Vol 5, No 2 (April 07, 2013): Journal of Thoracic Disease

News

Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD) has been indexed by SCIE
Editorial Team
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:105-108
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Featured Interview

Welcome to the 15th World Conference on Lung Cancer: interview with Prof. Kwun Fong
Grace Li
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:109-111
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Editorial

Radiotherapy for lung tumors arising after a prior pneumonectomy
Ke-Cheng Chen, Jin-Shing Chen
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:112-113
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Sodium tanshinone IIA sulfonate for pulmonary arterial hypertension: emerging therapeutic option
Shahzad G. Raja
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:114-115
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Original Article

Radiotherapy for a second primary lung cancer arising post-pneumonectomy: planning considerations and clinical outcomes
Sashendra Senthi, Cornelis J. A. Haasbeek, Frank J. Lagerwaard, Wilko F. Verbakel, Patricia F. de Haan, Ben J. Slotman, Suresh Senan
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:116-122
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Results of management of esophageal and GE junction malignancies in Nepalese context
Binay Thakur, Hui Li, Mukti Devkota
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:123-128
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Thoracoscopic thymectomy: technical pearls to a 21st century approach
Bryan A. Whitson, Rafael S. Andrade, Mohi O. Mitiek, Jonathan D'Cunha, Michael A. Maddaus
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
(2)
:129-134
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Diagnostic management of patients with suspected ocular sarcoidosis
Kazuto Takada, Shuuichi Matsumoto, Eiji Kojima, Susumu Iwata, Kentarou Tanaka
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:135-140
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Pleurodesis with povidone-iodine, as an effective procedure in management of patients with malignant pleural effusion
Gholamali Godazandeh, Nasim Haji Qasemi, Mohammad Saghafi, Meisam Mortazian, Pouya Tayebi
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
(2)
:141-144
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The N-ERC index is a novel monitoring and prognostic marker for advanced malignant pleural mesothelioma
Takanori Mori, Ken Tajima, Michihiro Hirama, Tadashi Sato, Kenji Kido, Shin-ichiro Iwakami, Shinichi Sasaki, Akihiko Iwase, Kazu Shiomi, Masahiro Maeda, Okio Hino, Kazuhisa Takahashi
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
(2)
:145-148
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Analysis of antimicrobial resistance and class 1 integrons among strains from upper respiratory tract of healthy adults
Haiyan Liu, Hai Wang, Mao Huang, Yaning Mei, Bing Gu, Rui Wu, Yiling Huang, Yi Chen, Yanling Xu, Tong Wang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:149-155
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Changes in brain natriuretic peptide are correlated with changes in global end-diastolic volume index
Zhongheng Zhang, Hongying Ni, Baolong Lu, Xiao Xu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:156-160
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Brief Report

Early-stage thymic carcinoma: is adjuvant therapy required?
Mitsuaki Sakai, Takuya Onuki, Masaharu Inagaki, Masatoshi Yamaoka, Shinsuke Kitazawa, Keisuke Kobayashi, Kesato Iguchi, Shinji Kikuchi, Yukinobu Goto, Masataka Onizuka, Yukio Sato
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:161-164
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic management for emphysema associated with contralateral destroyed lung
Xin Xu, Hanzhang Chen, Weiqiang Yin, Bing Wei, Dong Xiao, Jun Liu, Jianxing He
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:165-168
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Promising therapeutic effects of sodium tanshinone IIA sulfonate towards pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients
Jian Wang, Wenju Lu, Wei Wang, Nuofu Zhang, Hua Wu, Chunli Liu, Xiuqing Chen, Yonghua Chen, Yuqin Chen, Qian Jiang, Lei Xu, Lichun Tian, Pixin Ran, Nanshan Zhong
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:169-172
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Review Article

Thymic neoplasm: a rare disease with a complex clinical presentation
Omar M. Rashid, Anthony D. Cassano, Kazuaki Takabe
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
(2)
:173-183
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Overview of progresses in critical care medicine 2012
Wei Huang, Xianyao Wan
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:184-192
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ICC COLUMN: The Voice of the Patient1

Improving health care benefits by reducing costs
Lawrence Grouse
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:193-194
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Perspective

Hedgehog signaling pathway: the must, the maybe and the unknown
Paul Zarogoulidis, Katerina Zarampouka, Haidong Huang, Kaid Darwiche, Yong Huang, Antonis Sakkas, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:195-197
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Surgical treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: the phoenix of thoracic surgery?
Luca Bertolaccini, Andrea Viti, Giovanni Di Perri, Alberto Terzi
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
(2)
:198-199
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Images of the Issues

Thyroid gland metastasis from small cell lung cancer: an unusual site of metastatic spread
Stamatis Katsenos, Stavros Archondakis, Michalis Vaias, Nikolaos Skoulikaris
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
(2)
:E21-E24
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A case report of hydatid cysts containing aspergillus
Jin-Bing Pan, Yu-Hong Hou, Ping-Zhang Yin
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:E25-E27
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When should large benign tumours in posterior mediastinum be resected?
Jens Eckardt, Peter B. Licht
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:E28-E30
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Preoperative CT-Guided percutaneous wire localization of ground glass pulmonary nodules with a modified Kopans wire
Maureen P. Kohi, David M. Naeger, Jasleen Kukreja, Nicholas Fidelman, Jeanne M. LaBerge, Roy L. Gordon, Robert K. Kerlan Jr
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:E31-E34
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Bone metastases with nerve root compression as a late complication in patient with epithelial pleural mesothelioma
Susana Cedrés, Lorena Fariñas, Neda Stejpanovic, Pablo Martinez, Alex Martinez, Esther Zamora, Maria Angeles Montero, Enriqueta Felip
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:E35-E37
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Boerhaave’s syndrome and tension pneumothorax secondary to Norovirus induced forceful emesis
Søren Venø, Jens Eckardt
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:E38-E40
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Case Report

Bone scan findings of chest wall pain syndrome after stereotactic body radiation therapy: implications for the pathophysiology of the syndrome
Shane Lloyd, Roy H. Decker, Suzanne B. Evans
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:E41-E44
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Vanishing lung mass in a patient with asthma
Karan Madan, Randeep Guleria
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:E45-E49
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome in one patient with gout complicated by severe pulmonary tuberculosis: report of one case and literature review
Wei Wang, Yu Zhou, Zhenjiao Su, Li Luo, Ling Zhao
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:E50-E52
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Hypersensitivity reactions to carboplatin and cisplatin in non-small cell lung cancer
J. Michael Randall, Anjali A. Bharne, Lyudmila A. Bazhenova
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:E53-E57
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Early severe mediastinal bleeding after esophagectomy: a potentially lethal complication
Jeroen E.H. Ponten, Sylvia van der Horst, Grard A.P Nieuwenhuijzen, Ted W.O. Elenbaas, Richard van Hillegersberg, Misha D.P. Luyer
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:E58-E60
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Postoperative radiotherapy for residual tumor of primary mediastinal carcinoid teratoma
Lingli Tu, Lan Sun, Yu Zhou, Youling Gong, Jianxin Xue, Jun Gao, You Lu, Yongsheng Wang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:E61-E64
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Complete response of 7 years’ duration after chemoradiotherapy followed by gefitinib in a patient with intramedullary spinal cord metastasis from lung adenocarcinoma
Yoshinobu Hata, Yujiro Takai, Hiroshi Takahashi, Keigo Takagi, Kazutoshi Isobe, Chikako Hasegawa, Kazutoshi Shibuya, Hidenori Goto, Kazuyoshi Tamaki, Fumitomo Sato, Hajime Otsuka
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:E65-E67
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Late recurrence of basaloid carcinoma initially treated as a small cell lung cancer
Vladimir Shumaster, Jason W. Bae, Scott N. Gettinger, Guoping Cai, Anthony W. Kim
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:E68-E70
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Organizing pneumonia presenting after ulcerative colitis remission
Eun Chul Jang, Suk Jin Choi, Jae Hwa Cho, Jeong-Seon Ryu, Seung Min Kwak, Hong Lyeol Lee, Hae-Seong Nam
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:E71-E73
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Letter to the Editor

Chinese guidelines for influenza management
Somsri Wiwanitkit, Viroj Wiwanitkit
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
5
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:E74
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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.