The 6th Annual International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group (ITMIG) Meeting in Shanghai on Oct 23–25 was a resounding success. It was marked by exciting sessions, scientific progress and further development of relationships and collaborations among clinicians, researchers and our industry partners. Thanks to Dr. Wentao Fang and his international program committee, this year’s meeting hit a new record in terms of attendance (241 participants), coming from 20 countries and all major specialties. The atmosphere was marked by enthusiasm, engagement and the open friendly collaboration that characterizes ITMIG events.

This issue has included the meeting abstracts collected from the 2014 Pan Hellenic Congress on Respiratory and Occupational Chest Diseases.