Vol 12, No 12 (December 30, 2020): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Original Article

Comparison of preoperative scores predicting outcome in elderly undergoing lung malignancies resection
Rita Vaz Souza, Massimiliano Bassi, Sara Mantovani, Camilla Poggi, Daniele Diso, Jacopo Vannucci, Andreina Pagini, Davide Amore, Federico Venuta, Marco Anile
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
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:7083-7088
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Postoperative hypothermia after total aortic arch replacement in acute type A aortic dissection—multivariate analysis and risk identification for postoperative hypothermia occurrence
Huan Liu, Xiuwen Wang, Shun Liu, Shuo Cong, Yuntao Lu, Ye Yang, Wenshuo Wang, Hao Lai, Xin Li, Lai Wei, Chunsheng Wang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7089-7096
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Prediction of clinical response to omalizumab in moderate-to-severe asthma patients using the change in total serum IgE level
Bohou Li, Minyu Huang, Shuyu Huang, Xiaoli Zeng, Yafei Yuan, Xianru Peng, Wenqu Zhao, Yanmei Ye, Changhui Yu, Laiyu Liu, Chunquan Ou, Shaoxi Cai, Haijin Zhao
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7097-7105
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Efficacy of cardiovascular surgery for Marfan syndrome patients: a single-center 15-year follow-up study
Boyao Zhang, Qing Xue, Yangfeng Tang, Shangyi Yu, Xingli Fan, Zhiyun Xu, Lin Han
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7106-7116
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One-stage hybrid procedure for distal aortic arch disease: mid-term experience at a single center
Su-Wei Chen, Yong-Liang Zhong, Zhi-Yu Qiao, Cheng-Nan Li, Yi-Peng Ge, Rui-Dong Qi, Hai-Ou Hu, Li-Zhong Sun, Jun-Ming Zhu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7117-7126
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Does short-term cessation of smoking before lung resections reduce the risk of complications?
Tomoyoshi Takenaka, Fumihiro Shoji, Tetsuzo Tagawa, Fumihiko Kinoshita, Naoki Haratake, Makoto Edagawa, Koji Yamazaki, Mitsuhiro Takenoyama, Sadanori Takeo, Masaki Mori
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7127-7134
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Preoperative risk factors for successful extubation or not after lung transplantation
Run Li, Jiang Shi, Danxia Huang, Ying Chen, Weixue Cui, Hengrui Liang, Wenhua Liang, Guilin Peng, Chao Yang, Mengyang Liu, Minting Kuang, Xin Xu, Jianxing He
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7135-7144
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Uniportal versus multiportal thoracoscopic sleeve lobectomy for the surgical treatment of centrally located lung cancer: a single institution experience
Jun Zhao, Qingpeng Zeng, Jiagen Li, Fengwei Tan, Qi Xue, Juwei Mu, Yushun Gao, Dali Wang, Shugeng Gao
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7145-7155
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Central location and risk of imaging occult mediastinal lymph node involvement in cN0T2-4 non-small cell lung cancer
Julien Guinde, Etienne Bourdages-Pageau, Paula Antonia Ugalde, Marc Fortin
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7156-7163
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Factors associated with discrepancy between fresh frozen and permanent biopsy from medical thoracoscopy: single center analysis of 172 medical flexible thoracoscopy cases
Jeong Uk Lim, Jongyeol Oh, Hyung Woo Kim, Woo Ho Ban, Eun Su Park, Jick Hwan Ha, Ju Sang Kim, Sang Haak Lee
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7164-7173
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Nationwide quality assessment of treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Kyu Yean Kim, Kwang Ha Yoo, Hye Sook Choi, Bo Yeon Kim, Sang In Ahn, Yon U. Jo, Chin Kook Rhee
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7174-7181
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The clinical suspicion of a leaking intrathoracic esophagogastric anastomosis: the role of CT imaging
Victor D. Plat, Boukje T. Bootsma, Jennifer Straatman, Janneke van den Bergh, Jan-Hein T. M. van Waesberghe, Joanna Luttikhold, Micha D. P. Luyer, Donald L. van der Peet, Freek Daams
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7182-7192
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Changes in aortic arch geometry and the risk for Stanford B dissection
Peng Qiu, Junchao Liu, Yuqian Chen, Binshan Zha, Kaichuang Ye, Jinbao Qin, Peipei Hao, Jiwen Kang, Chao Zhang, Huagang Zhu, Xinwu Lu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7193-7201
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Developing a minimally-invasive anaesthesiological approach to non-intubated uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in minor and major thoracic surgery
Henning Starke, Norman Zinne, Andreas Leffler, Patrick Zardo, Jan Karsten
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7202-7217
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The utility of three-dimensional computed tomography for prediction of tumor invasiveness in clinical stage IA lung adenocarcinoma
Yohei Kawaguchi, Masayuki Nakao, Kenshiro Omura, Naoya Iwamoto, Hiroki Ozawa, Yasuto Kondo, Junji Ichinose, Yosuke Matsuura, Sakae Okumura, Mingyon Mun
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7218-7226
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First clinical experience with the novel cold storage SherpaPakTM system for donor heart transportation
Dejan Radakovic, Seymur Karimli, Kiril Penov, Ina Schade, Khaled Hamouda, Constanze Bening, Rainer G. Leyh, Ivan Aleksic
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7227-7235
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Use of durable left ventricular assist devices for high-risk patients: Korean experience before insurance coverage
Jun Ho Lee, Ilkun Park, Heemoon Lee, Kiick Sung, Young Tak Lee, Darae Kim, Jeong Hoon Yang, Jin-Oh Choi, Eun-Seok Jeon, Yang Hyun Cho
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7236-7244
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The role of angiogenetic single-nucleotide polymorphisms in thymic malignancies and thymic benign lesions
Rossana Berardi, Gaia Goteri, Silvia Pagliaretta, Vittorio Paolucci, Francesca Morgese, Alessandro Conti, Majed Refai, Cecilia Pompili, Claudia Duranti, Giulia Marcantognini, Agnese Savini, Miriam Caramanti, Silvia Rinaldi, Mariangela Torniai, Matteo Santoni, Antonio Zizzi, Paola Mazzanti, Azzurra Onofri, Giulia Ricci, Marina Scarpelli
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7245-7256
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The safety and feasibility of three-dimension single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for the treatment of early-stage lung cancer
Yiyang Wang, Zhexin Wang, Feng Yao
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7257-7265
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Bleeding is the most common cause of unplanned return to operating room after lung cancer surgeries
Jiagen Li, Qi Xue, Yushun Gao, Yousheng Mao, Jun Zhao, Shugeng Gao
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7266-7271
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Utilities and placement skills of the incision protective sleeve in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
Zhiyong Su, Chao Wu, Hongliang Bian, Zhiqiang Zhou, Tianshuo Jiang, Xin Zhao, Fangchao Liu, Yilei Zhang, Keli Lin, Qingshan Gao
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7272-7280
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Reduced expression of circRNA novel_circ_0005280 and its clinical value in the diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer
Li Li, Meilin Du, Chao Wang, Ping He
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7281-7289
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Consistency of genotyping data from simultaneously collected plasma circulating tumor DNA and tumor-DNA in lung cancer patients
Jiali Zhang, Aoran Dong, Shuzhan Li, Xiubao Ren, Xinwei Zhang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7290-7297
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A new solution model for cardiac medical image segmentation
Hailong Shang, Shiwei Zhao, Hongdi Du, Jinggang Zhang, Wei Xing, Hailin Shen
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
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:7298-7312
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Plasma thymidylate synthase and dihydrofolate reductase mRNA levels as potential predictive biomarkers of pemetrexed sensitivity in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Tao Li, Jin-Bo Huang, Jun-Guo Lu, Rong Li, Yan Wang, Xiang-Rong Shi, Min-Xin Shi, Xiao-Dong Zhang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7313-7319
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Circulating miR-130 is a potential bio signature for early prognosis of acute myocardial infarction
Xiaodong Pan, Yanru He, Zhongpu Chen, Gaoliang Yan, Genshan Ma
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7320-7325
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Low expression of long non-coding RNA ARAP1-AS1 can inhibit lung cancer proliferation by inducing G0/G1 cell cycle organization
Xinlu Tao, Yan Zhang, Jiaping Li, Zhengzheng Ni, Zheng Tao, Qi You, Zhijie He, Dengjun Huang, Shiying Zheng
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7326-7336
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Effects of enteral nutrition support combined with enhanced recovery after surgery on the nutritional status, immune function, and prognosis of patients with esophageal cancer after Ivor-Lewis operation
Haibing Ding, Jin Xu, Jijun You, Haifeng Qin, Haitao Ma
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7337-7345
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Lobectomy with high-position single-intercostal two-port video-assisted thoracoscope for non-small cell lung cancer is a safe and effective surgical procedure
Guofang Zhao, Xu Jiang, Fajiu Wang, Minghui Chu, Chenxu Zhang, Weidi Zhao, Minglei Yang, Xiang Xu, Enkuo Zheng, Junjun Ni, Liangwei Yang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7346-7354
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Bioinformatics analysis of differentially expressed genes in tumor and paracancerous tissues of patients with lung adenocarcinoma
Rong Yang, Yuwei Zhou, Chengli Du, Yihe Wu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7355-7364
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The prognostic value of peak arterial lactate levels within 72 h of lung transplantation in identifying patient outcome
Jingjing Xu, Zhong Qin, Yanjuan Wang, Chunxiao Hu, Guilong Wang, Zhengfeng Gu, Shengjie Yuan, Jingyu Chen, Dongxiao Huang, Zhiping Wang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7365-7373
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Association of renal cyst and type A acute aortic dissection with hypertension
Jinlan Bao, Shaoxin Zheng, Canxia Huang, Jun Tao, Ying Tang, Runlu Sun, Qi Guo, Jingfeng Wang, Yuling Zhang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7374-7386
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Consensus

International consensus statement on robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE)
Bin Li, Yang Yang, Alper Toker, Bentong Yu, Chang Hyun Kang, Ghulam Abbas, Harmik J. Soukiasian, Hecheng Li, Hiroyuki Daiko, Hongjing Jiang, Jianhua Fu, Jun Yi, Kemp Kernstine, Marcello Migliore, Michael Bouvet, Sara Ricciardi, Yin-Kai Chao, Yong-Hee Kim, Yun Wang, Zhentao Yu, Abbas E. Abbas, Inderpal S. Sarkaria, Zhigang Li, Cooperative Group of International Expert Consensus on Robot-assisted Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7387-7401
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Review Article

The 100 most cited papers on thymic epithelial tumours: a bibliometric analysis
Guanghao Qiu, Fuqiang Wang, Hanlu Zhang, Yu Zheng, Zihao Wang, Yun Wang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7402-7415
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Cone beam CT imaging for bronchoscopy: a technical review
Randolph Setser, Gouthami Chintalapani, Krish Bhadra, Roberto F. Casal
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7416-7428
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Risk factors and predictors associated with the severity of COVID-19 in China: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression
Tao Zhang, Wei-Sen Huang, Weijie Guan, Ziying Hong, Jiabo Gao, Guoying Gao, Guofeng Wu, Yin-Yin Qin
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7429-7441
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Exercise-based interventions for Indigenous adults with chronic lung disease in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and USA: a systematic review
David P. Meharg, Kylie Gwynne, John Gilroy, Jennifer A. Alison
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7442-7453
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Narrative review of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2: update on genomic characteristics, transmissions and animal model
Zhaoyong Zhang, Lu Zhang, Airu Zhu, Yanqun Wang, Wenda Guan, Zhiqi Zeng, Jing Sun, Fang Li, Jingxian Zhao, Zifeng Yang, Jincun Zhao, Nanshan Zhong
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7454-7466
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Surgical Technique

Surgical staging and resection of malignant pleural mesothelioma
Lawrence B. Brown, Frank Corl, Shanda H. Blackmon
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7467-7480
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iMDT Corner1

Treatment of a lung lobectomy patient with severe post-surgical infection in the anterior thoracic wall by multiple debridement and drainage procedures: a case report
Jie Dai, Patrick Greiffenstein, Francesco Petrella, Jae Jun Kim, Giuseppe Marulli, Yong Fang, Yiming Zhou
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7481-7487
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Letter to the Editor

Pneumothorax as the presenting manifestation of COVID-19
Shahin Ayazi, Javad Zebarjadi, Andrew D. Grubic, Hamed Tahmasbi, Khosro Ayazi, Blair A. Jobe
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7488-7493
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Effect of an unsupervised walking program on tolerance to exercise in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Roberto Martin-Deleon, Antonio Jurado-Garcia, Maria del Sol Arenas-De Larriva, Nuria Feu-Collado, Francisco Santos-Luna, Bernabe Jurado-Gamez
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7494-7497
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Endobronchial neurogenic tumor consisting of the features of a solitary circumscribed neuroma
Kazuya Tone, Takashi Yorozu, Yuta Hirano, Ryoko Sasaki, Taisuke Kazuyori, Akira Kojima, Kazuyoshi Kuwano
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7498-7500
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Effect of genotype-guided strategy in East Asian vs. Caucasian patients after percutaneous coronary intervention: insight from the TAILOR-PCI trial
Hyun Kuk Kim, Dirk Sibbing, Young-Hoon Jeong
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7501-7503
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Editorial of Cough Section2

2019 ERS cough guideline: consensus and controversy
Ruchong Chen, Zhongmin Qiu, Kefang Lai
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7504-7514
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Editorial on Thymoma3

Revealing the mysteries of thymoma
Dragana Jovanovic, Semra Bilaceroglu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7515-7517
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Original Article on Thymoma3

The role of postoperative radiotherapy for thymomas: a multicentric retrospective evaluation from three Italian centers and review of the literature
Alessio Bruni, Alessandro Stefani, Marco Perna, Paolo Borghetti, Niccolò Giaj Levra, Elisa D’Angelo, Alessandra D’Onofrio, Laura Rubino, Luca Frassinelli, Viola Salvestrini, Matteo Mariotti, Filippo Alongi, Alessandro Gonfiotti, Lorenzo Livi, Vieri Scotti
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7518-7530
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Review Article on Thymoma3

Epidemiology of thymoma
Anna L. Rich
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7531-7535
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Genomic alterations in thymoma—molecular pathogenesis?
Felicitas Oberndorfer, Leonhard Müllauer
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7536-7544
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Pathology of thymoma—where are we today?
Irshad Nabi Soomro
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7545-7552
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Comparison of PD-L1 immunohistochemical assays and the significance of PD-L1 expression in thymoma
Shintaro Yokoyama, Hiroaki Miyoshi
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7553-7560
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Correlation of genomic alterations and PD-L1 expression in thymoma
Dragana Jovanovic, Jelena Markovic, Vesna Ceriman, Jelena Peric, Sonja Pavlovic, Ivan Soldatovic
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7561-7570
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Autoimmune disorders and paraneoplastic syndromes in thymoma
Torsten Gerriet Blum, Daniel Misch, Jens Kollmeier, Sebastian Thiel, Torsten T. Bauer
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7571-7590
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The role of radiological imaging for masses in the prevascular mediastinum in clinical practice
Helmut Prosch, Sebastian Röhrich, Zeynep Nilufer Tekin, Lukas Ebner
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7591-7597
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How to obtain adequate biopsy specımen in suspected thymic tumors
Semra Bilaçeroğlu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7598-7606
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Classification and staging of thymoma
Till Markowiak, Hans-Stefan Hofmann, Michael Ried
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7607-7612
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When to suspect a thymoma: clinical point of view
Fabrizio Minervini, Gregor J. Kocher
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7613-7618
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Surgical treatment strategies for invasive thymoma
Soichiro Funaki, Yasushi Shintani, Eriko Fukui, Ryu Kanzaki, Takashi Kanou, Naoko Ose, Masato Minami, Meinoshin Okumura
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7619-7625
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Multimodality approach in treatment of thymic tumors
Akif Turna, İsmail Sarbay
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7626-7634
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Immunotherapy for thymoma
Marko Jakopovic, Lela Bitar, Fran Seiwerth, Ante Marusic, Kristina Krpina, Miroslav Samarzija
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7635-7641
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Editorial on Advance in Bronchoscopy for Peripheral Pulmonary Diseases4

Introduction to Journal of Thoracic Disease new column of advance in bronchoscopy for peripheral pulmonary diseases
Jiayuan Sun
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7642-7644
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Original Article on Advance in Bronchoscopy for Peripheral Pulmonary Diseases4

Scoring model of convex probe endobronchial ultrasound multimodal imaging in differentiating benign and malignant lung lesions
Xinxin Zhi, Lei Wang, Junxiang Chen, Xiaoxuan Zheng, Ying Li, Jiayuan Sun
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7645-7655
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Diagnostic value of radial endobronchial ultrasonographic features in predominant solid peripheral pulmonary lesions
Xiaoxuan Zheng, Lei Wang, Jie Chen, Fangfang Xie, Yifeng Jiang, Jiayuan Sun
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7656-7665
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The value of virtual bronchoscopic navigation and radial endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial lung cryobiopsies for pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis
Lingling Pang, Tingshu Jiang, Xueping Liu, Zhan Li, Shenchun Zou, Pengfei Yu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7666-7674
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Review Article on Advance in Bronchoscopy for Peripheral Pulmonary Diseases4

Diagnostic value of ultrathin bronchoscopy in peripheral pulmonary lesions: a narrative review
Masahide Oki, Hideo Saka
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
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:7675-7682
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Improving diagnostic yield of navigational bronchoscopy for peripheral pulmonary lesions: a review of advancing technology
Ajay Wagh, Elliot Ho, Septimiu Murgu, Douglas Kyle Hogarth
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2020;
12
(12)
:7683-7690
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Disclosure:

1. The series “iMDT Corner” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship.

2. The series “Cough Section” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Woo-Jung Song is serving as an unpaid Section Editor for the series.

3. The series “Thymoma” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Dragana Jovanovic and Semra Bilaceroglu served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.

4. The series “Advance in Bronchoscopy for Peripheral Pulmonary Diseases” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship.