Vol 5, No 4 (August 30, 2013) - Journal of Thoracic Disease

Editorial

Lung surgery in interstitial lung disease—a safe and useful procedure?

Martin Kolb, Yaron Shargall

PDF Pages: 375-377 Full Text (6375) Open Access

A role of indacaterol in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management: a turning point or crossroads?

Gregory J. Feldman, Anton Edin

PDF Pages: 378-380 Full Text (3150) Open Access

Automated scar quantification by CMR: a step in the right direction

Steven K. White, Andrew S. Flett, James C. Moon

PDF Pages: 381-382 Full Text (3174) Open Access

Afatinib as first-line treatment for patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer harboring EGFR mutations: focus on LUX-Lung 3 and LUX-Lung 6 phase III trials

Antonio Passaro, Bruno Gori, Filippo de Marinis

PDF Pages: 383-384 Full Text (2808) Open Access

Original Article

Is tail vein injection a relevant breast cancer lung metastasis model?

Omar M. Rashid, Masayuki Nagahashi, Suburamaniam Ramachandran, Catherine I. Dumur, Julia C. Schaum, Akimitsu Yamada, Tomoyoshi Aoyagi, Sheldon Milstien, Sarah Spiegel, Kazuaki Takabe

PDF Pages: 385-392 Full Text (12561) Open Access

What is the difference between FEV₁ change in percentage predicted value and change over baseline in the assessment of bronchodilator responsiveness in patients with COPD?

Wenhua Jian, Jinping Zheng, Yi Hu, Yin Li, Yi Gao, Jiaying An

PDF Pages: 393-399 Full Text (5091) Open Access

Re-administration after the failure of gefitinib or erlotinib in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Zhengbo Song, Xinmin Yu, Chunxiao He, Beibei Zhang, Yiping Zhang

PDF Pages: 400-405 Full Text (4904) Open Access

Temperament and character profiles of male COPD patients

Hasan Kahraman, Fatma Ozlem Orhan, Mustafa Haki Sucakli, Ali Ozer, Nurhan Koksal, Bilal Sen

PDF Pages: 406-413 Full Text (4807) Open Access

C-reactive protein levels are raised in stable Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients independent of smoking behavior and biomass exposure

Funda Aksu, Nermin Çapan, Kurtuluş Aksu, Ruhsar Ofluoğlu, Sema Canbakan, Bünyamin Yavuz, Kadir Okhan Akin

PDF Pages: 414-421 Full Text (5899) Open Access

Does roflumilast improve dyspnea in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? A meta-analysis

Lei Pan, Yong-Zhong Guo, Bo Zhang, Jun-Hong Yan

PDF Pages: 422-429 Full Text (3144) Open Access

Should the cut-off value of D-dimer be elevated to exclude pulmonary embolism in acute exacerbation of COPD?

Evrim Eylem Akpınar, Derya Hoşgün, Beyza Doğanay, Gökçe Kaan Ataç, Meral Gülhan

PDF Pages: 430-434 Full Text (10311) Open Access

Factors associated with treatment outcome in 64 HIV negative patients with multidrug resistant tuberculosis

Ebru Ünsal, Müjgan Güler, Ruhsar Ofluoglu, Nermin Capan, Filiz Cimen

PDF Pages: 435-439 Full Text (4658) Open Access

Percutaneous cavitary lavage in the diagnosis of pulmonary cavities

Umit Belet, Serhat Fındık, Zafer Ozmen, Atilla Guven Atici, Huseyin Akan

PDF Pages: 440-445 Full Text (2759) Open Access

Which type of surgery should become the preferred procedure for malignant pleural mesothelioma: extrapleural pneumonectomy or extended pleurectomy?

Mehmet Ali Bedirhan, Levent Cansever, Adalet Demir, Süleyman Ceyhan, Hasan Akın, Halide Nur Ürer, Aysun Ölçmen, Celalettin Kocatürk, İbrahim Dinçer

PDF Pages: 446-454 Full Text (4178) Open Access

Incidence and risk factors for acute lung injury after open thoracotomy for thoracic diseases

Shihua Yao, Teng Mao, Wentao Fang, Meiying Xu, Wenhu Chen

PDF Pages: 455-460 Full Text (3477) Open Access

The effects of long-acting β2-agonists plus inhaled corticosteroids for early reversibility in patients with airway obstruction

Sevket Ozkaya, Adem Dirican, Tibel Tuna

PDF Pages: 461-465 Full Text (3848) Open Access

Perfusing chemotherapy by percutaneous lung puncture “holing” for pulmonary tuberculoma—a ten-year single center experience

Shu-Hua Yang, Ping Zhan, Hui-Huan Mao, Xu-Dong Shi, Ling-Ling Wang

PDF Pages: 466-471 Full Text (3158) Open Access

Antitumor effect of para-toluenesulfonamide against lung cancer xenograft in a mouse model

Yang Gao, Yonghua Gao, Weijie Guan, Liyan Huang, Xiaoming Xu, Chenting Zhang, Xiuqing Chen, Yizhuang Wu, Guangqiao Zeng, Nanshan Zhong

PDF Pages: 472-483 Full Text (6208) Chinese (5159) Open Access

Comparison of the prognostic values of various nutritional parameters in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma from Southern China

Peng Sun, Fei Zhang, Cui Chen, Xin An, Yu-Hong Li, Feng-Hua Wang, Zhi-Hua Zhu

PDF Pages: 484-491 Full Text (3699) Open Access

Construction of a cell model of β₂-adrenoceptor downregulation

Hua Liu, Yun Chen, Jun Li, Weishuai Zhang, Songshi Ni

PDF Pages: 492-497 Full Text (2835) Open Access

Surgical outcome of esophageal tuberculosis secondary to mediastinal lymphadenitis in adults: experience from single center in China

Buqing Ni, Xiaohu Lu, Qixing Gong, Wei Zhang, Xiao Li, Hai Xu, Yongfeng Shao, Shijiang Zhang

PDF Pages: 498-505 Full Text (5219) Open Access

A 4-year surveillance of antimicrobial resistance patterns of Acinetobacter baumanni in a university-affiliated hospital in China

Ting Xu, Wenying Xia, Guodong Rong, Shiyang Pan, Peijun Huang, Bing Gu

PDF Pages: 506-512 Full Text (6262) Open Access

Severe intraoperative complications during VATS Lobectomy compared with thoracotomy lobectomy for early stage non-small cell lung cancer

Chaoyang Liang, Huanshun Wen, Yongqing Guo, Bin Shi, Yanchu Tian, Zhiyi Song, Deruo Liu

PDF Pages: 513-517 Full Text (5568) Open Access

Systematic Review

Effects of daily bathing with chlorhexidine and acquired infection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus: a meta-analysis

Wensen Chen, Songqin Li, Lianhong Li, Xin Wu, Weihong Zhang

PDF Pages: 518-524 Full Text (11081) Open Access

Risk factors of ventilator-associated pneumonia in pediatric intensive care unit: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Bo Liu, Song-Qin Li, Su-Ming Zhang, Ping Xu, Xiang Zhang, Yan-Hong Zhang, Wen-Sen Chen, Wei-Hong Zhang

PDF Pages: 525-531 Full Text (6987) Open Access

Review Article

Epigenetic aberrant methylation of tumor suppressor genes in small cell lung cancer

Shuai Wang, Zhou Wang

PDF Pages: 532-537 Full Text (5083) Open Access

The development of targeted therapy in small cell lung cancer

Yalei Zhang, Jianxing He

PDF Pages: 538-548 Full Text (6044) Open Access

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in China: the potential role of indacaterol

Jinming Gao, Niyati Prasad

PDF Pages: 549-558 Full Text (13636) Open Access

The role of indacaterol for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Mario Cazzola, Floriana Bardaro, Emanuele Stirpe

PDF Pages: 559-566 Full Text (13913) PDF (Italian) PDF (Chinese) Open Access

Ventricular assist devices: initial orientation

Martin Schweiger, Hitendu Dave, Frithjof Lemme, Olga Romanchenko, Michael Hofmann, Michael Hübler

PDF Pages: 567-571 Full Text (8719) Open Access

ICC COLUMN: The Voice of the Patient¹

Lung foundation Australia: promoting lung health and supporting those with lung disease

Elizabeth Harper

PDF Pages: 572-577 Full Text (4309) Open Access

Case Report

Primary pleural lymphoma: a rare case and a synopsis of the literature

Xiaohu Ru, Mingjian Ge, Li Li, Yidan Lin, Lunxu Liu

PDF Pages: E121-E123 Full Text (4564) Open Access

Atypical histiocytosis in the lung

Hong Li, Weijun Cao, Huiping Li, Rongxuan Zhang, Ying Zhou, Jinfu Xu, David H. Garfield

PDF Pages: E124-E128 Full Text (3295) Open Access

Pulmonary mixed squamous cell and glandular papilloma mimicking adenocarcinoma: a case study and literature review

Dongliang Lin, Yanxia Jiang, Jigang Wang, Li Ding, Fangjie Xin, Han Zhao, Yujun Li

PDF Pages: E129-E132 Full Text (3420) Open Access

A tuberculous abscess of the chest wall in a renal allograft recipient

Ye Zhang, Hui Li, Tong Li, Wen-Qian Zhang

PDF Pages: E133-E136 Full Text (3121) Open Access

Aberrant right subclavian artery in video-assisted thoracoscopic esophagectomy

Yidan Lin, Mingxia Li, Xian Liu

PDF Pages: E137-E139 Full Text (3259) Open Access

Trans-aortic excision of intraventricular lipoma with the assistance of arthroscopic camera

Vasileios Patris, Mihalis Argiriou, Niki Lama, Timothy Sakellaridis, Christos Charitos

PDF Pages: E140-E143 Full Text (4582) Open Access

Is pneumothorax after acupuncture so uncommon?

Michael Stenger, Nicki Eithz Bauer, Peter B. Licht

PDF Pages: E144-E146 Full Text (3347) Open Access

Childhood bronchial tuberculosis: report of one case and literature review

Chun-Mei Hu, Chun-Yang Yin, Xiao-Yan Gu, Xia Zhang

PDF Pages: E147-E151 Full Text (4540) Open Access

Spindle cell lipoma: a rare tumor of the mediastinum

Elvira La Mantia, Renato Franco, Raffaele Rocco, Gaetano Rocco

PDF Pages: E152-E154 Full Text (6037) Open Access

Primary intrapulmonary malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor mimicking lung cancer

Elvira La Mantia, Renato Franco, Monica Cantile, Raffaele Rocco, Annarosaria De Chiara, Nicola Martucci, Gaetano Rocco

PDF Pages: E155-E157 Full Text (2697) Open Access

Refractory hypertension with massive proteinuria may be reversed in renal artery stenosis patients with low proteinuria selectivity index after stenting

Bing Gu, Qin Che, Weihao Li, Chuanwei Zhou, Di Xu, Junhong Wang, Yan Guo

PDF Pages: E158-E161 Full Text (4543) Open Access

Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma after Rituximab-containing regimen: two cases of report and literature review

Xu-Qin Jiang, Lei Fang, Xiao-Dong Mei, Xiao-Jing Wang, Ming-Hong Bao

PDF Pages: E162-E166 Full Text (6719) Open Access

Amylase: sensitive tumor marker for amylase-producing lung adenocarcinoma

Jie Zhang, Lixia Zhang, Shiyang Pan, Bing Gu, Yuping Zhen, Jiabin Yan, Yiqin Zhou

PDF Pages: E167-E169 Full Text (3773) Open Access

A case report of pulmonary cryptococcosis presenting as endobronchial obstruction

Qing Zhou, Bijie Hu, Changzhou Shao, Chunmei Zhou, Xing Zhang, Dong Yang, Chun Li

PDF Pages: E170-E173 Full Text (4923) Open Access

Calcium oxalate crystal deposition in a patient with Aspergilloma due to Aspergillus niger

Miku Oda, Takeshi Saraya, Megumi Wakayama, Kazutoshi Shibuya, Yukari Ogawa, Toshiya Inui, Emi Yokoyama, Manami Inoue, Hiroaki Shimoyamada, Masachika Fujiwara, Tomohiro Ota, Hajime Takizawa, Hajime Goto

PDF Pages: E174-E178 Full Text (7400) Open Access

Fibrous lung tumor: a peculiar case

Barbara Barrettara, Gaetano Napoli, Angelo Lacitignola, Paolo Sardelli

PDF Pages: E179-E180 Full Text (2685) Open Access

Erratum

Editorial Team

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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.

Vol 5, No 4 (August 30, 2013): Journal of Thoracic Disease