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Lung

July 15, 2020
In this video, the authors present the clinical case of a 67-year-old woman with an oncological history of endometrial stromal sarcoma treated with surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy who underwent several pulmonary metastasectomies in practically all the pulmonary lobes during the last eight years.
July 14, 2020
A small histopathological study of SARS and influenza autopsies compared to rejected for transplantation lungs. There is some speculation on the popular procoagulopathic nature of the panvirus, based on expression of angiotensin converting enzyme 2.There might be a collateral stimulus for lung preservation in organ retrieval.
July 10, 2020
The authors examined The National Cancer Database for patients who refused recommended surgery and elected stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for stage I/II non-small cell lung cancer. 
May 29, 2020
This randomized controlled trial conducted by the National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT) on the results of lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) was re-evaluated by the authors for longer-term results. They found long-term benefits to patients randomized to LVRS.
May 8, 2020
This original article compares the outcome of sleeve lobectomy compared to conventional lobectomy in the treatment of patients with lung cancer. Inci et al. investigated 187 patients who underwent sleeve lobectomy and compared it to 568 patients who underwent conventional lobectomy.
April 27, 2020
This manuscript outlines the difficulties of providing safe thoracic surgery during COVID-19 and details solutions for overcoming these challenges.
April 21, 2020
This manuscript by Yamanashi et al retrospectively looks into the outcome of patients with newly classified clinical T4 lung cancer. They report 93 patients who underwent surgical treatment during a 10-year study period.
April 12, 2020
This video demonstrates a video-assisted thoracoscopic approach for left lung upper lobe anterior segment GGO.
April 10, 2020
The NCDB was queried to assess the optimal timing for resection after induction therapy for IIIA NSCLC.  Survival was better in patients who underwent surgery in a short delay interval (<77 days) compared to a long delay (>114 days); short and medium delay intervals had similar outcomes.  
March 24, 2020
A succinct comment with a wealth of up-to-date references vis-a-vis the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

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