Lung Cancer Awareness Month

For Lung Cancer Awareness Month, we offer this curated collection of articles exploring the latest advancements in lung cancer research. The surgical science highlighted here covers a wide range of topics related to lung cancer treatment, from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to innovative surgical techniques and surgical cost awareness.

Articles

Increased Systemic Immune-Inflammatory Index and Association with Occult Nodal Disease in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Khan, Arsalan A; Shah, Savan K; Basu, Sanjib; et al

Resection of the Primary Tumor and Survival in Patients with Single-Site Synchronous Oligometastatic Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: Propensity-Matched Analysis of the National Cancer Database

Rodriguez-Quintero, Jorge Humberto MD; Jindani, Rajika MD; Kamel, Mohamed K MD; et al

Changes in Stage at Presentation among Lung and Breast Cancer Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mallouh, Michael BS, MSc; Linshaw, David MD; Barton, Bruce PhD; et al

Surgical Cost Awareness Program Study: Impact of a Novel, Real-Time, Cost Awareness Intervention on Operating Room Expenses in Thoracoscopic Lobectomy

Dayan, Gabriel; Soder, Stephan A MD; Dahan, Zachary; et al

Delay and Disparity in Observed vs Predicted Incidence Rate of Screenable Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Romatoski, Kelsey S MD; Chung, Sophie H MD; Kenzik, Kelly MS, PhD; et al

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Lung Cancer Screening Program and Subsequent Lung Cancer

Van Haren, Robert M. MD, MSPH, FACS; Delman, Aaron M. MD; Turner, Kevin M. MD; et al

Impact of Intraoperative Molecular Imaging after Fluorescent-Guided Pulmonary Metastasectomy for Sarcoma

Azari, Feredun MD; Kennedy, Gregory T MD; Zhang, Kevin BA; et al

Long-Term Patient Reported Symptom Improvement and Quality of Life after Transthoracic Diaphragm Plication in Adults

Hunt, Amanda R BA, BS; Stuart, Christina M MD; Gergen, Anna K MD; et al

Surgery for Oligometastatic Lung Cancer

Dr Rodriguez-Quintero discusses his recently published article in JACS, Resection of the Primary Tumor and Survival in Patients with Single-Site Synchronous Oligometastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Propensity-Matched Analysis of the National Cancer Database.