John Butler

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Lung Health Checks and Lung Cancer Screening Lessons Learned So Far

February 13, 2020 | John Butler

Richard Booton of the Manchester University NHS Foundation in the United Kingdom presents a discussion on lung health checks and lung cancer screening. He discusses screening criteria, setting up lung health check stations for the...

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Management and Follow-Up of Patients With Bronchial Neuroendocrine Tumors

January 16, 2020 | John Butler

Wasat Mansoor of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom presents a discussion on the management of bronchial neuroendocrine tumors. He focuses on the current treatment strategies for...

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Lung Cancer: Current Therapies and New Targeted Treatments

October 31, 2019 | John Butler

Sanjay Popat of the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, England, presents a discussion on current therapies and treatments for lung cancer. He focuses on drug therapy, including chemotherapy, molecular targeted...

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Genetic Origin of Thoracic Aortic Disease

October 3, 2019 | John Butler

Diane Barker of University Hospitals of North Midlands in the United Kingdom presents a discussion on genetic testing for those at risk of thoracic aortic disease. She discusses the importance...

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Recent Advances in Radiation Oncology in the Management of Lung Cancer

December 6, 2018 | John Butler

Kevin Franks of the Leeds Cancer Centre in the UK discusses recent advances in radiotherapy technology for the treatment of lung cancer. This presentation was originally given during the SCTS...

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Endobronchial Therapies Will Make Surgery Obsolete

August 2, 2018 | John Butler

Mohammed Munavvar of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals in Preston, UK, discusses endobronchial therapies for emphysema treatment. He reviews reversible and irreversible techniques, and he emphasizes the importance of multidisciplinary discussion prior...

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Fractional Flow Reserve and Cardiac Surgery

March 1, 2018 | John Butler

Miles Behan of the Edinburgh Heart Centre in Scotland, UK, discusses fractional flow reserve (FFR) prior to cardiac surgery. He focuses on the role of FFR in guiding grafting decisions...

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Are We Measuring the Correct Markers for Extracorporeal Bypass?

February 8, 2018 | John Butler

Mark Bennett of the Southwest Cardiothoracic Unit in Plymouth, UK, discusses biomarkers for problems during cardiopulmonary bypass. He focuses on what the traits of an ideal biomarker would be, and...

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TAVR Devices of Past, Present, and Future: Design Considerations to Optimize Results

October 19, 2017 | John Butler

Ganesh Manoharan of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland, discusses design features of transcatheter aortic valves from four different companies. He focuses on the design differences between these...

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Two-Stage Hybrid Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

August 24, 2017 | John Butler

Guy Haywood of Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust in Plymouth, UK, describes a hybrid surgical and catheter approach to the treatment of lone atrial fibrillation. Dr Haywood presents the outcomes of...

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Update on Catheter-Based Lone Atrial Fibrillation Surgery

August 10, 2017 | John Butler

Guy Haywood of Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust in Plymouth, United Kingdom, discusses the prevalence of atrial fibrillation and its complications. Dr Haywood also examines the outcomes of catheter-based ablation. This...

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Emphysema: Endobronchial Volume Reduction

June 21, 2017 | John Butler

Felix Herth of Thoraxklinik at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, discusses the current approaches available for managing emphysema. This presentation was originally given during the SCTS Ionescu University program at...

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Mesothelioma Debate: The Role of the Surgeon is to Palliate Only

March 16, 2017 | John Butler

Robert Rintoul of Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK, reviews the outcomes of major mesothelioma trials, and argues that all mesothelioma surgery is currently palliative. This is part one of a debate...