Vol 18, No 1 (January 31, 2026) - Journal of Thoracic Disease

Editorial

Update to Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD) Cough Section in 2026

Woo-Jung Song

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Epidurals in esophagectomy: end of an era?

Harm J. Scholten, Marc P. Buise

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Rethinking preventing postoperative neurocognitive decline after pulmonary resection: beyond avoiding intubated general anesthesia

Gaston H. N. M. Duijsens, Aimée J. P. M. Franssen, Pauline M. van Kruchten, Walther M. W. H. Sipers, Juliette H. R. J. Degens, Karel W. E. Hulsewé, Yvonne L. J. Vissers, Erik R. de Loos

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Original Article

The value of V/Q SPECT/CT lobar quantitation for pre-treatment assessment of lung malignancy

Michael V. Brown, Phan Nguyen, Ben Crouch, Arash Badiei, Joseph Inauen, Hien Le, Craig Jurisevic, Chong Ghee Chew

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Continuous suture technique for aortic valve replacement in patients with small aortic annulus

Shenghua Liang, Kan Zhou, Peizeng Liu, Jue Yang, Jian Zhuang, Zerui Chen

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Patterns and risk factors of lymph node metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer 2 cm or less

Xianglong Pan, Wenzheng Xu, Zhihua Li, Zhicheng He, Weibing Wu, Wei Wang, Liang Chen

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Postoperative changes in low attenuation volume according to the number of resected subsegments: a retrospective cohort study

Ryo Karita, Hironobu Wada, Yuki Hirai, Yuki Onozato, Toshiko Kamata, Hajime Tamura, Takashi Anayama, Ichiro Yoshino, Shigetoshi Yoshida

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Efficacy and safety of time-of-day infusion of pemetrexed plus platinum for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective cohort study

Meng-Di Hao, Pei Xie, Quan-An Xu, Jiang-Jing Li, Ke-Xin Xian, Xian Xu, Wei-Lu Liu, Dai-Yan Zhou, Zi-Yi Wang, Xin-Xin Zeng, Xu-Hui Zhang

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Specialty-led inpatient chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management and mortality: a propensity-weighted cohort study

Woon Hean Keenan Chong, Wei Jun Dan Ong, Ronnie Voon Shiong Tan, Noel Stanley Wey Tut Tay, Ze Ying Tan, Ruining Geraldine Wong, Adrian Ujin Yap

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Predicting postoperative atrial fibrillation: a pragmatic risk score based on preoperative factors

Kazuki Noda, Kenta Nishiya, Goki Inno, Takumi Kawase, Yukihiro Nishimoto, Ryo Fujii, Yosuke Takahashi

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CT-based radiomics and intratumoral heterogeneity for predicting benign and malignant lesions in solid pulmonary nodules

Yurui Lv, Mengwei Zhang, Yining Song, Yanan Huang, Haijia Mao, Lingyan Shen, Yi You, Jinna Yu, Dong Xie, Li Zhao

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Liposomal bupivacaine for postoperative analgesia after thoracoscopic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Hailong Jin, Bingyi Wang

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First report of robot-assisted surgical resection of the first rib via a posterior approach for the treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome

Anaëlle Chermat, Dorian Rojas, Jeremy Tricard, Marion Mauduit, Simon Rouze, Caroline Olivo, Sylvain Clergeau, Adrien Kaladji, Antoine Lucas, Guillaume Mahé, Bertrand Richard De Latour

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Association of artificial intelligence-based high-resolution computed tomography parameters with all-cause mortality in patients with connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease: a longitudinal cohort study

Chen Chu, An Yan, Jingyu Xu, Jun Hu, Ying Wei, Feng Shi, Shengnan Zhao, Xiaoyan Xin

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Efficacy and safety of virtual-assisted lung mapping using dual staining with indigo carmine and indocyanine green in sublobar lung resection: a single-arm prospective cohort study

Masaaki Nagano, Kosuke Kashiwabara, Yue Cong, Keita Nakao, Mitsuaki Kawashima, Chihiro Konoeda, Masaaki Sato

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The effectiveness of high-dose adjunctive corticosteroid therapy in HIV-negative patients with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

Ling Wang, Zhenyun Tan, Yongwei Fan, Zhenfa Wang, Zhaoxi Wang, Huaqin Pan, Guqin Zhang

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Computed tomography-based tumoral and peritumoral radiomics models for preoperative prediction of the spread through air spaces in patients with clinical stage I pure solid invasive lung adenocarcinoma: a multicenter study

Yimin Chen, Hanzhe Wang, Junping Lan, Zhe Xiao, Beihui Xue, Kun Tang, Shulan Chen, Linfeng Shao, Xiangwu Zheng

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An applied study on the assessment of concomitant pulmonary hypertension in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease based on whole-lung CT imaging histologic features

Min Wang, Jianxia Song, Yaxi Yu, Rong Chen, Tiexin Cao, Zhengyang Zhang, Lei Li, Yongqing Ma, Dawei Wang, Fei Yang

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Sarcopenia: an overlooked predictor of the progression risk in pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infections?

Ryeong Ah Kim, Bo-Mi Gil, Hye Seon Kang, Sun Im, Yeon Soo Lim, Jung Im Jung, Won Jong Yoo

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A machine learning-based risk prediction tool for early identification of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in immunocompetent patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Furui Liu, Zhaojun Wang, Haiyang Wu, Yulong Hai, Wenling Chen, Yonghong Yang, Ying Yang, Jinyuan Zhu

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Nonlinear association between advanced lung cancer inflammation index and latent tuberculosis infection risk: threshold effects and predictive value of a novel biomarker

Yan Yong, Li-Hong Zhou, Xiao-Qin Ran, Sheng-Ya Yang, Yuan-Yuan Chen

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Combined anatomical MRI differentiates pulmonary invasive adenocarcinoma from tuberculoma in noncalcified nodule: a retrospective comparison of CT with MRI

Shuyi Yang, Yuxin Shi, Yaoyao Zhuo, Zhiyong Zhang, Fei Shan

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The efficacy and predictive factors of first-line immune checkpoint inhibitors for advanced non-small cell lung cancer with driver or non-driver gene alterations: a retrospective cohort study

Qi He, Xiao-Bei Guo, Yu-Rou Chen, Xiao-Xing Gao, Jing Zhao, Wei Zhong, Min-Jiang Chen, Yan Xu, Meng-Zhao Wang

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Factors associated with upstaging in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer: a modern institutional sample

Sneha S. Alaparthi, Hamza Rshaidat, Luke Meredith, Scott H. Koeneman, Christina Grindley, Jacob S. Heilizer, Purab D. Kothari, Parthana Chandar, Tyler R. Grenda, Nathaniel R. Evans III, Olugbenga T. Okusanya

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Radiotherapy combined with third-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor in first-line treatment of advanced oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer: a single-center, retrospective study

Jianqingchen Chen, Jia Yao, Qi Cheng, Yu Wang, Zhuojuan Wei, Huan Chen, Lin Wang, Ruiqi Wang, Honglian Ma, Xiao Lin, Yujin Xu

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Acquisition of endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscopy proficiency at a Canadian academic center

Anna Tyker, Jennifer DCruz, Marita Staunton, Yining Chen, Kerry Lake, Christopher M. Parker, Paul Heffernan, Geneviève C. Digby

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Development of a scoring system for the involvement of supra-aortic vessel in patients with type A aortic dissection

Peiquan Li, Shaopeng Zhang, Chenyu Zhang, Nan Jiang, Yunpeng Bai, Qingliang Chen

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Isoforskolin inhibits LUBAC/GSDMD/IL-1β cascades in pulmonary fibrosis

Bifeng He, Huilin He, Lingyu Li, Xiaofei Liu, Yiqiong Wen, Shu Hua, Shibo Sun

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Development and validation of a predictive nomogram for ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with traumatic brain injury: based on the MIMIC-IV database

Jianing Song, Ruimin Zhang, Song Peng

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Hemoglobin glycation index and mortality risk in severe community-acquired pneumonia: a retrospective study

Jiaru Jiang, Pingqian Xie, Lele Tan, Hanlin Jiang, Yufeng Tian, Jiangbo Xiao, Furong Liu, Rongjun Xie, Chengjian He, Hongyi Yao

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Prevalence and predictors of frailty among older patients with lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Lifeng Liu, Fangyuan Zhang, Xiaonan Sun, Jia Cui, Jianlian Li, Jingxia Sun

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Is the consolidation-to-tumor ratio an independent prognostic factor in clinical T1 stage lung adenocarcinoma radiologically manifesting as a subsolid nodule?—a retrospective cohort study

Xiaodong Zhang, Dawei Wang, Ping Fu, Peng Xu, Lizhou Wu, Haiyan Qiu, Taian Fu, Youxin Zhang, Guang Zhang

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Non‐intubated general anesthesia with a supraglottic airway for heart transplantation: a preliminary cohort study of feasibility and enhanced recovery

Shaobo Xie, Yunqi Liu, Zhaohua Zhang, Haoxiang Yuan, Hanzhao Li, Daxin Guo, Suhua Kuang, Ling Zhang, Guilian Ye, Guoliang Lu, Xiaoxue Zhuang, Jianxing He

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Subgroup-specific predictive biomarkers in peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets for immune checkpoint inhibitor response in advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a prospective study

Jiazhen Chen, Yuanji Chen, Liying Yang, Yaning Guo, Cunliang Wang, Josie Zhou, Chuanwang Miao, Xudong Hu

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The influence of seasonal factors on postoperative bacterial infection in lung transplantation patients: a retrospective cohort study

Rui Chang, Hefeng Yin, Lei Zhang, Ren Zhu

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Promotion of lung cancer growth via glutamate ionotropic receptor N-methyl-D-aspartate-type subunit 2D (GRIN2D)

Yunluo Lv, Xinyi Bu, Zhongxiang Du, Yuan Zhang, Yanna Si, Hongwei Shi, Liu Han, Hongguang Bao

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Flumonertinib after prior third-generation EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy in patients with epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated non-small cell lung cancer after resistance to third-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment: a real-world study

Haoyu Wang, Chenyue Zhang, Shanshan Du, Haiyong Wang

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Machine learning prediction model for early postoperative hypoalbuminemia after pulmonary surgery: a retrospective case-matched comparative study

Wei Mao, Huer Gao, Yeyan Hu, Xinghua Cheng

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Long non-coding RNA LINC00092 inhibits esophageal squamous cell carcinoma progression by promoting ferroptosis through the MAZ/NFE2L2 axis

Keqin Dong, Ziqiang Tian, Yuefeng Zhang, Peng Su, Chao Huang, Shiwang Wen

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Review Article

The role of thoracic ultrasound in fluid management in critical care: a narrative review

Rogerio da Hora Passos, Leonardo Van De Wiel Barros Urbano Andari, Marcela de Almeida Lopes, Vinicius Barbosa Galindo, Uri Adrian Prync Flato, Roberto Camargo Narciso, Carolina de Moraes Pellegrino, Thais Dias Midega, Renan Sandoval de Almeida, Fernanda Oliveira Coelho, Bruno Zawadzki, Rafael Hortêncio Melo, Bruno de Arruda Bravim

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Comparative outcomes of robotic- and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in thymectomy: a systematic review of implications for myasthenia gravis remission and long-term oncology

Anas B. Barnawi, Waseem M. Hajjar, Adel D. Almaymuni, Abdulrahman Abdullah Almudawi, Abdulmohsen S. Alanazi, Razan S. Bazarah, Osama Mushabbab AlAhmari, Osama Thamer Al-Ahmari, Abdullah Ibrahim Alhassoun, Abdulelah F. Alshehri

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