Lung - Cancer

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Neoadjuvant Concurrent Chemo-Immuno-Radiation Therapy Followed by Surgery and Adjuvant Immunotherapy for Resectable Stage III N2 NSCLC: Primary Results From the SQUAT Trial (WJOG 12119L)

May 1, 2025 | Jade QuSilver Contributor

The recent CheckMate 816 trial indicated that neoadjuvant chemo-immunotherapy provided limited local control in stage II–III resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This trial evaluated the hypothesis that incorporating radiotherapy into the treatment plan—involving carboplatin...

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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...

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In Global News: The Canadian Transplant Games, Lung Cancer Advocacy, and a Micropacemaker

July 13, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest A 7-year-old girl who received a heart transplant as an infant is now competing in the Canadian Transplant Games, which are underway at the University...

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Sarcopenia in Resected NSCLC: Effect on Postoperative Outcomes

July 6, 2018 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

This retrospective study of 328 patients undergoing resection for non-small cell lung cancer demonstrated that sarcopenia determined by psoas muscle mass on computed tomography was associated with increased postoperative complications...

Video

Making Difficult Decisions in Lung Cancer: Oligometastasis, Ground Glass Opacities, Bilateral Lung Lesions, Surgery for Recurrence

July 5, 2018 | Gilbert Massard

Gilbert Massard of the Centre Hospitalier in Strasbourg, France, discusses difficult treatment decisions in lung cancer. He reviews the different treatment approaches for oligometastasis, ground glass opacities, and multiple primary...

Video

Robotic Right Upper Lobectomy

July 2, 2018 | Jason Trevis…

This video demonstrates a robotic right upper lobectomy, performed using the Cerfolio method of port placement. All vessel and pulmonary divisions were performed using the Signia™ powered stapler (Medtronic, Dublin,...

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Uniportal VATS Left Posterobasal Anatomical Segmentectomy (S9+10)

June 27, 2018 | Carlos Galvez Munoz…

Anatomical sublobar resections, both segmental and subsegmental, are becoming more and more common. They are used to treat benign lesions and pulmonary metastasis, but they are especially used because they...

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VATS Right Middle Lobe Lobectomy in the Setting of Oligometastatic Lung Cancer

June 18, 2018 | Shanda BlackmonSilver Contributor

Background A 31-year-old woman who was a former ice hockey player, was in the military, and is a lifetime never-smoker presented with a medical history of asthma, migraine headaches, endometriosis,...

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In Global News: Raising Money for Children’s Hearts, Lung Cancer Risk in Former Smokers, and Pacemakers After TAVR

June 8, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest A charity bazaar raised money for a Shanghai Chest Hospital project that offers free heart surgery to children with congenital heart disease in China. Trillium...

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Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab in Lung Cancer With a High Tumor Mutational Burden

May 31, 2018 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

This randomized trial evaluating the relative efficacy of immunotherapy and chemotherapy in patients with recurrent or metastatic disease, immunotherapy was associated with significantly better progression-free survival. Tumor mutational burden was...

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