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Left Common Basal Segmentectomy (S8 + S9 + S10)
Sublobar resections have been demonstrated to provide longer overall survival for certain populations of patients with non-small cell lung cancer. (Altorki et al., The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular su...
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Lifestyle behaviors and intervention preferences of early-stage lung cancer survivors and their family caregivers
Lung cancer (LC) is a highly prevalent disease with more survivors diagnosed and treated at earlier stages. There is a need to understand psychological and lifestyle behavior needs to design interventions for ...
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Malignant Mesothelioma: Clinical and Imaging Findings
Malignant mesothelioma is a rare tumor. The incidence has been rising since the 1970s with a male to female ratio of 5:1 which is likely due to the increased frequency of occupational exposure to asbestos in m...
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Disparities in surgery for early-stage cancer: the impact of refusal
For early-stage cancer surgery is often curative, yet refusal of recommended surgical interventions may be contributing to disparities in patient treatment. This study aims to assess predictors of early-stage ...
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Open AccessSystematic review of quality of life following pleurectomy decortication and extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma
Few studies have focused on quality of life (QoL) after treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). There are still questions as to which surgical procedure, extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) or pleurect...
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Open AccessPrimary myoepithelial carcinoma of the lung: a rare entity treated with parenchymal sparing resection
Primary lung myoepithelial carcinomas are rare neoplasms arising from the salivary glands of the respiratory epithelium. Given the rare occurrences and reports of these tumors, appropriate recommendations for ...
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Surgery for Pleural Disease in the Elderly
Pleural diseases in the elderly are a heterogeneous group of processes that take place in the pleural space, ranging from life-threatening to innocuous. This review focuses on the surgical management of pneumo...
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Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Patient Selection for Pleurectomy
Although primary pleural tumors had been reported since the eighteenth century, the epidemiology of mesothelioma first came to light in 1960 with the report by Wagner and colleagues of 33 asbestos mine workers...
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Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) Lobectomy: Focus on Technique
A clear definition of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy is lacking in the current peer-reviewed literature. Reported cases vary from four to six incisions in number, 4.0 to 10.0 cm in length, an...
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Thoracoscopy and Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery
Thoracoscopy was first described by Jacobeus [1] in 1910, when he used an electrically illuminated cystoscope to lyse adhesions within the pleural space in the application of collapse therapy for tuberculosis....
