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Clinical and Financial Outcomes of Pulmonary Resection for Lung Cancer in Safety-Net Hospitals

November 7, 2024 | Akshay PatelSilver Contributor

This article explores the disparities in access to minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) based on socioeconomic status. After analyzing data from the National Cancer Database (2010-2020), which covered...

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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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In Global News: Robotically Coaxing Esophageal Growth, Sauna for Your Health, and Canada’s First Inuk Cardiac Surgeon

January 12, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care Portugal’s first Eurovision winner, Salvador Sobral, has made a good recovery after undergoing a heart transplant in December. Canada’s first Inuk cardiac surgeon talks about choosing to become...

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Office-Based Spirometry: A New Model of Care in Preoperative Assessment for Low-Risk Lung Resections

January 10, 2018 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

The authors compared low risk patients undergoing office spirometry only (FEV1 of >60%) to those undergoing laboratory spirometry followed by lung resection. Outcomes for propensity score matched patients were similar...

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Prediction of Long-Term Survival After Lung Cancer Surgery for Elderly Patients in The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database

January 10, 2018 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

Among patients aged 65 and older undergoing lung resection for NSCLC, long-term survival was related to cancer stage and patient age. Lobectomy patients fared better than those undergoing parenchymal-sparing resections...

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Phase 1 Trial Evaluating Safety of Pulmonary Artery Sealing With Ultrasonic Energy in VATS Lobectomy

January 10, 2018 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

The authors demonstrate that use of an ultrasonic sealing device is safe for pulmonary artery branches 7 mm or less in diameter. This information could substantially reduce costs for lobectomy...

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Extent of Resection and Lymph Node Assessment for Clinical Stage T1aN0M0 Typical Carcinoid Tumors

January 10, 2018 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

The authors explored the optimal extent of LN resection for T1aN0 carcinoid tumors undergoing lung resection using the National Cancer Data Base. Twenty-five percent of patients had no nodes evaluated....

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AI Early Diagnosis for Heart and Cancer Patients

January 3, 2018 | Claire Vernon

This article from the BBC highlights two different artificial intelligence (AI) diagnostic systems, one that evaluates coronary artery disease (CAD) and another that determines whether a lung nodule is cancerous....

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VATS Lobectomy Is Associated With Greater Recurrence-Free Survival Than SBRT for Clinical Stage I Lung Cancer

December 14, 2017 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

Using propensity score matching, patients with clinical stage I NSCLC who underwent either VATS lobectomy or stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) were compared for long-term outcomes. Among 37 matched pairs, tumor...

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Pathologists Face Their “Deep Blue” Moment

December 13, 2017 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

As many will recall, world chess champion Garry Kasparov was defeated by IBM’s Deep Blue computer in 1997. Now machine-learning algorithms have bested trained pathologists in differentiating between benign and...

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