Lung Cancer - Staging

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 176: The ELANA System in CABG

October 1, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Bart P. van Putte, a cardiothoracic surgeon at the St. Antonius Hospital in Nieuwegein, Netherlands, and the Amsterdam University Medical Center about the excimer...

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Downstaging-Driven Surgical Strategy in Locally Advanced NSCLC

September 25, 2026 | Ilaria Potenza…

The role of surgery in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is continuously evolving with the introduction of effective neoadjuvant systemic treatments. Beyond tumor reduction, treatment response may influence...

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An STS General Thoracic Surgery Database Analysis of the Association Between LN Dissection and Chylothorax

September 24, 2026 | Akshay PatelSilver Contributor

This Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database analysis found that postoperative chylothorax risk increases with the extent of lymph-node dissection during pulmonary resection. Although uncommon, chylothorax was associated...

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European Guidelines for the Surgical Management of Pure Ground-Glass Opacities and Part-Solid Nodules: Task Force of the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons

October 12, 2023 | Javeria TariqBronze Contributor

The European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons has collaborated to produce a review on the management of pure ground-glass and part-solid pulmonary nodules. The...

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Lung Cancer in France

January 27, 2021 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

An open-access detailed editorial from the official periodical of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer

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Ethnic Disparities in PET/CT Utilization at Diagnosis of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

March 18, 2020 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

The authors examined the SEER database to assess racial disparities in use of PET for lung cancer staging 2007-2015 and subsequent one-year survival. Blacks (OR 0.54) and Hispanics (OR 0.72)...

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Long-Term Follow-Up of Ground-Glass Nodules After 5 Years of Stability

August 20, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

Interesting follow-up study of 208 pulmonary ground -glass opacities in 160 subjects, with a yield of three adenocardinomas.

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Unforeseen N2 Disease After Negative Endosonography Findings With or Without Confirmatory Mediastinoscopy in Resectable Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

May 20, 2019 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

Rates of unforeseen N2 disease were similar between nodal staging by EBUS and mediastinoscopy, but mediastinoscopy had a complication rate of 6%.

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A Year at the Forefront of General Thoracic Surgery

April 17, 2019 | Wei-Guo MaGold Contributor

Dr Burt gives a brief overview of the considerable advances for patients with thoracic malignancies (non–small cell lung cancer in particular).

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Invasive Mediastinal Staging for Lung Cancer by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Participants

September 26, 2018 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

Data in the STS Database indicate that invasive mediastinal staging is underused in patients undergoing resection for non-small cell lung cancer, and that the pattern of use varies widely among...

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In Global News: Designs for Children’s Heart Surgery, Revisiting Tobacco Regulations, and Equally Good Lung Cancer Surgery Any Day of the Week

May 11, 2018 | Claire VernonGold Contributor

Patient Care The Doodle Factory, an Egyptian brand that combines art and charity, has launched a new collection to fund heart surgeries for two children. Premium cigar makers in the...

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In Global News: Endocarditis in Illicit Drug Users, ERAS Cardiac Surgery Consensus Statement, and NSCLC Upstaging

May 4, 2018 | Claire VernonGold Contributor

Patient Care and General Interest An article in the New York Times looks at the ethical dilemma of performing surgery for endocarditis in illicit drug users whose addictions go untreated....

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Concomitant Mediastinoscopy Increases the Risk of Postoperative Pneumonia After Pulmonary Lobectomy

April 13, 2018 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

The authors demonstrate that mediastinoscopy at the time of either open or VATS lobectomy is independently associated with an increased risk of postoperative pulmonary complications (OR 1.46 and 1.53, respectively).

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