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Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: report of CALGB 39802--a prospective, multi-institution feasibility studyScott J Swanson
Surgery Committee of the Cancer and Leukemia Group B CALGB, Statistics Office of CALGB, and Respiratory Committee of CALGB, Chicago, IL, USA
J Clin Oncol 25:4993-7. 2007..To evaluate the technical feasibility and safety of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy for small lung cancers...- Invited commentaryScott Swanson
Mt Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 81:1042. 2006 - Esophagectomy for esophageal cancerS J Swanson
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Minerva Chir 57:795-810. 2002..Consideration should be given to a cervical placement if there are factors increasing the risk such as the use of induction therapy... - Invited commentaryScott Swanson
Mt. Sinai Medical Center, 1190 5th Ave, New York, NY 10029, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 80:433. 2005 
Survival following lobectomy and limited resection for the treatment of stage I non-small cell lung cancer<=1 cm in size: a review of SEER dataMax Kates
Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, Box 1087, New York, NY 10029, USA
Chest 139:491-6. 2011..The objective of this study was to compare survival after lobectomy and limited resection among patients with stage IA tumors≤1 cm by using a large, US-based cancer registry...- Electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy: a surgeon's perspectiveTodd S Weiser
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York 10029, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 85:S797-801. 2008..Not only will navigational bronchoscopy lead to improvements in the diagnostic yield of standard flexible bronchoscopy, but we envision potential therapeutic modalities that can be used this system... - Thoracoscopic lobectomy: report on safety, discharge independence, pain, and chemotherapy toleranceDaniel G Nicastri
Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 135:642-7. 2008..This series analyzed the safety, pain, analgesic use, and discharge disposition in patients who underwent thoracoscopic lobectomy and segmentectomy at a single institution... - Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: centers of excellence or excellence of centers?Cynthia S Chin
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1190 5th Avenue, Box 1020, New York, NY 10029, USA
Thorac Surg Clin 18:263-8. 2008..This will provide an excellent database for evidence-based medicine. Such rigorous data collection should permit thoracic surgeons to be appropriately compensated for performing these technically challenging procedures... - Airway stentsCynthia S Chin
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 85:S792-6. 2008..The different categories of stents have positive and negative attributes that play a role in choosing the proper stent. This article aims to discuss these issues with regards to malignant and benign tracheobronchial disease... - In-hospital clinical and economic consequences of pulmonary wedge resections for cancer using video-assisted thoracoscopic techniques vs traditional open resections: a retrospective database analysisJohn A Howington
Division of Thoracic Surgery, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL, USA
Chest 141:429-35. 2012..The objective of this study was to compare the safety, use, and cost profiles of open thoracotomy vs video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for wedge resection in lung cancer performed by thoracic surgeons in the United States... - Video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy: state of the art and future directionsJason P Shaw
Division of Thoracic Surgery, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York 10029, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 85:S705-9. 2008..Several published reports suggest thoracoscopic resection is safe, with the potential advantage of shorter hospital stay, quicker recovery, and comparable oncologic results... - Thoracoscopic segmentectomy compares favorably with thoracoscopic lobectomy for patients with small stage I lung cancerMark Shapiro
Department of Surgery, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 137:1388-93. 2009..Questions remain regarding safety, morbidity, mortality, and recurrence rate. This study compared outcomes between thoracoscopic segmentectomy and lobectomy... - Intraoperative sentinel node mapping with technitium-99 in lung cancer: results of CALGB 140203 multicenter phase II trialMichael J Liptay
The Cancer and Leukemia Group B, Chicago, IL, USA
J Thorac Oncol 4:198-202. 2009..If validated, the technique could provide a more accurate and sensitive way to identify lymph node metastases... - Validation of a model to predict perioperative mortality from lung cancer resection in the elderlyMax Kates
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 179:390-5. 2009..Surgical resection is the mainstay therapy for localized non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), yet elderly patients are less likely to be treated due to concerns about morbidity and mortality related to surgery... - Limited resection for the treatment of patients with stage IA lung cancerJuan P Wisnivesky
Division of General Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Ann Surg 251:550-4. 2010..The objective of the study was to compare survival after lobectomy and limited resection among Medicare patients with lung cancer... - Menopausal effects on presentation, treatment, and survival of women with non-small cell lung cancerKimberly A Moore
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 76:1789-95. 2003..Results suggest that estrogen exposure creates a milieu that may confer a protective effect through some yet unknown mechanisms that determine outcome of the neoplastic process and warrant further investigation... - Stereotactic radiosurgery for thoracic malignanciesJamie A Cesaretti
Department of Radiation Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 85:S785-91. 2008..The article closes with a discussion of multidisciplinary approaches that include radiosurgery which are on the therapeutic horizon... - Postoperative bleeding: coagulopathy, bleeding, hemothoraxVirginia R Litle
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1190 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA
Thorac Surg Clin 16:203-7, v. 2006..The impact of minimally invasive procedures on the incidence of this complication is addressed in this article... - Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) resection for lung cancerScott J Swanson
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Surg Clin North Am 82:541-59. 2002..The validity of VATS for lung cancer will be determined by long-term data. A phase III national (intergroup) protocol is being drafted and will help to answer these questions... - Effect of the number of lymph nodes sampled on postoperative survival of lymph node-negative esophageal cancerAlexander J Greenstein
Department of General Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
Cancer 112:1239-46. 2008..In the current study, the association between survival and the number of LNs evaluated was examined in patients who underwent resection of lymph node-negative (American Joint Committee on Cancer [AJCC] TNM stage I-IIA) esophageal cancer... - Prognostic significance of the number of lymph node metastases in esophageal cancerAlexander J Greenstein
Department of General Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
J Am Coll Surg 206:239-46. 2008..In this study, we examined whether involvement of a higher number of LNs is associated with worse survival among esophageal cancer patients... - Prevention, early detection, and management of complications after 328 consecutive extrapleural pneumonectomiesDavid J Sugarbaker
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 128:138-46. 2004..Complications after extrapleural pneumonectomy were further analyzed to elucidate means of prevention, early detection, and treatment... - Predictors of major morbidity and mortality after pneumonectomy utilizing the Society for Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery DatabaseMark Shapiro
Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York 10029, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 90:927-34; discussion 934-5. 2010..The purpose of this study is to identify the risk factors responsible for adverse outcomes in patients after pneumonectomy utilizing The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database (STS GTDB)... - Improved outcomes with early vocal fold medialization for vocal fold paralysis after thoracic surgeryNeil Bhattacharyya
Division of Otolaryngology, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Auris Nasus Larynx 30:71-5. 2003..To determine the clinical impact of early versus late surgical therapy for new onset unilateral vocal cord paralysis (UVCP) after thoracic surgery... - Physiological characterization of variability in response to lung volume reduction surgeryEdward P Ingenito
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Appl Physiol 94:20-30. 2003..Among nonresponders, recoil pressure increased out of proportion to reduced volume, such that no increase in vital capacity or improvement in FEV(1) occurred... - Racial disparities in esophageal cancer treatment and outcomesAlexander J Greenstein
Department of General Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Ann Surg Oncol 15:881-8. 2008..In this study, we used a national sample of patients with resectable esophageal cancer to assess the extent to which racial inequalities in care can explain outcome disparities... - Troubleshooting video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomyTodd L Demmy
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 79:1744-52; discussion 1753. 2005..While these are useful in teaching basic principles, it is more difficult to promulgate the numerous advanced techniques or technical "tricks" that deal with anatomical variations or pathologic changes in the lung tissue... 
MicroRNA expression profiles of esophageal cancerAndrew Feber
Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 135:255-60; discussion 260. 2008..The purpose of our study was to examine microRNA expression in Barrett esophagus and esophageal cancer to identify potential markers for disease progression...