? Secrets of lung transplantation in Japan” is edited by Prof. Masaaki Sato from the University of Tokyo (Japan).

Chest Wall Resections and Reconstructions (Ongoing)

The series on “Chest Wall Resections and Reconstructions” is edited by Prof. Erik de Loos from the Zuyderland Medical Center (The Netherlands), José Ribas de Campos from the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (Brazil), Jean Daemen from the Zuyderland Medical Center (The Netherlands).

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 15, No 8 (August, 2023)

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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,... More >>

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

S. Steve Zhou, Salimatu Lukula, Cory Chiossone, Raymond W. Nims, Donna B. Suchmann, M. Khalid Ijaz More >>

Relationship between free and total malondialdehyde, a well-established marker of oxidative stress, in various types of human biospecimens

Xiaoxing Cui, Jicheng Gong, Hailong Han, Linchen He, Yanbo Teng, Teresa Tetley, Rudy Sinharay,... More >>

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

Filip Raciborski, Bolesław Samoliński, Edyta Krzych-Fałta, Aleksandra Grąbczewska, Filip... More >>

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

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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

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Cough Section more

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

Kefang Lai, Huahao Shen, Xin Zhou, Zhongmin Qiu, Shaoxi Cai, Kewu Huang, Qiuping Wang, Changzheng... More >>

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

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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

Editorial

How to determine surgical management in octogenarian patients with lung cancer?

Dohun Kim

PDF Pages: 4130-4133 Full Text (380) COI Form Open Access

Surgery for octogenarians: the secret is in the selection

Pietro Bertoglio, Leonardo Valentini, Marco Scarci, Peter Kestenholz, Fabrizio Minervini

PDF Pages: 4134-4136 Full Text (287) COI Form Open Access

Management and mindset for air leak and intraoperative bleeding in thoracic surgery

Takahiro Iida, Yoshihisa Shimada, Masaaki Sato

PDF Pages: 4137-4140 Full Text (286) COI Form Open Access

Is indwelling pleural catheter placement worthwhile for pleural effusion after lung resection?

Jackson Ka-Chun Leung, Ka-Yan Chiang, Macy Mei-Sze Lui

PDF Pages: 4141-4142 Full Text (271) COI Form Open Access

The impact of novel instrumentation in promoting uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Nathan J. Alcasid, Kian C. Banks, Jeffrey B. Velotta

PDF Pages: 4143-4145 Full Text (228) COI Form Open Access

Idiopathic tracheal stenosis and hormone receptors

Jenna Aziz, Raghav Murthy

PDF Pages: 4146-4147 Full Text (259) COI Form Open Access

Pulmonary transplantation—is it a long-term solution?

Sivaveera Kandasamy, Christine L. Lau, Alexander Sasha Krupnick

PDF Pages: 4148-4150 Full Text (261) COI Form Open Access

Patient reported outcomes in thoracic trauma—lesson learned from thoracic oncology

Michael R. Gooseman, Michael E. Cowen, Vasileios Tentzeris, Syed S. A. Qadri, Alessandro Brunelli, Cecilia Pompili

PDF Pages: 4151-4153 Full Text (249) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Original Article

Risk factors for mitral valve dysfunction, reoperation and death following repair of the primary mitral valve disease in children

Yixuan Cai, Na Jiang, Gang Chen, Yaping Mi, Hui Zhong, Bing Jia, Huifeng Zhang, Ming Ye

PDF Pages: 4154-4171 Full Text (494) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Efficacy and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors in lung large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma

Zheng Shi, Jingwen Wei, Manyi Xu, Zhengbo Song

PDF Pages: 4172-4181 Full Text (335) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a hospitalized lung cancer population: a single center study

Haiyan Qu, Mengjing Zhu, Chuxiao Shan, Xuan Ji, Guijuan Ji, Wenhui Zhang, Hao Zhang, Bi Chen

PDF Pages: 4182-4197 Full Text (307) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Continuous intraoperative neuromonitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve during lung operations

Andreas Kirschbaum, Nora Jochens, David Stay, Christian Meyer, Detlef K. Bartsch

PDF Pages: 4198-4206 Full Text (252) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Association between Childhood Asthma Control Test scores and lung pathophysiologic indicators in longitudinal measurements

Xiaoxing Cui, Xiaojian Zhou, Zhen Li, Yanbo Teng, Lili Lin, Qian Wang, Jianguo Hong, Yan Lin, Marilyn S. Black, Michael H. Bergin, Junfeng Zhang

PDF Pages: 4207-4215 Full Text (291) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Comparison of uniport versus triport thoracoscopic single or combined basal segmentectomy for stage IA lung cancer

Zhangyi Dai, Yiming Li, Xingqi Mi, Zhenyu Yang, Jiayi Gao, Chengwu Liu, Jiandong Mei, Lunxu Liu, Qiang Pu

PDF Pages: 4216-4228 Full Text (305) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Evaluation of automated sample preparation system for lymph node sampling

Jennifer D. Duke, Charles D. Sturgis, Christopher Hartley, Morgan Bailey, Michal Reid, Ryan Kern, Alex Bluestone, Hariharan Subramanian, Janani Reisenauer

PDF Pages: 4229-4236 Full Text (223) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

High level of C-reactive protein as a predictive factor for immune-related adverse events of immune checkpoint inhibitors in non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective study

Ren Onodera, Shinji Chiba, Satoru Nihei, Itaru Fujimura, Masachika Akiyama, Yu Utsumi, Hiromi Nagashima, Kenzo Kudo, Makoto Maemondo

PDF Pages: 4237-4247 Full Text (273) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Primary clear cell adenocarcinoma of the lung: a national analysis

Arian Mansur, Zain Saleem, Alexandra L. Potter, Camille Mathey-Andrews, Priyanka Senthil, Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang

PDF Pages: 4248-4261 Full Text (232) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Impact of intraoperative use of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation on the status of von Willebrand factor large multimers during single lung transplantation

Hisashi Oishi, Yoshinori Okada, Yamato Suzuki, Takashi Hirama, Yutaka Ejima, Shin-ichi Fujimaki, Shingo Sugawara, Noriyuki Okubo, Hisanori Horiuchi

PDF Pages: 4262-4272 Full Text (237) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Improved clinical outcomes following introduction of an attending intensivist for patients admitted to the cardiac surgical intensive care unit after valvular heart surgery: a single-center experience

Dong Jung Kim, You Kyeong Park, Kang Min Kim, Sang Yoon Kim, Joon Chul Jung, Hyoung Woo Chang, Jae Hang Lee, Jun Sung Kim, Cheong Lim, Kay-Hyun Park

PDF Pages: 4273-4284 Full Text (276) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Practice patterns and trends in surgical treatment for chronic lung infections: a survey from the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery

Alessandro Wasum Mariani, Paula Duarte D’Ambrosio, Eserval Rocha Junior, Antero Gomes Neto, Sérgio Tadeu Lima Fortunato, Ricardo Mingarini Terra, Paulo Manuel Pêgo-Fernandes

PDF Pages: 4285-4291 Full Text (224) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Systematic review and meta-analysis of segmentectomy vs. lobectomy for stage IA non-small cell lung cancer

Zhangyi Dai, Jiawen Hu, Cheng Shen, Xingqi Mi, Qiang Pu

PDF Pages: 4292-4305 Full Text (281) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Preoperative diameters of aorta influence the remodeling after surgery for type A aortic dissection

Lanlin Zhang, Sheng Yang, Huiqiang Gao, Shangdong Xu

PDF Pages: 4306-4313 Full Text (209) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Effect of baseline cancer pain on the efficacy of immunotherapy in lung cancer patients

Huan Zhou, Jingwen Wei, Wei Sun, Zhengbo Song

PDF Pages: 4314-4323 Full Text (224) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

A clinical study on the surgical treatment of simple multiple rib fractures in older adult patients

Dong Zhang, Langran Wang, Siqi Xi, Run Li, Chenbo Jiao, Qiang Zhang

PDF Pages: 4324-4336 Full Text (242) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Clinical outcomes of the cuff wrapping technique in the modified Bentall procedure: a propensity score-matched study

Ling-Chen Huang, Chuang Liu, Shu-Ya Fan, Yang-Xue Sun, Hong-Wei Guo

PDF Pages: 4337-4345 Full Text (224) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Selective coronary vein bypass graft improves outcomes of patients with right coronary artery lesion

Longsheng Dai, Wenyuan Yu, Mingxin Gao, Yang Yu

PDF Pages: 4346-4356 Full Text (227) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Total arch replacement versus hybrid operation for aortic arch aneurysm in elderly patients: a retrospective cohort analysis

Kyungsub Song, Yun Seok Kim, Woo Sung Jang, Suryeun Chung, Yang Hyun Cho, Dong Seop Jeong, Wook Sung Kim, Kiick Sung

PDF Pages: 4357-4366 Full Text (259) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Recommended first-line management of asymptomatic brain metastases from EGFR mutant and ALK positive non-small cell lung cancer varies significantly according to specialty: an international survey of clinical practice

Chin Heng Fong, Nicholas Meti, Timothy Kruser, Jessica Weiss, Zhihui Amy Liu, Hirokazu Takami, Yoshitaka Narita, Fabio Ynoe de Moraes, Archya Dasgupta, Choo Khoon Ong, James C. H. Yang, Jih Hsiang Lee, Natalya Kosyak, Nicholas Pavlakis, Paul Kongkham, Mark Doherty, Natasha B. Leighl, David B. Shultz

PDF Pages: 4367-4378 Full Text (273) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Occult pneumothorax in patients with blunt chest trauma: key findings on supine chest radiography

Il Hwan Park, Chang Wan Kim, Young Un Choi, Tae Wook Kang, Jihye Lim, Chun Sung Byun

PDF Pages: 4379-4386 Full Text (238) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Long-term survival in esophagectomy for early-stage esophageal cancer versus endoscopic resection plus additional chemoradiotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yong Chen, Yong-Yong Wang, Lei Dai, Ming-Wu Chen

PDF Pages: 4387-4395 Full Text (248) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

K. pneumoniae and M. smegmatis infect epithelial cells via different strategies

Renjing Hu, Lin Wan, Xiaoyun Liu, Jie Lu, Xichi Hu, Xiaoli Zhang, Min Zhang

PDF Pages: 4396-4412 Full Text (276) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Prognostic value of initial routine laboratory blood tests in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage requiring mechanical ventilation: a retrospective cohort study

Jiayi Ren, Chong Zhang, Yahua Liu, Hongguang Han, Yong Liang, Qiyan Zhang, Simeng Li, Bryan S. Benn, Kenneth M. Nugent, Hong Qu, Guobiao Liang, Yang Bai

PDF Pages: 4413-4425 Full Text (281) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Serum levels of lead are associated with venous thromboembolism: a retrospective study based on the NHANES database (1999 to 2018)

Min Xiao, Dan Li, Xiaoqian Wang, Jing Zhang, Xiaoping Wang, Jiao Gao

PDF Pages: 4426-4433 Full Text (315) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Age and treatment disparities in survival of primary malignant cardiac tumors: an analysis of over 40 years and 500 patients

Wenmiao Wang, Li Kang, Jiaxin Zhang, Houqiang Li, Tiegang Cao, Shuai He

PDF Pages: 4434-4444 Full Text (288) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Selection of key genes for dilated cardiomyopathy based on machine learning algorithms and assessment of diagnostic accuracy

Tingting Chen, Xiulin Xuan, Jiajia Ni, Shuyin Jiang

PDF Pages: 4445-4455 Full Text (284) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Dynamic changes in macrophage subtypes during lung cancer progression and metastasis at single-cell resolution

Jian Wang, Weiqing Wu, Jinquan Xia, Lipeng Chen, Dongcheng Liu, Guangsuo Wang, Lingwei Wang, Qijun Zheng

PDF Pages: 4456-4471 Full Text (256) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

4-phenylbutyric acid re-trafficking hERG/G572R channel protein by modulating the endoplasmic reticulum stress-associated chaperones and endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation gene

Wen Tang, Dihui Cai, Yin Fu, Zequn Zheng, Xiaoyan Huang, Rami N. Khouzam, Yongfei Song, Jiangfang Lian

PDF Pages: 4472-4485 Full Text (365) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Development of a prediction model for exercise tolerance decline in the exercise assessment of patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention revascularization in the acute phase

Miaomiao Du, Xiaomei Ye, Delong Li, Congya Yang, Ruozhu Dai

PDF Pages: 4486-4496 Full Text (238) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Surgical Technique

Patient-specific stent for hemolytic anemia due to a kinked ascending aortic graft

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

PDF Pages: 4497-4502 Full Text (239) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article

The interplay of physical and cognitive function in rehabilitation of interstitial lung disease patients: a narrative review

Masatoshi Hanada, Takako Tanaka, Ryo Kozu, Yuji Ishimatsu, Noriho Sakamoto, Ani Orchanian-Cheff, Dmitry Rozenberg, W. Darlene Reid

PDF Pages: 4503-4521 Full Text (420) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Narrative review: respiratory tract microbiome and never smoking lung cancer

Sydney Pindling, Madelyn Klugman, Qing Lan, H. Dean Hosgood III

PDF Pages: 4522-4529 Full Text (270) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Review Article on Clinical Update Sleep 2023¹

The neurophysiologic landscape of the sleep onset: a systematic review

Nazanin Biabani, Adam Birdseye, Sean Higgins, Alessio Delogu, Jan Rosenzweig, Zoran Cvetkovic, Alexander Nesbitt, Panagis Drakatos, Joerg Steier, Veena Kumari, David O’Regan, Ivana Rosenzweig

PDF Pages: 4530-4543 Full Text (391) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Letter to the Editor

Clinical implication of coronary artery bypass graft with surgical ventricular reconstruction in patients with left ventricular dysfunction in the current clinical practice

Kousuke Akao, Teruhiko Imamura

PDF Pages: 4544-4545 Full Text (231) COI Form Open Access

Clinical implication of coronary artery bypass grafting with surgical ventricular reconstruction in clinical practice

Tao Yang, Han-Song Sun, Min-Jie Lu

PDF Pages: 4546-4547 Full Text (201) COI Form Open Access

Disclosure

1. The series “Clinical Update Sleep 2023” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Joerg Steier served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.

Original Article

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

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

Delays in the diagnosis of lung cancer

Peter M Ellis, Rachel Vandermeer

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

Takehiro Izumo, Shinji Sasada, Christine Chavez, Takaaki Tsuchida

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

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

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

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

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

Robert Sturm

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

High prevalence of gene abnormalities in young patients with lung cancer

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

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

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

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

Michael T Milano, Deepinder P Singh, Hong Zhang

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

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

High-resolution CT findings of patients with pulmonary nocardiosis

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

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

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

Review Article

Molecular biology of lung cancer

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

Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infections

Margaret M. Johnson, John A. Odell

Treatment of advanced non small cell lung cancer

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

Chemotherapy advances in small-cell lung cancer

Bryan A. Chan, Jermaine I. G. Coward

Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy: A descriptive analysis

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

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

Peter Savas, Brett Hughes, Benjamin Solomon

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

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

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

Michael Rolf Mueller, Beatrice A. Marzluf

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Zarnie Lwin, Jonathan W. Riess, David Gandara

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

Glen Reid

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

Giles Dixon, Duneesha de Fonseka, Nick Maskell

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

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

Active-specific immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer

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

Advanced imaging in COPD: insights into pulmonary pathophysiology

Stephen Milne, Gregory G. King

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

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

Diagnosis and early detection of COPD using spirometry

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

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

Carri K. Glide-Hurst, Indrin J. Chetty

Pediatric lung transplantation: indications and outcomes

Stephen Kirkby, Don Hayes Jr

Staging lymph node metastases from lung cancer in the mediastinum

Mario D. Terán, Malcolm V. Brock

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

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

Lung donor selection criteria

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

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

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

Lung cancer screening: identifying the high risk cohort

Michael W. Marcus, Olaide Y. Raji, John K. Field

Pleural controversies: indwelling pleural catheter vs. pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusions

Marc Fortin, Alain Tremblay

New techniques for assessing response after hypofractionated radiotherapy for lung cancer

Sarah A. Mattonen, Kitty Huang, Aaron D. Ward, Suresh Senan, David A. Palma

Supportive and palliative care for lung cancer patients

Patsy Yates, Penelope Schofield, Isabella Zhao, David Currow

Editorial

Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) for lung cancer: What does the future hold?

Billy W Loo Jr

Case Report

First report of a novel liquid nitrogen adjustable flow spray cryotherapy (SCT) device in the bronchoscopic treatment of disease of the central tracheo-bronchial airways

Robert Browning, Scott Parrish, Saiyad Sarkar, J. Francis Turner Jr

Severe amiodarone induced pulmonary toxicity

Nicholas Nacca, Castigliano M Bhamidipati, Luke S Yuhico, Sowmya Pinnamaneni, Tamas Szombathy

Guideline

Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma

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

Research Highlight

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

Tom Donnem, Roy M Bremnes, Lill-Tove Busund, Sigve Andersen, Francesco Pezzella

Short Communication

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

R Doug McEvoy, Craig S Anderson, Nick A Antic, Baoyuan Chen, Quanying He, Emma Heeley, Shaoguang Huang, Yining Huang, Jiguang Wang, Nanshan Zhong

Circulating Tumor Cells

Detection methods of circulating tumor cells

Klaus Pantel, Catherine Alix-Panabières

Original Article

Esophageal cancer incidence and mortality in China, 2009

Wanqing Chen, Yutong He, Rongshou Zheng, Siwei Zhang, Hongmei Zeng, Xiaonong Zou, Jie He

Catamenial pneumothorax: a rare entity? Report of 5 cases and review of the literature

Aikaterini N. Visouli, Kaid Darwiche, Andreas Mpakas, Paul Zarogoulidis, Antonios Papagiannis, Kosmas Tsakiridis, Nikolaos Machairiotis, Aikaterini Stylianaki, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Nicolaos Courcoutsakis, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis

Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of programmed cell death ligand1 (PD-L1) expression in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis

Zhen-Kui Pan, Feng Ye, Xuan Wu, Han-Xiang An, Jing-Xun Wu

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

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

Review Article

Molecular biology of lung cancer

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

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

Antonis Papaiwannou, Paul Zarogoulidis, Konstantinos Porpodis, Dionysios Spyratos, Ioannis Kioumis, Georgia Pitsiou, Athanasia Pataka, Kosmas Tsakiridis, Stamatis Arikas, Andreas Mpakas, Theodora Tsiouda, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Ioanna Kougioumtzi, Nikolaos Machairiotis, Stavros Siminelakis, Alexander Kolettas, George Kessis, Thomas Beleveslis, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis

Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infections

Margaret M. Johnson, John A. Odell

Epidemiology and prognosis of breast cancer in young women

Hussein A. Assi, Katia E. Khoury, Haifa Dbouk, Lana E. Khalil, Tarek H. Mouhieddine, Nagi S. El Saghir

Treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Konstantinos Zarogoulidis, Paul Zarogoulidis, Kaid Darwiche, Efimia Boutsikou, Nikolaos Machairiotis, Kosmas Tsakiridis, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Ioanna Kougioumtzi, Ilias Karapantzos, Haidong Huang, Dionysios Spyratos

Current management of esophageal cancer

Xavier Benoit D’Journo, Pascal Alexandre Thomas

A review of current and novel therapies for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Rokhsara Rafii, Maya M. Juarez, Timothy E. Albertson, Andrew L. Chan

Pneumothorax after transthoracic needle biopsy of lung lesions under CT guidance

Tatjana Boskovic, Jelena Stanic, Slobodanka Pena-Karan, Paul Zarogoulidis, Kostas Drevelegas, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Nikolaos Machairiotis, Andreas Mpakas, Kosmas Tsakiridis, Georgios Kesisis, Theodora Tsiouda, Ioanna Kougioumtzi, Stamatis Arikas, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis

Right heart failure post left ventricular assist device implantation

Mihalis Argiriou, Styliani-Maria Kolokotron, Timothy Sakellaridis, Orestis Argiriou, Christos Charitos, Paul Zarogoulidis, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Ioanna Kougioumtzi, Nikolaos Machairiotis, Theodora Tsiouda, Kosmas Tsakiridis, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis

The pivotal role of pathology in the management of lung cancer

Morgan R. Davidson, Adi F. Gazdar, Belinda E. Clarke

Cardiac regeneration: current therapies—future concepts

Stefanie A. Doppler, Marcus-André Deutsch, Rüdiger Lange, Markus Krane

Mechanistic impact of outdoor air pollution on asthma and allergic diseases

Shau-Ku Huang, Qingling Zhang, Zhiming Qiu, Kian Fan Chung

Guideline

Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma

Uniportal VATS

Geometrical Characteristics of Uniportal VATS

Luca Bertolaccini, Gaetano Rocco, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi

Review Article on Respiratory Sleep Disorders

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

Karl A. Franklin, Eva Lindberg

Review Article on Pollutional Haze

The impact of PM2.5 on the human respiratory system

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

Original Article

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

Julia Scheiermann, Dennis M. Klinman

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

Xue Lin, Wenjun Li, Jiaming Lai, Mikio Okazaki, Seiichiro Sugimoto, Sumiharu Yamamoto, Xingan Wang, Andrew E. Gelman, Daniel Kreisel, Alexander Sasha Krupnick

A pooled analysis of advanced nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer patients with stable treated brain metastases in two phase II trials receiving bevacizumab and pemetrexed as second-line therapy

Matthew A. Gubens, Jody C. Chuang, Wallace Akerley, Corey J. Langer, Christelle Clément- Duchêne, Melanie San Pedro-Salcedo, A. Dimitrios Colevas, Konstantin Dragnev, Mark A. Socinski, Heather A. Wakelee

Pleurodesis: a comparison of two sclerosing agents for pleural effusions in Mozambique

Ivo Figueiredo, Anilsa Cossa, Anila Hassane, José Sousa, Joaquim Pondo, João Teixeira, Kevan Akrami, Susannah K. Graves, Atul Malhotra, Elizabete A. Nunes

Review Article

Atypical antibody responses to influenza

Dalton Hermans, Richard J. Webby, Sook-San Wong

What can individuals do to reduce personal health risks from air pollution?

Robert Laumbach, Qingyu Meng, Howard Kipen

The role of rotors in atrial fibrillation

David E. Krummen, Vijay Swarup, Sanjiv M. Narayan

Current outcomes of off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: evidence from randomized controlled trials

Daniel Fudulu, Umberto Benedetto, Gustavo Guida Pecchinenda, Pierpaolo Chivasso, Vito Domenico Bruno, Filippo Rapetto, Alan Bryan, Gianni Davide Angelini

Staging lymph node metastases from lung cancer in the mediastinum

Mario D. Terán, Malcolm V. Brock

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

Carri K. Glide-Hurst, Indrin J. Chetty

Esophageal cancer: staging system and guidelines for staging and treatment

Mark F. Berry

Implementing the new IASLC/ATS/ERS classification of lung adenocarcinomas: results from international and Chinese cohorts

Ming-Ching Lee, Kyuichi Kadota, Daniel Buitrago, David R. Jones, Prasad S. Adusumilli

Premature menopause in young breast cancer: effects on quality of life and treatment interventions

Shoshana M. Rosenberg, Ann H. Partridge

Strategies for the acquisition of transcriptional and epigenetic information in single cells

Guang Li, Elda Dzilic, Nick Flores, Alice Shieh, Sean M. Wu

The role of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β in the infarcted myocardium

Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis

Utility of cardiac magnetic resonance for evaluation of mitral regurgitation prior to mitral valve surgery

Neil K. Mehta, Jiwon Kim, Jonathan Y. Siden, Sara Rodriguez-Diego, Javid Alakbarli, Antonino Di Franco, Jonathan W. Weinsaft

Adjuvant, neoadjuvant, and definitive radiation therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma

Gwendolyn Cramer, Charles B. Simone II, Theresa M. Busch, Keith A. Cengel

Editorial

Conservatism strikes back: later is better than earlier dialysis for acute kidney injury

Dana Bielopolski, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh

Sleep and critical illness: bridging the two pillars at the ATS 2016

Stuti J. Jaiswal, Atul Malhotra, Robert L. Owens

Temperature and duration targets during post-arrest care: choosing the right prescription for the right patient

John C. Greenwood, Abhishek Bhardwaj, Benjamin S. Abella

Examining the paradox of high high-density lipoprotein and elevated cardiovascular risk

Kavisha Singh, Anand Rohatgi

Mortality after red blood cell transfusions from previously pregnant donors: complexities in the interpretation of large data

Susan Kuldanek, Christopher C. Silliman

Optogenetic tools for cell biological applications

Abhirup Mukherjee, Nicole A. Repina, David V. Schaffer, Ravi S. Kane

Editorial on “Transcription factor SPZ1 promotes TWIST-mediated epithelial—mesenchymal transition and oncogenesis in human liver cancer”

Dan J. Raz

Editorial on “Can CT-PET and endoscopic assessment post-neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy predict residual disease in esophageal cancer”

Chia-Ju Liu, Wei Lu

The hemodynamic impact of acute nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: is it safe?

Bo Xu, Reena Mehra

Tumor spread through air space (STAS) is an important predictor of clinical outcome in stage IA lung adenocarcinoma

Hui-Zi Chen, Erin M. Bertino, Kai He

Antiviral prophylaxis of cytomegalovirus reactivation in immune competent patients—the jury remains out

Sara A. Mansfield, Charles H. Cook

Allosterically targeting EGFR drug-resistance gatekeeper mutations

Nicholas Spellmon, Chunying Li, Zhe Yang

Imaging homeostatic sleep pressure and circadian rhythm in the human brain

Zhuo Fang, Hengyi Rao

Tumor mutational burden (TMB) as a biomarker of response to immunotherapy in small cell lung cancer

Yanis Boumber

Letter to the Editor

Response to “VATS vs. thoracotomy regarding postoperative chronic pain”

Emine Ozgur Bayman, Kalpaj R. Parekh, John Keech, Timothy J. Brennan

The role of a decision analysis in treatment of T2N0 esophageal cancer

Tara R. Semenkovich, Bryan F. Meyers, Benjamin D. Kozower, Varun Puri

Case Report

Intraoperative near-infrared imaging can identify subcentimeter colorectal cancer lung metastases during pulmonary metastasectomy

Andrew D. Newton, Jarrod D. Predina, Lydia G. Frenzel-Sulyok, Michael H. Shin, Yiqing Wang, Sunil Singhal

A novel strategy for cardiopulmonary support during lung transplantation

Ramiro Fernandez, Malcolm M. DeCamp, Ankit Bharat

Short Communication

Predictive value of pulmonary function measures for short-term outcomes following lung resection: analysis of a single high-volume institution

Lauren J. Taylor, Walker A. Julliard, James D. Maloney

Review Article on Left Ventricular Assist Devices

Left ventricular assist device driveline infections: recent advances and future goals

Anne-Marie Leuck

Short Communication of Interventional Pulmonology Corner

Endobronchial ultrasound—guidance for interstitial photodynamic therapy of locally advanced lung cancer—a new interventional concept

Kassem Harris, Emily Oakley, David Bellnier, Gal Shafirstein

Commentary

Insights into ascending aortic aneurysm pathogenesis using in vivo and ex vivo imaging systems in angiotensin II-infused mice

Mary B. Sheppard, Alan Daugherty, Hong Lu

Management of screening-detected stage I lung cancer

Raymond U. Osarogiagbon

New strategies in esophageal carcinoma: promises and problems

Zhaohui Xiong, Jingxi He, Xiaoxin Luke Chen

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

Original Article

Significance of histologic subtype size as a prognostic indicator in stage IA lung adenocarcinoma

Hyun Woo Jeon, Young-Du Kim, Sung Bo Sim

Published online: 28 September 2023

Original Article

Efficacy of different durations of antifungal prophylaxis with nebulized amphotericin B after lung transplantation: a retrospective cohort study

Chunrong Ju, Qiaoyan Lian, Xiaohua Wang, Lulin Wang, Jianheng Zhang, Yuhang Cai, Xin Xu, Rongchang Chen, Jianxing He

Published online: 26 September 2023

Original Article

Bioinformatics and functional experiments reveal that MRC2 inhibits atrial fibrillation via the PPAR signaling pathway

Pengxiang Zheng, Wenjia Zhang, Jiahong Wang, Qunlin Gong, Nan Xu, Nannan Chen

Published online: 26 September 2023

Editorial

One size does not fit all: prediction of presence of pleural adhesions

Junko Tokuno, Cheng-Long Huang

Published online: 25 September 2023

Original Article

Which bioabsorbable sheet is optimal for combined application with fibrin sealant against alveolar air leakage?

Hideki Itano

Published online: 25 September 2023

Original Article

Feasibility of chest spiral 3D ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance imaging for intrathoracic metastasis work-up in breast cancer

Kyung Jin Nam, Taewoo Kang, Ji Won Lee, Minhee Hwang, Jin You Kim, Jeong A Yeom, Yeon Joo Jeong

Published online: 25 September 2023

Original Article

Outcomes of robotic lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer in a National Cancer Institute-Comprehensive Cancer Center vs. National Cancer Database

Jobelle J. A. R. Baldonado, Samer A. Naffouje, Sirish Parvathaneni, Esha Roy, Eric M. Toloza, Jacques P. Fontaine