Lung - Cancer

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Touching (Proximity) as a Companion Diagnostic Test

June 5, 2025 | Akshay PatelSilver Contributor

This article discusses a promising diagnostic approach aimed at improving patient selection for immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapies, particularly in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The current reliance on PD-L1 immunohistochemistry (IHC) as a biomarker...

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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...

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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...

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...

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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...

Video

Debate: Lung Cancer Screening Should Be Limited to Those Recommended by the ACCP Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines

January 10, 2019 | Douglas Wood…

Filmed at the 2018 STS Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Douglas Wood of the University of Washington in Seattle moderates a debate on the criteria that should be used...

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Increased Risk of Suicide After Lung Cancer Diagnosis

January 9, 2019 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

Within a year after a diagnosis of lung cancer the suicide rate for such patients is 6 times higher than in the general population. This is among the greatest increases...

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In Global News: Emergency Windpipe Repair, Drug Use and Endocarditis, and Ticagrelor Versus Aspirin After CABG

November 30, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest Surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi in the UAE used a metal stent for an emergency repair of a patient’s windpipe, which had been...

Video

Pushing the Boundaries in the Surgical Management of Lung Cancer

November 15, 2018 | Paul Van Schil

Paul Van Schil of Antwerp University Hospital in Belgium discusses surgical approaches for various stages of non-small cell lung cancer. This presentation was originally given during the SCTS Ionescu University...

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In Global News: Woman Runs 5K After Double-Lung Transplant and Robotic Aortic Valve Replacement

November 9, 2018 | Emily RobinsonBronze Contributor

A multidisciplinary team led by Bob Kiaii at the London Health Sciences Centre in Ontario, Canada, has reportedly completed the world’s first robotic performance of a specific aortic valve replacement...

Video

Robotic Right Upper Lobe Anterior Segmentectomy (S3)

October 31, 2018 | Ricardo Terra…

The authors present a video of a robotic assisted pulmonary segmentectomy of the anterior segment of the right upper lobe (S3) for a metastatic nodule. The patient was a 67-year-old...

Video

Left Robotic Completion Pneumonectomy

October 24, 2018 | Vijay Joshi…

The patient was a 71-year-old woman with a bronchiectatic left upper lobe lesion that was under surveillance. She had a biopsy-proven adenocarcinoma in the left lower lobe, normal pulmonary function...

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Perioperative Outcomes for Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Differences Between Men and Women

October 23, 2018 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

In a single institution review comparing acute outcomes for men and women after surgery for non-small cell lung cancer, men were found to have an increased risk of postoperative cardiac...

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