Does High Standard Uptake Value on Positron Emission Tomography Preclude Sublobar Resection in Stage IA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer ≤2 cm?

Authors: Al-Thani, Shaikha ¹, Nasar, Abu ¹, Villena-Vargas, Jonathan ¹, Chow, Oliver ¹, Harrison, Sebron ¹, Lee, Benjamin ¹, Altorki, Nasser ¹, Port, Jeffrey ^{1, ∗∗}

Source: In The Annals of Thoracic Surgery May 2025 119(5):1092-1098

Initial patient characteristics of Thoracic Surgical Oncology Group 102: A multicenter prospective registry of active surveillance in patients with multiple ground-glass opacities

Authors: Huang, James ^{a, ∗}, Tan, Kay See ^b, Altorki, Nasser ^c, Antonoff, Mara ^d, Blackmon, Shanda ^e, Bueno, Raphael ^f, Burt, Bryan ^g, Demmy, Todd ^h, Evans, Nathaniel ⁱ, Donahoe, Laura ^j, Harpole, David ^k, Jarrar, Doraid ^l, Kozower, Benjamin ^m, Lanuti, Michael ⁿ, Liberman, Moishe ^o, Lin, Jules ^p, Liou, Douglas ^q, Liptay, Michael ^r, Luketich, James ^s, Pennathur, Arjun ^s, Petersen, Gerard ^t, Ripley, Robert ^u, Rochefort, Matthew ^f, Seder, Christopher W. ^r, Shrager, Joseph ^q, Su, Stacey ^v, Tong, Betty ^k, Shargall, Yaron ^w, Vaporciyan, Ara ^d, Waddell, Thomas ^j, Weksler, Benny ^x, Wigle, Dennis ^e, Yendamuri, Sai ^h, Jones, David R. ^a

Source: In The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery April 2025 169(4):1100-1107

Temporal Trends in the Utilization and Survival Outcomes of Lobar, Segmental, and Wedge Resection for Early-Stage NSCLC, 2004 to 2020

Authors: Deng, Eden Z. ^a, Wang, Xiaofei ^{b, ∗}, Zhang, Jianrong ^{c, d}, Stinchcombe, Thomas E. ^e, Yang, Chi-Fu (Jeffrey) ^f, Altorki, Nasser ^g

Source: In JTO Clinical and Research Reports March 2025 6(3)

Should sampling of three N2 stations be a quality metric for curative resection of stage I lung cancer?

Authors: Al-Thani, Shaikha, Nasar, Abu, Villena-Vargas, Jonathan, Chow, Oliver, Lee, Benjamin, Port, Jeffrey L., Altorki, Nasser, Harrison, Sebron

Source: In The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery November 2024 168(5):1337-1345

The Emerging Role of Immunotherapy in Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Authors: Dunne, Elizabeth G., Fick, Cameron N., Isbell, James M., Chaft, Jamie E., Altorki, Nasser, Park, Bernard J., Spicer, Jonathan, Forde, Patrick M., Gomez, Daniel, Iyengar, Puneeth, Harpole, David H., Jr, Stinchcombe, Thomas E., Liberman, Moishe, Bott, Matthew J., Adusumilli, Prasad S., Huang, James, Rocco, Gaetano, Jones, David R.

Source: In The Annals of Thoracic Surgery July 2024 118(1):119-129

Sublobar Resection vs Lobectomy for Stage IA Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma—Takeaways From Modern Randomized Trials

Authors: Kneuertz, Peter J., Ferrari-Light, Dana, Altorki, Nasser K.

Source: In The Annals of Thoracic Surgery May 2024 117(5):897-903

A signature of enhanced proliferation associated with response and survival to anti-PD-L1 therapy in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer

Authors: Altorki, Nasser K., Bhinder, Bhavneet, Borczuk, Alain C., Elemento, Olivier, Mittal, Vivek, McGraw, Timothy E.

Source: In Cell Reports Medicine 19 March 2024 5(3)

Prospective Cohort Study to Compare Long-Term Lung Cancer-Specific and All-Cause Survival of Clinical Early Stage (T1a–b; ≤20 mm) NSCLC Treated by Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy and Surgery

Authors: Flores, Raja, Kaufman, Andrew, Lee, Dong-Seok, Nicastri, Daniel, Wolf, Andrea, Song, Kimberly, Rosenzweig, Kenneth, Gomez, Jorge, Samstein, Robert, Dutta, Pinaki, Beasley, Mary Beth, Zakowski, Maureen, Chung, Michael, Yankelevitz, David F., Henschke, Claudia I., Taioli, Emanuela, Schwartz, Rebecca, Chan, Huiwen, Zhu, Jeffrey, Kantor, Sydney, Woode, Sydney, Hakami, Ardeshir, Buyuk, Arzu, Friedman, Adie, Dreifuss, Ronald, Verzosa, Stacey, Yakubox, Mariya, Aloferdova, Karina, Stacey, Patricia, De Nobrega, Simone, Lentini, Lauren, Pass, Harvey, Cooper, Benjamin, Moreirea, Andre, Sorensen, Audrey, Kohman, Leslie, Dunton, Robert, Wallen, Jason, Curtiss, Christopher, Scalzetti, Ernest, Ellinwood, Linda, Tannous, Henry, Connery, Cliff P., Torres, Emilo, Cruzer, Dan, Gendron, Bruce, Alyea, Sonya, Krumholtz, Pramila, Watkins, Ammara, Servais, Elliot, Stock, Cameron, McKee, Andrea, Lopez, Edilin, Hsu, Howard, Hunter, Kaudia, Lemons, Jeffrey, Nixon, Asa, Osa, Etin-Osa, Lee, Paul, Hyman, Kevin, Jurado, Julisa, Zeltman, David, Glassman, Lawrence, Sharma, Rajiv, Singh, Vijay, Milhelis, Efstathia, Karan, Nandanee, Rzyman, Witold, Dziedzic, Robert, Henschke, Claudia, Yankelevitz, David, Jirapatnakul, Artit, Yip, Rowena, Zulueta, Javier J., Reeves, A.P., Altorki, Nasser K., Smith, James P., Libby, Daniel M., Pasmantier, Mark, Markowitz, Steven, Miller, Albert, Deval, Jose Cervera, Shaham, Dorith, Seijo, Luis, Bastarika, Gorka, Montuenga, Luis M., Spring, Silver, Aylesworth, Cheryl, Klingler, Karl, Schöb, Othmar, Andaz, Shahriyour, Straznicka, Michaela, Chin, Cynthia, Weiser, Todd, Sone, Shusuke, Hanaoka, Takaomi, Roberts, Heidi, Patsios, Demetris, Scopetuolo, M., Brown, Andrew, Wu, Ning, Cole, Enser, Yeh, Diana, Luedke, Dan, Liu, Xueguo, Herzog, Gary, Aye, Ralph, Rifkin, Matthew, Veronesi, Giula, Infante, Maurizio, Vafai, Davood, Kopel, Samuel, Taylor, Jana, Thurer, Richard, Villamizar, Nestor, Austin, John H.M., Pearson, Gregory D.N., Klippenstein, Donald, Litwin, Alan, Loud, Peter A., Kohman, Leslie J., Scalzetti, Ernest M., Khan, Arfa, Shah, Rakesh, Mayfield, William, Frumiento, Carmine, Smith, Michael V., Thorsen, M. Kristin, Hansen, Richard, Naidich, David, McGuinness, Georgeann, Widmann, Mark, Korst, Robert, Lowry, Joseph, Salvatore, Mary, Walsh, James, Bertsch, David, Scheinberg, Paul, Sheppard, Barry, Cecchi, Gary, Ginsberg, Michelle S., Welch, Laura, Raz, Dan J., Rotter, Arnold, Connery, Cliff, Matalon, Terence A.S., Cheung, Edson H., Glassberg, Robert, Olsen, David, Mullen, David, Odzer, Shari-Lynn, Wiernik, Peter H., Ray, Daniel, DeCunzo, Louis, Endress, Carmen, Vacca, Anthony, Kondapaneni, M., Lim, Melissa, Kalafer, Michael, Green, Jeremy, Yoder, Mark, Shah, Palmi, Camacho, Elmer, O’Brien, James, Willey, James C., Gordon, David, Kocha, Albert, Sun, Qi, Li, Pengfei, Flores, Raja M.

Source: In Journal of Thoracic Oncology March 2024 19(3):476-490

Patient-derived tumor organoids with p53 mutations, and not wild-type p53, are sensitive to synergistic combination PARP inhibitor treatment

Authors: Madorsky Rowdo, Florencia P., Xiao, Gu, Khramtsova, Galina F., Nguyen, John, Martini, Rachel, Stonaker, Brian, Boateng, Richard, Oppong, Joseph K., Adjei, Ernest K., Awuah, Baffour, Kyei, Ishmael, Aitpillah, Frances S., Adinku, Michael O., Ankomah, Kwasi, Osei-Bonsu, Ernest B., Gyan, Kofi K., Altorki, Nasser K., Cheng, Esther, Ginter, Paula S., Hoda, Syed, Newman, Lisa, Elemento, Olivier, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I., Davis, Melissa B., Martin, M. Laura, Bargonetti, Jill

Source: In Cancer Letters 1 March 2024 584

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American Society for Radiation Oncology Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines on Multimodality Therapy for Locally Advanced Cancer of the Esophagus or Gastroesophageal Junction

Authors: Worrell, Stephanie G., Goodman, Karyn A., Altorki, Nasser K., Ashman, Jonathan B., Crabtree, Traves D., Dorth, Jennifer, Firestone, Scott, Harpole, David H., Hofstetter, Wayne L., Hong, Theodore S., Kissoon, Kalie, Ku, Geoffrey Y., Molena, Daniela, Tepper, Joel E., Watson, Thomas J., Williams, Terence, Willett, Christopher

Source: In Practical Radiation Oncology January-February 2024 14(1):28-46

Lobectomy, segmentectomy, or wedge resection for peripheral clinical T1aN0 non–small cell lung cancer: A post hoc analysis of CALGB 140503 (Alliance)

Authors: Altorki, Nasser, Wang, Xiaofei, Damman, Bryce, Mentlick, Jennifer, Landreneau, Rodney, Wigle, Dennis, Jones, David R., Conti, Massimo, Ashrafi, Ahmad S., Liberman, Moishe, de Perrot, Marc, Mitchell, John D., Keenan, Robert, Bauer, Thomas, Miller, Daniel, Stinchcombe, Thomas E.

Source: In The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery January 2024 167(1):338-347

International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Study of Reproducibility in Assessment of Pathologic Response in Resected Lung Cancers After Neoadjuvant Therapy

Authors: Dacic, Sanja, Travis, William, Redman, Mary, Saqi, Anjali, Cooper, Wendy A., Borczuk, Alain, Chung, Jin-Haeng, Glass, Carolyn, Lopez, Javier Martin, Roden, Anja C., Sholl, Lynette, Weissferdt, Annikka, Posadas, Juan, Walker, Angela, Zhu, Hu, Wijeratne, Manuja T., Connolly, Casey, Wynes, Murry, Bota-Rabassedas, Neus, Sanchez-Espiridion, Beatriz, Lee, J.Jack, Berezowska, Sabina, Chou, Teh-Ying, Kerr, Keith, Nicholson, Andrew, Poleri, Claudia, Schalper, Kurt A., Tsao, Ming-Sound, Carbone, David P., Ready, Neal, Cascone, Tina, Heymach, John, Sepesi, Boris, Shu, Catherine, Rizvi, Naiyer, Sonett, Josuha, Altorki, Nasser, Provencio, Mariano, Bunn, Paul A., Jr., Kris, Mark G., Belani, Chandra P., Kelly, Karen, Wistuba, Ignacio

Source: In Journal of Thoracic Oncology October 2023 18(10):1290-1302

Safety of adjuvant atezolizumab after pneumonectomy/bilobectomy in stage II-IIIA non–small cell lung cancer in the randomized phase III IMpower010 trial

Authors: Lee, Jay M., Vallières, Eric, Ding, Beiying, Johnson, Ann, Bhagwakar, Jan, Rashidi, Sanam, Zhu, Qian (Cindy), Gitlitz, Barbara J., Weksler, Benny, Costas, Kimberly, Altorki, Nasser

Source: In The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery September 2023 166(3):655-666

Integration of New Systemic Adjuvant Therapies for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Role of the Surgeon

Authors: Donington, Jessica S., Gitlitz, Barbara, Lim, Eric, Opitz, Isabelle, Kim, Young Tae, Altorki, Nasser

Source: In The Annals of Thoracic Surgery June 2023 115(6):1544-1555

Surgical resection after neoadjuvant durvalumab and radiation is feasible and safe in non–small cell lung cancer: Results from a randomized trial

Authors: Lee, Benjamin, Mynard, Nathan, Nasar, Abu, Villena-Vargas, Jonathan, Chow, Oliver, Harrison, Sebron, Stiles, Brendon, Port, Jeffrey, Altorki, Nasser

Source: In The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery January 2023 165(1):327-334

Extent of Resection Influences Survival in Early-Stage Lung Cancer With Occult Nodal Disease

Authors: Mynard, Nathan, Nasar, Abu, Rahouma, Mohamed, Lee, Benjamin, Harrison, Sebron, Chow, Oliver, Villena-Vargas, Jonathan, Altorki, Nasser, Port, Jeffrey ^∗∗

Source: In The Annals of Thoracic Surgery September 2022 114(3):959-967

Outcomes After Surgical Resection of Early-stage Lung Adenocarcinomas With Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutations

Authors: Chow, Oliver S. ^{a, ∗∗}, Villena-Vargas, Jonathan ^a, Nasar, Abu ^a, Sun, Brian ^a, Harrison, Sebron ^a, Lee, Benjamin ^a, Port, Jeffrey L. ^a, Altorki, Nasser K. ^a, Stiles, Brendon M. ^b

Source: In The Annals of Thoracic Surgery September 2022 114(3):905-910

All segments are created equal: locoregional recurrence and survival after single versus multi-segment resection in patients with clinical stage IA ≤2 cm non-small-cell lung cancer.

Authors: Al-Thani, Shaikha, Nasar, Abu, Villena-Vargas, Jonathan, Harrison, Sebron, Lee, Benjamin, Port, Jeffrey L, Altorki, Nasser, Chow, Oliver S

Source: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery; Mar2025, Vol. 67 Issue 3, p1-8, 8p

Subject Terms: OVERALL survival, NON-small-cell lung carcinoma, DISEASE relapse, TUMOR classification, SURGICAL excision, PROGRESSION-free survival

Safety of lung cancer surgery during COVID-19 in a pandemic epicenter

Authors: Villena-Vargas, Jonathan, Lutton, Evan M., Mynard, Nathan, Nasar, Abu, Voza, Francesca, Chow, Oliver, Lee, Benjamin, Harrison, Sebron, Stiles, Brendon M., Port, Jeffrey L., Altorki, Nasser K.

Source: In The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery August 2022 164(2):378-385

Sublobar resection is comparable to lobectomy for screen-detected lung cancer

Authors: Kamel, Mohamed K., Lee, Benjamin, Harrison, Sebron W., Port, Jeffrey L., Altorki, Nasser K., Stiles, Brendon M.

Source: In The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery June 2022 163(6):1907-1915