Thoracic Literature Watch - Q1 2006

Nonpharmacologic airway clearance therapies: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
McCool FD, Rosen MJ.
Chest 2006;129(1 Suppl):250S-259S.

No articles selected.

A comparison between low-volume referring regional centers and a high-volume referral center in quality of preoperative metastasis detection in esophageal carcinoma.
van Vliet EP, Eijkemans MJ, Kuipers EJ, Hermans JJ, Steyerberg EW, Tilanus HW, van der Gaast A, Siersema PD.
Am J Gastroenterol 2006;101:234-42.

The number of lymph nodes with metastasis predicts survival in patients with esophageal or esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma who receive preoperative chemoradiation.
Gu Y, Swisher SG, Ajani JA, Correa AM, Hofstetter WL, Liao Z, Komaki RR, Rashid A, Hamilton SR, Wu TT.
Cancer 2006 ;106:1017-25.

Survival and complications after insertion of self-expandable metal stents for malignant oesophageal stenosis.
Johnson E, Enden T, Noreng HJ, Holck-Steen A, Gjerlaug BE, Morken T, Johannessen HO, Drolsum A.
Scand J Gastroenterol 2006;41:252-6.

Elastic scattering spectroscopy accurately detects high grade dysplasia and cancer in Barrett's oesophagus.
Lovat LB, Johnson K, Mackenzie GD, Clark BR, Novelli MR, Davies S, O'donovan M, Selvasekar C, Thorpe SM, Pickard D, Fitzgerald RC, Fearn T, Bigio I, Bown SG.
Gut 2006 Feb 9 doi:10.1136/gut.2005.081497.

Obesity: a challenge to esophagogastric junction integrity.
Pandolfino JE, El-Serag HB, Zhang Q, Shah N, Ghosh SK, Kahrilas PJ.
Gastroenterology 2006;130:639-49.

The effect of esophageal and gastric distension on the crural diaphragm.
Shafik A, Shafik I, El Sibai O, Mostafa RM.
World J Surg 2006;30:199-204.

The impact of antireflux surgery on oxidative stress of esophageal mucosa caused by gastroesophageal reflux disease: 4-yr follow-up study.
Rantanen TK, Rasanen JV, Sihvo EI, Ahotupa MO, Farkkila MA, Salo JA.
Am J Gastroenterol 2006;101:222-8.

Very late results of esophagomyotomy for patients with achalasia: clinical, endoscopic, histologic, manometric, and acid reflux studies in 67 patients for a mean follow-up of 190 months.
Csendes A, Braghetto I, Burdiles P, Korn O, Csendes P, Henriquez A.
Ann Surg. 2006 Feb;243(2):196-203.

None selected.

 

Traditional versus up-front [18F] Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography staging of non-small-cell lung cancer: a Dutch cooperative randomized study.
Herder GJ, Kramer H, Hoekstra OS, Smit EF, Pruim J, van Tinteren H, Comans EF, Verboom P, Uyl-de Groot CA, Welling A, Paul MA, Boers M, Postmus PE, Teule GJ, Groen HJ.
J Clin Oncol. 2006 Mar 27 doi:10.1200/JCO.2005.02.4695

Expression profile-defined classification of lung adenocarcinoma shows close relationship with underlying major genetic changes and clinicopathologic behaviors.
Takeuchi T, Tomida S, Yatabe Y, Kosaka T, Osada H, Yanagisawa K, Mitsudomi T, Takahashi T.
J Clin Oncol. 2006 Mar 20 doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.03.8224

Radiofrequency ablation followed by conventional radiotherapy for medically inoperable stage I non-small cell lung cancer.
Dupuy DE, DiPetrillo T, Gandhi S, Ready N, Ng T, Donat W, Mayo-Smith WW.
Chest 2006;129:738-45.

Racial differences in trust and lung cancer patients' perceptions of physician communication.
Gordon HS, Street RL Jr, Sharf BF, Kelly PA, Souchek J.
J Clin Oncol 2006;24:904-9.

Surgery for non-small cell lung cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
Wright G, Manser RL, Byrnes G, Hart D, Campbell DA.
Thorax. 2006 Jan 31. doi:10.1136/thx.2005.051995

Neuroendocrine neoplasms of the lung: a prognostic spectrum.
Asamura H, Kameya T, Matsuno Y, Noguchi M, Tada H, Ishikawa Y, Yokose T, Jiang SX, Inoue T, Nakagawa K, Tajima K, Nagai K.
J Clin Oncol 2006;24:70-6.

The effect of race on invasive staging and surgery in non-small-cell lung cancer.
Lathan CS, Neville BA, Earle CC.
J Clin Oncol 2006;24:413-8.

A randomized trial of inhaled cyclosporine in lung-transplant recipients.
Iacono AT, Johnson BA, Grgurich WF, Youssef JG, Corcoran TE, Seiler DA, Dauber JH, Smaldone GC, Zeevi A, Yousem SA, Fung JJ, Burckart GJ, McCurry KR, Griffith BP.
N Engl J Med 2006;354:141-50.

Risk factors for death of patients with cystic fibrosis awaiting lung transplantation.
Belkin RA, Henig NR, Singer LG, Chaparro C, Rubenstein RC, Xie SX, Yee JY, Kotloff RM, Lipson DA, Bunin GR.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med.2006;173:659-66.

Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction for end-stage emphysema: report on the first 98 patients.
Wan IY, Toma TP, Geddes DM, Snell G, Williams T, Venuta F, Yim AP.
Chest 2006;129:518-26.

Pulmonary cryptococcosis: comparison of clinical and radiographic characteristics in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients.
Chang WC, Tzao C, Hsu HH, Lee SC, Huang KL, Tung HJ, Chen CY.
Chest 2006;129:333-40.

Postoperative pneumonia after major lung resection.
Schussler O, Alifano M, Dermine H, Strano S, Casetta A, Sepulveda S, Chafik A, Coignard S, Rabbat A, Regnard JF.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006 Feb 10. doi:10.1164/rccm.200510-1556OC

Awake nonresectional lung volume reduction surgery.
Mineo TC, Pompeo E, Mineo D, Tacconi F, Marino M, Sabato AF.
Ann Surg 2006;243:131-6.

Contralateral cervical and mediastinal lymph node metastasis in medullary thyroid cancer: systemic disease?
Machens A, Holzhausen HJ, Dralle H.
Surgery 2006;139:28-32.

EUS-guided FNA immediately after unrevealing transbronchial needle aspiration in the evaluation of mediastinal lymphadenopathy: a prospective study.
Khoo KL, Ho KY, Nilsson B, Lim TK.
Gastrointest Endosc 2006;63:215-20.

Usefulness of contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasonography in the differentiation between malignant and benign lymphadenopathy.
Kanamori A, Hirooka Y, Itoh A, Hashimoto S, Kawashima H, Hara K, Uchida H, Goto J, Ohmiya N, Niwa Y, Goto H.
Am J Gastroenterol 2006;101:45-51.

Single-center experience with 250 tunnelled pleural catheter insertions for malignant pleural effusion.
Tremblay A, Michaud G.
Chest 2006;129:362-8.

Additional minocycline pleurodesis after thoracoscopic surgery for primary spontaneous pneumothorax.
Chen JS, Hsu HH, Chen RJ, Kuo SW, Huang PM, Tsai PR, Lee JM, Lee YC.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006;173:548-54.

The role of aortopexy in severe tracheomalacia.
Dave S, Currie BG.
J Pediatr Surg 2006;41:533-7.