Main description:

In this issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, Guest Editor Farid Shamji brings considerable expertise to the topic of Lung Cancer in this second issue covering this topic. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as biological treatments, improving anesthesia safety in pulmonary resection for lung cancer, history of surgical instruments in thoracic surgery, The Hemithorax - the empty chest syndrome, and more.

Provides in-depth, clinical reviews on lung cancer, providing actionable insights for clinical practice.
Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field; Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.
Contains 16 relevant, practice-oriented topics including Assessment of Operability and Resectability in Lung Cancer; Complications of chest wall resection in conjunction with pulmonary resection; Sepsis in the postpneumonectomy space: pathogenesis, recognition and management; Neuroendocrine cancers of the lung: natural history, pathological classification, biological behaviour and treatment; and more.

Contents:

Guiding Principles on the Importance of Thoracic Surgical Education on Establishing Integrated Thoracic Surgery Program, Interdisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Conferences, and an Interdisciplinary Approach to Management of Thoracic Malignancies
Assessment of Operability and Resectability in Lung Cancer
Complications of Chest Wall Resection in Conjunction with Pulmonary Resection
Systemic Therapy in Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer and the Role of Biomarkers in Selection of Treatment
Sepsis in the Postpneumonectomy Space: Pathogenesis, Recognition, and Management
Delays in Managing Lung Cancer: The Importance of Fast-Tracking in the Clinical Care
The Lymphatic Spread of Lung Cancer: An Investigation of the Anatomy of the Lymphatic Drainage of the Lungs and Preoperative Mediastinal Staging
Standardized Postoperative Adverse Event Data Collection to Document, Inform, and Improve Patient Care
The History and Evolution of Surgical Instruments in Thoracic Surgery
Superior Vena Cava Resection and Reconstruction with Resection of Primary Lung Cancer and Mediastinal Tumor
Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Lung
Aerogenous Metastasis and Spread Through the Air Spaces - Distinct Entities or Spectrum of the Same Process?
Controversies in Lung Cancer: When to Resect with Compromised Pulmonary Function
Medical Audit to Improve the Quality of Patient Care in Thoracic Surgery
Anesthetic Management for Pulmonary Resection: Current Concepts and Improving Safety of Anesthesia
Paraneoplastic Syndromes in Lung Cancers: Manifestations of Ectopic Endocrinological Syndromes and Neurologic Syndromes