Editorial Team
Editor-in-Chief
Wentao Fang, MD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai, China
Associate Editors-in-Chief
Brett W. Carter, MD
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Mirella Marino, MD
Department of Pathology, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
Marcin Zielinski, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Pulmonary Hospital, Zakopane, Poland
Associate Editors
Eric Y. Chuang, ScD
Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, NTU YongLin Biomedical Engineering Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Anja C Roden, MD
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Editorial Board
Jeanne B. Ackman, MD
Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Usman Ahmad, MD, FACS
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute, Cleveland, USA
Yong Chan Ahn, MD, PhD
Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Marcello Carlo Ambrogi, MD, PhD
Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Care, University of Pisa and Division of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Cisanello, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
Hisao Asamura, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Giuseppe Banna, MD
Department of Oncology, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK
Marcelo F.K. Benveniste, MD
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX, USA
Ayten Kayi Cangir, MD, FEBTS
Thoracic Surgery, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Angelo Carretta, MD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, San Raffaele HospitalVita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
Roberto F. Casal, MD
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Monica Casiraghi, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Ugo Cioffi, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
Fabio Davoli, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, AUSL Romagna, S. Maria delle Croci Teaching Hospital, Ravenna, Italy
Michael A. den Bakker, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology, Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Jens Eckardt, MD
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
Francesco Facciolo, MD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
Conrad B. Falkson, MD, FRCPC
Division of Radiation Oncology, The Kingston Health Sciences Centre and Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Pier Luigi Filosso, MD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Torino Italy, Torino, Italy
Seth D. Force, MD
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Kiminori Fujimoto, MD, PhD
Department of Radiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
Stefano Gasparini, MD, FCCP
Pulmonary Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria "Ospedali Riuniti", Ancona, Italy
Nicolas Girard, MD, PhD
Institut du Thorax Curie-Montsouris, Institut Curie, Paris, France
Masatsugu Hamaji, MD, PhD
Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
Maged Hassan, MD
Chest Diseases Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Jeroen M.H. Hendriks, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Antwerp (UZA), Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium
Haruaki Hino, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
Monique M. H. Hochstenbag, MD, PhD
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Raffaele Iorio, MD, PhD
Institute of Neurology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Deepali Jain, MD, FIAC
Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Michael T. Jaklitsch, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Marc A. Judson, MD
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA
Larry R. Kaiser, MD, FACS
The Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Chang Hyun Kang, MD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
Ryu Kanzaki, MD, PhD
Visiting Researcher, Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University Hospital, Osaka, Japan
Jumpei Kashima, MD
Division of Pathology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Young Tae Kim, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
Kazuya Kondo, MD, PhD
Department of Oncological Medical Services, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan
Brandon T. Larsen, MD, PhD
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Edward Y. Lee, MD, MPH
Division of Thoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Hecheng Li, MD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai, China
Yangchun Liu, MD
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jiangxi Provincial People’s Hospital, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Marco Lucchi, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Sumiko Maeda, MD, PhD
Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
Jos G. Maessen, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
Alberto M. Marchevsky, MD
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Atul C. Mehta, MBBS, FACP, FCCP
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
Giulio Melloni, MD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Cuneo General Hospital, Cuneo, Italy
Paolo Mendogni, MD, PhD
Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplant Unit, University Hospital “Foundation IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale maggiore Policlinico”, Milan, Italy
Corina Millo, MD
Positron Emission Tomography Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Takahiro Mimae, MD, PhD
General Thoracic Surgery/Surgical Oncology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
Thierry Jo Molina, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology, Paris Descartes University, University of Paris, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
Cesar A. Moran, MD
Department of Pathology, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Andre L. Moreira, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, USA
Leonhard Müllauer, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Nuria M. Novoa, MD, PhD
Thoracic Surgery Service, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Meinoshin Okumura, MD, PhD
National Hospital Organization Osaka Toneyama Medical Center, Osaka, Japan
Margaret Ottaviano, MD
Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy;
Coordinating Rare Tumors Reference Center of Campania Region, University Hospital Federico II, Naples, Italy;
Oncology Unit, Ospedale del Mare, ASL Napoli 1, Naples, Italy
Yoshiyuki Ozawa, MD, PhD
Department of Radiology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Giovannella Palmieri, MD
Rare Tumors Reference Center, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
Till Ploenes, MD
Department of Thoracic Surgery and Endoscopy, Ruhrlandklinik, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
Stefan Porubsky, MD
Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
Laura Alejandra Ramírez Tirado, MD, MSc
Thoracic Oncology Unit, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INCan), Mexico City, Mexico
Jacques Raphael, MD, MSc
Department of Oncology, Division of Medical Oncology, London Regional Cancer Program, Western University, London, ON, Canada
Luisella Righi, MD, PhD
Department of Oncology, University of Turin at San Luigi Hospital, Orbassano, Turin, Italy
Eric D. Roessner, MD, PhD, FEBTS
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Interdisciplinary Academic Thoracic Center,
University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Noriaki Sakakura, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
Noriyoshi Sawabata, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Nara Medical University, School of Medicine, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
Hiroyuki Shiono, MD, PhD
Department Thoracic Surgery, Kindai University Nara Hospital, Nara, Japan
Fumihiro Shoji, MD, PhD
Clinical Research Institute, Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan
Takehito Shukuya, MD, PhD
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Takashi Suda, MD
Department of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University Okazaki Medical Center, Aichi, Japan
David Ilan Suster, MD
Department of Pathology, Rutgers University, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
Saul Suster, MD
Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Malgorzata Szolkowska, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
Noriyuki Tomiyama, MD
Department of Radiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Masahiro Tsuboi, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery and Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan
Simon R. Turner, MD, MEd, FRCSC
Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Federico Venuta, MD
Department of Surgery “Paride Stefanini” - Thoracic Surgery Unit, Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome SAPIENZA, Rome, Italy
Nestor Villamizar, MD
Section of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
Jan H. von der Thüsen, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Ryuichi Waseda, MD, PhD
Department of General Thoracic, Breast, and Pediatric Surgery, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
Annikka Weissferdt, MD, FRCPath
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Section of Thoracic Pathology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Ory Wiesel, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Masahiro Yanagiya, MD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of
Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Zhentao Yu, PhD, MD
Department of Esophageal Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy of Tianjin City, Tianjin, China
Peng Zhang, MD
Department of cardiothoracic surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
Science Editors
Sara Liu
Editorial Office, Mediastinum, China
Constance K. Tang
Editorial Office, Mediastinum, China