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21 Systematic review of pleurectomy in the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma Lung Cancer, June 17, 2013 Review Article Clinical Article
22 Changes in pulmonary function tests predict radiological response to chemotherapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, June 17, 2013 Clinical Article
23 Prognostic impact and initial recurrence site of lymphovascular and visceral pleural invasion in surgically resected stage I non-small-cell lung carcinoma European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, June 17, 2013 Clinical Article
24 Patient preference and contraindications in measuring quality of care: what do administrative data miss Journal of Clinical Oncology, June 17, 2013 Clinical Article
25 Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors as initial therapy for non-small cell lung cancer: Focus on epidermal growth factor receptor mutation testing and mutation-positive patients Cancer Treatment Reviews, June 17, 2013 Clinical Article
26 Erlotinib-induced autophagy in epidermal growth factor receptor mutated non-small cell lung cancer Lung Cancer, June 17, 2013 Review Article
27 Imputation-based association analyses identify new lung cancer susceptibility variants in CDK6 and SH3RF1 and their interactions with smoking in Chinese populations Carcinogenesis, June 17, 2013 Clinical Article
28 PTTG1 promotes migration and invasion of human non-small cell lung cancer cells and is modulated by miR-186 Carcinogenesis, June 17, 2013 Clinical Article
29 Primary mucinous adenocarcinoma of the posterior mediastinum Annals of Thoracic Surgery, June 17, 2013
30 Detection and evaluation of EGFR mutation status in serum of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with EGFR-TKIs Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer, June 17, 2013 Clinical Article
31 Expression and significance of MAGE genes in human lung cancer Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer, June 17, 2013 Clinical Article
32 Up-regulation of DLL1 may promote the chemotherapeutic sensitivity in small cell lung cancer Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer, June 17, 2013 Clinical Article
33 Impact of previous cardiovascular surgery on postoperative morbidity and mortality after major pulmonary resection for non-small cell lung cancer Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery, June 14, 2013 Review Article
34 Clinical evaluation of microRNA expression profiling in non small cell lung cancer Lung Cancer, June 14, 2013 Clinical Article
35 How and when to use genetic markers for nonsmall cell lung cancer Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, June 14, 2013 Review Article
36 Early-onset neutropenia during perioperative chemotherapy is predictive of increased survival in patients with completely resected non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective analysis Anticancer Research, June 14, 2013 Clinical Article
37 Ascorbic acid and a cytostatic inhibitor of glycolysis synergistically induce apoptosis in non-small cell lung cancer cells PLOS ONE, June 14, 2013 Clinical Article
38 BCL11A overexpression predicts survival and relapse in non-small cell lung cancer and is modulated by microRNA-30a and gene amplification Full Text Molecular Cancer, June 14, 2013 Clinical Article
39 Primary pulmonary botryomycosis: a bacterial lung infection mimicking lung cancer The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, June 14, 2013
40 Comparison study of the performance of the QIAGEN EGFR RGQ and EGFR pyro assays for mutation analysis in non-Small cell lung cancer American Journal of Clinical Pathology, June 14, 2013 Review Article
Using a murine mouse model of pneumonia, prolonged simvastatin therapy has a measureable effect on Streptococcus pneumoniae infection, but no effect on mortality. Mice were treated with simvastatin (1 mg/kg/d [low dose] or 10 mg/kg/d [high dose]) for 4 weeks, then infected with S. pneumoniae intrathecally. Mice treated with the high-dose regimen had less lung consolidation, decreased macrophage and neutrophil infiltration, decreased MCP-1, KC, and ICAM-1 production, and decreased bacterial titers in the blood 36 and 42 h post-infection. Despite these favorable physiologic effects, there was no effect on mortality compared to control mice treated with ampicillin 48 h post-infection.
Read the article summaryAs published in the European Journal of Internal Medicine, there were no mortalities in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and low levels of D-dimer (< 500 ug/l). Of 147 patients in the study, D-dimer levels were elevated in those with severe CAP (2166 vs. 1630 ug/l), day 30-clinical failure (2228 vs. 1594 ug/l), early failure (2499 vs. 1669 ug/l), and non-survivors (3025 vs. 1680 ug/l). Importantly, D-dimer levels were not shown to be associated with clinical outcome based on multivariate analysis.
Read the article summaryAs published in the Journal of Infection, 114 of 981 (11.6%) of patients with pneumococcal pneumonia were bacteremic. Risk factors for bacteremia included immunosuppressants, age < 65 years, and diabetes mellitus. Patients with pneumococcal pneumonia and bacteria were at increased risk for mortality (28.6% vs. 8.5%). The combination of bacteremia, cerebrovascular disease, and septic shock had a strong association with mortality in patients with pneumococcal pneumonia.
Read the article summary1 Indirectly estimated absolute lung cancer mortality rates by smoking status and histological type based on a systematic review BMC Cancer, April 15, 2013 Free full text Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
2 Relevance of an extensive follow-up after surgery for non-small cell lung cancer European Respiratory Journal , March 25, 2013 Clinical Guideline
3 New dilemmas in small-cell lung cancer TNM clinical staging OncoTargets and Therapy, May 17, 2013 Free full text
4 Deubiquitinase inhibition of 19s regulatory particles by 4-arylidene curcumin analogue ac17 causes nf-{kappa}b inhibition and p53 reactivation in human lung cancer cells Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, May 23, 2013
5 Results of initial low-dose computed tomographic screening for lung cancer New England Journal of Medicine, May 24, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
6 Risk factors for predicting the occult nodal metastasis in T1-2N0M0 NSCLC patients staged by PET/CT: Potential value in the clinic Lung Cancer, May 14, 2013
7 The ground glass opacity component can be eliminated from the T-factor assessment of lung adenocarcinoma European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, April 11, 2013
8 Factors affecting local progression after percutaneous cryoablation of lung tumors Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, May 23, 2013
9 Long-Term Results of a Randomized, Double-Blind, and Placebo-Controlled Phase III Trial: Endostar (rh-Endostatin) Versus Placebo in Combination with Vinorelbine and Cisplatin in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Thoracic Cancer, May 8, 2013
10 What predicts the risk of recurrent lung metastases? Journal of Pediatric Surgery, May 23, 2013
11 Impact of Smoking on Mortality of Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Thoracic Cancer, May 10, 2013 Review Article
12 Erlotinib in the first-line treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy, May 9, 2013
13 Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Morbidity and Mortality of Three Distinct Multimodality Regimens Annals of Thoracic Surgery, May 2, 2013 Review Article
14 Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Lung Cancer Journal of Thoracic Imaging, April 29, 2013 Review Article
15 Is lobectomy really more effective than sublobar resection in the surgical treatment of second primary lung cancer? European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, May 14, 2013
16 Recurrent response to advanced lung adenocarcinoma with erlotinib developing leptomeningeal metastases during gefitinib therapy and 2 case report Thoracic Cancer, May 1, 2013
17 Independent of ErbB1 gene copy number, EGF stimulates migration but is not associated with cell proliferation in non-small cell lung cancer Cancer Cell International, May 1, 2013
18 Advantages of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Over Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography in Assessment of Hilar and Mediastinal Lymph Node in Lung Cancer Annals of Surgical Oncology, April 29, 2013
19 Crizotinib for the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, May 23, 2013
20 Pleural Plaques and the Risk of Pleural Mesothelioma Journal of the National Cancer Institute, January 28, 2013
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