Tracheotomy is a commonly performed procedure. The Belgian Society of Pneumology (BVP-SBP)
and the Belgian Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery (BACTS) developed …

Accurate preoperative staging and restaging of mediastinal lymph nodes in patients with
potentially resectable non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is of paramount importance. In 2007, …

Accurate preoperative staging and restaging of mediastinal lymph nodes in patients with
non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is of paramount importance. It will guide choices of …

To complement the existing treatment guidelines for all tumour types, ESMO organises
consensus conferences to focus on specific issues in each type of tumour. The 2nd ESMO …

<p id="p002">Reconstruction of long-segment tracheal defects requires a vascularized
allograft. We report successful tracheal allotransplantation after indirect revascularization of the …

… Dr De Leyn: I think there can be discussion, and in the literature there are some people,
like the series reported by Munn, who do indeed single-stage interventions. But if you look at …

Cancer cells are embedded in the tumor microenvironment (TME), a complex ecosystem of
stromal cells. Here, we present a 52,698-cell catalog of the TME transcriptome in human lung …

… For local LN, the sensitivity of FDG-PET was lower than EUS (33% v 81%, respectively; P =
.027), but the specificity may have been higher (89% v 67%, respectively; P = not significant […

Context Mediastinal nodal staging is recommended for patients with resectable non–small
cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Surgical staging has limitations, which results in the performance …

The European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) organized a workshop dealing with
lymph node staging in non-small cell lung cancer. The objective of this workshop was to …