Vol 5, No 5 (October 03, 2013): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Original Article

VATS lobectomy facilitates the delivery of adjuvant docetaxel-carboplatin chemotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer
Xiuyi Zhi, Wen Gao, Baohui Han, Yue Yang, Hui Li, Deruo Liu, Changli Wang, Gong Min, Hao Long, James R. Rigas, Mark Carey, Thierry Jahan, Amanda Sammann, Joseph Reza, Daoyuan Wang, Michael J. Mann, David M. Jablons, Jianxing He, for the China Clinical Trials Consortium
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:578-584
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Efficacy of epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitors for Chinese patients with squamous cell carcinoma of lung harboring EGFR mutation
Wenfeng Fang, Jianwei Zhang, Wenhua Liang, Yan Huang, Yue Yan, Xuan Wu, Zhihuang Hu, Yuxiang Ma, Hongyun Zhao, Yuanyuan Zhao, Yunpeng Yang, Cong Xue, Jing Zhang, Li Zhang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:585-592
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Cytokeratin-based ctc counting unrelated to clinical follow up
Ludmilla Thomé Domingos Chinen, Fernanda Machado de Carvalho, Bruna Maria Malagoli Rocha, Caroline Motta Aguiar, Emne Ali Abdallah, Daniel Campanha, Natália Breve Mingues, Thiago Bueno de Oliveira, Macello Sampaio Maciel, Gustavo Marchioro Cervantes, Aldo L.A. Dettino, Fernando Augusto Soares, Patrizia Paterlini-Bréchot, Marcello Ferretti Fanelli
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:593-599
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Clinical utility of the ventricular septal defect diameter to aorta root diameter ratio to predict early childhood developmental defects or lung infections in patients with perimembranous ventricular septal defect
Jin-Xiang Liu, Jing-Hua Wang, Si-Rui Yang, Min Liu, Yang Xu, Jing-Hui Sun, Chao-Ying Yan
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:600-604
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Acute hypoxia activates store-operated Ca2+ entry and increases intracellular Ca2+ concentration in rat distal pulmonary venous smooth muscle cells
Gongyong Peng, Pixin Ran, Wenju Lu, Nanshan Zhong, Jian Wang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:605-612
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The effects of azithromycin on patients with diffuse panbronchiolitis: a retrospective study of 29 cases
Ding Hui, Fen Yan, Ru-Hua Chen
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:613-617
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Signal stratification of autoantibody levels in serum samples and its application to the early detection of lung cancer
Graham F. Healey, Stephen Lam, Peter Boyle, Geoffrey Hamilton-Fairley, Laura J. Peek, John F. R. Robertson
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:618-625
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Analysis of the severity and prognosis assessment of aged patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a retrospective study
Kun Xiao, Long-Xiang Su, Bing-Chao Han, Peng Yan, Na Yuan, Jie Deng, Jia Li, Li-Xin Xie
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:626-633
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The clinical utility of pleural YKL-40 levels in diagnosing pleural effusions
Servet Kayhan, Aziz Gumus, Halit Cinarka, Naci Murat, Adnan Yilmaz, Recep Bedir, Unal Sahin
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:634-640
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Effects of leflunomide on inflamation and fibrosis in bleomycine induced pulmonary fibrosis in wistar albino rats
Servet Kayhan, Aygul Guzel, Latif Duran, Serife Tutuncu, Ahmet Guzel, Mithat Gunaydın, Osman Salis, Ali Okuyucu, Mustafa Yasin Selcuk
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:641-649
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High-amplitude left ventricular pacing in cardiac resynchronization therapy: an alternative way to increase response rate in non-responders
Halit Zengin, Filiz Akın, Sabri Demircan, Korhan Soylu, Alirıza Erbay, Serkan Yuksel, Murat Meric, Okan Gulel, Mahmut Sahin, Ozcan Yılmaz
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:650-657
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Lentivirus vector-mediated Rho guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitor 2 overexpression induces beta-2 adrenergic receptor desensitization in airway smooth muscle cells
Songshi Ni, Yanju Zhang, Haiying Wang, Juan Zhou, Liang Ding, Hua Liu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:658-666
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Guideline

Chinese guideline for the prevention and management of bronchial asthma (Primary Health Care Version)
Asthma Workgroup, Society of Respiratory Diseases, Society of General Practitioners, Chinese Medical Association (CMA)
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:667-677
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Review Article

Transbronchial needle aspiration: where are we now?
Yang Xia, Ko-Pen Wang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:678-682
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Cardiac regeneration: current therapies—future concepts
Stefanie A. Doppler, Marcus-André Deutsch, Rüdiger Lange, Markus Krane
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:683-697
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Research status and funding trends of lung cancer biomarkers
Li Cui, Hong Wei
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:698-705
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Perspective

A novel hypothesis: up-regulation of HO-1 by activation of PPARγ inhibits HMGB1-RAGE signaling pathway and ameliorates the development of ALI/ARDS
Guizuo Wang, Dong Han, Yonghong Zhang, Xinming Xie, Yuanyuan Wu, Shaojun Li, Manxiang Li
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:706-710
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ICC COLUMN: The Voice of the Patient1

Physician bribes in the US and China
Weidong Zhang, Lawrence Grouse
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:711-715
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GCTAB Column2

Video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy: single-direction thoracoscopic lobectomy
Xiao-Ming Lin, Yi Yang, Chuang Chi, Yu Liu, De-Yao Xie
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:716-720
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Case Report

Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica: a case report and literature review
Xiao-Bin Zhang, Hui-Qing Zeng, Xue-Ying Cai, Yong-Jun Zhang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:E182-E184
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A rare large tracheal glomus tumor with postoperative haematemesis
Mingyu Fan, Chengwu Liu, Jiandong Mei, Lin Pan, Huijiao Chen, Lunxu Liu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:E185-E188
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Posterior mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis with dysphagia as the main symptom: a case report and literature review
Liangkun Xiong, Xiaowen Mao, Changsheng Li, Zhisu Liu, Zhonglin Zhang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:E189-E194
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Septic shock with tension fecothorax as a delayed presentation of a gunshot diaphragmatic rupture
George Chatzoulis, Ioannis C. Papachristos, Stavros I. Daliakopoulos, Kostas Chatzoulis, Savvas Lampridis, Grigorios Svarnas, Ioannis Katsiadramis
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:E195-E198
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A young woman with a giant breast fibrosarcoma: a case report
Qingli Jiao, Aiguo Wu, Peng Liu, Jun Tang, Mingtian Yang, Xulong Fan, Linhai Zheng
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:E199-E202
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A rare collision tumor of squamous carcinoma and small cell carcinoma in esophagus involved with separate lymph nodes: a case report
Jingpei Li, Xiaoke Chen, Yaxing Shen, Yingyong Hou, Shumin Zhang, Hao Wang, Mingxiang Feng, Lijie Tan, Qun Wang, Zhaochong Zeng
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:E203-E206
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Corticosteroid monotherapy in a case of bronchocentric granulomatosis with a two-year follow-up
Huiling Li, Jianxing He, Yingying Gu, Nanshan Zhong
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2013;
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:E207-E209
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News

The Seventh China’s Forum on Minimally Invasive Therapy for Lung Cancer & the Fourth Asia-Pacific Assembly on VATS (December 14-15, 2013)
Editorial Office, Journal of Thoracic Disease
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:E210-E216
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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.

2. The series “GCTAB Column” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease and funded by the educational grants from the Greater China Thoracoscopic Advisory Board (GCTAB).