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

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Editorial Team
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Editorial

Breast cancer in Egypt, China and Chinese: statistics and beyond
Hamdy A. Azim, Amal S. Ibrahim
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Advantages and drawbacks of long-term macrolide use in the treatment of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
Li-Chao Fan, Jin-Fu Xu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:867-871
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Evidence based imaging strategies for solitary pulmonary nodule
Yi-Xiang J. Wang, Jing-Shan Gong, Kenji Suzuki, Sameh K. Morcos
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:872-887
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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
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:888-895
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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
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:896-904
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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
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:905-912
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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
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:913-920
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Performance evaluation of MR-proadrenomedullin and other scoring systems in severe sepsis with pneumonia
Serdar Akpinar, Kazım Rollas, Ali Alagöz, Fatih Seğmen, Tuğrul Sipit
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:921-929
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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
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:930-936
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Robotic lung segmentectomy for malignant and benign lesions
Alper Toker, Kemal Ayalp, Elena Uyumaz, Erkan Kaba, Özkan Demirhan, Suat Erus
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:937-942
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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
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:943-948
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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
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:949-957
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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
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:958-964
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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
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:965-970
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Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and risk of mycobacterium in patients with chronic respiratory diseases: a meta-analysis
Songshi Ni, Zhenxue Fu, Jing Zhao, Hua Liu
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:971-978
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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
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:979-987
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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
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:988-994
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Predictive value of lactate in unselected critically ill patients: an analysis using fractional polynomials
Zhongheng Zhang, Kun Chen, Hongying Ni, Haozhe Fan
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:995-1003
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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
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:1004-1006
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Clinical Nursing1

Nursing for the complete VATS lobectomy performed with non-tracheal intubation
Li Wang, Yidong Wang, Suihong Lin, Pengying Yin, Yanwen Xu
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:1007-1010
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Surgical Technique

Uniportal complete video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy with systematic lymphadenectomy
Guang-Suo Wang, Zheng Wang, Jian Wang, Zhan-Peng Rao
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:1011-1016
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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
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:E148-E151
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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
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:E152-E159
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Letter to the Editor

Moxifloxacin in acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis and COPD
Wan-Jie Gu
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Editorial

Individualized altered fractionation as a more effective radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer
Yi-Jen Chen
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:E161-E162
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Disclosure:

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