Prognostic Value of PD-L1, BAP-1 and ILK in Pleural Mesothelioma.

: Pleural mesothelioma (PM) is a rare type of cancer with poor prognosis. Prognostic and predictive biomarkers could improve treatment strategies in these patients. Programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1), integrin-linked kinase (ILK) and breast cancer gene 1-associated protein (BAP-1) have been proposed to predict outcomes in PM, but existing data are limited and controversial.

Prognostic factors of recurrence and disease-free survival in radically resected pulmonary carcinoids: a real-world analysis.

Background: Pulmonary carcinoids (PCs) are rare neuroendocrine lung tumors which may recur, thus worsening their otherwise favorable overall prognosis. Aiming to identify patients at risk for recurrence, we examined parameters affecting disease-free survival (DFS).

Methods: A retrospective single-center analysis of 82 consecutive patients undergoing curative intent resection for primary PC tumors between 2010 and 2019 was carried out.

Resection of a giant mediastinal liposarcoma by median sternotomy with vascular reconstruction-a case report.

Background: Primary mediastinal liposarcoma is a rare malignancy of mesenchymal origin with local aggressive biological behavior which is often diagnosed as an incidental finding without any symptoms. Chemoresistance and low radiosensitivity of these tumors favors surgical resection as the only option for radical treatment. The potential need for extended resections of adjacent structures is not uncommon and could be challenging.

Lymph Node Log-Odds Ratio Accurately Defines Prognosis in Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Objectives: The ratio of positive and resected lymph nodes (LN ratio) has been shown to be prognostic in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Contrary to the LN ratio, calculating the LN log-odds ratio (LN-LOR) additionally considers the total number of resected lymph nodes. We aim to evaluate LN-LOR between positive and resected lymph nodes as a prognostic factor in operable NSCLC.

Global dataset of species-specific inland recreational fisheries harvest for consumption.

Inland recreational fisheries, found in lakes, rivers, and other landlocked waters, are important to livelihoods, nutrition, leisure, and other societal ecosystem services worldwide. Although recreationally-caught fish are frequently harvested and consumed by fishers, their contribution to food and nutrition has not been adequately quantified due to lack of data, poor monitoring, and under-reporting, especially in developing countries. Beyond limited global harvest estimates, few have explored species-specific harvest patterns, although this variability has implications for fisheries management and food security.

[The management of restenosis following segmental resection for postintubation tracheal injury].

Aim Of Study: In dealing with benign tracheal stenosis, segmental tracheal resection yields superior results in experienced hands when properly indicated, timed end executed. Several factors may contribute to early or delayed failure of resectional treatment. In our retrospective study we analyze the potential causes of tracheal restenosis in patients who underwent segmental tracheal resection for benign tracheal stenosis between 1995-2009 and propose an algorithm for prevention and treatment of such complication.

[Possibilities and results of surgical treatment of benign tracheoesophageal fistula].

Aim: Review of literature and a single-institution retrospective analysis of possibilities and results of various surgical techniques in treatment of benign tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF).

Material And Methods: Between 1995 and 2010, 26 patients with benign tracheoesophageal fistula of various etiology underwent surgical treatment at the Department of Thoracic Surgery of Slovak Medical University and Faculty Hospital in Bratislava. The majority of patients had a postintubation TEF (21 cases), two fistulas were of traumatic origin, one iatrogenic, one congenital with adulthood manifestation and one tracheo-neoesophageal (TNEF) following an esophagectomy for carcinoma via extended cervical approach with lymphadenectomy and sternal retraction adpoted from transcervical extended mediastinal lymphadenectomy.

Urgent segmental resection as the primary strategy in management of benign tracheal stenosis. A single center experience in 164 consecutive cases.

The report is a retrospective review of 238 benign tracheal stenoses of various etiologies treated between 1995 and 2008. To show that urgent segmental resection has complication rates similar to elective resection and, therefore, preoperative dilation is not necessary, we analysed records of patients who underwent either standard segmental resections with anterolateral mediastinal tracheal mobilization, single-suture anastomosis and neck flexion; or insertion of T-tube with oval-shaped horizontal arm. Primary segmental resection was performed in 164 patients (68.

[Management of malignant pleural diseases].

Pleural effusions are the oldest indication of the thoracoscopic treatment. They represent the terminal state of malignancy and the aim of the treatment is palliative. The most effective is the thoracoscopic procedure in general anaesthesia with one lung ventilation and application of talc powder.