Basic fibroblast growth factor shows prognostic impact on survival in operable non-small cell lung cancer patients.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Central airway obstruction related to endobronchial malignancy is one of the most difficult oncological complications and requires efficient palliative intervention. METHODS:Fifty-three consecutive patients with unresectable endobronchial malignancy receiving bronchoscopic cryotherapy as palliative treatmen...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Kuo SC,Lo YL,Chou CL,Chung FT,Lin SM,Liu CY,Kuo HP

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article features the case study of a 32-year-old female patient who had undergone surgery to remove a cervical spine tumor and who later developed cervical esophagus necrosis secondary to the erosion caused by an osteosynthesis 13 years after her prosthetic cervical surgery. Barium swallow did not show anything a...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Hernández Hernández JR,Navarro Barlés G,López-Tomassetti Fernández EM,Vega Benítez V,Núñez Jorge V

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the oncological prognosis and neurological outcomes for patients with thymic epithelial tumors (TETs) after thymectomy. METHODS:Consecutive patients with TETs who underwent thymectomy at Beijing Hospital from January 2011 to December 2018 were retrospectively enrolled into the study. Clinical, p...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Tian W,Sun Y,Wu Q,Jiao P,Ma C,Yu H,Huang C,Tong H

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune checkpoint inhibitors that block the programmed death 1/programmed death ligand 1 pathways are widely used to treat advanced lung cancers. There are seldom cases of histologic transformation reported after treatment with immunotherapy. Here, we report the case of a 69-year-old man with stage IV lung squamous ce...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Si X,You Y,Zhang X,Wang H,Wang M,Zhang L

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumor recurrence or residual tumor after targeted therapy is common in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). There is a lack of high-level evidence on which type of treatment should be employed for these patients and the role of salvage surgery has not been well reported in the literatur...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Song W,Di S,Liu J,Fan B,Zhao J,Zhou S,Chen S,Dong H,Yue C,Gong T

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has a high mortality rate and poor prognosis. However, outcomes have gradually improved after the introduction of novel immunotherapies, including immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Although programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression in tumor tissues is a known...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Katakura S,Kobayashi N,Hashimoto H,Kamimaki C,Tanaka K,Kubo S,Nakashima K,Teranishi S,Manabe S,Watanabe K,Horita N,Hara Y,Yamamoto M,Kudo M,Piao H,Kaneko T

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive cancer refractory to current therapies. Reduced expression of micro ribonucleic acid (miR)-591 in a range of cancer types has suggested it is a potent tumor suppressor, and overexpression has been shown to inhibit tumor cell growth. The role of miR-591 in...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Cheng S,Xu Y,Shi Z,Lin Y,Hoang CD,Zhang X

更新日期：2016-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple lung nodules caused by pneumonia are a rare presentation in intercostal hemangioma. We experienced a case with intercostal hemangioma that presented with multiple metastasized lung nodules caused by pneumonia, which had previously been misdiagnosed as sarcoma six months earlier. The patient was treated for pn...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Mei L,Shi H,Che G

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past decade, a dramatic shift has been witnessed in cancer therapy in China. Although traditional cytotoxic chemotherapy still remains the treatment of choice for many malignancies, targeted therapies are now a component of treatment for many types of cancer, including lung cancer. As molecular target agents ar...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Wang Y,Sun Y

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have been conducted on the relationship between chronic periodontitis and postoperative pneumonia (POP) in patients with lung and esophageal cancer. Furthermore, it remains controversial as to whether improving the periodontal condition of patients with lung and esophageal cancer before surgery r...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Jia C,Luan Y,Li X,Zhang X,Li C

更新日期：2021-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:SMARCA4-deficient thoracic sarcoma (SMARCA4-DTS) is a new clinical entity characterized by SMARCA4 inactivation and has a dismal prognosis because of rapid growth. Effective treatments for SMARCA4-DTS have not yet been developed. Most recently, anti-programmed cell death 1 receptor (PD-1) blockade has been effective f...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Takada K,Sugita S,Murase K,Kikuchi T,Oomori G,Ito R,Hayasaka N,Miyanishi K,Iyama S,Ikeda H,Kobune M,Emori M,Kato J,Hasegawa T

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are widely used in patients with EGFR-mutant lung cancer. Meanwhile, thermal ablation such as microwave ablation has been an option for selected patients. Herein, we describe three cases of pneumothorax that occurred in microwave ablation (MWA) ...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Guo R,Li Y,Bie Z,Li B,Li X

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A diagnostic work-up to evaluate possible mediastinal lymph node involvement in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) should be performed once suspected as a result of computed tomography. Cytological/histological verification is always compulsory. In recent years, diagnostic tools for mediastinal evaluatio...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Dango S,Guenter J,Passlick B

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old woman visited our hospital complaining of right chest pain. Chest computed tomography showed a 55 × 45 mm tumor in the right upper lobe. Bronchoscopy revealed displaced anomalous B 1 and B 2+3 arising from the right main bronchus, and the patient was diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma by transbronchial l...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Tajima K,Uchida N,Sasamoto H,Okada T,Kohri T,Mogi A,Kuwano H

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of retreatment with anti-programmed death 1 (anti-PD-1) antibodies in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after prior treatment with anti-programmed death-ligand 1 (anti-PD-L1) antibodies. METHODS:Data (N = 15) on patients' characteristics, ...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Fujita K,Yamamoto Y,Kanai O,Okamura M,Hashimoto M,Nakatani K,Sawai S,Mio T

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The standard of care for patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is chemotherapy and radiotherapy, even for patients with limited disease. To define the role of surgical resection in patients with limited SCLC, we investigated the outcomes of patients diagnosed with limited-stage disease (LD) SCLC. METH...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Kawano D,Okamoto T,Fujishita T,Suzuki Y,Kitahara H,Shimamatsu S,Maehara Y

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate the cytotoxic and antitumor activity of spider venom (SV). METHODS:Cell proliferation and cytotoxicity were determined by 3 H-methyl thymidine incorporation ([3 H]-TDR) assay. DNA fragmentation and cell cycle kinetics were analyzed by FACS. In vivo inhibition of tumor s...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Gao L,Zhang J,Liu X,Zhao M,Li L,Liu X,Zhao B

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficacy of amrubicin for relapsed small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) has been reported in previous studies. Few reports, however, describe the efficacy and survival benefit of third-line amrubicin chemotherapy in patients with extensive disease (ED)-SCLC. METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed the clinical rec...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Sonehara K,Tateishi K,Fukushima T,Komatsu M,Yamamoto H,Koizumi T,Hanaoka M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selected patients with non small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with mediastinal lymph node involvement may have a survival benefit from surgical resection, particularly if mediastinal nodal down-staging occurs after induction therapy and complete resection is achieved with lobectomy. Accurate re-staging of the mediastinum ...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Khoo KL

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosine kinase inhibitors are used as first-line treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients harboring driver mutations in EGFR, ALK, ROS1, and BRAF. Currently, standard molecular testing approaches help identify single genes for such targetable driver mutations in NSCLC; however, next-generation sequen...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Onozawa H,Saito H,Sunami K,Kubo T,Yamamoto N,Kasajima R,Ohtsu T,Hiroshima Y,Kanamori H,Yokose T,Miyagi Y

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin light-chain (AL) amyloidosis is a monoclonal plasma cell neoplasm that has a tendency to bleed easily. However, the potential risks of transbronchial biopsy in such cases have not been fully proven. Here, we report a case of parotid and intrathoracic AL amyloid tumors that presented as endobronchial pro...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Tomono H,Soda H,Fukuda Y,Tanaka Y,Ono S,Shimada M,Iwasaki K,Hisanaga M,Yamaguchi H,Mukae H

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the correlation between mesenchymal-epithelial transition factor (C-Met) and human epidermal growth receptor 2 (HER2) protein expression in primary lung adenocarcinoma tissues. METHOD:A total of 1479 resected primary lung adenocarcinoma patients were enrolled in the present study for detectin...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Yang L,Che Y,Guo L,Zheng B,Wang B,Yang Z,Zhu Y,Li J

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 8.3-15.9% of patients with clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer are subsequently shown to have lymph node metastasis. However, the clinical characteristics of patients with lymph node metastasis in China are not fully understood. METHODS:This is a multicenter retrospective analysis of p...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Chen B,Wang X,Yu X,Xia WJ,Zhao H,Li XF,Liu LX,Liu Y,Hu J,Fu XN,Li Y,Xu YJ,Liu DR,Yang HY,Xu L,Jiang F

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our previous study showed that SUMO1 expression is closely related to progression in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); however, the function of SUMO1 in NSCLC has not yet been well elucidated. METHODS:SUMO1 was enhanced or silenced in two NSCLC cell lines by using either forced SUMO1 expression or short h...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Ke C,Zhu K,Sun Y,Ni Y,Zhang Z,Li X

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several authors have previously reported that patients with pulmonary combined large cell neuroendocrine cancer ( LCNEC) have a poor prognosis and there is no consensus on the treatment strategy for combined LCNEC as well as LCNEC. Here, we report the case of a long-term survivor with pulmonary combined LCNEC. The pat...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Oda R,Okuda K,Yamashita Y,Sakane T,Tatematsu T,Yokota K,Endo K,Nakanishi R

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Programmed cell death-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) antibody has proven to be effective in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients positive for programmed cell death-1 ligand-1. However, there are currently no reports which evaluate drug efficacy by continuous bronchoscopic observation. A 75-year-ol...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Morikawa K,Kida H,Handa H,Inoue T,Miyazawa T,Mineshita M

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immunotherapy is a new paradigm for the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and targeting the PD-1 or PD-L1 pathway is a promising therapeutic option. Although PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors are more effective than standard chemotherapy in lung cancer, clinicians are afraid to actively use them because o...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Kang DH,Chung C,Kim JO,Jung SS,Park HS,Park DI,Jung SY,Park M,Lee JE

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired respiratory-digestive tract fistulas occur with abnormal communication between the airways and digestive tract, causing the interflow of gas and liquid. Despite advances in surgical methods and the development of multimodal therapy in recent years, patients with acquired respiratory-digestive tract fistulas c...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Wang H,Ke M,Li W,Wang Z,Li H,Cong M,Zeng Y,Chen L,Lai G,Xie B,Zhang N,Li W,Zhou H,Wang X,Lin D,Zhou Y,Zhang H,Li D,Song X,Wang J,Wu S,Tao M,Sha Z,Tan Q,Han X,Luo L,Ma H,Wang Z

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the case of a 17-year-old man who developed mediastinal growing teratoma syndrome following two cycles of chemotherapy, after an initial diagnosis of primary mediastinal nonseminomatous germ cell tumor. The large, rapidly-growing mediastinal tumor was completely resected in conjunction with right...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Kao CN,Chou SH,Huang CL,Lin CH,Chiang HH,Lee JY,Li HP,Chang PC,Liu YW

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to compare survival between standard lobectomy and surgeons' preference sublobar resection among patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS:Medical records of patients undergoing pulmonary resection between 2006 and 2016 were reviewed retrospectively. Differences in d...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Huang CS,Hsu PK,Chen CK,Yeh YC,Hsu HS,Shih CC,Huang BS

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00