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

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

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

Atul C. Mehta, MBBS, FACP, FCCP
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

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

Meinoshin Okumura, MD, PhD
Toneyama National Hospital, 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 Dominic 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

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
Language Editors

Jeremy Dean Chapnick
Chief Language Editor, AME Hong Kong office; United States University Carthage College, Wisconsin, USA (Sept. 2012 to May 2016)

John Ayric Gray
Chief Language Editor, AME Hong Kong office; University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (Sept. 2004-June 2009)
Science Editors
Sara Liu
Editorial Office, Mediastinum, China
Constance K. Tang
Editorial Office, Mediastinum, China
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