Vol 4, No 4 (August 21, 2012): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Editorial

Are video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and robotic video-assisted thoracic surgery (RVATS) for pulmonary resection ready for prime time?

Omar M. Rashid, Kazuaki Takabe

PDF Pages: 341-342 Full Text (3811) Open Access

ICC COLUMN: The Voice of the Patient¹

ICC collaboration with JTD

Lawrence Grouse

PDF Pages: 343-344 Full Text (5237) Open Access

Meeting Report

Intelligent and excellent: 2012 GCTAB board members’ conference & inaugural meeting of GCTI

Editorial Team, Journal of Thoracic Disease

PDF Pages: 345-346 Full Text (2370) Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 347-351 Full Text (8673) Open Access

The association of topoisomerase 2α expression with prognosis in surgically resected non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients

Hulya Çelenk Erguden, Deniz Koksal, Funda Demirag, Hulya Bayiz, Neslihan Mutluay, Bahadir Berktas, Mine Berkoglu

PDF Pages: 352-357 Full Text (4271) Open Access

A method for limiting pitfalls in the production of enhancement kinetic curves in 3T dynamic magnetic resonance mammography

Eleftherios Lavdas, Panayiotis Mavroidis, Violeta Roka, Nikolaos Arikidis, Dimitrios L. Arvanitis, Ioannis V. Fezoulidis, Katerina Vassiou

PDF Pages: 358-367 Full Text (4362) Open Access

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

Robert Sturm

PDF Pages: 368-376 Full Text (7784) Open Access

Relationship between respiratory viral load and lung lesion severity: a study in 24 cases of pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza A pneumonia

Pu-Xuan Lu, Ying-Ying Deng, Gui-Lin Yang, Wei-Long Liu, Ying-Xia Liu, Hua Huang, Yi-Xiang J Wang

PDF Pages: 377-383 Full Text (5144) Open Access

Brief Report

Contralateral breast metastasis from pulmonary adenocarcinoma: Two cases report and literature review

Fang-Fang Ji, Peng Gao, Ji-Gang Wang, Jie Zhao, Peng Zhao

PDF Pages: 384-389 Full Text (5515) Open Access

Review Article

DNA topoisomerase I drugs and radiotherapy for lung cancer

Allan Y. Chen, Patricia M. T. Chen, Yi-Jen Chen

PDF Pages: 390-397 Full Text (4969) Open Access

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

Full Text (54961) PDF Pages: 398-407 Open Access

Cryosurgery for lung cancer

Lizhi Niu, Kecheng Xu, Feng Mu

PDF Pages: 408-419 Full Text (14933) Open Access

The evolution of the role of surgery in the management of breast cancer lung metastasis

Omar M. Rashid, Kazuaki Takabe

PDF Pages: 420-424 Full Text (7827) Open Access

Images of the Issue

Cardiac obstruction secondary to metastatic invasion - A rare complication of Human Herpes Virus 8-positive plasmablastic lymphoma in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Daniele Pádua, Ana Clara Rodrigues, Sérgio Barros, Ana Lúcia Arruda, Marianne Castro, José Lázaro Andrade

PDF Pages: 425-427 Full Text (3685) Open Access

Case Report

Fibrosing mediastinitis and consequent superior vena cava syndrome - A case report

Saumitra Kant, Garrett L. Walsh

PDF Pages: 428-430 Full Text (6550) Open Access

Recurrent spontaneous pneumomediastinum: a rare but possible event!

Alfonso Fiorelli, Gaetana Messina, Damiano Capaccio, Mario Santini

PDF Pages: 431-433 Full Text (6118) Open Access

Double whammy - mediastinal and ovarian teratoma: a rare clinical co-existence

Leo Francis Tauro, Prathvi Shetty, Aruna Kamath, Ashok Shetty

PDF Pages: 434-436 Full Text (6129) Open Access

Disclosure:

1. 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.