Introduction Print Section Listen Primary benign anterior and middle mediastinal tumors arise from mediastinal structures either as benign neoplastic processes or as a result of inflammation. They may also occur…
Introduction Print Section Listen Endoscopic resection (ER) of early neoplastic lesions in the gastrointestinal tract has become increasingly important in recent years, both as a diagnostic tool and as a…
Introduction Print Section Listen The standard treatment of isolated disorders of or related to the thymus is typically thymectomy. Indications include known or suspected thymoma, thymic carcinoid tumor, myasthenia gravis…
Introduction Print Section Listen Thoracoscopy is the application of video imaging technology to standard thoracic surgical procedures. The thoracoscopic approach permits indirect visualization of the thoracic cavity without the necessity…
Introduction Print Section Listen Neurogenic tumors arise in tissues derived from the embryonic neural crest. Further classification is based on whether the tumor cell originates from nerve sheath, nerve cells…
Introduction Print Section Listen The first report of minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) appeared in the early 1990s. Whether thoracoscopic, laparoscopic, transhiatal, or combined, MIE evolved as a result of several…
Introduction Print Section Listen Nanoparticles (NPs) are colloidal particles ranging in size from approximately 10 to 1000 nm in diameter and can be synthesized from a variety of materials (e.g.,…
Introduction Print Section Listen Lung cancer is the most frequent invasive malignancy and the common cause of cancer death worldwide with an estimated 1.60 million new cases and 1.37 million…
Rationale of Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping and Biopsy Print Section Listen Early in the nineteenth century, Virchow implicated lymph nodes in the process of the local spread of solid tumors…
Introduction Print Section Listen Esophageal carcinomas remain a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, and the prognosis remains poor with 5-year overall survival of only 17%.1 In the mid-1990s, esophageal…
