Shape-sensing robotic-assisted bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of pulmonary parenchymal lesions

O Kalchiem-Dekel, JG Connolly, IH Lin, BC Husta… - Chest, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The landscape of guided bronchoscopy for the sampling of pulmonary
parenchymal lesions is evolving rapidly. Shape-sensing robotic-assisted bronchoscopy …

Shape-sensing robotic-assisted bronchoscopy with concurrent use of radial endobronchial ultrasound and cone beam computed tomography in the evaluation of …

K Styrvoky, A Schwalk, D Pham, HT Chiu… - Lung, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Lung nodules are a common radiographic finding. Non-surgical biopsy is
recommended in patients with moderate or high pretest probability for malignancy. Shape …

Preoperative staging of the mediastinum is an essential and multidisciplinary task

J Sanz‐Santos, S Call - Respirology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mediastinal staging is a crucial step in the management of patients with NSCLC. With the
recent development of novel techniques, mediastinal staging has evolved from an activity of …

Segmentectomy for patients with early-stage pure-solid non-small cell lung cancer

A Kamigaichi, A Hamada, Y Tsutani - Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
For decades, lobectomy has been the recommended surgical procedure for non-small cell
lung cancer (NSCLC), including for small-sized lesions. However, two recent pivotal clinical …

Tumour location predicts occult N1 nodal metastasis in clinical stage I non-small-cell lung cancer

N Kawamoto, Y Tsutani, A Kamigaichi… - European Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES Pathological lymph node metastases are often observed in patients with
clinical N0 lung cancer. Identifying preoperative predictors of occult hilar nodal metastasis …

Central tumor location at chest CT is an adverse prognostic factor for disease-free survival of node-negative early-stage lung adenocarcinomas

H Choi, H Kim, CM Park, YT Kim, JM Goo - Radiology, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
Background The prognostic value of primary tumor location in the central lung is unclear
because of heterogeneity in definitions of central lung cancer (CLC). Purpose To (a) validate …

Segmentectomy for cancer control in radiologically pure-solid clinical stage IA3 lung cancer

A Kamigaichi, T Mimae, N Tsubokawa… - Interdisciplinary …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES This study aimed to compare cancer control after segmentectomy and
lobectomy in patients with radiologically pure-solid clinical stage IA3 non-small-cell lung …

Predicting lymph node metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer: prospective external and temporal validation of the HAL and HOMER models

G Martinez-Zayas, FA Almeida, L Yarmus, D Steinfort… - Chest, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Two models, the Help with the Assessment of Adenopathy in Lung cancer
(HAL) and Help with Oncologic Mediastinal Evaluation for Radiation (HOMER), were …

[HTML][HTML] Partitioning the lung field based on the depth ratio in three-dimensional space

J Huang, C Bian, W Zhang, G Mu, Z Chen… - Translational Lung …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background To explore the feasibility of the depth ratio method partitioning the lung
parenchyma and the depth distribution of lung nodules in pulmonary segmentectomy …

A prediction model to help with oncologic mediastinal evaluation for radiation: HOMER

G Martinez-Zayas, FA Almeida, MJ Simoff… - American journal of …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: When stereotactic ablative radiotherapy is an option for patients with non–small
cell lung cancer (NSCLC), distinguishing between N0, N1, and N2 or N3 (N2| 3) disease is …