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Comparison of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery and Robotic Approaches for Clinical Stage I and Stage II Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Using The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database by Louie, Brian E., MD, Wilson, Jennifer L., MD, Kim, Sunghee, PhD, Cerfolio, Robert J., MD, Park, Bernard J., MD, Farivar, Alexander S., MD, Vallières, Eric, MD, Aye, Ralph W., MD, Burfeind, William R., MD, Block, Mark I., MD

“…Background Data from selected centers show that robotic lobectomy is safe and effective and has 30-day mortality comparable to that of video-assisted…”
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Tissue plasminogen activator with prolonged dwell time effectively evacuates pleural effusions by Townsend, Alexandra, Raju, Harsha, Serpa, Krystina A, Pruett, Rachel, Razi, Syed S, Tarrazzi, Francisco A, Tami, Catherine M, Block, Mark I

“…Fibrinolytic therapy can be effective for management of complex pleural effusions. Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA, 10 mg) and deoxyribonuclease (DNAse)…”
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Endobronchial Ultrasound for Lung Cancer Staging: How Many Stations Should Be Sampled? by Block, Mark I., MD

“…Background No guidelines exist regarding the number of mediastinal lymph node stations that should be sampled to ensure adequate preoperative staging of lung…”
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Transition From Mediastinoscopy to Endoscopic Ultrasound for Lung Cancer Staging by Block, Mark I., MD

“…Background Esophageal endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) are gaining popularity for mediastinal staging of patients with lung…”
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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2016 Update on Research by Gaissert, Henning A., MD, Fernandez, Felix G., MD, Allen, Mark S., MD, Burfeind, William R., MD, Block, Mark I., MD, Donahue, James M., MD, Mitchell, John D., MD, Schipper, Paul H., MD, Onaitis, Mark W., MD, Kosinski, Andrzej S., PhD, Jacobs, Jeffrey P., MD, Shahian, David M., MD, Kozower, Benjamin D., MD, Edwards, Fred H., MD, Conrad, Emily A., MS, Patterson, G. Alexander, MD

“…The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database has grown to more than 500,000 case records. Clinical research supported by the database is…”
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Words matter: When a robot is not a robot, and why we should care by Block, Mark I., Sade, Robert M.

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Lobectomy Versus Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy in Healthy Octogenarians With Stage I Lung Cancer by Razi, Syed S., Kodia, Karishma, Alnajar, Ahmed, Block, Mark I., Tarrazzi, Francisco, Nguyen, Dao, Villamizar, Nestor

“…Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is increasingly being offered for early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We sought to evaluate long-term…”
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Association Between Interstitial Lung Disease and Outcomes After Lung Cancer Resection by Axtell, Andrea L., David, Elizabeth A., Block, Mark I., Parsons, Niharika, Habib, Robert, Muniappan, Ashok

“…Prior studies have noted that patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) possess an increased incidence of lung cancer and risk of postoperative respiratory…”
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Invasive Mediastinal Staging: Endobronchial Ultrasound, Endoscopic Ultrasound, and Mediastinoscopy by Block, Mark I., MD, Tarrazzi, Francisco A., MD

“…Accurate mediastinal staging is essential to determining the optimal therapeutic strategy for many patients with lung cancer. Computed tomography and positron…”
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Accurate molecular detection of non-small cell lung cancer metastases in mediastinal lymph nodes sampled by endoscopic ultrasound-guided needle aspiration by Wallace, Michael B, Block, Mark I, Gillanders, William, Ravenel, James, Hoffman, Brenda J, Reed, Carolyn E, Fraig, Mostafa, Cole, David, Mitas, Michael

“…The recurrence of disease after the complete resection of early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) indicates that undetected metastases were present at…”
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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2022 Update on Outcomes and Research by Servais, Elliot L., Blasberg, Justin D., Brown, Lisa M., Towe, Christopher W., Seder, Christopher W., Onaitis, Mark W., Block, Mark I., David, Elizabeth A.

“…The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database (STS GTSD) remains the largest and most robust thoracic surgical database in the world…”
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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2021 Update on Outcomes and Research by Servais, Elliot L., Towe, Christopher W., Farjah, Farhood, Brown, Lisa M., Broderick, Stephen R., Block, Mark I., Burfeind, William R., Mitchell, John D., Schipper, Paul H., Raymond, Daniel P., David, Elizabeth A.

“…The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database (STS GTSD) remains the largest and most robust thoracic surgical database in the world…”
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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2020 Update on Outcomes and Research by Servais, Elliot L., Towe, Christopher W., Brown, Lisa M., Broderick, Stephen R., Block, Mark I., Burfeind, William R., Mitchell, John D., Schipper, Paul H., Raymond, Daniel P., David, Elizabeth A.

“…The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database (GTSD) remains the largest and most robust thoracic surgical database in the world. The GTSD…”
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Risk of Each of the Five Lung Lobectomies: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Analysis by Linden, Philip A., Block, Mark I., Perry, Yaron, Gaissert, Henning A., Worrell, Stephanie J., Grau-Sepulveda, Maria V., Kosinski, Andrzej S., Jawitz, Oliver K., Hartwig, Matthew G., Towe, Christopher W.

“…The perioperative risk of pulmonary lobectomy as a solitary procedure has been extensively studied, yet the differences in outcomes between lobes, which have…”
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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2017 Update on Research by Gaissert, Henning A., Fernandez, Felix G., Crabtree, Traves, Burfeind, William R., Allen, Mark S., Block, Mark I., Schipper, Paul H., Jacobs, Jeffrey P., Habib, Robert H., Shahian, David M., David, Elizabeth A., Donahue, James M., Mitchell, John D., Onaitis, Mark W., Kosinski, Andrzej S., Mathis, Kristin, Kzower, Benjamin D.

“…The outcomes research efforts based on The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) General Thoracic Surgery Database include two established research programs with…”
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Endoscopic ultrasound in lung cancer patients with a normal mediastinum on computed tomography by Wallace, Michael B, Ravenel, James, Block, Mark I, Fraig, Mostafa, Silvestri, Gerard, Wildi, Stephan, Schmulewitz, Nathan, Varadarajulu, Shyam, Roberts, Stacey, Hoffman, Brenda J, Hawes, Robert H, Reed, Carolyn E

“…Computed tomography (CT) is the most common method of staging lung cancer. We have previously shown endoscopic ultrasound guided fine-needle aspiration…”
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Atrioesophageal fistula post atrial fibrillation ablation managed with an esophageal stent followed by surgical repair by Benhayon, Daniel, Wu, Fangcheng, Tarrazzi, Francisco, Cogan, John, Castillo, Demetrio, Levine, Jason, Cortelli, Michael, Block, Mark I., Gongora, Enrique

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Transthoracic vs. transhiatal esophagectomy: Stage migration muddies the water by Block, Mark I.

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Effect of preoperative delay on prognosis for patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer by Quarterman, Renée L., McMillan, Alex, Ratcliffe, Mark B., Block, Mark I.

“…Objective: Screening for lung cancer will discover many nodules of indeterminate pathology. Observation has the theoretic risk of permitting dissemination of a…”
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Ethical Process in Human Research Published in Thoracic Surgery Journals by Block, Mark I., Khitin, Lev M., Sade, Robert M.

“…Media reports of ethical transgressions in research with human subjects have increasingly focused attention on clinical investigators and have served to…”
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