Lung - Cancer

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RATS Extended Left Upper Lobectomy With Intrapericardial Vascular Control and Bronchoplasty

May 19, 2026 | Luis Filipe Azenha…

In this video, the authors present the case of a 65-year-old female diagnosed with a central squamous cell carcinoma of the left upper lobe with nodal involvement in stations 5 and 6, initially detected during...

JANS Article

Right Basilar Segmental Autologous Lung Transplantation With Carinal Reconstruction for Central Lung SCC

September 24, 2026 | Akshay PatelSilver Contributor

This case report describes a 75-year-old patient with a centrally located squamous cell carcinoma extending from the carina to the right intermediate bronchus and the superior segment of the lower...

JANS Article

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...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 173: Uniportal Robotics in the UAE

September 10, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Taj Mohammed Fiyaz Chowdhry, a consultant thoracic surgeon at Burjeel Specialty Hospital, Sharjah, UAE, about uniportal robotics in the...

JANS Article

Tumor Mutational Burden as a Predictor of Immune-Related Adverse Events in Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Brief Report

September 3, 2026 | Akshay PatelSilver Contributor

High tumor mutational burden (TMB) predicts not only response to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) but also immune-related toxicity. In this single-center cohort of...

JANS Article

BMI, BMI Change, and Overall Survival in Patients With Lung Cancer

August 22, 2019 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

This study of over 25,000 pts from the International Lung Cancer Consortium identified underweight and severly obese patients as having poorer survival than others, whereas a survival advantage was evident...

JANS Article

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

August 20, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

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

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JANS Article

Association of Discretionary Hospital Volume Standards for High-Risk Cancer Surgery With Patient Outcomes and Access, 2005-2016

August 15, 2019 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

Regionalization of care for complex problems remains an open question in most countries. This review demonstrated that, for high risk cancer operations in the US, the Leapfrog group’s volume standards...

JANS Article

Endobronchial and Surgical Treatment of Pulmonary Carcinoid Tumors: A Systematic Literature Review

August 8, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A detailed and robust meta-analysis asserting lack of strong evidence supporting either modality.

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Video

Lung Cancer Surgery in the Era of Immunotherapy

August 1, 2019 | Mara AntonoffSilver Contributor…

Filmed at the 2019 STS Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, Mara Antonoff of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, USA, moderates a discussion on how...

Video

Robotic Right Lower and Middle Bilobectomy

July 22, 2019 | Giacomo Argento…

The authors present a procedure performed for a woman who had a peripheral nodule in the lower lobe of her right lung, together with a significant hilar lymphadenopathy, PET-positive, which...

JANS Article

In Global News: Long-Term Fontan Circulation, a Shock Team, and the TMVR Learning Curve

July 19, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest The American Heart Association published a statement advocating for a holistic care approach for patients with Fontan circulation, noting that these patients are living longer...

Video

Maryland Thoracic LigaSure and Signia Powered Right Upper Lobectomy

July 15, 2019 | Marco NardiniBronze Contributor…

This video demonstrates a three-port anterior video-assisted thoracoscopic right upper lobectomy, for early stage lung cancer, performed with the aid of novel sealing and stapling devices. The LigaSure™ is used...

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