Infrequent ERBB2 mutations in Chinese patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

abstract：Backgrounds:The aim of this study was to report our Institutional experience with extended sleeve lobectomy (ESL) in centrally located non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), focusing on technical details, post-operative results, recurrence and survival, to determine whether ESL can be accepted as a favorable alternative p...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Voltolini L,Gonfiotti A,Viggiano D,Borgianni S,Farronato A,Bongiolatti S

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal chondromatous hamartomas are very rare tumors, characterized by proliferating hyaline cartilage cells. We described the case of a 64-year-old woman, with a progressive foreign body sensation in the laryngopharynx caused by an intraluminal pedicled mass. Transcervical esophagectomy was performed and intraope...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Zhang C,Xu J,Wang Z,He Z,Yang H,Hu J

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Although morphological abnormalities of the heart appear to be remarkable, most patients with tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) remain clinically stable. We investigate real time changes in the left ventricular (LV) and right ventricular (RV) mechanics and function to explore the mechanism to preserve hemodyna...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Lei J,Sun Z,Lyu L,Green RG,Scalzetti E,Feiglin D,Wang J,Liu K

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies on diagnostic tests for exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) have centered around the asthmatic and elite athletic population. Traditionally, the exercise challenge test (ET) was recommended to assess EIB. We aimed to compare the performance of surrogate testing, mainly the hypertonic saline (H...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Tan JHY,Chew WM,Lapperre TS,Tan GL,Loo CM,Koh MS

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosing pleural effusion is challenging, especially in patients with malignant or benign fibrothorax, which is difficult to sample using standard flexible forceps (SFF) via flex-rigid pleuroscopy. An adequate sample is crucial for the differential diagnosis of malignant fibrothorax (malignant pleural mesothelioma, ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Wang XB,Yin Y,Miao Y,Eberhardt R,Hou G,Herth FJ,Kang J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:There is a lack of data regarding the incidence and associated factors of pneumothorax following thoracentesis conducted in emergency department (ED) settings. The present study aims to determine the incidence of pneumothorax following thoracentesis in ED settings and evaluate the association of specific dem...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Cho HY,Ko BS,Choi HJ,Koh CY,Sohn CH,Seo DW,Lee YS,Lee JH,Oh BJ,Lim KS,Kim WY

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Radical resection is the cornerstone for patients with early stage of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, fatal disease recurs in about 30-70% of resected cases. The circulating tumor cells (CTCs) is one of the main causes of recurrence of cancer. Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is also a potential pr...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Liang H,Huang J,Wang B,Liu Z,He J,Liang W

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old male patient with a history of melanoma and prostate cancer was found to have a 2.6 cm PET-avid, slowly enlarging, left upper lobe lung nodule that was suspicious for either metastasis or primary lung cancer. Due to the deep location of the nodule, a wedge resection was not recommended. A diagnostic and ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Thomas M

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hand sewn cervical esophagogastric anastomosis (CEGA) is regarded as preferred technique by surgeons after esophagectomy. However, considering the anastomotic leakage and stricture, the optimal technique for performing this anastomosis is still under debate. METHODS:Between November 2010 and September 2012,...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Feng F,Sun L,Xu G,Hong L,Yang J,Cai L,Li G,Guo M,Lian X,Zhang H

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plaques with a large necrotic core or lipid pool and thin-cap fibroatheroma manifest as attenuated plaques on intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). Their impact on TIMI grade flow and clinical outcomes remains undefined. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to summarize the association between atten...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Jia R,Nie X,Li H,Zhu H,Pu L,Li X,Han J,Yang D,Meng S,Jin Z

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) has consistently been associated with improved perioperative outcome and similar oncological safety compared to open esophagectomy. However, it is currently unclear what type of MIE is preferred for patients with resectable esophageal cancer. METHODS:Literature was sea...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： van Workum F,Berkelmans GH,Klarenbeek BR,Nieuwenhuijzen GAP,Luyer MDP,Rosman C

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), circulating tumor cells (CTC) are shed and circulate to the peripheral blood through the pulmonary vein. Previously, CTC count in pulmonary venous blood (pvCTC) was shown to significantly increase after surgical manipulation. Therefore, we assessed the correlation betwe...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Hashimoto M,Tanaka F,Yoneda K,Takuwa T,Matsumoto S,Okumura Y,Kondo N,Tsujimura T,Nakano T,Hasegawa S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data on advantages of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomies has been accumulated during the last 10 years then number of thoracoscopic anatomic pulmonary resections rapidly increased. But still there is no agreement about limitations of the method. The most popular "technical contraindicati...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Pischik VG

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Outcome of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with platinum-based doublet chemotherapy is usually poor, with overall survival ranges from 8-13 months. However, the overall survival is improved to 21-28 months in the era of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Huang CY,Chen BH,Chou WC,Yang CT,Chang JW

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid cancer affects 1.3% of the population with increasing rates of incidence over the last decade (approximately 2% per year). Although the overall prognosis is good in the differentiated subtypes, there has been a slow but steady increase in rate of deaths associated with thyroid cancer (approximately 0.7% per ye...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Bonjoc KJ,Young H,Warner S,Gernon T,Maghami E,Chaudhry A

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:(18)F-FDG PET/CT is increasingly used in evaluation of treatment response for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). There is a need for an accurate criterion to evaluate the effect and predict the prognosis. The aim of this study is to evaluate therapeutic response in NSCLC with comparing PET res...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Ding Q,Cheng X,Yang L,Zhang Q,Chen J,Li T,Shi H

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) segmentectomy is a promising treatment option for rigorously selected patients with earlystage non-small cell lung cancer. In the presented video, a 66-year-old male with a 1.6 cm suspicious nodule located at the posterior segment of the right upper lobe was treated with ana...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Ma L,Liu C,Liu L

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As indications for heart-lung transplant (HLT) have changed to some degree in the past 30 years, this treatment is being used less frequently in children due to more advanced care of severe heart and lung disease. This is fortunate as the outcomes for HLT are poor compared to other solid organ transplants and this is ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Spahr JE,West SC

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Thoracic Morbidity and Mortality (TM&M) classification system is a method for univocally coding the postoperative adverse events by their complexity of management. The aim of the present study was to compare the distribution of the severity of complications according to the TM&M system versus the distribu...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Salati M,Refai M,Pompili C,Xiumè F,Sabbatini A,Brunelli A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica (TPO) is characterized by the presence of diffuse cartilaginous or bony submucosal nodules that lead to airway lumen narrowing. So far, there was no study in South Korea analysing a large number of TPO patients. We aimed to elucidate its treatment strategy and clinic...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Cho HK,Jeong BH,Kim H

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary metastasectomy (PM) is a standard procedure in the treatment of stage IV colorectal cancer (CRC). In most centers the indication for PM is solely based on clinical factors without taking the tumor biology into account. This results in diverse outcomes ranging from long-term remission to early recur...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Lang C,Hrdliczka E,Schweiger T,Glueck O,Lewik G,Schwarz S,Benazzo A,Lang G,Klepetko W,Hoetzenecker K

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is a medical emergency and life-threatening condition due to a dysregulated host response to infection, which is time-dependent and associated with unacceptably high mortality. Thus, when treating suspicious or confirmed cases of sepsis, clinicians must initiate broad-spectrum antimicrobials within the first ho...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Martínez ML,Plata-Menchaca EP,Ruiz-Rodríguez JC,Ferrer R

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Small pulmonary nodules have been detected frequently by computed tomography (CT). Lung cancers with cavity formation are also easily detected. There are a few reports focused on the cavity wall, although cancer cells exist along the cavity wall, not inside. We evaluated the impact of cavity wall thickness o...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Shigefuku S,Kudo Y,Yunaiyama D,Matsubayashi J,Park J,Nagao T,Shimada Y,Saji H,Hagiwara M,Okano T,Kakihana M,Kajiwara N,Ohira T,Ikeda N

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Spinal cord ischemia (SCI) is a recognized grave complication after thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR). The present study aimed to evaluate the incidence and investigate risk of SCI after TEVAR based on current prophylactic strategies designed against established risk factors. Methods:The study ret...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Xue L,Luo S,Ding H,Zhu Y,Liu Y,Huang W,Li J,Xie N,He P,Fan X,Fan R,Nie Z,Luo J

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound imaging has gained importance in pulmonary medicine over the last decades including conventional transcutaneous ultrasound (TUS), endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), and endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS). Mediastinal lymph node staging affects the management of patients with both operable and inoperable lung cancer ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Dietrich CF,Annema JT,Clementsen P,Cui XW,Borst MM,Jenssen C

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of pulmonary nodules and lung cancer is rising. Some of this increase in incidence is due to improved pick up by newer imaging modalities. However, the goal is to diagnose these lesion, many of which are located in the periphery, by safe and relatively non-invasive methods. This has led to the emergence ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Goud A,Dahagam C,Breen DP,Sarkar S

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of advanced radiation technologies, including intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) and proton therapy, has resulted in increasingly conformal radiation treatments. Recent evidence for the importance of minimizing dose to normal critical structures inc...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Molitoris JK,Diwanji T,Snider JW 3rd,Mossahebi S,Samanta S,Badiyan SN,Simone CB 2nd,Mohindra P

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2011, three authoritative academic communities, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, the American Thoracic Society, and the European Respiratory Society (IASLC/ATS/ERS), published a novel lung adenocarcinoma histologic classification. The major modifications of this classification include the abo...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Tang Y,He Z,Zhu Q,Qiao G

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The detection rate of ground-glass opacity (GGO) in young patients has increased year by year with the increasingly widespread use of high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and the increased resolution of HRCT imaging. However, no scholars have reported the clinical characteristics and prognosis of GGO i...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Wang J,Ma H,Ni CJ,He JK,Ma HT,Ge JF

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Although robot-assisted minimally-invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) surgeries are expanding clinically, few studies have reported patients with locally-advanced esophageal cancer who underwent neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy (nCRT). Methods:From 2013 to 2017, 219 patients with esophageal squamous cell carci...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Yun JK,Lee IS,Gong CS,Kim BS,Kim HR,Kim DK,Park SI,Kim YH

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00