Modern Surgical Treatments for Thoracic Malignancies

Dear Colleagues,

It is with great pleasure that I have accepted the invitation from Cancers to be the Editor of this Special Issue about the modern surgical treatment of thoracic malignancies. The approach to thoracic tumors has undergone major changes in recent decades, and clinical practice has adjusted accordingly: the dramatic development of minimally invasive techniques and the advances in biomolecular and chemico-pharmacological investigations have led to personalized cancer medicine. The role of the Thoracic Surgeon has therefore changed and the inter-relationships with Oncologists and Radiotherapists in common clinical practice are nowadays increasingly closer. Modern combination studies between chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and biological agents have dramatically re-defined the prognosis of patients with thoracic neoplasms. The surgical techniques required modifications, by adapting to greater technical complexities related to tissue changes as the result of oncological treatments.

This Special Issue of Cancers therefore aims to reiterate this new trend of modern Thoracic Surgery, reaffirming the concept that the treatment of thoracic neoplasms still passes through their radical resection.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Robotic surgery for lung cancer, thymoma, and mesothelioma.
• Salvage surgery for lung cancer, thymoma, and mesothelioma.
• Hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy for lung cancer, thymoma, and mesothelioma.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Pier Luigi Filosso
Guest Editor

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• lung cancer
• thymoma
• thymic carcinoma
• mesothelioma
• thoracic surgery
• minimally invasive techniques
• VATS
• robotic surgery
• salvage surgery
• hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy