The Optimal Time of High-Intensity Pre-rehabilitation for Surgical Lung Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study with 4452 Patients.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of the time of pre-rehabilitation (PR) combined with respiratory training and aerobic exercise on surgical patients with lung cancer.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective study from a 5-year database of a single center, including patients with lung cancer who underwent surgery between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2020, was conducted. The patients were divided into the PR group, in which they received the PR regimen, and the non-PR group, in which they received routine care.

Quality of life between home-based and outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation in patients after surgical resection for lung cancer: protocol for a prospective, single-blind, randomised controlled trial.

Introduction: Lung cancer remains a highly fatal disease. Surgical resection has been proven to be the most effective treatment for early-stage lung cancer. The conventional hospital-based pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is shown to reduce symptoms, improve exercise capacity and impact the quality of life (QoL) for lung cancer patients.

The prognostic value of prognostic nutritional index in advanced cancer receiving PD-1/L1 inhibitors: A meta-analysis.

Purpose: To study the prognostic value of the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) in advanced cancers receiving programmed death-1/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-1/L1) inhibitors.

Methods: Online electronic databases were comprehensively searched and available literature was retrieved. We extracted available data from included researches and pooled the hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to learn the prognostic value of PNI on overall survival (OS) or progression-free survival (PFS); and meanwhile calculated the relative risk (RR) with 95% CI to study the relationship between PNI and treatment efficacy (objective response rate [ORR] or disease control rate [DCR]) in late staged cancer receiving PD-1/L1 inhibitors.

Baseball bat-like gastric tube for end-to-side oesophageal-gastric anastomosis decreased risks of anastomotic leakage after oesophagectomy for oesophageal cancer: A retrospective propensity score matched comparative study with 613 patients.

Purpose: To investigate the relationship between baseball bat-like gastric tubes for end-to-side oesophageal-gastric anastomosis and occurrence of anastomotic leakage after oesophagectomy for oesophageal cancer.

Methods: From July 2019 to June 2021, 613 patients with bat-like or narrow gastric tubes for end-to-side oesophageal-gastric anastomosis in oesophagectomy were retrospectively enrolled, in which 120 patients had narrow gastric tubes and 493 had bat-like gastric tubes. Clinical data including baseline characteristics, in-hospital variables and follow-up outcomes were collected.

Prognostic Value of Preoperative Peak Expiratory Flow to Predict Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in Surgical Lung Cancer Patients.

Objectives: Cough impairment may lead to excessive accumulation of pulmonary secretions and increase the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs). Peak expiratory flow (PEF) is a sensitive indicator of cough ability. We aimed to investigate the correlation between PEF and PPCs for lung cancer patients undergoing lobectomy or segmental resection for improved risk assessment.

The research progress on the association between dietary habits and esophageal cancer: a narrative review.

Objective: This article summarizes the research progress on the association of dietary habits with esophageal cancer (EC), with the aim of gaining a better understanding of lifestyle, dietary, and drug-related risk factors as well as protective factors of EC.

Background: EC is one of the most common malignant cancers and has a high mortality rate. Evidence has suggested that dietary habits are closely related to EC.

Influence of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) on patients receiving lung resection: a retrospective study of 1749 cases.

Background: The study aimed to evaluate the outcomes following the implementation of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) for patients undergoing lung cancer surgery.

Method: A retrospective cohort study involving 1749 patients with lung cancer undergoing pulmonary resection was conducted. The patients were divided into two time period groups for analysis (routine pathway and ERAS pathway).

End to end intussusception anastomosis decreases the risk of anastomotic leakage after neoadjvant chemoradiation and McKeown oesophagectomy.

Background And Purpose: To investigate the relationship between the radiation dose to the anastomotic region and postoperative anastomotic leakage rates after McKeown oesophagectomy with cervical anastomosis.

Materials And Methods: Between January 2017 and December 2019, 164 consecutive patients undergoing trimodal therapy including neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and sequential McKeown oesophagectomy were included. The demographic and clinical patient data were collected.

Comprehensive Pulmonary Rehabilitation is an Effective Way for Better Postoperative Outcomes in Surgical Lung Cancer Patients with Risk Factors: A Propensity Score-Matched Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background: To investigate the effectiveness and cost minimization of comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation (CPR) in lung cancer patients who underwent surgery.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective observational study based on medical records was conducted, with 2410 lung cancer patients who underwent an operation with/without CPR during the peri-operative period. Variables including clinical characteristics, length of stay (LOS), postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs), and hospitalization expenses were compared between the intervention group (IG) and control group (CG).

Prognostic Score-Based Stratification Analysis Reveals Universal Benefits of Radiotherapy on Lowering the Risk of Ipsilateral Breast Event for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Patients with Different Risk Levels.

Background: We aimed to analyze the effects of radiotherapy (RT) on the incidence rate of ipsilateral breast event (IBE) in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) patients with lumpectomy after being stratified by prognostic score.

Methods: We identified DCIS patients who received lumpectomy, from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database from 1988 to 2015. Cumulative incidence functions for competing risk were used to evaluate the effects of RT on IBE risk over time.

Prognostic and clinicopathological significance of gene amplification in resected esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a meta-analysis.

Background: Previous studies about the prognostic and clinicopathological significance of fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR1) amplification in resected esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) are controversial. Therefore, the aim of the current meta-analysis was to determine the association of FGFR1 amplification with prognosis and clinicopathological characteristics of resected ESCC patients.

Methods: The PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, CNKI, Wanfang, VIP and SinoMed databases were searched systematically from the establishment date of databases to April 1, 2019 to identify related studies.

A modified pleurodesis in treating postoperative chylothorax.

Background: To introduce a modified pleurodesis as an effective treatment for refractory chylothorax and to develop a novel insight for its mechanism.

Methods: Patients who underwent thoracic surgery at West China Hospital or its affiliated hospitals between 2010 and 2015 and who subsequently experienced chylothorax that was not resolved by conventional treatment, received daily pleurodesis involving 100 mL 50% glucose and 20 mL 1% lidocaine. The chest tube was clamped after 7 days of pleurodesis, regardless of drainage amount.

Impact of one-week preoperative physical training on clinical outcomes of surgical lung cancer patients with limited lung function: a randomized trial.

Background: To investigate the influence of preoperative physical training combining aerobic and breathing exercises on surgical lung cancer patients with impaired lung function.

Methods: A total of 68 patients with predicted postoperative FEV1% <60% were equally and randomly assigned into one-week physical training combining aerobic and breathing exercises (intervened group: IG) or routine preoperative preparation (control group: CG). Then, 6-min walking distance (6-MWD), in-hospital length of stay (LOS), and other clinical variables were included and recorded.

The prognostic value of pretreatment Glasgow Prognostic Score in patients with esophageal cancer: a meta-analysis.

Objectives: To examine the predictive role of Glasgow Prognostic Score (GPS) on long-term survival in esophageal cancer.

Method: Comprehensive searches of electronic databases were performed to identify potential studies that evaluated the prognostic value of pretreatment GPS in esophageal cancer patients. We combined the hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to assess the association of GPS with overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS).

The Feasibility and Safety of No Placement of Urinary Catheter Following Lung Cancer Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study With 2,495 Cases.

Objectives: The study was aimed to investigate the safety and feasibility of avoiding urinary catheterization after surgery in patients undergoing lung cancer resection.

Methods: Between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2017, the patients with primary lung cancer who received lobectomy or segmental resection via video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) in our department were screened. Based on whether a urinary catheter was inserted after surgery, patients were divided into urinary catheter (UC) group or non-UC group, and rates of postoperative urinary retention (POUR), urinary catheter re-insertion and urinary tract infection (UTI) were compared.

Prognostic value of TGF-β in lung cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Lung cancer is the most important cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide and the overall survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer has not improved. Transforming growth factor beta or TGF-β is a polypeptide member of the transforming growth factor beta superfamily of cytokines, while far fewer clinical studies addressing the association between TGF-β expression and the disease prognosis have been reported up to now. Therefore, our meta-analysis aims to determine the prognostic significance of TGF-β expression in lung cancer patients.

The prognostic value of pre-treatment prognostic nutritional index in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A meta-analysis.

Background: Prognostic nutritional index (PNI) is an easily obtained index inflecting both one's nutritional and inflammatory status. Its clinical role in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remains still in debate. The aim of this meta-analysis was to assess the prognostic value and the clinical-pathological features of pre-treatment PNI in ESCC patients.

Intrapulmonary metastasis from primary pulmonary meningioma presenting as multiple cystic lesions: a case report.

Background: Cystic lung lesions involving both lungs include a variety of diseases, such as pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis, lymphangioleiomyomatosis and pulmonary metastasis. Primary pulmonary meningioma accompanied with intrapulmonary metastasis was extremely rare and we were not aware of previous studies reporting with cystic radiological manifestation.

Case Presentation: A 64-year-old female patient was admitted to our department for a mass located in right posterior mediastinum with multiple cystic pulmonary lesions.

[Can Perioperative Oscillating Positive Expiratory Pressure Practice Enhance Recovery in Lung Cancer Patients Undergoing Thorascopic Lobectomy?].

Background: Oscillatory positive expiratory pressure (OPEP) training is a kind of breathing exercise with Acapella. The clinical value of OPEP has been widely discussed in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchiectasis as well as pulmonary cyst. However, few studies have explored the application of OPEP in surgery lung cancer patients underwent lobectomy.

Perioperative changes of serum albumin are a predictor of postoperative pulmonary complications in lung cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study.

Background: A decrease in serum albumin is commonly observed after lung cancer surgery, however, whether it is associated with postoperative outcomes is unknown. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether the reduction of serum albumin (ΔALB) on postoperative day one could serve as a predictor of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) after thoracoscopic anatomical resection in lung cancer patients.

Methods: Patients characteristics were compared between groups of whether they experienced PPCs or not.

Massive idiopathic spontaneous hemothorax complicating anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor encephalitis: A case report.

Rationale: Spontaneous hemothorax is a subcategory of hemothorax which can be life threatening. The etiology of spontaneous hemothorax can be various, and in some rare cases the causes remained unknown. Hence, it is quite difficult to establish the diagnosis.