Vol 6, No 7 (July 25, 2014): Journal of Thoracic Disease

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Editorial

Breast cancer in Egypt, China and Chinese: statistics and beyond

Hamdy A. Azim, Amal S. Ibrahim

PDF Pages: 864-866 Full Text (8088) Open Access

Advantages and drawbacks of long-term macrolide use in the treatment of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis

Li-Chao Fan, Jin-Fu Xu

PDF Pages: 867-871 Full Text (7107) Open Access

Evidence based imaging strategies for solitary pulmonary nodule

Yi-Xiang J. Wang, Jing-Shan Gong, Kenji Suzuki, Sameh K. Morcos

PDF Pages: 872-887 Full Text (28030) Open Access

Original Article

VATS biopsy for undetermined interstitial lung disease under nongeneral anesthesia: comparison between uniportal approach under intercostal block vs . three-ports in epidural anesthesia

Vincenzo Ambrogi, Tommaso Claudio Mineo

PDF Pages: 888-895 Full Text (4449) Open Access

Clinicopathological variables predicting HER-2 gene status in immunohistochemistry-equivocal (2+) invasive breast cancer

Yongling Ji, Liming Sheng, Xianghui Du, Guoqin Qiu, Bo Chen, Xiaojia Wang

PDF Pages: 896-904 Full Text (4724) Open Access

The normative value of inflammatory cells in the nasal perfusate of Chinese adults: a pilot study

Yong Zhang, Qiuping Wang, Yanqing Xie, Zhiyi Wang, Derong Li, Li Ma, Xinju Pang, Weidong Yu, Nanshan Zhong

PDF Pages: 905-912 Full Text (4240) Open Access

The impact of hypertension on the electromechanical properties and outcome of catheter ablation in atrial fibrillation patients

Tao Wang, Yun-Long Xia, Shu-Long Zhang, Lian-Jun Gao, Ze-Zhou Xie, Yan-Zong Yang, Jie Zhao

PDF Pages: 913-920 Full Text (4180) Open Access

Performance evaluation of MR-proadrenomedullin and other scoring systems in severe sepsis with pneumonia

Serdar Akpinar, Kazım Rollas, Ali Alagöz, Fatih Seğmen, Tuğrul Sipit

PDF Pages: 921-929 Full Text (5303) Open Access

The potential role of extracellular regulatory kinase in the survival of patients with early stage adenocarcinoma

Simone de Leon Martini, Carolina Beatriz Müller, Rosalva Thereza Meurer, Marilda da Cruz Fernandes, Rodrigo Mariano, Mariel Barbachan e Silva, Fábio Klamt, Cristiano Feijó Andrade

PDF Pages: 930-936 Full Text (5090) Open Access

Robotic lung segmentectomy for malignant and benign lesions

Alper Toker, Kemal Ayalp, Elena Uyumaz, Erkan Kaba, Özkan Demirhan, Suat Erus

PDF Pages: 937-942 Full Text (Video) (4168) Open Access

The SNPs (-1654C/T, -1641A/G and -1476A/T) of protein C promoter are associated with susceptibility to pulmonary thromboembolism in a Chinese population

Changtai Zhu, Ting Jiang, Yafang Miao, Sugang Gong, Kebin Cheng, Jian Guo, Xiaoyue Tan, Jun Yue, Jinming Liu

PDF Pages: 943-948 Full Text (4754) Open Access

Prognostic factors in patients with recurrence after complete resection of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Xiao-Dong Su, Dong-Kun Zhang, Xu Zhang, Peng Lin, Hao Long, Tie-Hua Rong

PDF Pages: 949-957 Full Text (26770) Open Access

Sequential treatment of icotinib after first-line pemetrexed in advanced lung adenocarcinoma with unknown EGFR gene status

Yulong Zheng, Weijia Fang, Jing Deng, Peng Zhao, Nong Xu, Jianying Zhou

PDF Pages: 958-964 Full Text (5143) Open Access

Regional differences of nontuberculous mycobacteria species in Ulsan, Korea

Mu Yeol Lee, Taehoon Lee, Min Ho Kim, Sung Soo Byun, Myung Kwan Ko, Jung Min Hong, Kyung Hoon Kim, Seung Won Ra, Kwang Won Seo, Yangjin Jegal, Joseph Jeong, Jong Joon Ahn

PDF Pages: 965-970 Full Text (5286) Open Access

Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and risk of mycobacterium in patients with chronic respiratory diseases: a meta-analysis

Songshi Ni, Zhenxue Fu, Jing Zhao, Hua Liu

PDF Pages: 971-978 Full Text (8617) Open Access

The upregulated expression of OX40/OX40L and their promotion of T cells proliferation in the murine model of asthma

Wei Lei, Da-Xiong Zeng, Can-Hong Zhu, Gao-Qin Liu, Xiu-Qin Zhang, Chang-Guo Wang, Qin Wang, Jian-An Huang

PDF Pages: 979-987 Full Text (7134) Open Access

Relation of late gadolinium enhancement in cardiac magnetic resonance on the diastolic volume recovery of left ventricle with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Xiaorong Chen, Hongjie Hu, Yue Qian, Jiner Shu

PDF Pages: 988-994 Full Text (3679) Open Access

Predictive value of lactate in unselected critically ill patients: an analysis using fractional polynomials

Zhongheng Zhang, Kun Chen, Hongying Ni, Haozhe Fan

PDF Pages: 995-1003 Full Text (5239) Open Access

Brief Report

Intrapulmonary recurrence after computed tomography-guided percutaneous needle biopsy of stage I lung cancer

Young-Du Kim, Bae Young Lee, Ki-Ouk Min, Chi Kyung Kim, Seok-Whan Moon

PDF Pages: 1004-1006 Full Text (3078) Open Access

Clinical Nursing¹

Nursing for the complete VATS lobectomy performed with non-tracheal intubation

Li Wang, Yidong Wang, Suihong Lin, Pengying Yin, Yanwen Xu

PDF Pages: 1007-1010 Full Text (3827) Open Access

Surgical Technique

Uniportal complete video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy with systematic lymphadenectomy

Guang-Suo Wang, Zheng Wang, Jian Wang, Zhan-Peng Rao

PDF Pages: 1011-1016 Full Text (Video) (4043) Open Access

Case Report

Non-intubated single port thoracoscopic procedure under local anesthesia with sedation for a 5-year-old girl

Jinwook Hwang, Too Jae Min, Dong Jun Kim, Jae Seung Shin

PDF Pages: E148-E151 Full Text (3813) Open Access

Myelomatous pleural effusion as an initial sign of multiple myeloma—a case report and review of literature

Li-Li Zhang, Yuan-Yuan Li, Cheng-Ping Hu, Hua-Ping Yang

PDF Pages: E152-E159 Full Text (9344) Open Access

Letter to the Editor

Moxifloxacin in acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis and COPD

Wan-Jie Gu

PDF Pages: E160 Full Text (2856) Open Access

Editorial

Individualized altered fractionation as a more effective radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer

Yi-Jen Chen

PDF Pages: E161-E162 Full Text (2115) Open Access

Disclosure:

1. The series “Clinical Nursing” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding.