The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Oct 2017
Comparison of outcomes between muscle-sparing thoracotomy and video-assisted thoracic surgery in patients with cT1 N0 M0 lung cancer.
To compare short-term complications and long-term survival outcomes between muscle-sparing thoracotomy (MST) and video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) groups using a propensity-score matching process. ⋯ VATS is less invasive and is associated with shorter length of hospital stay and fewer postoperative complications. The 2 surgical approaches have equivalent long-term survival outcomes.
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Oct 2017
Prognostic impact of stathmin 1 expression in patients with lung adenocarcinoma.
Stathmin 1 is a major cytosolic phosphoprotein that regulates microtubule dynamics and is associated with malignant phenotypes in various cancers, including non-small cell lung cancer. We aimed to determine differences in overall survival and disease-free proportion in patients with lung adenocarcinoma stratified by stathmin 1 tumor expression. ⋯ Stathmin 1 expression was an independent prognostic factor for adenocarcinoma, even when restricted to patients with early-stage cancer.