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Preoperative PET/CT scans contribute to reduce the frequency of occult nodal metastasis compared with those reported in the pre-PET/CT era. The higher SUV(max) in primary tumour was an independent predictor of occult nodal metastasis in patients with clinical stage IA NSCLC by PET/CT.

Use of a combination of EBUS-TBNA and EUS-FNA-B/E can afford better sensitivity and accuracy of mediastinal N-staging compared with use of EBUS-TBNA alone. Such combined procedures should be considered for examination of lesions that are inaccessible or difficult to access by EBUS-TBNA.

Endobronchial ultrasound-transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) offers a minimally invasive option for staging the mediastinum in suspected lung cancer but also in the diagnosis of mediastinal lesions accessible from the airways. EBUS-TBNA has been widely used for the evaluation of mediastinal and hilar lesions for several reasons, such as its minimally invasive nature, high diagnostic accuracy, needle aspiration under real-time visualization and excellent safety profile. Several recent st

Because additive effects of inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting anticholinergics are unclear, we undertook this study to compare the efficacy of tiotropium alone and tiotropium plus budesonide in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The study subjects were randomized to receive either tiotropium 18 microg once daily with or without budesonide 200 microg twice daily for 6 weeks. The efficacy variables were changes in trough forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), St. Ge

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with brain metastasis is the most common central nervous system malignancy, accounting for as much as 20% of every brain metastasis case (1). The incidence of brain metastasis has been increasing due to improvements in the control of systemic extra-cranial disease and the widespread availability of imaging modalities such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which has increased the detection of subclinical disease (2-4).

The treatment of broncholithiasis should be based on chest CT and bronchoscopic findings. Intraluminal broncholiths can be removed via bronchoscopy, while surgery should be considered for symptomatic mixed or extraluminal broncholiths.

Tumor heterogeneity influences the clinical outcome of patients with cancer, and the diagnostic method to measure the tumor heterogeneity needs to be developed. We analyzed genomic features on pairs of primary and multiple metastatic lymph nodes from six patients with lung cancer using whole-exome sequencing and RNA sequencing. Although somatic single-nucleotide variants were shared in primary lung cancer and metastases, tumor evolution predicted by the pattern of genomic alterations was matched

SUVmax in PET/CT is an independent prognostic factor in patients with MPM, especially those with epithelioid subtype. The histologic subtype of MPM should be considered when evaluating the prognostic significance of SUVmax.

Genomic alterations are associated with clinicoradiopathologic features in patients with resected lung adenocarcinoma. Identifying genomic alterations could help to predict the prognosis of early-stage lung adenocarcinoma.

In-depth molecular pathogenesis of ground-glass nodular lung adenocarcinoma has not been well understood. The objectives of this study were to identify genomic alterations in ground-glass nodular lung adenocarcinomas and to investigate whether viral transcripts were detected in these tumors. Nine patients with pure (n = 4) and part-solid (n = 5) ground-glass nodular adenocarcinomas were included. Six were females with a median age of 58 years. We performed targeted exon sequencing and RNA sequen