2020
A National Study of Surgically Managed Atypical Pulmonary Carcinoid Tumors
Walters SL, Canavan ME, Salazar MC, Resio BJ, Blasberg JD, Mase V, Boffa DJ. A National Study of Surgically Managed Atypical Pulmonary Carcinoid Tumors. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2020, 112: 921-927. PMID: 33159862, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.09.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtypical pulmonary carcinoid tumorsPulmonary carcinoid tumorsCarcinoid tumorsCarcinoid patientsAtypical carcinoidStage IMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regressionNon-small cell lung cancerCox proportional hazards regressionAtypical carcinoid patientsTypical pulmonary carcinoidNational Cancer DatabasePredictors of survivalOptimal surgical managementAtypical carcinoid tumorCell lung cancerProportional hazards regressionKaplan-Meier survivalLong-term survivalNodal upstagingSurgical resectionMultivariable analysisSurgical managementHazards regressionLarge tumors
2018
Chapter 8 Special Types of Lung Cancer
Blasberg J, Kim C, Chilakamarry S. Chapter 8 Special Types of Lung Cancer. 2018, 131-146. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-48565-4.00008-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-small cell lung cancerLung cancerPancoast tumorPatient fitnessMultifocal non-small cell lung cancerSolid non-small cell lung cancerFeasibility of resectionLung cancer subsetsExtent of diseaseCell lung cancerMultidisciplinary tumor boardEvidence-based recommendationsSpectrum of diseaseMultifocal lung cancerUnique considerationsGround-glass nodulesN2 diseaseSynchronous diseaseThoughtful workupTrimodality therapyDistant diseaseSurgical resectionYounger patientsPreoperative workupCarcinoid tumors