17. When managing NSGCTs, PM is indicated for select patients with limited number of lung
abnormalities after first-line or second-line platin-based chemotherapy suspected of …

Lung cancer is by far the leading cause of cancer-related death. Overall survival is poor and
has not improved substantially over the last half century. It is clear that new approaches are …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes severe acute
respiratory syndrome. mRNA vaccines directed at the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein resulted in …

Objective: It has been assumed that the need for homograft replacement is due to somatic
outgrowth, but this has not been adequately studied. Our objective was to identify reasons …

OBJECTIVE: Living lobar lung transplantation was developed as a procedure for patients
considered too ill to await cadaveric transplantation. METHODS: One hundred twenty-eight …

Lung transplantation is now a treatment option for many patients with end-stage lung
disease. Now 55 years since the first human lung transplant, this is a good time to reflect …

BACKGROUND Respiratory viral infections can increase the risk of chronic lung allograft
dysfunction after lung transplantation, but the mechanisms are unknown. In this study, we …

Background. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability of symptoms in the
diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease and esophageal motility disorders as …

Objective Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation has been used as a bridge to lung
transplantation in patients with rapid pulmonary function deterioration. The reported success …

BACKGROUND Reports documenting the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
(ECMO) after blunt thoracic trauma are scarce. We used a large, multicenter database to …