Rationale: When stereotactic ablative radiotherapyisan option for patients with non–small
cell lung cancer (NSCLC), distinguishing between N0, N1, and N2 or N3 (N2|3) diseaseis…

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT)isa mesenchymal neoplasm that may arise in soft
tissues of nearly every organ. Although IMTs are the most common lung tumors in pediatric …

Introduction Current guidelines recommend invasive mediastinal staging in patients with
centrally located radiographic stage T1N0M0 nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The lack of a …

Background Despite the many advances in peripheral bronchoscopy, its diagnostic yield
remains suboptimal. With the use of cone-beam CT imaging we have found atelectasis …

Background Thoracentesis using suctionisperceived to have increased risk of complications,
including pneumothorax and re-expansion pulmonary oedema (REPO). Current …

Background Two models, the Help with the Assessment of Adenopathy in Lung cancer (HAL)
and Help with Oncologic Mediastinal Evaluation for Radiation (HOMER), were recently …

A 54-year-old male active smoker with no history of ischemic heart disease presented with
进步shortness of breath and cough that worsened 3 days before his presentation. …

Case Presentation A 70-year-old lifelong nonsmoking woman with a past medical history of
hypertension was referred to the respiratory clinic for evaluation of chronic cough. She …

To the Editor: We read with great interest the article by Senitko et al1 examining the safety
and tolerability of vacuum versus manual drainage during thoracentesis. While we find the …

Pneumoniaisa ubiquitous killer in all patient populations but presents a particular risk for
morbidity and mortality among immunosuppressed cancer patients. The enhanced …