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Thoracic imaging is redefining #lungcancer care. Advances in CT, PET, MRI, radiomics, radiogenomics, and AI are helping clinicians detect disease earlier, personalize therapy, and better assess response to treatment. Read more: bit.ly/4tR7CWC #JTO20

Exciting ! 🚀 Our phase III SalVage trial is now recruiting across multiple hospitals. This study explores whether adding local ablative treatment (surgery and/or radiotherapy) to standard therapy can improve survival and quality of life in patients with advanced NSCLC (stage IV). For patient referrals, please send us an email isabelle.schmitt-opitz@usz.ch and albana.rexhepajbaumann@usz.ch Home | ClinicalTrials.gov @Mat_Guc @MdCurioni @HeldUlrike @UszDidi @HillingerSven @OliviaLauk Gian-Marco Monsch @senbak68 @raph_werner Albana Rexhepaj #NSCLC #ClinicalTrial #Oncology #PatientCare #salVage

The new and improved CTSNet website is now live! Explore the new site today! When you need to return to the home page, simply click the new CTSNet logo! Helpful guides on the new features are now live! Visit the new website here: ow.ly/aPsx50YTAhB

Editor's Choice Article in #JTCVS: Lobectomy improves disease-free survival over sublobar resection for high-risk stage IA #NSCLC. Learn more from researchers at @MSK_Thoracic @MSKCancerCenter: doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcv… @caso_raul @KatherineGrayMD

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Findings from surgery after systemic tx in NSCLC with pleural mets: 📊 Imaging predicted pleural response, offering needed criteria in a space where clear benchmarks have been lacking 📈 Most pts (70.8%) had no residual pleural disease at surgery 🔗 jtcvsopen.org/article/S2666-…

MRD detection is emerging to guide adjuvant therapy and monitor recurrence in early-stage NSCLC. Tan et al. offer a framework for its clinical implementation. Read more: bit.ly/4tQu3f0 #LungCancer #NSCLC

Today in 1970, feuding Houston surgeons Denton Cooley and Michael DeBakey appear on the cover of Life Magazine.

Whether you are an established leader or an emerging talent, Athens will be the perfect setting to learn, contribute, and grow within our dynamic specialty. We look forward to welcoming you! 🔗estsmeeting.com #ESTS2026 #ThoracicSurgery

It's THORACIC THURSDAY! Here's our latest episode of Thinking Thoracic with @AworiHayanga talking abou Lung volume reduction surgery, end-stage COPD and the latest data!! #thinkingthoracic #thoracicthursday @STS_CTsurgery @TheHub_STS @ErinGillaspie @ChiFuJeffYang

Not All T4 Patients Should Be Considered Equal: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Heterogeneity and Surgical Outcome - Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports annalsthoracicsurgeryshortrep.org/article/S2772-…

When is wedge resection good enough? Researchers at Tokyo recently published survival outcomes and nodal involvement of ground-glass–dominant stage IA #NSCLC. Read more in #JTCVS Open: doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon…

Our March 2026 issue is now online👇 annalsthoracicsurgery.org/current

Study from @RajaFlores and colleagues in @annalsthorsurg finds that pleurectomy/decortication can be performed safely with low mortality in carefully selected patients with pleural mesothelioma, challenging conclusions of MARS2 trial. bit.ly/4kzc35p @IcahnMountSinai

#FeatureFriday: The 2023 AATS Expert Consensus Document: Management of subsolid lung nodules. Read the recommendations, based on a modified Delphi method, that provide guidance for thoracic surgeons and other medical professionals for free in #JTCVS: doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcv…

Optimal Positioning for an SP Single Incision Robotic Subxiphoid Thymectomy youtu.be/q5gYSdSoNZk?si… via @YouTube We have received many technical questions about the SP robot - we will show videos of intraop SP lung resections and thymectomy to answer them all in great detail

New STS President Dr. @BadhwarVinay shares his vision for this year—guided by three words: Excellence. Evidence. Impact.—and a blueprint for improving healthcare today and shaping the future of #CTsurgery.

Parenchyma-Sparing Robotic Sleeve Resection of the Left Lower Lobe Bronchus This excellent video demonstrates a patient with recurrent pneumonia due to an obstructing left lower lobe bronchial neuroendocrine tumor without metastasis. #cancer  🔗ow.ly/JzsB50Y7Q9Z