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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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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 171: Online Quiz League for Residents

August 27, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Timur Kyashif, a cardiac resident at Jena University Hospital in Jena, Germany, about the German Society for Thoracic, Cardiac,...

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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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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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Solitary Fibrous Tumors of the Pleura: Do We Need a Different Perspective on Malignancy?

March 27, 2024 | Javeria Tariq

This study aimed to evaluate the percentage of solitary fibrous pleural tumors presenting unfavorable clinical behavior to predict negative long-term outcomes. Although they are historically considered benign neoplasms, this retrospective...

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Which Extent of Surgical Resection Thoracic Surgeons Would Choose if They Were Diagnosed With an Early-Stage Lung Cancer: A European Survey

February 21, 2024 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

This study surveyed 123 thoracic surgeons and posed several questions asking which surgical resection they would prefer if they themselves were diagnosed with several variations of lung cancer size and...

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Rapid Discharge After Anatomic Lung Resection: Is Ambulatory Surgery for Early Lung Cancer Possible?

February 14, 2024 | Jo Chikwe

In this single-center series of 430 patients with stage I or II non-small cell lung cancer who underwent minimally invasive lobectomy (n = 200) or segmentectomy (n = 230), 162...

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Commentary—Preoperative Identification of STAS: An Elusive Biomarker

January 11, 2024 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

Spread through air spaces (STAS) is a recently identified marker that predicts worse outcomes in patients with lung cancer and is postulated to be one of the reasons why some...

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The Role of the Diagnostic Wedge Resection in the Era of Segmentectomy

November 30, 2023 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

The authors of this paper note that the surgical landscape has changed in the last two years. They suggest that the multidisciplinary team should avoid a diagnostic wedge resection if...

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Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) or Thoracotomy for Lung Cancer Surgery in Obese Patients? An Analysis of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database

November 16, 2023 | Jason Trevis

This paper looks to explore the outcomes in obese patients with non-small cell lung cancer following VATS or open lobectomy. The authors utilized data from the European Society of Thoracic...

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Personalized Magnetic Tentacles for Targeted Photothermal Cancer Therapy in Peripheral Lungs

October 12, 2023 | Jason Trevis

Lung cancer has the highest worldwide cancer mortality rate. Early non-small cell lung cancer accounts for 84 percent of cases, with curative surgical intervention being the standard treatment. The authors...

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