Vol 10, Supplement 17 (June 20, 2018): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Editorial

Lung cancer surgery for octogenarians: an option for select patients only?
Jun Nakajima
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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The new era of whole-exome sequencing in congenital heart disease: brand-new insights into rare pathogenic variants
Ares Pasipoularides
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S1923-S1929
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Pulmonary metastasectomy and laser-assisted resection
Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, Davide Patrini, David Lawrence, Marco Scarci, Sofoklis Mitsos
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S1930-S1933
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The burden of heart failure in the general population: a clearer and more concerning picture
Thomas G. von Lueder, Stefan Agewall
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S1934-S1937
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Are predictive models useful in clinical medicine?
Robert J. Cerfolio
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S1938-S1939
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Cetuximab in the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer: FISHing for a miraculous catch
Lorenza Landi, Antonio Rossi
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S1940-S1944
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Efficacy and immune activation of ipilimumab in early-stage lung cancer patients
Shingo Noguchi, Kazuhiro Yatera
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S1945-S1948
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Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement: slow and steady progress
David W. M. Muller
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S1949-S1952
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The more and the heavier may not always be an answer
Hongryull Pyo, Se-Hoon Lee, Jhingook Kim
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S1953-S1955
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Mesothelioma diagnosis and prognosis, are we moving beyond histology and performance status towards circulating biomarkers?
Oluf Dimitri Røe
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S1956-S1961
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Hydrocortisone in septic shock: all the questions answered?
Josef Briegel, Volker Huge, Patrick Möhnle
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S1962-S1965
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Malignant pleural mesothelioma: main topics of American Society of Clinical Oncology clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis and treatment
Malgorzata Szolkowska, Katarzyna Blasinska-Przerwa, Magdalena Knetki-Wroblewska, Piotr Rudzinski, Renata Langfort
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S1966-S1970
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The optimal sequencing of postoperative chemotherapy and radiation therapy in patients with locally advanced or incompletely resected non-small cell lung cancer
Michael J. Weyant
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S1971-S1973
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Comparing apples to oranges: short-term mortality after surgery versus stereotactic body radiotherapy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer
Kathryn E. Engelhardt, David D. Odell, Malcolm M. DeCamp
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S1974-S1976
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Application of bronchoscope for the placement of nasoenteric feeding tube: new ideas from old ways
Ching Feng Wu, Yin-Kai Chao
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S1977-S1978
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Patient selection for VV ECMO: have we found the crystal ball?
Abhilasha Ahuja, Kiran Shekar
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
10
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:S1979-S1981
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Targeting minimal residual disease after surgery with molecular targeted therapy: the real path to a cure?
Katsuhiro Masago, Shiro Fujita, Yasushi Yatabe
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S1982-S1985
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Can molecularly targeted therapy cure patients with resected EGFR mutant NSCLC?
Myron Klevansky, Thomas John
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S1986-S1988
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EML4-ALK V3, treatment resistance, and survival: refining the diagnosis of ALK+ NSCLC
Petros Christopoulos, Martina Kirchner, Volker Endris, Albrecht Stenzinger, Michael Thomas
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S1989-S1991
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Elective ICU admission after major surgery: can too much support be futile?
Fernando G. Zampieri
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S1992-S1994
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Lung cancer resection in octogenarian patients
Lorenzo Spaggiari, Francesco Petrella, Paolo Maione, Cesare Gridelli
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S1995-S1997
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Minimally invasive surgery is best treatment for early lung cancer
Scott J. Swanson
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S1998-S1999
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Stereotactic body radiotherapy for operable, early stage non-small cell lung cancer—let’s all take a deep breath
Eric B. Howell, Kathleen S. Berfield, Douglas E. Wood
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2000-S2003
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Stereotactic body radiotherapy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer has low post-treatment mortality
Joshua R. Niska, Terence T. Sio, Thomas B. Daniels, Staci E. Beamer, Dawn E. Jaroszewski, Helen J. Ross, Harshita R. Paripati, Steven E. Schild
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2004-S2006
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Surgery vs. SBRT in retrospective analyses: confounding by operability is the elephant in the room
William A. Stokes, Chad G. Rusthoven
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2007-S2010
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The immune system as a victim and aggressor in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Joshua J. C. McGrath, Martin R. Stampfli
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2011-S2017
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Strategy of intentional limited resection for lung adenocarcinoma in situ
Terumoto Koike, Teruaki Koike, Masaya Nakamura, Yuki Shimizu, Tatsuya Goto, Seijiro Sato, Masanori Tsuchida
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
10
(Suppl 17)
:S2018-S2021
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Weighing the relative importance of short-term versus long-term outcomes when comparing surgery versus stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer
Paul J. Speicher, Thomas A. D’Amico
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2022-S2024
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Developing competency in video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy
Lars Konge, René Horsleben Petersen, Charlotte Ringsted
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2025-S2028
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Reperfusion injury to ischemic medullary brain nuclei after stopping continuous positive airway pressure-induced CO2-reduced vasoconstriction in sleep apnea
J. Howard Jaster
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2029-S2031
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SECURE PCI: how important can a subgroup analysis be?
Mathieu Kerneis, Megan K. Yee, C. Michael Gibson
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2032-S2034
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In acute respiratory distress syndrome, is extracorporeal membrane oxygenation an adjuvant for “everyone”?
Lars Mikael Broman
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2035-S2039
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The PRESET-Score: the extrapulmonary predictive survival model for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome
Santiago Montero, Arthur S. Slutsky, Matthieu Schmidt
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2040-S2044
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Infection and colonisation in V-V ECMO—not a predictor of poor outcome
Christoph Fisser, Maximilian Valentin Malfertheiner
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2045-S2047
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Editorial based on: “Risk of dementia in adults with congenital heart disease: population-based cohort study”
Mirthe J. Mebius, Marcus T. R. Roofthooft, Arend F. Bos
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2048-S2051
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Between hypoxia or hyperoxia: not perfect but more physiologic
Chiara Robba, Lorenzo Ball, Paolo Pelosi
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2052-S2054
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Who benefits from postoperative ICU admissions?—more research is needed
Chi-Min Park, Gee Young Suh
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2055-S2056
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What about prognostic outcome parameters in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) treated with veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO)?
Thomas Datzmann, Karl Träger
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2057-S2061
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Early treatment with high-potency statins in patients with acute coronary syndrome—an example of personalized medicine
Emanuel Harari, Alon Eisen
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2062-S2066
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Fat but fit for the improved survival in lung cancer surgery
Luca Bertolaccini, Francesca Calabrese, Jury Brandolini, Barbara Bonfanti, Sergio Nicola Forti Parri, Nicola Lacava, Piergiorgio Solli
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2067-S2069
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Early oral intake through meticulous chewing after esophagectomy
Ian Wong, Simon Law
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2070-S2073
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Who really benefits from surgical tray reduction?
Ava John-Baptiste
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2074-S2075
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MetaLanc9 as a novel biomarker for non-small cell lung cancer: promising treatments via a PGK1-activated AKT/mTOR pathway
Ramon Andrade De Mello, Pedro Nazareth Aguiar, Hakaru Tadokoro, Tállita Meciany Farias-Vieira, Pedro Castelo-Branco, Gilberto de Lima Lopes, Daniel Humberto Pozza
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2076-S2078
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Prone Positioning for ARDS: still misunderstood and misused
Francesco Pugliese, Cristina Babetto, Francesco Alessandri, Vito Marco Ranieri
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2079-S2082
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Letter to the Editor

Invited letter to the editor on the editorial on “Clinical staging of NSCLC: current evidence and implications for adjuvant chemotherapy
David Jonathan Heineman, Johannes Marlene Daniels, Wilhelmina Hendrika Schreurs
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2083-S2085
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Need for prospective collection of experience and repeated samples in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Yasuo Hamamoto
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2086-S2088
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Using the scoring schemes in the right way: the dynamic assessment of stroke and bleeding risk in patients with atrial fibrillation
Tze-Fan Chao, Shih-Ann Chen
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2089-S2091
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Prone positioning acute respiratory distress syndrome patients
Claude Guérin
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2092-S2094
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Primary malignant melanoma of esophagus shared similar genetic characters with both cutaneous and oral mucosal melanoma
Jingjing Li, Shi Yan, Nan Wu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
10
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:S2095-S2096
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Adjuvant therapy for resected pN2 non-small cell lung cancer: sequence is not all that matters
Kristine E. Kokeny, Samual Francis, Randa Tao, Ying J. Hitchcock
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2097-S2099
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Pulmonary nodules measurements in CT lung cancer screening
Marjolein A. Heuvelmans, Matthijs Oudkerk
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:S2100-S2102
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Disclosure:

The supplement was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding.