The ESTS has launched and presented the ESTS Textbook of Thoracic Surgery during the ESTS Meeting in Copenhagen. In the picture, Jaroslaw Kuzdzal, the Editor, is proudly showing the first volume to the ESTS Council. The book has been prepared in two versions: a traditional printed textbook and a multimedia version and includes 109 chapters presenting…

The 3d ESTS Course of Thoracic Surgery took place recently in Kazan, (26-28 February). The Course started with the M. Perelman Memorial. One of the most relevant figures of Thoracic Surgery in the World passed away in March 23d, 2013. You can find more information and images of Academician Perelman visiting the ESTS web page.

In the February issue of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Atorki and coworkers  compared the overall survival in two matched series of stage IA solid NSCLC cases diagnosed in the I-ELCAP study. Lobectomy was indicated in 294 cases and sublobar resection in 53. For those patients with solid tumours 20 mm or less…

A review article in the New England Journal of Medicine described the effects of smoking, of quitting, and how simply increasing prices on cigarettes could be one of the most effective methods in the coming decades for reducing tobacco-related mortality. Link to the NEJM article.

  A team from Columbia Center for Translational Immunology, leaded by HW Snoeck, has recently published an interesting manuscript in Nature Biotechnology. They have succeeded to develop a  highly efficient method for directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into lung and airway epithelial cells.These cells developed basal, goblet, Clara, ciliated, type I and type…

The Spanish “Instituto de Investigaciones Fiscales” (Tax Research Institute), an independent organism for research and advice on matters relating to public expenditure has recently reported a large survey on the attitude of the Spanish population towards the quality of the public services. Over 70% of respondents rated the care received in public health as very…

As presented recently at the ACCP Meeting in Chicago, only two thirds of cases undergoing surgical exploration for lung nodules found at CT screening had lung cancer. These numbers underline the complex management of an increasing population of smokers over 55 with small pulmonary nodules found at screening programs.

  An interesting course on Laryngotracheal Surgery has been announced to be held in Vienna, March 2014. The course is organized by the Clinical Sections of Thoracic Surgery and Phoniatrics and Logopedics. The program can be downloaded from: http://www.meduniwien.ac.at/laryngotrachealvienna2014

A new Thoracic Surgery Course concluded in Krasnodar on October 4th. As usual, it has been organized by the ESTS School of Thoracic Surgery and directed by G. Massard and A. Porkhanov. Salamanca’s Thoracic Surgery participated with three lectures (International Rules on medical Writing, Staging Esophageal Cancer and Histology and Staging of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma).

We have uploaded a new video in YouTube showing a complex approach of a giant fibrous pleural tumour with massive displacement of supra-aortic vessels. Have you experienced such a case in your practice? See at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiQ7tzdS53Q Bening pleural fibrous tumour