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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2026 Expert Consensus on the Multimodal Treatment of Pleural Mesothelioma

August 20, 2026 | Jeffrey Velotta

This Society of Thoracic Surgeons Expert Consensus Documents provides updated, multidisciplinary guidance on the multimodal management of pleural mesothelioma (PM). The expert panel emphasizes that surgical resection should only be performed as part of a...

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2026 Expert Consensus on the Multimodal Treatment of Pleural Mesothelioma: An Interview With Jeffrey Velotta

August 20, 2026 | Jeffrey Velotta…

In this noteworthy interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Jeffrey Velotta, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine in San Francisco,...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 170: 2026 Expert Consensus on the Multimodal Treatment of Pleural Mesothelioma

August 20, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Jeffrey Velotta, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine in San...

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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2026 Expert Consensus on the Multimodal Treatment of Pleural Mesothelioma

August 20, 2026 | Jeffrey Velotta

This Society of Thoracic Surgeons Expert Consensus Documents provides updated, multidisciplinary guidance on the multimodal management of pleural mesothelioma (PM). The expert panel emphasizes that surgical resection should only be...

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Contemporary Outcomes of En Bloc Stapling of the Pulmonary Artery, Bronchus, and Lymph Nodes During Lobectomy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Study

August 20, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This retrospective single-center study from Nara Medical University evaluated en bloc stapling of the pulmonary artery branches, bronchus, and adherent lymph nodes using an auto-stapler as a bailout technique during...

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Lung Transplant Outcome From Selected Older Donors (≥70 Years) Equals Younger Donors (

January 2, 2025 | Akshay PatelSilver Contributor

This study evaluates the outcomes of bilateral lung transplantation (LTx) using grafts from donors aged 70 years or older, compared with those from younger donors. Conducted at a single center...

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The Efficacy of Loco-Regional Ropivacaine Analgesia Via Intercostal Catheters After Lung Resection: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Superiority Study

November 21, 2024 | Javeria Tariq

Current guidelines advocate for surgically placed intercoastal catheters (ICC) for pain optimization following minimally invasive anatomic lung resection. This double-blind, randomized study aimed to determine the efficacy of loco-regional continuous...

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Treatment Patterns and Clinical Outcomes of Patients With Resectable Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Receiving Neoadjuvant Immunochemotherapy: A Large-Scale, Multicenter, Real-World Study (NeoR-World)

October 24, 2024 | Akshay PatelSilver Contributor

This article evaluates the effectiveness of neoadjuvant immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy (IC+Chemo) in treating non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This large-scale study involved 1,092 patients from 11 medical centers and...

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Robotic Thymectomy in Thymic Tumors: A Multicenter, Nationwide Study

May 29, 2024 | Javeria Tariq

This study evaluated the surgical and oncological results of RATS thymectomy to demonstrate the approach as technically safe with acceptable outcomes. Of 669 patients, complete thymectomy was performed in 98...

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Sublobar Resection Versus Lobectomy for Stage IA Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma—Takeaways From Modern Randomized Trials

May 23, 2024 | Jo Chikwe

Sublobar resection for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer has recently been compared with lobectomy in three randomized trials. This expert review summarizes and compares these three landmark trials and describes...

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Predictors of Venous Thromboembolism After Lung Cancer Resection

May 2, 2024 | Jo Chikwe

Of 57,531 patients who underwent lung cancer resection identified from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database, 758 (1.3 percent) were diagnosed with pulmonary embolism, which was most...

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Surgical Outcomes After Chemotherapy Plus Nivolumab and Chemotherapy Plus Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

April 18, 2024 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

This study reviews 44 patients with stage IB (larger than 4 cm) to IIIA non-small cell lung cancer who were treated on sequential platform arms of the NEOSTAR trial. Twenty-two...

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Uniportal Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery: Early Outcomes of Segmentectomy Versus Lobectomy

April 10, 2024 | Jason Trevis

The authors of this paper explored early postoperative outcomes in all patients (n= 833) undergoing uniportal segmentectomy and lobectomy in their unit between 2017 and 2022. During this study period,...

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