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The need for structured thoracic robotic training: the perspective of an American Association for Thoracic Surgery surgical robotic fellow

Rodriguez, Maria; Ferrari-Light, Dana; Wee, Jon O; Cerfolio, Robert J
PMCID:7347782
PMID: 32775358
ISSN: 2305-5839
CID: 5095282

Current Novel Advances in Bronchoscopy

Jiang, Jeffrey; Chang, Stephanie H; Kent, Amie J; Geraci, Travis C; Cerfolio, Robert J
Screening for lung cancer has changed substantially in the past decade since The National Lung Screening Trial. The resultant increased discovery of incidental pulmonary nodules has led to a growth in the number of lesions requiring tissue diagnosis. Bronchoscopy is one main modality used to sample lesions, but peripheral lesions remain challenging for bronchoscopic biopsy. Alternatives have included transthoracic biopsy or operative biopsy, which are more invasive and have a higher morbidity than bronchoscopy. In hopes of developing less invasive diagnostic techniques, technologies have come to assist the bronchoscopist in reaching the outer edges of the lung. Navigational bronchoscopy is able to virtually map the lung and direct the biopsy needle where the scope cannot reach. Robotic bronchoscopy platforms have been developed to provide stability and smaller optics to drive deeper into the bronchial tree. While these new systems have not yet proven better outcomes, they may reduce the need for invasive procedures and be valuable armamentarium in diagnosing and treating lung nodules, especially in the periphery.
PMCID:7701114
PMID: 33304923
ISSN: 2296-875x
CID: 5095292

Reply from the authors: Accountability and leadership changes culture-yes, even for lymph nodes [Comment]

Cerfolio, Robert J
PMID: 31668536
ISSN: 1097-685x
CID: 5095272

Commentary: Do the right thing, even if no one is watching, consider Jeffersonian as well as Kennedyism [Comment]

Cerfolio, Robert J
PMID: 34346927
ISSN: 2666-2507
CID: 5066392

Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

Campbell, Peter J; Getz, Gad; Korbel, Jan O; Stuart, Joshua M; Jennings, Jennifer L; Stein, Lincoln D; Perry, Marc D; Nahal-Bose, Hardeep K; Ouellette, B F Francis; Li, Constance H; Rheinbay, Esther; Nielsen, G Petur; Sgroi, Dennis C; Wu, Chin-Lee; Faquin, William C; Deshpande, Vikram; Boutros, Paul C; Lazar, Alexander J; Hoadley, Katherine A; Louis, David N; Dursi, L Jonathan; Yung, Christina K; Bailey, Matthew H; Saksena, Gordon; Raine, Keiran M; Buchhalter, Ivo; Kleinheinz, Kortine; Schlesner, Matthias; Zhang, Junjun; Wang, Wenyi; Wheeler, David A; Ding, Li; Simpson, Jared T; O'Connor, Brian D; Yakneen, Sergei; Ellrott, Kyle; Miyoshi, Naoki; Butler, Adam P; Royo, Romina; Shorser, Solomon I; Vazquez, Miguel; Rausch, Tobias; Tiao, Grace; Waszak, Sebastian M; Rodriguez-Martin, Bernardo; Shringarpure, Suyash; Wu, Dai-Ying; Demidov, German M; Delaneau, Olivier; Hayashi, Shuto; Imoto, Seiya; Habermann, Nina; Segre, Ayellet V; Garrison, Erik; Cafferkey, Andy; Alvarez, Eva G; Heredia-Genestar, José María; Muyas, Francesc; Drechsel, Oliver; Bruzos, Alicia L; Temes, Javier; Zamora, Jorge; Baez-Ortega, Adrian; Kim, Hyung-Lae; Mashl, R Jay; Ye, Kai; DiBiase, Anthony; Huang, Kuan-Lin; Letunic, Ivica; McLellan, Michael D; Newhouse, Steven J; Shmaya, Tal; Kumar, Sushant; Wedge, David C; Wright, Mark H; Yellapantula, Venkata D; Gerstein, Mark; Khurana, Ekta; Marques-Bonet, Tomas; Navarro, Arcadi; Bustamante, Carlos D; Siebert, Reiner; Nakagawa, Hidewaki; Easton, Douglas F; Ossowski, Stephan; Tubio, Jose M C; De La Vega, Francisco M; Estivill, Xavier; Yuen, Denis; Mihaiescu, George L; Omberg, Larsson; Ferretti, Vincent; Sabarinathan, Radhakrishnan; Pich, Oriol; Gonzalez-Perez, Abel; Taylor-Weiner, Amaro; Fittall, Matthew W; Demeulemeester, Jonas; Tarabichi, Maxime; Roberts, Nicola D; Van Loo, Peter; Cortés-Ciriano, Isidro; Urban, Lara; Park, Peter; Zhu, Bin; Pitkänen, Esa; Li, Yilong; Saini, Natalie; Klimczak, Leszek J; Weischenfeldt, Joachim; Sidiropoulos, Nikos; Alexandrov, Ludmil B; Rabionet, Raquel; Escaramis, Georgia; Bosio, Mattia; Holik, Aliaksei Z; Susak, Hana; Prasad, Aparna; Erkek, Serap; Calabrese, Claudia; Raeder, Benjamin; Harrington, Eoghan; Mayes, Simon; Turner, Daniel; Juul, Sissel; Roberts, Steven A; Song, Lei; Koster, Roelof; Mirabello, Lisa; Hua, Xing; Tanskanen, Tomas J; Tojo, Marta; Chen, Jieming; Aaltonen, Lauri A; Rätsch, Gunnar; Schwarz, Roland F; Butte, Atul J; Brazma, Alvis; Chanock, Stephen J; Chatterjee, Nilanjan; Stegle, Oliver; Harismendy, Olivier; Bova, G Steven; Gordenin, Dmitry A; Haan, David; Sieverling, Lina; Feuerbach, Lars; Chalmers, Don; Joly, Yann; Knoppers, Bartha; Molnár-Gábor, Fruzsina; Phillips, Mark; Thorogood, Adrian; Townend, David; Goldman, Mary; Fonseca, Nuno A; Xiang, Qian; Craft, Brian; Piñeiro-Yáñez, Elena; Muñoz, Alfonso; Petryszak, Robert; Füllgrabe, Anja; Al-Shahrour, Fatima; Keays, Maria; Haussler, David; Weinstein, John; Huber, Wolfgang; Valencia, Alfonso; Papatheodorou, Irene; Zhu, Jingchun; Fan, Yu; Torrents, David; Bieg, Matthias; 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Wong, Winghing; Xi, Liu; Yau, Christina; Zhang, Hailei; Zhang, Hongxin; Zhang, Jiashan
Cancer is driven by genetic change, and the advent of massively parallel sequencing has enabled systematic documentation of this variation at the whole-genome scale1-3. Here we report the integrative analysis of 2,658Â whole-cancer genomes and their matching normal tissues across 38 tumour types from the Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes (PCAWG) Consortium of the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). We describe the generation of the PCAWG resource, facilitated by international data sharing using compute clouds. On average, cancer genomes contained 4-5Â driver mutations when combining coding and non-coding genomic elements; however, in around 5% of cases no drivers were identified, suggesting that cancer driver discovery is not yet complete. Chromothripsis, in which many clustered structural variants arise in a single catastrophic event, is frequently an early event in tumour evolution; in acral melanoma, for example, these events precede most somatic point mutations and affect several cancer-associated genes simultaneously. Cancers with abnormal telomere maintenance often originate from tissues with low replicative activity and show several mechanisms of preventing telomere attrition to critical levels. Common and rare germline variants affect patterns of somatic mutation, including point mutations, structural variants and somatic retrotransposition. A collection of papers from the PCAWG Consortium describes non-coding mutations that drive cancer beyond those in the TERT promoter4; identifies new signatures of mutational processes that cause base substitutions, small insertions and deletions and structural variation5,6; analyses timings and patterns of tumour evolution7; describes the diverse transcriptional consequences of somatic mutation on splicing, expression levels, fusion genes and promoter activity8,9; and evaluates a range of more-specialized features of cancer genomes8,10-18.
PMID: 32025007
ISSN: 1476-4687
CID: 5018742

Efficiency Quality Index (EQI)-Implementing a Novel Metric That Delivers Overall Institutional Excellence and Value for Patients

Cerfolio, Robert J; Chang, Stephanie H
In the last decade, healthcare systems have shifted their focus from increased volume of patients and procedures to improving patient outcomes and quality. While there are many societies and companies that have surrogate measures of excellence, these metrics are determined by those who do not directly participate and fully understand the best measurements of quality. In order to better assess quality and value, the Efficiency Quality Index (EQI) was created. The novel aspect of the EQI is the determination of metrics by the physicians who actually perform the procedures, in order to create an accurate and fair measurement of performance and outcomes. In this article, we describe how to create and implement the EQI, as well as outline its benefits.
PMCID:7882676
PMID: 33598477
ISSN: 2296-875x
CID: 4799912

Can CT radiomics differentiate benign from malignant N2 adenopathy in non-small cell lung cancer [Comment]

Cerfolio, Robert J; Moore, William H
PMID: 33209591
ISSN: 2218-6751
CID: 4688512

Safety of patients and providers in lung cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic

Chang, Stephanie H; Zervos, Michael; Kent, Amie; Chachoua, Abraham; Bizekis, Costas; Pass, Harvey; Cerfolio, Robert J
OBJECTIVES/OBJECTIVE:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in patient reluctance to seek care due to fear of contracting the virus, especially in New York City which was the epicentre during the surge. The primary objectives of this study are to evaluate the safety of patients who have undergone pulmonary resection for lung cancer as well as provider safety, using COVID-19 testing, symptoms and early patient outcomes. METHODS:Patients with confirmed or suspected pulmonary malignancy who underwent resection from 13 March to 4 May 2020 were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS:Between 13 March and 4 May 2020, 2087 COVID-19 patients were admitted, with a median daily census of 299, to one of our Manhattan campuses (80% of hospital capacity). During this time, 21 patients (median age 72 years) out of 45 eligible surgical candidates underwent pulmonary resection-13 lobectomies, 6 segmentectomies and 2 pneumonectomies were performed by the same providers who were caring for COVID-19 patients. None of the patients developed major complications, 5 had minor complications, and the median length of hospital stay was 2 days. No previously COVID-19-negative patient (n = 20/21) or healthcare provider (n = 9: 3 surgeons, 3 surgical assistants, 3 anaesthesiologists) developed symptoms of or tested positive for COVID-19. CONCLUSIONS:Pulmonary resection for lung cancer is safe in selected patients, even when performed by providers who care for COVID-19 patients in a hospital with a large COVID-19 census. None of our patients or providers developed symptoms of COVID-19 and no patient experienced major morbidity or mortality.
PMID: 33150417
ISSN: 1873-734x
CID: 4656112

Fibrin sealant for esophageal anastomosis: A phase II study

Lin, Yao-Bin; Fu, Jian-Hua; Huang, Yan; Hu, Yi-Huai; Luo, Kong-Jia; Wang, Ke-Xi; Bella, Amos Éla; Situ, Dong-Rong; Chen, Ji-Yang; Lin, Ting; D'Journo, Xavier B; Novoa, Nuria M; Brunelli, Alessandro; Fernando, Hiran C; Cerfolio, Robert J; Ismail, Mahmoud; Yang, Hong
BACKGROUND:Esophagectomy is a pivotal curative modality for localized esophageal or esophagogastric junction cancer (EC or EJC). Postoperative anastomotic leakage (AL) remains problematic. The use of fibrin sealant (FS) may improve the strength of esophageal anastomosis and reduce the incidence of AL. AIM/OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy and safety of applying FS to prevent AL in patients with EC or EJC. METHODS:In this single-arm, phase II trial (Clinicaltrial.gov identifier: NCT03529266), we recruited patients aged 18-80 years with resectable EC or EJC clinically staged as T1-4aN0-3M0. An open or minimally invasive McKeown esophagectomy was performed with a circular stapled anastomosis. After performing the anastomosis, 2.5 mL of porcine FS was applied circumferentially. The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients with AL within 3 mo. RESULTS:From June 4, 2018, to December 29, 2018, 57 patients were enrolled. At the data cutoff date (June 30, 2019), three (5.3%) of the 57 patients had developed AL, including two (3.5%) with esophagogastric AL and one (1.8%) with gastric fistula. The incidence of anastomotic stricture and other major postoperative complications was 1.8% and 17.5%, respectively. The median time needed to resume oral feeding after operation was 8 d (Interquartile range: 7.0-9.0 d). No adverse events related to FS were recorded. No deaths occurred within 90 d after surgery. CONCLUSION/CONCLUSIONS:Perioperative sealing with porcine FS appears safe and may prevent AL after esophagectomy in patients with resectable EC or EJC. Further phase III studies are warranted.
PMCID:7340992
PMID: 32699580
ISSN: 1948-5204
CID: 4557542

Commentary: Less Is Better [Editorial]

Zervos, Michael; Cerfolio, Robert J
PMID: 32562751
ISSN: 1532-9488
CID: 4529192