BACKGROUND: This study evaluates the utility of positron emission tomography (PET),
endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS), and computed tomographic (CT) scans to predict pathologic …

The objective of this review is to determine the outcome of patients with sarcomas involving
the main pulmonary artery, pulmonic valve, or right ventricular outflow tract. Survival data …

Ipilimumab improves clinical outcomes when combined with nivolumab in metastatic non-small
cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but its efficacy and impact on the immune microenvironment …

Neoadjuvant ipilimumab + nivolumab (Ipi+Nivo) and nivolumab + chemotherapy (Nivo+CT)
induce greater pathologic response rates than CT alone in patients with operable non-small …

During inflammation, neutrophils migrate from the vascular lumen into extravascular sites. In
vitro assays have suggested that platelet-endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 [PECAM-1 (…

Human umbilical vein endothelial cells have recently been shown to respond to C5a with
increases in intracellular Ca2+, production of D-myo-inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate and …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors associated with the onset
of atrial fibrillation after thoracic surgery to allow more targeted interventions in patients with …

Treatment Outcomes of Resected Esophageal Cancer : Annals of Surgery Treatment Outcomes
of Resected Esophageal Cancer : Annals of Surgery Annals of Surgery Annals of Surgery Open …

Background A dramatic transformation of cardiothoracic surgical education has evolved over
the past few decades. Methods We begin by presenting recognized catalysts of this change…

Introduction: We evaluated the ability of histopathologic response criteria to predict overall
survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) in patients with surgically resected non-small …