Clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic factors of pulmonary large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: A large population-based analysis.

abstract：:We examined two cases of primary lung cancer with sebaceous-like clear cells (SLCCs), defined as clear carcinoma cells with microvacuolated cytoplasm and centrally located nuclei, which were selected from among 281 surgical/autopsy cases of lung cancer (2/281, 0.7%). Both cases were higher stage (stage IIA and IIIA), ...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Matsukuma S,Obara K,Kono T,Takeo H,Sato K

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to explore the effects of HMGA2 on cell proliferation and metastases in lung cancer and its underlying mechanism. METHODS:HMGA2 expression in lung cancer tissues and its association with overall survival were analyzed based on data from a public database. The roles of HMGA2 were validated v...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Gao X,Dai M,Li Q,Wang Z,Lu Y,Song Z

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinosarcoma of the esophagus is a rare malignant neoplasm with both epithelial and mesenchymal (sarcomatous) components. We describe a case of a 72-year-old man with a huge esophageal tumor which could often have been considered inoperable. However, the patient underwent a curative resection and had a good prognosi...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Hu M,Zhi XY,Sun KL

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Esophageal cancer is among the leading cancer types in Inner Mongolia. This study aimed to investigate the incidence and mortality rates of esophageal cancer in 2015 and the trends in these rates in the 2010-2015 period in this region. METHODS:National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (NCCR) screening methods a...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Xi Y,Dong W,Qiao L,Han K,Chen W,Wang W

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we report two cases of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in patients with negative driver genes who received ICI treatment for less than two years but continued to benefit from their administration after drug withdrawal. The first patient was diagnosed with left lung adenocarcinoma, cT1cN3M1c, stage IV...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Shan Q,Wang H,Han X,Guo J,Wang Z

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：:Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized cancer treatment. The unique spectrum of immune-related adverse events (IrAEs) may occur during treatment. Dermatologic toxicities appear to be one of the most prevalent immunotherapy-related adverse events. The most common symptoms are maculopapular rash and pru...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Si X,He C,Zhang L,Liu X,Li Y,Wang H,Guo X,Zhou J,Duan L,Wang M,Zhang L

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accumulated evidence has revealed that the dysregulation of micro ribonucleic acids (miRNAs) may contribute to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). MiR-93, which is a member of the miRNA cluster miR-106b∼25, has been widely studied for its tumor promoting effect on different types of cancers. However, ...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Li C,Ding C,Chen T,Chen J,Xu Z,Lei Z,Xu C,Zhao J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to report a single referral center experience in robotic extended thymectomy for clinical early stage thymomas, evaluating its safety, feasibility and efficacy, with special regard to oncological outcomes. METHODS:Between January 2009 and December 2012, we retrospectively selected ...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Huang P,Ye B,Yang Y,Tantai JC,Zhao H

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ALK-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have been proven effective for treating ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), although patients present with variable responses and disease progression courses. The detailed underlying molecular mechanisms require further investigation to yield a better progno...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Kang J,Chen HJ,Zhang XC,Su J,Zhou Q,Tu HY,Wang Z,Wang BC,Zhong WZ,Yang XN,Chen ZH,Ding Y,Wu X,Wang M,Fu JG,Yang Z,Zhang X,Shao YW,Wu YL,Yang JJ

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, there are no standard regimens for metastatic breast cancer patients (MBC) who have failed ≥ 3 chemotherapy treatments. The aim of this study was to assess whether weekly low-dose bevacizumab-based regimens were well tolerated and would improve efficacy in MBC patients who had failed numerous ther...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Zhai X,Hong R,Fan Y,Yuan P,Wang J,Sang D,Chen J,Zhao C,Ou K,Ma F,Xu B

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) are frequently elderly with poor performance status and usually cannot withstand chemotherapy because of its toxicities. We report a case of an elderly woman with chronic renal failure undergoing HD who was diagnosed with advanced non-small cell lung cancer and treated with orally...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Luo J,Ni L,Wang M,Zhong W,Xiao Y,Zheng K,Hu P

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) exhibit resistance to EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) within 9-14 months of therapy. Recently, EGFR-mutated NSCLC has demonstrated the potential for heterogeneity; therefore, the manner of clonal heterogeneity may impact the duration of progression-f...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Okuma Y,Morikawa K,Tanaka H,Yokoyama T,Itani H,Horiuchi K,Nakagawa H,Takahashi N,Bessho A,Soejima K,Kishi K,Togashi A,Kanai Y,Ueda K,Horimoto K,Matsutani N,Seki N

更新日期：2019-02-01 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:Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) may be necessary for patients with incidental lung cancer during or after coronary intervention. Although EBUS-TBNA is quite safe, the safety in patients who recently received percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has not been de...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Gil HI,Choe J,Jeong BH,Um SW,Jeon K,Hahn JY,Kim H,Kwon OJ,Chang YS,Lee K

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been reported that there are more circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the pulmonary vein (PV) than in the peripheral blood; however, it is unclear whether the CTC count changes in the PV after resection of a lung lobe. METHODS:Thirty-three lung cancer patients were recruited for the study, including 17...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Duan X,Zhu Y,Cui Y,Yang Z,Zhou S,Han Y,Yu D,Xiao N,Cao X,Li Y,Liu S,Wang Z,Zhang W,Feng L,Zhang K,Shou J,Liu Z,Xu S

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The combination of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and chemotherapy is thought to increase treatment efficacy in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This study investigated the efficacy and potential mechanisms of different combined modes of icotinib plus pemetrexed in EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma ...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Cui J,Zhang Y,Su D,Li T,Li Y

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:S-1 monotherapy is effective and feasible for previously treated patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, it is not clear whether its effectiveness and tolerability in elderly patients are equivalent to those in younger patients. Hence, this study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Imai H,Minemura H,Kishikawa T,Yamada Y,Suzuki K,Umeda Y,Wasamoto S,Kasahara N,Ishihara S,Yamaguchi O,Naruse I,Uchino J,Mori K,Kanazawa K,Shibata Y,Kasai T,Kaburagi T,Kaira K,Minato K

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A squamous cell lung cancer patient was treated with pneumonectomy. A recurrent lung cancer (adenocarcinoma) was found 45 months later and successfully biopsied and treated with microwave ablation. After 18 months of follow up, no evidence of tumor recurrence was observed. ...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Wei Z,Wang J,Ye X,Yang X,Huang G

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:  To evaluate the conditions of palliative chemotherapy in terminally ill patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and to discuss the potential factors that affect the prognosis of these patients. METHODS:  All 205 terminally ill patients with advanced NSCLC, who died in our hospital durin...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Yang D,Qiu M,Zou LQ,Zhang W,Jiang Y,Zhang DY,Yan X

更新日期：2013-05-01 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: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 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:Soft tissue sarcomas (STSs) are rare malignant tumors of embryogenic mesoderm origin. Primary thoracic STSs account for a small percentage of all STSs and limited published information is available. This study aimed to identify the prognostic factors for thoracic STSs and evaluate the disease's clinical outc...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Unal OU,Oztop I,Yasar N,Urakci Z,Ozatli T,Bozkurt O,Sevinc A,Gunaydin Y,Yapar Taskoylu B,Arpaci E,Ulas A,Kodaz H,Tonyali O,Avci N,Aksoy A,Yilmaz AU

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study investigated the risk factors for severe weight loss (SWL) within one year after minimally invasive McKeown esophagectomy. METHODS:Esophageal cancer patients who underwent McKeown esophagectomy between January and July 2017 were prospectively enrolled. Preoperative body weight (PBW) was chosen as...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Wang P,Li Y,Sun H,Zhang R,Liu X,Liu S,Wang Z,Zheng Y,Yu Y,Chen X,Li H,Zhang J,Liu Q

更新日期：2019-02-01 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:The abundance of tumor infiltrating CD8 T cells is an important parameter for antitumor effect of PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitors, which is less in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation than wild-type non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The mechanism still requires further study. METHODS:...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Zhao C,Su C,Li X,Zhou C

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Double aortic arch (DAA) is a rare congenital anomaly of the heart and aorta in which a vascular ring that surrounds the trachea and esophagus is formed. In most patients, respiratory distress and dysphagia develop in childhood, and asymptomatic adult patients are rarely known. Herein, we describe a patient with lung ...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Kawamoto N,Okita R,Inokawa H,Hayashi M,Furukawa M,Okada M,Okabe K

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：:In patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) is one of the standard therapies for those suffering with intracranial metastatic NSCLC. Radiation-induced necrosis (RIN) sometimes occurs as the result of the delayed effects of SRT. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of RIN typica...

journal_title：Thoracic cancer

authors： Takamori S,Seto T,Jinnouchi M,Matsubara T,Haratake N,Miura N,Toyozawa R,Yamaguchi M,Takenoyama M

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00