Lung - Cancer

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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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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...

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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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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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Lung Cancer: Blood-based Biomarker Predicts Immunotherapy Success

December 13, 2017 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

Liquid biopsies have long held promise for diagnosis, treatment selection, and surveillance of lung cancer patients. This articles summarizes results of two studies involving highly precise measurement of tumor mutational...

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In Global News: Professional Athletes and Large Aortas, the Apple Watch and AFib, and a Second Surgery For Billy Kimmel

December 8, 2017 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care US states that implemented policies for screening newborns for critical congenital heart disease have seen reductions in infant cardiac deaths compared to states that didn’t implement screening. Jimmy...

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Big Tobacco’s Court-Ordered Ads Make Their Debut

November 27, 2017 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

Newspaper and prime time TV advertisements are beginning in the US today that detail the medical toll that smoking exacts on its victims. The ads are paid for by big...

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In Global News: Blood Pressure Guidelines, TMVR, and Older Donor Lungs

November 17, 2017 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology released an updated definition of high blood pressure this week. Heart patients in Malaysia seem to be successfully...

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