The authors queried whether PET has utility in clinically staging Tis or T1 esophageal cancers; this was a single institution retrospective study involving 79 pts. The incidence of FDG uptake increased with increasing T status, as did the SUV. Nodal staging was false positive in 3 pts and false negative all 13 pts with nodal involvement. Metastati
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July 28, 2014
July 28, 2014
The efficacy of induction therapy for clinical T2 esophageal cancer was evaluated using the National Cancer Database. Pretreatment staging was accurate in only 27% of pts. 42% of pts were upstaged and 32% were downstaged. Induction therapy had no survival benefit.
July 28, 2014
Participants in the Lung Cancer Screening Trial were evaluated for success in smoking cessation linked to findings in their screening CTs. The odds ratios for continued smoking decreased with increasingly worrisome abnormalities on CTs: 0.81 for a major abnormality not suspicious for cancer, 0.79 for an abnormality suspicious for cancer but stable,
July 28, 2014
This video shows a single incision VATS lobectomy performed on a 57-year-old patient with bronchiectasis.
July 28, 2014
This study tracked changes in management for and outcomes of T1a and T1b esophageal cancer using data from the National Cancer Data Base. Endoscopic resection increased nearly 3-fold to 53% for T1a lesions during the interval, and increased nearly 3-fold to 21% for T1b cancers. Nodal involvement was predicted by T status, tumor size >2cm, and tu
July 26, 2014
Outcomes of lung adenocarcinoma classified according to the new IASLC/ATS/ERS system were evaluated in this retrospective single-institution study involving 573 pts who underwent surgical treatment. Histologic patterns were associated with sex and tumor TNM factors. Recurrence was higher in micropapillary and solid-predominant cancers. These subty
July 26, 2014
This article presents guidelines on the diagnosis and management of advanced stage lung cancer developed by the ESMO in 2013.
July 26, 2014
This article summarizes consensus guidelines for the diagnosis and management of early stage lung cancer developed by ESMO in 2013.
July 16, 2014
Spontaneous pneumothorax is often treated with a large bore chest tube placement and hospitalization. This article presents a reproducible education model for treating spontaneous pneumothorax with a percutaneous catheter and water seal/collection device.
July 12, 2014
Volume-outcomes relationships for operative mortality were first identified more than a decade ago. This study updated the data using Medicare claims for more than 3 million patients. The inverse relationship between volume and outcomes was confirmed for all 8 procedures studied. The inverse ratio actually increased for 5 of 8 procedures despite o