Purpose: To analyze the significance of the number of metastatic lymph nodes on survival
with and without the addition of prophylactic postoperative radiotherapy (RT) after radical …

Background Due to the popularity of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) techniques in
clinical, thymoma patients via VATS thymectomy are increasing rapidly. However, compared …

From 1958 through 1992 a total of 3603 patients underwent surgery for esophageal squamous
cell carcinoma in our department. Among these patients 3099 resections were performed…

Background Primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus is rare. Although surgery is
successful in eradicating local tumor, the five-year survival rate of patients with primary small cell …

Background: Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus (BSCCE) is a rare and
distinctive tumor with no standard treatment. This study aimed to explore treatment in relation …

Background: Increased level of serum macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 (MIC-1), a member
of transforming growth factor-β superfamily, was found in patients with epithelial tumors. This …

Background Esophageal cancer is one of the most prevalent malignancies with a high
incidence and mortality in China, the main treatment for esophageal cancer at present is still …

Objective To analyzed the indication and prognostic factors of surgical treatment of lung
cancer invading left atrium and great vessels (T4). Methods We retrospectively reviewed the …

BACKGROUND: Consensus guidelines suggested that both dopamine and norepinephrine
may be used, but specific doses are not recommended. The aim of this study is to determine …

Background It is still unclear whether pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are sufficient for
predicting perioperative risk, and whether all patients or only a subset of them need a …