Tracheobronchial tuberculosis: a clinical review.

abstract：Background:It is urgent to explore an effective potential therapeutic strategy for ESCC. In recent years, cell-based cancer immunotherapy has become a potentially close for carcinoma therapy. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell technology is a kind of adoptive cell therapy technique which has been developed rapidly....

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Shi H,Yu F,Mao Y,Ju Q,Wu Y,Bai W,Wang P,Xu R,Jiang M,Shi J

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an aggressive malignancy. Until recently the standard of care for newly diagnosed patients with extensive-stage disease was chemotherapy consisting of etoposide plus a platinum (EP). The median overall survival (OS) was only about 10 months with this systemic therapy. Immune checkpoint...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Pacheco JM

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Pleural effusions are common complications of various diseases. Patients with malignant pleural effusion (MPE) usually face poor prognosis and short life expectancy. Discriminating between MPE and benign pleural effusion remains to be difficult. The aim of our current study was to evaluate whether CD206+CD14...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Pei XB,Wu XZ,Yi FS,Zhai K,Shi HZ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The purpose of our study was to investigate the correlation between tumor volume (TV) and each subtype of thymic epithelial tumors (TETs) based on the World Health Organization (WHO) classification and Masaoka staging. Methods:Sixty-one consecutive patients (45 thymomas and 16 thymic carcinomas) were studie...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Sato Y,Yanagawa M,Hata A,Enchi Y,Kikuchi N,Honda O,Nakanishi K,Tomiyama N

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Operative safety and oncologic adequacy of thoracoscopic sleeve lobectomy remain controversial. As such, the purpose of this meta-analysis was to evaluate evidence comparing thoracoscopy and thoracotomy in sleeve lobectomy for centrally located non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods:Electronic searches...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Zhong Y,Wang Y,Hu X,Wang G,She Y,Deng J,Zhang L,Peng Q,Zhu Y,Jiang G,Yang M,Xie D,Chen C

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previously, most studies did not discuss about the characteristics of lung-involved toxocariasis without eosinophilia. However, the patients are not always accompanied by eosinophilia, so it is necessary to learn about the clinical and radiologic features that may predict pulmonary toxocariasis without eosin...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Park BM,Jeong SO,Park HS,Jung SS,Kim SY,Kim JO,Lee JE

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Nuss procedure is a recently developed technique for correction of pectus excavatum. A 23-year-old female patient presented at our emergency department with clinical signs of cardiac tamponade, which required an emergency procedure. Sixteen months ago, she underwent the Nuss procedure with a single bar. Her preope...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Baek JH,Lee YU,Jung TE,Lee DH,Lee JC

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Pulmonary nocardiosis often occurs among immunocompromised patients, especially in those with impaired cell immunity related to AIDS and transplant. As the number of patients receiving transplant, the occurrence of pulmonary nocardiosis may also increase. Radiologic characteristics of this entity have not be...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Liu B,Zhang Y,Gong J,Jiang S,Huang Y,Wang L,Xu J,Qiu C

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old male patient was admitted due to one small pulmonary nodule in the apicoposterior segment of the right upper lobe, which was found on his health screening one month ago. Preoperative examinations showed no distant metastasis, and his heart and lung functions could tolerate the lobectomy. Chest computed t...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Mei X,Li T,Xie M,Ma D

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Minimally invasive robotic-assisted thoracic surgery is an increasingly popular platform for oncological thoracic resection. The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of completely portal robotic lobectomy for patients with early non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), analysing the perioperative and ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Ong K,Fazuludeen AA,Ahmed ADB

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to summarize the diagnostic accuracy of white light bronchoscopy (WLB) and advanced techniques for airway pre-cancerous lesions and early cancer, such as autofluorescence bronchoscopy (AFB), AFB combined with WLB (AFB + WLB) and narrow-band imaging (NBI) bronchoscopy. METHODS:We searched for eligib...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Zhang J,Wu J,Yang Y,Liao H,Xu Z,Hamblin LT,Jiang L,Depypere L,Ang KL,He J,Liang Z,Huang J,Li J,He Q,Liang W,He J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus (DM) and small vessel (SV) disease are two major predictors of adverse outcome in patients treated by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), even when last generation metallic drug-eluting stents (DES) are used. Bioresorbable scaffold (BRS) technology has been recently developed to overcome the di...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Masiero G,Mojoli M,Ueshima D,Tarantini G

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：:The scientific world is enriched daily with new knowledge, due to new technologies and continuous discoveries. The mathematical functions explain the statistical concepts particularly those of mean, median and mode along with those of frequency and frequency distribution associated to histograms and graphical represen...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Divisi D,Di Leonardo G,Zaccagna G,Crisci R

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expanded possibilities to explore the lung deeper with new tools such as electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) or radial probe endobronchial ultrasonography (radial EBUS), combined with miniaturization of traditional local therapies such as radiofrequency ablation (RFA), radiotherapy, cryotherapy or photod...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Vieira T,Stern JB,Girard P,Caliandro R

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recurrence of pectus excavatum (PE) is not an uncommon problem after open repair using the Ravitch technique. The optimal approach for redo surgery is still under debate, especially in adults with less chest wall pliability. Aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness and efficacy of the minimally in...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Kocher GJ,Gstrein N,Jaroszewski DE,Ewais MM,Schmid RA

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：:Chronic dyspnoea, or breathlessness for more than four weeks duration, is a common symptom in adults presenting to primary and tertiary care. It often presents a diagnostic challenge due to the wide spectrum of underlying disease, which is multifactorial in approximately one third of cases. Challenges in diagnosis inc...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Ferry OR,Huang YC,Masel PJ,Hamilton M,Fong KM,Bowman RV,McKenzie SC,Yang IA

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Spread through air spaces (STAS) is reportedly a significant risk factor for recurrence and a prognostic factor in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), especially after sublobar resection. Because wedge resection (WR) is associated with insufficient margins, we hypothesized that STAS has a great...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Shiono S,Endo M,Suzuki K,Yanagawa N

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In previous study, we found elevated serum total lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) before correction of pectus excavatum and a decrease in total LDH after the deformity correction. In the present study, we analyzed total LDH activity and its isoenzyme patterns to investigate the causes of these laboratory findings...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Jeong SC,Kim JJ,Kim YH,Kim IS,Han JW

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Permanent pacemaker implantation (PPI) is widely used for the treatment of chronic arrhythmia. The aim of the present study was to investigate the incidence of postoperative complications and the risk factors in patients with PPI. Methods:The clinical data of 124 patients who underwent PPI in our hospital f...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Jing S,Hu S,Ma S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glomus tumors (GTs) of the trachea are very rare neoplasms that usually arise from the distal portion of the respiratory tree. The origin of these tumors is modified smooth muscle cells of glomus bodies. In this study, we describe two cases of GT of the trachea, as well as the histologic features of these tumors and t...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Wang C,Ma Y,Zhao X,Sun PL,Zhang YM,Huang M,Zhu Y,Jin SX

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A challenge for resection of thoracic inlet tumors lies in that high risk of injuring vital blood vessels and brachial plexus still exists during the resection. And the standard surgical approach for resection of thoracic inlet tumors has not yet been well established. METHODS:Small cervical incision-assist...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Deng HY,Li ZH,Wang ZQ,Wang YC,Li G,Lin YD,Liu LX

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With accumulation of experiences in video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy, complete VATS sleeve lobectomy (SL) has been carried out in more and more medical centers. We here presented a procedure of sleeve right upper lobectomy by complete VATS for a 62-year-old male patient with central squamous cell carci...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Guo J,Liu Y,Liang C

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a complex disease that results from genetic and environmental factors and their interactions. In recent years, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and family-based linkage analysis have found amounts of genetic variants associated with AF. Some of them lie in coding sequences and thus me...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Zhou M,Liao Y,Tu X

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Persistent cardiac hypertrophy threatens health worldwide. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) attracted lots of attention in cardiac diseases such as cardiac hypertrophy. In this study, we aimed to study the function of KCNQ1OT1 in cardiac hypertrophy. Methods:We first used qRT-PCR to detect the expression of K...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Chen Y,Zhang Z,Zhu D,Zhao W,Li F

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) primarily affects the lungs but due to the accompanying chronic systematic inflammation and the symptoms associated with the disease there are many extrapulmonary effects which include complex physical and metabolic adaptations. These changes have been associated with reduc...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Collins PF,Yang IA,Chang YC,Vaughan A

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：:An elderly male patient was found to be with "nodule in upper lobe of right lung" during his health examination, although without any symptom. Chest CT at admission showed that the nodules were close to the superior vena cava, and CT reconstruction displayed an adipose space between the nodules and the superior vena c...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Peng GL,Yin WQ,Zhang X,He JX

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ground glass opacity (GGO) generally associated with the lepidic component of lung adenocarcinoma. However, in some cases, GGO nodules have been associated with invasive adenocarcinomas, where a lepidic component is minimal or absent. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinicopathological character...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Moon Y,Sung SW,Lee KY,Park JK

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00