Vol 6, No 9 (September 25, 2014): Journal of Thoracic Disease

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Editorial Team
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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Editorial

Thoracoscopic sleeve resection—the better approach?
Calvin S.H. Ng
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1164-1166
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Breast cancer control in China: challenges and opportunities of the use of population-based routine data studies
Ana Catarina Pinto, Rita Canário, Paula Fidalgo
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1167-1169
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Moving beyond the boundary: the emerging role of video-assisted thoracic surgery for bronchoplastic resections
Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1170-1172
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Original Article

Wedge resection for localized infectious lesions: high margin/lesion ratio guaranteed operational safety
Yifeng Sun, Likun Hou, Huikang Xie, Hui Zheng, Gening Jiang, Wen Gao, Chang Chen
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1173-1179
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Effectiveness and safety of a protocolized mechanical ventilation and weaning strategy of COPD patients by respiratory therapists
Cenk Kirakli, Ozlem Ediboglu, Ilknur Naz, Pinar Cimen, Dursun Tatar
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1180-1186
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An analysis of and new risk factors for reexpansion pulmonary edema following spontaneous pneumothorax
Naohiro Taira, Tsutomu Kawabata, Takaharu Ichi, Tomofumi Yohena, Hidenori Kawasaki, Kiyoshi Ishikawa
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1187-1192
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Rapid detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae by real-time fluorescence loop-mediated isothermal amplification
Yong Xia, Xu-Guang Guo, Shan Zhou
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1193-1199
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Airway bacterial colonization in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and the alterations during the perioperative period
Jiandong Mei, Lunxu Liu, Menglin Tang, Ninghui Xu, Qiang Pu, Chengwu Liu, Lin Ma, Hui Shi, Guowei Che
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1200-1208
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Corticosteroid therapy against treatment-related pulmonary toxicities in patients with lung cancer
Sun Kim, In-Jae Oh, Seo-Yeon Park, Jang-Hyeon Song, Hyun-Ju Seon, Yun-Hyeon Kim, Seong-Hoon Yoon, Jin-Yeong Yu, Bo-Ram Lee, Kyu-Sik Kim, Young-Chul Kim
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1209-1217
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Comparison of outcomes of open and minimally invasive esophagectomy in 183 patients with cancer
Fanyu Meng, Yin Li, Haibo Ma, Ming Yan, Ruixiang Zhang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1218-1224
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Is video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy in benign disease practical and effective?
Dohun Kim, Hong Kwan Kim, Yong Soo Choi, Jhingook Kim, Young Mog Shim, Kwhanmien Kim
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1225-1229
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Risk factors for postoperative complications after lung resection for non-small cell lung cancer in elderly patients at a single institution in China
Guotian Pei, Shijie Zhou, Yi Han, Zhidong Liu, Shaofa Xu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1230-1238
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Impact of EGFR mutation status on tumor response and progression free survival after first-line chemotherapy in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis
Wenhua Liang, Yaxiong Zhang, Shiyang Kang, Hui Pan, Wenlong Shao, Qiuhua Deng, Xiaoshun Shi, Wei Wang, Jianxing He
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1239-1250
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Lesion with morphologic feature of organizing pneumonia (OP) in CT-guided lung biopsy samples for diagnosis of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP): a retrospective study of 134 cases in a single center
Liyun Miao, Yongsheng Wang, Yan Li, Jingjing Ding, Lulu Chen, Jinghong Dai, Hourong Cai, Yonglong Xiao, Min Cao, Mei Huang, Yuying Qiu, Fanqing Meng, Xiangshan Fan, Deping Zhang, Yong Song
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1251-1260
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Elevated pretreatment serum globulin albumin ratio predicts poor prognosis for advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients
Yanwen Yao, Ming Zhao, Dongmei Yuan, Xiaoling Gu, Hongbing Liu, Yong Song
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1261-1270
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Effects of different LAD-blocked sites on the development of acute myocardial infarction and malignant arrhythmia in a swine model
Xiaorong Li, Danbing Shao, Gannan Wang, Ting Jiang, Honghao Wu, Bing Gu, Kejiang Cao, Jinsong Zhang, Lianwen Qi, Yan Chen
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1271-1277
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Adiponectin protects rat heart from left ventricular remodeling induced by chronic intermittent hypoxia via inhibition of TGF-β/smad2/3 pathway
Wen-Xiao Ding, Yan-Bin Dong, Ning Ding, Xiao-Feng Zhang, Shi-Jiang Zhang, Xi-Long Zhang, Jian-Nan Liu, Gan Lu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1278-1284
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FDG PET-CT combined with TBNA for the diagnosis of atypical relapsing polychondritis: report of 2 cases and a literature review
Wei Lei, Da-Xiong Zeng, Tao Chen, Jun-Hong Jiang, Chang-Guo Wang, Ye-Han Zhu, Jian-An Huang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1285-1292
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Construction and management of ARDS/sepsis registry with REDCap
Xiaoqing Pang, Natascha Kozlowski, Sulong Wu, Mei Jiang, Yongbo Huang, Pu Mao, Xiaoqing Liu, Weiqun He, Chaoyi Huang, Yimin Li, Haibo Zhang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1293-1299
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Application of piezoelectric nanogenerator in medicine: bio-experiment and theoretical exploration
Li-Wei Diao, Jun Zheng, Xu-Dong Pan, Wei Zhang, Long-Fei Wang, Li-Zhong Sun
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1300-1306
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Brief Report

Malignant giant cell tumor of the rib with lung metastasis in a man
Heng Du, Huan Xu, Guowei Che
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1307-1310
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Calcified amorphous tumor in left atrium presenting with cerebral infarction
Jong Hui Suh, Jong Bum Kwon, Kuhn Park, Chan Beom Park
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1311-1314
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Single-staged uniportal VATS major pulmonary resection for bilateral synchronous multiple primary lung cancers
Chengwu Liu, Lin Ma, Feng Lin, Jiandong Mei, Qiang Pu, Hu Liao, Chenglin Guo, Lunxu Liu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1315-1318
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Review Article

Cardiovascular, diabetes, and cancer strips: evidences, mechanisms, and classifications
Chun-Song Hu, Qing-Hua Wu, Da-Yi Hu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1319-1328
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The latest progress in research on triple negative breast cancer (TNBC): risk factors, possible therapeutic targets and prognostic markers
Qingli Jiao, Aiguo Wu, Guoli Shao, Haoyu Peng, Mengchuan Wang, Shufeng Ji, Peng Liu, Jian Zhang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1329-1335
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The challenging management of hepatopulmonary fistulas
Nikolaos Kontoravdis, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, David Lawrence
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1336-1339
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Magnetic resonance imaging for lung cancer screen
Yi-Xiang J. Wang, Gladys G. Lo, Jing Yuan, Peder E. Z. Larson, Xiaoliang Zhang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1340-1348
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Statistic Corner1

The chicken-and-egg debate about statistics and research
Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1349-1350
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GCTAB Columns2

Video-assisted thoracoscopic sleeve lobectomy
Xiangnan Li, Xue Pan, Chunyang Zhang, Dengyan Zhu, Jia Zhao
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1351-1353
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Laparoscopic and thoracoscopic esophagectomy with intrathoracic anastomosis for middle or lower esophageal carcinoma
Bo Ai, Zheng Zhang, Yongde Liao
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1354-1357
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Unidirectionally thoracoscopic resection of lingual segment of the left upper pulmonary lobe
Kaican Cai, Siyang Feng, Hua Wu, Yuanyuan Wang, Hancheng Zhao, Pengfei Ren, Ziliang Zhang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1358-1363
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Meet the Professor

Prof. De-Min Li: what we expect from da Vinci robotic surgery
Grace Li
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:1364-1367
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Prof. Shijiang Zhang: the development of hybrid surgery in China
Grace Li
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:1368-1370
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Surgical Heritage

Mei-Shin Shih: a surgeon, master, and mentor
Qun Wang, Chunsheng Wang, Lijie Tan, Jia Fan
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1371-1373
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Case Report

Gastrointestinal bleeding in lung leiomyosarcoma history: report of a case
Nicola Tamburini, Francesco Quarantotto, Pio Maniscalco, Elena Garelli, William Grossi, Gabriele Anania, Giorgio Narciso Cavallesco
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:E163-E165
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Primary pleural liposarcoma, pleomorphic variant
Jorge Alberto Carrillo B, Constanza Navarrete, María Alejandra López Arias, Mauricio Peláez
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E166-E168
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Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations presenting as refractory heart failure
Ying Liao, Kai-Hong Chen, Guo-Yong Huang, Wei Song
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E169-E172
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Mediastino-hepato-renal cystic lymphangiomas—diagnostic and surgical considerations
Khalil Ahmad, Henrik Vad, Thomas D. Christensen
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E173-E175
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A case of heart failure due to alcoholic cardiomyopathy combined with acute pulmonary embolism
Feng Xiao, Wei Yuan, Xiaorong Li, Gannan Wang, Ting Jiang, Weiwei Wang, Jinsong Zhang, Ping Li, Lianwen Qi, Yan Chen
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E176-E180
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Primary myelolipoma in posterior mediastinum
Yan Xiong, Yong Wang, Yidan Lin
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E181-E187
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Undifferentiated pleiomorphic sarcoma simultaneously occuring with thymoma
Christos Simoglou, Nikolaos Tsolakis
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:E188-E190
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Letter to the Editor

The burden of Lophomonas blattarum under the light microscope
Rafael Martínez-Girón, Hugo Cornelis van Woerden
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:E191-E192
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The importance of definition of active pulmonary tuberculosis and non-tuberculous pulmonary diseases in studies of diagnostic accuracy in high incidence areas
Michael Eisenhut
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E193
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Red cell distribution width: a novel predictor of mortality in critically ill patients
Libing Jiang, Xia Feng, Yuefeng Ma, Mao Zhang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E194-E195
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Too much covariates in a multivariable model may cause the problem of overfitting
Zhongheng Zhang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E196-E197
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Pulse rate trends in obstructive sleep apnea: a reliable tool to predict long term response to CPAP?
Javier Navarro-Esteva, Antonio Ravelo-García, Ibrahim Véliz-Flores, Guillermo Pérez-Mendoza, Antonio M. Esquinas
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E198-E199
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Response from the authors to the letter “Pulse rate trends in obstructive sleep apnoea: a reliable tool to predict long term response to CPAP?”
Martino F. Pengo, Christopher Kosky, Adrian J. Williams, Gian Paolo Rossi, Joerg Steier
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E200-E201
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ICC COLUMN: The Voice of the Patient3

ICC policy statement concerning ICC sponsorship funds
Lawrence Grouse
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E202
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Cost-effective medicine vs. the medical-industrial complex
Lawrence Grouse
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E203-E206
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Erratum

Erratum
Editorial Team, Journal of Thoracic Disease
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E207-E208
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Disclosure:

1. The series “Statistics Corner” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Luca Bertolaccini served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.

2. The series “GCTAB Column” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease and funded by the educational grants from the Greater China Thoracoscopic Advisory Board (GCTAB).

3. The series “ICC COLUMN: The Voice of the Patient” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Lawrence Grouse served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.