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Physiologic evaluation of the patient with lung cancer being considered for resectional surgery: Diagnosis and management of lung cancer, 3rd ed: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

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A careful preoperative physiologic assessment is useful for identifying those patients at increased risk with standard lung cancer resection and for enabling an informed decision by the patient about the appropriate therapeutic approach to treating his or her lung cancer.
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This article is published in Chest.The article was published on 2013-05-01. It has received 692 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Diffusing capacity & DLCO.

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Bilan pré-thérapeutique des cancers bronchiques

TL;DR: Des radiotherapies dites « curatives » and des chimiotherapie / therapeutiques biologiques ayant l’AMM ou largement utilisees dans les cancers bronchiques, a savoir bevacizumab, crizotinib, docetaxel, erlotinib, etoposide, gefitinib and vinorelbine.
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Lessons for Precision Medicine from Lung Cancer

TL;DR: This chapter highlights three “lessons” that inform an increasingly precise approach to lung cancer and are applicable to other diseases.
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Diagnosis and management of patients with stage III non‑small cell lung cancer: A joint statement by the Lebanese Society of Medical Oncology and the Lebanese Pulmonary Society (Review)

TL;DR: The standard of care for stage III NSCLC is concurrent chemotherapy and radiation therapy, followed by consolidation therapy with durvalumab, which should be initiated within 42 days of the last radiation dose; for resectable tumors, neoadjuvant therapy followed by surgical resection as discussed by the authors .
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Standardisation of spirometry

TL;DR: This research presents a novel and scalable approach called “Standardation of LUNG FUNCTION TESTing” that combines “situational awareness” and “machine learning” to solve the challenge of integrating nanofiltration into the energy system.
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Hospital Volume and Surgical Mortality in the United States

TL;DR: Mortality decreased as volume increased for all 14 types of procedures, but the relative importance of volume varied markedly according to the type of procedure.
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Derivation and Prospective Validation of a Simple Index for Prediction of Cardiac Risk of Major Noncardiac Surgery

TL;DR: In stable patients undergoing nonurgent major noncardiac surgery, this index can identify patients at higher risk for complications and may be useful for identification of candidates for further risk stratification with noninvasive technologies or other management strategies.
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Standardisation of the single-breath determination of carbon monoxide uptake in the lung

TL;DR: This research presents a novel and scalable approach called “Standardation of LUNG FUNCTION TESTing” that combines “situational awareness” and “machine learning” to solve the challenge of integrating nanofiltration into the energy system.
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Effects of extended-release metoprolol succinate in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery (POISE trial): a randomised controlled trial.

TL;DR: The results highlight the risk in assuming a perioperative beta-blocker regimen has benefit without substantial harm, and the importance and need for large randomised trials in theperioperative setting.
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