Ugo Pastorino

Tailored stent for bronchial stump fistula closure and omentoplasty for infection control: a combined approach with low morbidity.

History of the surgical management of pulmonary metastases and development of the International Registry.

Preoperative chemotherapy in non-small-cell lung cancer: nothing new in N2 disease.

Superior vena cava resection with prosthetic replacement for non-small cell lung cancer: long-term results of a multicentric study.

Anomalous segmental vein for right upper lobe: an unusual anatomical variation.

Results of lung metastasectomy from breast cancer: prognostic criteria on the basis of 467 cases of the International Registry of Lung Metastases.

p63 immunoreactivity in lung cancer: yet another player in the development of squamous cell carcinomas?

Efficacy of microdrainage in severe subcutaneous emphysema.

Intrathoracic myoplasty for prosthesis infection after superior vena cava replacement for lung cancer.

Extended resections for lung cancer: indications and results.

Chemoprevention of lung cancer: soon daily practice?

Impact of limited pulmonary function on the management of resectable lung cancer.

Early lung-cancer detection with spiral CT and positron emission tomography in heavy smokers: 2-year results.

Pleomorphic carcinomas of the lung show a selective distribution of gene products involved in cell differentiation, cell cycle control, tumor growth, and tumor cell motility: a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 31 cases.

Quantification of free circulating DNA as a diagnostic marker in lung cancer.

Surgery in small-cell lung carcinoma. Where is the rationale?

Independent value of fascin immunoreactivity for predicting lymph node metastases in typical and atypical pulmonary carcinoids.

Detecting lung cancer in plasma with the use of multiple genetic markers.

Respiratory function changes after chemotherapy: an additional risk for postoperative respiratory complications?

Primary human alveolar type II epithelial cell chemokine release: effects of cigarette smoke and neutrophil elastase.

Results of superior vena cava resection for lung cancer. Analysis of prognostic factors.

Retrospective study of resection of pulmonary metastases in patients with advanced colorectal cancer: the development of a preoperative chemotherapy strategy.

Lung cancers detected by screening with spiral computed tomography have a malignant phenotype when analyzed by cDNA microarray.

Benchmarking lung cancer mortality rates in current and former smokers.

Detection of overexpressed and phosphorylated wild-type kit receptor in surgical specimens of small cell lung cancer.

Lack of telomerase activity in lung carcinoids is dependent on human telomerase reverse transcriptase transcription and alternative splicing and is associated with long telomeres.

Identification and functional characterization of the candidate tumor suppressor gene TRIT1 in human lung cancer.

Functional FGFR4 Gly388Arg polymorphism predicts prognosis in lung adenocarcinoma patients.

Patients with known or suspected lung cancer: evaluation of clinical management changes due to 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET) study.

Methylation profile in tumor and sputum samples of lung cancer patients detected by spiral computed tomography: a nested case-control study.

Effects of prolonged storage of whole plasma or isolated plasma DNA on the results of circulating DNA quantification assays.

A V141L polymorphism of the human LRMP gene is associated with survival of lung cancer patients.

Early detection of lung cancer.

Association of the PDCD5 locus with lung cancer risk and prognosis in smokers.

Double, metachronous thyroid metastases of colon cancer.

Are absorbable sutures inadequate to close the sternum?

Ethnic differences in frequencies of gene polymorphisms in the MYCL1 region and modulation of lung cancer patients' survival.

Common polymorphisms in D12S1034 flanking genes RASSF8 and BHLHB3 are not associated with lung adenocarcinoma risk.

Genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism analysis of lung cancer risk detects the KLF6 gene.

Does screening for stage I lung cancer improve survival in a high-risk population?

Computed tomography screening and lung cancer outcomes.

Microvessel density as a prognostic factor in non-small-cell lung carcinoma: a meta-analysis of individual patient data.

Postoperative exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Does it exist?

IGG practice guidelines on germ cell tumor in adult male patients.

Computed tomography screening for lung cancer in a high-risk population: update on current status.

Lung cancer stage is an independent risk factor for surgical mortality.

A polygenic model with common variants may predict lung adenocarcinoma risk in humans.

Plasma DNA quantification in lung cancer computed tomography screening: five-year results of a prospective study.

Smoking out the cholinergic component in lung cancer.

Long-term survival after salvage surgery for invasive thymoma with intracardiac extension.

EML4-ALK rearrangement in non-small cell lung cancer and non-tumor lung tissues.

Prolonged remission of disseminated atypical adenomatous hyperplasia under gefitinib.

Transcription deregulation at the 15q25 locus in association with lung adenocarcinoma risk.

FGFR4 Gly388Arg polymorphism may affect the clinical stage of patients with lung cancer by modulating the transcriptional profile of normal lung.

Pulmonary nodules: volume repeatability at multidetector CT lung cancer screening.

Bronchial diverticula in smokers on thin-section CT.

Plasma DNA levels in spiral CT-detected and clinically detected lung cancer patients: a validation analysis.

Highly tumorigenic lung cancer CD133+ cells display stem-like features and are spared by cisplatin treatment.

Fluorodeoxyglucose uptake measured by positron emission tomography and standardized uptake value predicts long-term survival of CT screening detected lung cancer in heavy smokers.

Superior vena cava resection in thoracic malignancies: does prosthetic replacement pose a higher risk?

Genome-wide association study in discordant sibships identifies multiple inherited susceptibility alleles linked to lung cancer.

Elevated levels of the acute-phase serum amyloid are associated with heightened lung cancer risk.

Extraluminal cardiac paraganglioma: unexpected diagnosis of a large mediastinal mass.

Letter to the editor re: Evolution of emphysema in relation to smoking.

Sunitinib malate and figitumumab in solitary fibrous tumor: patterns and molecular bases of tumor response.

A historical note on pulmonary metastasectomy.

The development of an international registry.

Promoter polymorphisms and transcript levels of nicotinic receptor CHRNA5.

Anterior diaphragmatic plication in mediastinal surgery: the "reefing the mainsail" technique.

Anterior minithoracotomy: is it useful to use prosthetic materials in routine surgery?

Transdiaphragmatic growth of asymptomatic dumb-bell thymoma.

Multiple genetic loci modulate lung adenocarcinoma clinical staging.

MicroRNA signatures in tissues and plasma predict development and prognosis of computed tomography detected lung cancer.

MicroRNAs and lung cancer: from markers to targets.

The "rib-like" technique for surgical treatment of sternal tumors: lessons learned from 101 consecutive cases.

Defining the intra-subject variability of whole-lung CT densitometry in two lung cancer screening trials.

ΔNp63 (p40) and thyroid transcription factor-1 immunoreactivity on small biopsies or cellblocks for typing non-small cell lung cancer: a novel two-hit, sparing-material approach.

Relationship and prognostic value of modified coronary artery calcium score, FEV1, and emphysema in lung cancer screening population: the MILD trial.

Randomized phase III study of surgery alone or surgery plus preoperative cisplatin and gemcitabine in stages IB to IIIA non-small-cell lung cancer.

Unusual giant cell tumor of a floating rib: a case report.

Association of lung adenocarcinoma clinical stage with gene expression pattern in noninvolved lung tissue.

Inactivation of both FHIT and p53 cooperate in deregulating proliferation-related pathways in lung cancer.

Annual or biennial CT screening versus observation in heavy smokers: 5-year results of the MILD trial.

Pulmonary resections: cytostructural effects of different-wavelength lasers versus electrocautery.

Patient-derived xenografts of non small cell lung cancer: resurgence of an old model for investigation of modern concepts of tailored therapy and cancer stem cells.

High-grade sarcomatous overgrowth in solitary fibrous tumors: a clinicopathologic study of 10 cases.

Role of microRNAs in lung cancer: microRNA signatures in cancer prognosis.

PET scan contribution in chest tumor management: a systematic review for thoracic surgeons.

Multiparametric molecular characterization of pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma reveals a nonrandom amplification of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene.

Long-term surveillance of ground-glass nodules: evidence from the MILD trial.

Testing of human papillomavirus in lung cancer and non-tumor lung tissue.

Second Italian consensus conference on malignant pleural mesothelioma: state of the art and recommendations.

A false positive fluorodeoxyglucose lymphadenopathy in a patient with pulmonary carcinoid tumor and previous breast reconstruction after bilateral mastectomy.

Multiple isoforms and differential allelic expression of CHRNA5 in lung tissue and lung adenocarcinoma.

Increased mean lung density: another independent predictor of lung cancer?

ΔNp63 (p40) distribution inside lung cancer: a driver biomarker approach to tumor characterization.

Giant liposarcoma elongating mediastinal vessels with intrathoracic inferior vena cava replacement.

Solitary fibrous tumor of all sites: outcome of late recurrences in 14 patients.

Current status of lung cancer screening.

Localised thoracic sarcomas: outcome improvement over time at a single institution.

CT-based weight assessment of lung lobes: comparison with ex vivo measurements.

Does external pleural suction reduce prolonged air leak after lung resection? Results from the AirINTrial after 500 randomized cases.

European randomized lung cancer screening trials: Post NLST.

Computed tomography measurement of rib cage morphometry in emphysema.

Gene expression signature of non-involved lung tissue associated with survival in lung adenocarcinoma patients.

Cervical partial oesophagectomy and trans-oral direct end-to-end anastomosis.

Lung cancer: CT screening for lung cancer--do we have an answer?

Does immunohistochemistry affect response to therapy and survival of inoperable non-small cell lung carcinoma patients? A survey of 145 stage III-IV consecutive cases.

Clinical utility of a plasma-based miRNA signature classifier within computed tomography lung cancer screening: a correlative MILD trial study.

Thoracopleuropneumonectomy with riblike reconstruction for recurrent thoracic sarcomas.

Does surgery improve survival of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma?: a multicenter retrospective analysis of 1365 consecutive patients.

Unique microRNA-profiles in EGFR-mutated lung adenocarcinomas.

Primary chest wall chondrosarcomas: results of surgical resection and analysis of prognostic factors.

Assessment of circulating microRNAs in plasma of lung cancer patients.

Biomolecular and clinical practice in malignant pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer: what thoracic surgeons should know.

A prognostic model including pre- and postsurgical variables to enhance risk stratification of primary mediastinal nonseminomatous germ cell tumors: the 27-year experience of a referral center.

Thulium laser versus staplers for anatomic pulmonary resections with incomplete fissures: negative results of a randomized trial.

Dynamic magnetic resonance imaging and postoperative motion of diaphragm.

Gingival metastasis as first sign of multiorgan dissemination of epithelioid malignant mesothelioma.

Germline polymorphisms and survival of lung adenocarcinoma patients: a genome-wide study in two European patient series.

Corrigendum to 'Biomolecular and clinical practice in malignant pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer: what thoracic surgeons should know'.

Tumori Journal, 2015 and beyond: the right time for a change.

A combined smoking cessation intervention within a lung cancer screening trial: a pilot observational study.

Refining strategies to identify populations to be screened for lung cancer.

Single synchronous pulmonary metastasis from placental site trophoblastic tumor and teratoma.

Recent advances of microRNA-based molecular diagnostics to reduce false-positive lung cancer imaging.

Small and large bowel hernia migrated into the chest 6 years after sternal resection.

Combination Treatment with All-Trans Retinoic Acid Prevents Cisplatin-Induced Enrichment of CD133+ Tumor-Initiating Cells and Reveals Heterogeneity of Cancer Stem Cell Compartment in Lung Cancer.

Microenvironment-Modulated Metastatic CD133+/CXCR4+/EpCAM- Lung Cancer-Initiating Cells Sustain Tumor Dissemination and Correlate with Poor Prognosis.

Comprehensive genomic profiles of small cell lung cancer.

KAT6B Is a Tumor Suppressor Histone H3 Lysine 23 Acetyltransferase Undergoing Genomic Loss in Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Dissecting Pulmonary Large-Cell Carcinoma by Targeted Next Generation Sequencing of Several Cancer Genes Pushes Genotypic-Phenotypic Correlations to Emerge.

Surgical approach to primary tumors of the chest wall in children and adolescents: 30 years of mono-institutional experience.

Challenging Lung Carcinoma with Coexistent ΔNp63/p40 and Thyroid Transcription Factor-1 Labeling Within the Same Individual Tumor Cells.

Survival patterns in lung and pleural cancer in Europe 1999-2007: Results from the EUROCARE-5 study.

Gene Signatures Stratify Computed Tomography Screening Detected Lung Cancer in High-Risk Populations.

Circulating microRNA signature as liquid-biopsy to monitor lung cancer in low-dose computed tomography screening.

Systemic approach to malignant pleural mesothelioma: what news of chemotherapy, targeted agents and immunotherapy?

Novel method to detect microRNAs using chip-based QuantStudio 3D digital PCR.

Conversion to stem-cell state in response to microenvironmental cues is regulated by balance between epithelial and mesenchymal features in lung cancer cells.

Methods for the postoperative management of the thoracic oncology patients: lessons from the clinic.

The legacy of a pioneer.

Synergistic Activation upon MET and ALK Coamplification Sustains Targeted Therapy in Sarcomatoid Carcinoma, a Deadly Subtype of Lung Cancer.

Doing more with less: fluorescence in situ hybridization and gene sequencing assays can be reliably performed on archival stained tumor tissue sections.

Screening with Low-Dose Computed Tomography Does Not Improve Survival of Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Diagnosis and management of typical and atypical lung carcinoids.

Stopping Smoking Reduces Mortality in Low-Dose Computed Tomography Screening Participants.

The legacy of a pioneer.

[Lung cancer screening in high-risk subjects: early detection with LDCT and risk stratification using miRNA-based blood test].

Foreword to Bonadonna Lecture Series.

Deciphering intra-tumor heterogeneity of lung adenocarcinoma confirms that dominant, branching, and private gene mutations occur within individual tumor nodules.

Lung cancer screening with low-dose spiral computed tomography: evidence from a pooled analysis of two Italian randomized trials.

Baseline C-reactive protein level predicts survival of early-stage lung cancer: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Are interstitial lung abnormalities associated with COPD? A nested case-control study.

Heterotypic paracrine signaling drives fibroblast senescence and tumor progression of large cell carcinoma of the lung.

MicroRNA Profile of Lung Tumor Tissues Is Associated with a High Risk Plasma miRNA Signature.

Metabolic Evaluation of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patient-Derived Xenograft Models Using 18F-FDG PET: A Potential Tool for Early Therapy Response.

Early Effector T Lymphocytes Coexpress Multiple Inhibitory Receptors in Primary Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Ki-67 labeling index of neuroendocrine tumors of the lung has a high level of correspondence between biopsy samples and surgical specimens when strict counting guidelines are applied.

C-reactive protein level predicts mortality in COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Granulated sugar in the complex management of empyema from broncho-pleural fistula.

Mutational Profile from Targeted NGS Predicts Survival in LDCT Screening-Detected Lung Cancers.

Inflammatory status and lung function predict mortality in lung cancer screening participants.

Lung metastasectomy in adenoid cystic cancer: Is it worth it?

Towards automatic pulmonary nodule management in lung cancer screening with deep learning.

Pulmonary adenocarcinoma with mucin production modulates phenotype according to common genetic traits: a reappraisal of mucinous adenocarcinoma and colloid adenocarcinoma.

Thymus neuroendocrine tumors with CTNNB1 gene mutations, disarrayed ß-catenin expression, and dual intra-tumor Ki-67 labeling index compartmentalization challenge the concept of secondary high-grade neuroendocrine tumor: a paradigm shift.

Baseline and postoperative C-reactive protein levels predict mortality in operable lung cancer.

FNA and CNB in the diagnosis of pulmonary lesions: a single-center experience on 665 patients, comparison between two periods.

Permeable Nonabsorbable Mesh for Total Diaphragmatic Replacement in Extended Pneumonectomy.

Establishment of patient derived xenografts as functional testing of lung cancer aggressiveness.