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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Expert Consensus on the Multidisciplinary Management and Resectability of Locally Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

December 5, 2024 | Akshay PatelSilver Contributor

This article provides a consensus-based approach for determining the resectability and optimal management strategies for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The expert panel recommends evaluating resectability through multidisciplinary tumor board (MDT) discussions, with...

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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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Robotic Left Lower Lobectomy With Primary Bronchial Closure and Pleural Flap Coverage for Proximal Carcinoid

April 18, 2018 | Richard Lazzaro…

Minimally invasive surgical management can be performed safely with R0 resection, utilizing the same technique that would be applied through thoracotomy. The robotic platform provides the surgeon with the opportunity...

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Concomitant Mediastinoscopy Increases the Risk of Postoperative Pneumonia After Pulmonary Lobectomy

April 13, 2018 | Mark FergusonBronze 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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Concurrent Versus Sequential Chemoradiation Therapy in Completely Resected Pathologic N2 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Propensity-Matched Analysis of the National Cancer Data Base

April 13, 2018 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

The authors found that adjuvent chemoradiotherapy after resection of N2 NSCLC was more effective if given sequentially than concomitantly.

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Solitary Pulmonary Lesion in Patients With History of Malignancy: Primary Lung Cancer or Metastatic Cancer?

April 13, 2018 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

How to manage solitary pulmonary nodules appearing after treatment of a prior malignancy remains a clinical challenge. The authors found that such patients most often had intrapulmonary metastases and less...

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Clinical Impact and Risk Factors for Skeletal Muscle Loss After Complete Resection of Early Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

April 13, 2018 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

The authors studied patients after resection of stage I non-small cell lung cancer. They found that nearly one-third had decreased muscle one year postoperatively, which was associated with poor performance...

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Uniportal VATS Resection of the Anterior Segment of the Left Upper Lobe

April 11, 2018 | Davor Stamenovic

Anterior segment resection of the left upper lobe is rarely performed. It is, however, usually incorporated within resection of the upper three segments of the left upper lobe. A 56-year-old...

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Multifocal Lung Cancer Discussion and Case Presentation

April 9, 2018 | Shanda BlackmonSilver Contributor…

Introduction Multifocal lung cancer is an increasingly common clinical scenario, but there is a lack of high-level evidence for its optimal treatment [1]. Staging is an important first step in...

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Full Thoracoscopic Right Basilar Segmentectomy for Carcinoid Tumor

March 26, 2018 | Dominique GossotBronze Contributor…

Carcinoid tumors are often located at the origin of a lobar or segmental bronchus. Stapling the bronchus, as is usually done during a thoracoscopic lobectomy or segmentectomy, creates the risk...

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