Thoracic Literature Watch - Second Quarter 2009

• American Journal of Gastroenterology
• American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine
• American Journal of Medicine
• American Journal of Surgery
• Annals of Surgery
• Annals of Surgical Oncology
• British Journal of Surgery
• Cancer
• Chest
• Diseases of the Esophagus
• Gastroenterology

• Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
• Gut
• Journal of the American Medical Association
• Journal of Clinical Oncology
• Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
• Journal of Thoracic Oncology
• New England Journal of Medicine
• Surgery
• Thorax
• World Journal of Surgery

A meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of esophageal capsule endoscopy for Barrett's esophagus in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Bhardwaj A, Hollenbeak CS, Pooran N, Mathew A.
Am J Gastroenterol 2009;104:1533-39.

Radiofrequency ablation in Barrett's esophagus with dysplasia.
Shaheen NJ, Sharma P, Overholt BF, Wolfsen HC, Sampliner RE, Wang KK, Galanko JA, Bronner MP, Goldblum JR, Bennett AE, Jobe BA, Eisen GM, Fennerty MB, Hunter JG, Fleischer DE, Sharma VK, Hawes RH, Hoffman BJ, Rothstein RI, Gordon SR, Mashimo H, Chang KJ, Muthusamy VR, Edmundowicz SA, Spechler SJ, Siddiqui AA, Souza RF, Infantolino A, Falk GW, Kimmey MB, Madanick RD, Chak A, Lightdale CJ.
N Engl J Med 2009;360:2277-88.

Complications in wound healing after chest wall resection in cancer patients; a multivariate analysis of 220 patients.
Lans TE, van der Pol C, Wouters MW, Schmitz PI, van Geel AN.
J Thorac Oncol 2009;4:639-43.

Epidemiology of sternal fractures.
Recinos G, Inaba K, Dubose J, Barmparas G, Teixeira PG, Talving P, Plurad D, Green D, Demetriades D.
Am Surg 2009;75:401-4.

Post-treatment endoscopic biopsy is a poor-predictor of pathologic response in patients undergoing chemoradiation therapy for esophageal cancer.
Sarkaria IS, Rizk NP, Bains MS, Tang LH, Ilson DH, Minsky BI, Rusch VW.
Ann Surg 2009;249:764-67.

Extracapsular lymph node involvement is a negative prognostic factor after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced esophageal cancer.
D'Journo XB, Avaro JP, Michelet P, Trousse D, Tasei AM, Dahan L, Doddoli C, Guidicelli R, Fuentes P, Seitz JF, Thomas P.
J Thorac Oncol 2009;4:534-39.

Evaluation of the response to treatment in patients with idiopathic achalasia by the timed barium esophagogram: results from a randomized clinical trial.
Andersson M, Lundell L, Kostic S, Ruth M, Lönroth H, Kjellin A, Hellström M.
Dis Esophagus 2009;22:264-73.

The natural history of chronic airflow obstruction revisited: an analysis of the Framingham offspring cohort.
Kohansal R, Martinez-Camblor P, Agustí A, Buist AS, Mannino DM, Soriano JB.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009;180:3-10.

Aspergillosis.
Segal BH.
N Engl J Med 2009;360:1870-84.

Effects of lung volume reduction surgery on gas exchange and breathing pattern during maximum exercise.
Criner GJ, Belt P, Sternberg AL, Mosenifar Z, Make BJ, Utz JP, Sciurba F; National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group.
Chest 2009;135:1268-79.

Integrating health status and survival data: the palliative effect of lung volume reduction surgery.
Benzo R, Farrell MH, Chang CC, Martinez FJ, Kaplan R, Reilly J, Criner G, Wise R, Make B, Luketich J, Fishman AP, Sciurba FC; NETT Research Group.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009;180:239-46.

The IASLC lung cancer staging project: a proposal for a new international lymph node map in the forthcoming seventh edition of the TNM classification for lung cancer.
Rusch VW, Asamura H, Watanabe H, Giroux DJ, Rami-Porta R, Goldstraw P; Members of IASLC Staging Committee.
J Thorac Oncol 2009;4:568-77.

Lymph node dissection for lung cancer: significance, strategy, and technique.
Watanabe S, Asamura H.
J Thorac Oncol 2009;4:652-57.

The Danish randomized lung cancer CT screening trial--overall design and results of the prevalence round.
Pedersen JH, Ashraf H, Dirksen A, Bach K, Hansen H, Toennesen P, Thorsen H, Brodersen J, Skov BG, Døssing M, Mortensen J, Richter K, Clementsen P, Seersholm N.
J Thorac Oncol 2009;4:608-14.

Racial disparities and treatment trends in a large cohort of elderly black and white patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer.
Hardy D, Liu CC, Xia R, Cormier JN, Chan W, White A, Burau K, Du XL.
Cancer 2009;115:2199-211.

Mediastinal migration of self-expanding bronchial stents in the management of malignant bronchoesophageal fistula.
Alazemi S, Chatterji S, Ernst A, Berkowitz D, Michaud G, Majid A.
Chest 2009;135:1353-55.

Screening for malignant pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer in individuals with a history of asbestos exposure.
Roberts HC, Patsios DA, Paul NS, DePerrot M, Teel W, Bayanati H, Shepherd F, Johnston MR.
J Thorac Oncol 2009;4:620-28.