American College of Chest Physicians

TL;DR: So small a per cent of the increasing incidence of lung cancer is resectable that efforts must be made to improve the treatment of inoperable lesions, and internal irradiation with radio-active isotopes is a modality whose usefulness is to be explored.

TL;DR: With the advent of positive pressure anesthesia in the hands of qualified anesthetists, chemotherapeutic agents, expert pre- and postoperative care, and the perfection of surgical technic, such extirpations are made possible, thus providing a new lease on life for patients who only a few years ago were considered doomed.

TL;DR: New experimental data, supporting 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) as a local hormone responsible for ciliary activation, have been presented and will help clarify the role of serotonin in the ciliary mechanism.

TL;DR: Overall, the attendees thought that CHEST 2000 was a worthwhile event and that it met their needs, and it was noted that Dr. Varkey found the meeting intellectually and personally satisfying.