Oesophageal carcinoma affects more than 450 000 people worldwide and the incidence is
rapidly increasing. Squamous-cell carcinoma is the predominant form of oesophageal …

Objective Provide explicit expert-basedconsensus recommendations for the management of
adults with primary andsecondary spontaneous pneumothoraces in an emergency …

Background: Esophagectomy is a complex operation and is associated with significant
morbidity and mortality. In an attempt to lower morbidity, we have adopted a minimally invasive …

… Luketich, you and your colleagues should be congratulated on an excellent presentation.
This represents the largest series of minimally invasive gastrectomy in the world. You and your …

The incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) has risen 600% over the last 30 years.
With a 5-year survival rate of ∼15%, the identification of new therapeutic targets for EAC is …

Lung cancer is becoming increasingly common in women and in the United States accounts
for more female cancer deaths annually than breast cancer. Many epidemiological studies …

OBJECTIVE: Expression of microRNAs by array analysis provides unique profiles for classifying
tissues and tumors. The purpose of our study was to examine microRNA expression in …

Background: The role of nonanatomic wedge resection in the management of stage I (T1 N0
M0) non-small-cell lung cancer continues to be debated against the present gold standard …

… Luketich MD a , Rodney J. Landreneau MD a … Dr Luketich discloses that he has a financial
relationship with US Surgical, Stryker and Berchtold. … De Hoyos, JD Luketich, RJ Landreneau …

Background: Several recent reports have described the detection of circulating, cancer-related
RNA molecules in serum or plasma from cancer patients, but little is known about the …