期刊名称：JOURNAL OF THORACIC DISEASE ISSN： 2072-1439 出版频率： Monthly 出版社： AME PUBL CO, FLAT-RM C 16F, KINGS WING PLAZA 1, NO 3 KWAN ST, SHATIN, PEOPLES R CHINA, HONG KONG, 00000   出版社网址： http://www.jthoracdis.com/ 期刊网址： http://www.jthoracdis.com/ 影响因子： 2.895 主题范畴： RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;    China Journals 变更情况： 期刊简介(About the journal)    投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)    编辑部信息(Editorial Board)    About the journal Journal of Thoracic Disease The Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD, J Thorac Dis, pISSN: 2072-1439; eISSN: 2077-6624) was founded in Dec 2009, indexed in Pubmed/Pubmed Central in Dec 2011, and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) in Feb 4, 2013. It is published quarterly (Dec 2009- Dec 2011) and bimonthly (Jan 2012- ), and openly distributed worldwide. JTD publishes manuscripts that describe new findings in the field, providing current, practical information on the diagnosis and treatment of conditions related to thoracic disease (lung disease, cardiology, esophagus, and breast disease). Original articles are considered most important and will be processed for rapid review by the members of Editorial Board. Clinical trial notes, Cancer genetics reports, Epidemiology notes and Technical notes are also published. Case reports implying new findings that have significant clinical impact are carefully processed for possible publication. All the submission and reviewing are conducted electronically so that rapid review is assured. The Official Publication of: Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease (GIRD) China State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College Society for Thoracic Disease (STD) Endorsed by International COPD Coalition (ICC) Indexing Journal of Thoracic Disease has now been indexed/archived in Science Citation Index Expanded Pubmed Central Pubmed SCOPUS EBSCO SCIRUS CINAHL Index Copernicus Open J-gate WorldCat Google Scholar Free Medical Journals Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB database, Germany) German National Library ZDB database 刊物介绍 Journal of Thoracic Disease (《胸部疾病杂志》；简称JTD；pISSN: 2072-1439；eISSN: 2077-6624；季刊；www.jthoracdis.com)，广州呼吸疾病研究所和广州国家呼吸疾病重点实验室的官方出版物，于2009年12月正式创刊并出版第一期。2013年2月4日，被SCIE（即SCI）收录。 JTD属于原创的英文版杂志，每季度出版一期，稿源来自国内外同行的英文论文，其中国外的稿件占70%以上，并采用国内外同行专家评议（Peer-review）制度，采用与Lancet相同的Editorial Manage System在线投稿与审稿系统。 广州呼吸疾病研究所所长、呼吸疾病国家重点实验室主任钟南山院士担任总编辑，广州医学院第一附属医院院长何建行教授和广州呼吸疾病研究所副所长陈荣昌教授担任执行副总编辑。设数个专题编委组，分别为胸外科组、呼吸内科组、放疗组、肿瘤内科组、统计学组、医学论文写作栏目组。其栏目包括专家述评、论著、综述、病例讨论、医学继续教育等。刊登胸部疾病预防、诊断与治疗等最新研究进展，以肺癌的基础与临床转化研究（translational research）内容为报道重点。读者为从事胸部疾病诊疗的医生与研究人员，如胸外科、呼吸内科、肿瘤内科、放疗科和影像科等专业人员。  JTD的影响因子将于2014年6月最后一周由汤森路透（Thomson Reuters）正式公布。 Instructions to Authors Author-instructions.pdf Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Zhong Nanshan, MD Dr Prof Nanshan Zhong, MD (Edin), FRCS (Edin), FRCP (London), FRCP (Ireland), is a Medical Professor of Guangzhou Medical College, and a supervisor of respiratory medicine doctoral candidates. He was former President of Chinese Medical Association (2005-2009).He was named as ‘leader of clinical research in China’ by the Lancet. He graduated from Beijing Medical College, majoring in medical sciences. From 1979 to 1981, Dr Zhong worked as a research associated at the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Infirmary, University of Edinburgh and St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, University of London. He was the President of Chinese Thoracic Society (2000-2007), Former President of Chinese Medical Association (2005-2009). At present, he is the Director of Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, and Director-general of China State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases. In addition, he is an Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering since 1996, which is the highest academic position in the field of Medicine in China. Over the past decades, Prof Zhong has been a leader scientist in promoting China’s respiratory medicine towards the forefront of international advances. Prof Zhong was a Member of Executive Committee of GINA (Global Initiative of Asthma) during 1993-1995, Member of the Executive Committee of Asia-Pacific Society of Respiratory (1999-2005), International Reagent of American College of Chest Physicians in China (1999-2009), and now a Member of Executive Committee of the Global Alliance of Respiratory Diseases (GARD, since 2006). He first developed and refined the definition of asymptomatic asthma, later cited by WHO, through his originally designed “simple bronchial provocation test" and epidemiological surveys. In a systemic review of etiology of chronic cough in China, he elucidated the neuroinflammatory mechanisms to gastroesophageal reflux induced cough. His methods for in-exercise diaphragmatic function assessment for the first time revealed the presence of protein-energy malnutrition in even 60% of patients with early to middle stage COPD, which generated a correction equation of basic energy intake in this cohort. A national epidemiological study steered by him showed the unprecedented prevalence of COPD in China. His famous research found that hydrosulfuryl-containing expectorants (carbocysteine) can be effective in preventing or reducing acute exacerbation of COPD. He has organized and participated in the development of a number of Chinese guidelines for diagnosis and management of bronchial asthma, COPD, chronic cough, SARS, and high-pathogenic avian flu. He was the first person describing SARS coronovirus as the main pathogen in 2003 SARS pandemic in Guangdong. As a leader in the management of 2002/2003 SARS outbreak in China, he successfully led his team in rescue, achieving lowest mortality of SARS infection (3.8% in Guangdong) among the world by rationale use of corticosteroid and non-invasive ventilation. He successfully developed a new vaccine using small molecule interference RNA technique in the prevention and treatment of SARS in Rhesus macaque. He led in writing a handbook which was later used by the WHO as a blueprint in developing a global response to this disease. Professor Zhong is also a leader and principal investigator to more than 10 major scientific projects, including the State-973, State-863, Tenth State Five-year Plan, National Nature Science Grants, and WHO/GOLD global network. He has published a great number of papers in worldwide reputed SCI journals, including those in Nature Medicine, Lancet, BMJ, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, and more than 200 papers in State-level journals. His publications have received 438 citations. In 2008, one of his papers published in the Lancet was elected as “paper of the year”. Besides, he has published 16 books including Respiratory Medicine (National College Textbooks for Medical Postgraduates), Internal Medicine (National textbooks), Asthma: from Basic to Clinical, and has gained 9 technical patents. Due to his great achievements in medical practices and scientific education, Prof Zhong was also a recipient to Second and Third Prizes for National Natural Sciences, Outstanding Contribution Award, First Prize of Guangdong Science and Technology Awards, and Bethune Medal (2004). He became National May Day Labor Medalist (2003), National Moral Models (2007), European Respiratory Society Lifetime Honorary Fellow (2008), People Who Moved China 2009, Advanced Individual of National Medical Health Care System (2009),Fifth Higher School Teaching Masters Award (2009) and National Award for Achievements in Teaching (2009). Editorial Team Editor-in-Chief Nanshan Zhong, MD Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering. Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou , China Executive Editor-in-Chief Jianxing He, MD, FACS The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou , China Executive Editor-in-Chief (Cardiovascular Surgery) Tristan D. Yan, BSc, MBBS, MS, MD, PhD Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group, Sydney, Australia Deputy Editors-in-Chief Jin-Shing Chen, MD, PhD Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Rongchang Chen, MD, PhD Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou, China , China Yi-Jen Chen, MD, PhD City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, USA Kwun Fong, MBBS(Lon), FRACP, PhD Department of Thoracic Medicine, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia Lawrence Grouse, MD, PhD University of Washington School of Medicine, Gig Harbor, WA, USA Shahzad G. Raja, MBBS, MRCSEd, FRCSEd(C-Th) Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Harefield Hospital, London, United Kingdom. Gaetano Rocco, MD, FRCS (Ed), FETCS, FCCP Department of Thoracic Surgery and Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Pascale Foundation, Naples, Italy Editorial Co-Directors & Executive Editors Guangqiao Zeng, MD Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou, China Daoyuan Wang, MD The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou, China Statistical Editors Jiqian Fang, PhD School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China Baoliang Zhong, MD, PhD The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Associate Editors Hatem A Azim Jr, MD Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels, Belgium Kazuaki Takabe, MD, PhD, FACS Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, and VCU Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, United States Gary Y. Yang, MD Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, United States Paul Zarogoulidis, MD, PhD Pulmonary Department-Oncology Unit, "G.Papanikolaou" General Hospital, Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki , Greece Junya Zhu, MS, MA Center for Patient Safety, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. Section Editor (Systematic Review and Meta-analysis) Zhi-De Hu, M.M Department of Laboratory Medicine, General Hospital of Jinan Military Command Region. Editorial Board James S Allan, MD Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States Rahul J Anand, MD Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, United States Emilio Bajetta, MD, SC Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy Peter J Barnes, DM, DSc, FRCP, FCCP, FMedSci, FRS National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom J. Patrick Barron, MD Communications and Language International Communications Center, Tokyo Medical University, Japan Bruno R. Bastos, MD Cleveland Clinic Florida, Florida, United States Luca Bertolaccini, MD, PhD Division of Thoracic Surgery, S. Croce e Carle Hospital of Cuneo (IT) Peter Calverley, MD Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK Weiguo Cao, MD Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medical College, Shanghai, China Mario Cazzola, MD Postgraduate School of Respiratory Medicine,University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Rome, Italy Joe Y Chang, MD, PhD UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, United States Wanqing Chen, MD National Office for Cancer Prevention and Control & National Central Cancer Registry, National Cancer Center, Beijing, China Yi-han Chen, MD, PhD Medical College of Tongji University, Shanghai, China Leo L Cheng, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, United States Xiangyang Chu, MD General Hospital of Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Beijing, China Kian Fan Chung, MD, DSc, FRCP National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK Henri G. Colt, MD, FCCP Chairman, World Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology Professor Emeritus, University of California, Irvine , United States Thomas A. D’Amico, MD Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina, United States Giovanni Dapri, MD, FACS, FASMBS Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, European School of Laparoscopic Surgery, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium. Professor Keertan Dheda, MBBCh (Wits), FCP, FCCP, PhD (Lond), FRCP (Lond) Division of Pulmonology , Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Peter V. Dicpinigaitis, MD Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, New York, USA Leonardo M. Fabbri Professor of Respiratory Medicine Department of Oncology, Hematology and Respiratory Diseases Section of Respiratory Diseases University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Via del Pozzo 71, 41124 Modena Yoshinosuke Fukuchi, MD, PhD Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan Diego Gonzalez-Rivas, MD, FECTS Department of Thoracic Surgery, Coruña University Hospital, Coruña, Spain Cesare Gridelli, MD Division of Medical Oncology, “S.G. Moscati” Hospital, Contrada Amoretta, Avellino, Italy. Tomas Gudbjartsson, MD, PhD Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Landspitali University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland Don Hayes, Jr, MD, MS, Med Section of Pulmonary Medicine, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States Andrea Imperatori, MD Center for Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgical and Morphological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy Mary Sau Man Ip, MBBS(HK), MD(HK), FRCP (London, Edinburgh, Glasgow), FHKCP, FHKAM, FAPSR, FCCP Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, HongKong, China David M. Jablons, MD UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, United States Gening Jiang, MD Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China Ki-Suck Jung, MD, PhD Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University Medical College, Anyang, Gyunggi, South Korea Alexander Sasha Krupnick, MD Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis. St. Louis, USA Hyun Koo Kim, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea Anand Kumar, MD University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Aseem Kumar, PhD Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Biology, Medical Sciences Division, Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada Y. C. Gary Lee, MBChB, PhD, FCCP, FRCP, FRACP University Department of Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA 6009, Australia Mario Leoncini, MD Division of Cardiology, Misericordia e Dolce Hospital Via Cavour, Prato, Italy Jian Li, MD Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China Tianhong Li, MD, PhD UC Davis Cancer Center, Sacramento, United States Xiaofei Li, MD Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China Wenhua Liang, MD Cancer center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China Yang Ling, MD Changzhou Cancer Hospital, Affiliated of Soochow University, Changzhou, China Deruo Liu, MD China and Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China Lunxu Liu, MD West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China Hui-Wen Lo, PhD Division of Surgical Sciences, Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States Kevin W. Lobdell, MD Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, Carolinas Medical Center, North Carolina, United States Jiade J. Lu, MD, MBA National University Cancer Institute of Singapore (NCIS), National University Health System, Singapore Honghe Luo, MD The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China Giovanni Mariscalco, MD, PhD Department of Heart and Vessels, Cardiac Surgery Unit, Varese University Hospital, Varese, Italy Doug McEvoy, MBBC, FRACP Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, Flinders University, South Australia, Australia Mark J. McKeage, MD Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Walter McNicholas, MD, FRCPI, FRCPC, FCCP University College Dublin (UCD), St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Michael T. Milano, MD, PhD University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, United States Alyn H Morice MD Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Interim Head of Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Hull York Medical School Akio Niimi, MD, PhD Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan Antonio Passaro, MD 1st Oncological Pulmonary Unit, San Camillo Hospital, Roma, Italy Georgios Plataniotis, MD, PhD Consulatnt in Clinical Oncology, Department of Oncology, Queen's Hospital, BHR Hospitals, Essex, UK. David Price, M.B B.Chir, MA, DRCOG, FRCGP Primary Care Respiratory Society UK, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK Gui-bin Qiao, MD, PhD General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command of PLA, Guangzhou, China Klaus F Rabe, MD, PhD Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Center of Pulmonary Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Großhansdorf, Großhansdorf, Germany Dominik Rüttinger, MD, PhD, FACS Department of Surgery, Laboratory for Clinical and Experimental Tumor Immunology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. Munich, Germany Sundeep Salvi, MD, DNB, PhD, FCCP Chest Research Foundation, Marigold Complex, Kalyaninagar, Pune, India Martin Schweiger, MD Department of Congenital Cardiovascular Surgery, University Children’s Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland. Suresh Senan, MD Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Yong Song, MD, PhD Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China Ross Soo, MD National University Hospital, Singapore Joerg S. Steier, MD (D), PhD (UK) Consultant Physician in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Guy`s & St Thomas` NHS Foundation Trust, Senior Lecturer, King`s College London, UK Robert Sturm, MSc, PhD University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria Lijie Tan MD, Vice Chief Division of Thoracic Surgery, Zhong Shan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fu Dan University, Shanghai, China Kosmas Tsakiridis, MD, PhD Cardiac and Thoracic Department in Private Hospital “St.Lukes”, Thessaloniki, Greece Kenneth WT Tsang, MD, FRCP LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Mark I. van Berge Henegouwen, MD, PhD Department of Surgery, G4, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Ko Pen Wang, MD, FCCP Interventional Pulmonology, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States Qun Wang, MD Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China Yi-Xiang Wang, MD The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HongKong SAR. Zheng Wang, MD Shenzhen People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, China Zhimin Wang, PhD Allegheny-Singer Research Institute, West Penn Allegheny Health System, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. Bryan A Whitson, MD, PhD Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States Yunlong Xia, MD, PhD The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, the Second Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dalian, China. Jin Xu, MS Medical English Center, School of Foreign Studies, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P.R.China Kang Yang, MD Southwest Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China Ping Yang, MD, PhD Division of Epidemiology, Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Stephen C. Yang, MD The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, United States Yue Yang, MD Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China Kazuhiro Yasufuku, MD, PhD Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Anthony P.C. Yim, BM BCh(Oxon), DM(Oxon), FRCS(Eng) The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Xiuyi Zhi, MD Beijing Lung Cancer Center,Capital Medical University, Beijing, China Caicun Zhou, MD, PhD Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China Qinghua Zhou, MD Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China Zhi-hua Zhu, MD, PhD Cancer Center of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China Journal Club Director Bing Gu, MD Department of Laboratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University. Journal Club Committee Qingqing Bi,PhD Clinical Laboratory, Qingdao Central Hospital, Qingdao, China Lihua Chen Department of Radiology, Taihu Hospital (PLA 101Hospital), Wuxi, Jiangsu. Wen-Sen Chen, MD Department of Infection Management, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University. Zhilei Cui, MD, PhD Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China Bo Fan, MD Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou, China Xiangshan Fan, MD, PhD Department of pathology, the Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School Wei Gong, MD, PhD Department of Internal Medicine and Gene Therapy Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China Wan-Jie Gu, MSc Graduate School of Guangxi Medical University Qing-Kui Guo, MD, PhD Department of Thoracic Surgery, Songjiang Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai,China Xu-Guang Guo, MS Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Yue Han, MD Department of Laboratory Medicine, Zhenjiang First People’s Hospital Zhijun Han, MD Department of Laboratory Medicine, Wuxi No.2 People’s Hospital Yong-Ming He, MD, PhD Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Jiangsu Province, China Zhi-De Hu, M.M Department of Laboratory Medicine, General Hospital of Jinan Military Command Region. Yiling Huang Department of Laboratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University Hao Jiang Department of Respiratory, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Southeast University. Li Ming Jin Department of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University. Jinluan Li, MD Department of Radiation Oncology, Fujian Cancer Hospital Bo Liu, MD Department of Infection Management, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University. Hua Liu, MD, PhD Department of Respiratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, China Xiao-Hong Liu Department of Oncology, Xiangyang Central Hospital, Hubei University of Arts and Science. Yue Liu, MD Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China Jiarui Ma,RN, MN, APN, EMBA Department of Nursing, the Maguang Health Care Group. Maobin Meng Department of Radiation Oncology, Cyber Knife Center, and Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, China. Buqing Ni, MD, PhD Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China Lei Pan, MD, PhD Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical University. Ji-ming Sha, MD Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University. Jianfei Shen, MD Department of thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China. Yaxing Shen, MD Division of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University. Wenyong Tan, MD, PhD Department of Radiation Oncology, Hubei Cancer Hospital, Wuhan, China. Dong Wang, MD Department of Thoracic Surgery, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China Ji-Gang Wang, MS Department of Pathology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University. Jian Wang, MD Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China Junhong Wang, MD, PhD Department of Geriatric Medicine, the first affiliated hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China Ke Wang, MD Department of respiratory disease, The 1stAffiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University Ran Wang, MD, PhD Department of Respiratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Shuang Wang, MD Department of Orthopaedics, 202 Hospital of PLA, Shenyang, China Pu Xia, PhD Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, China Medical University, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, China Dong Xie, MD, PhD Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China Erfu Xie, MD Department of Laboratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University Ting Xu, MD Department of Laboratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University. Yong Yang, MD Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital Affiliated Tongji University Changcheng You, MD Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital，Harbin Medical University Jun-Qiu Yue, MD, PhD Department of Pathology, Hubei Cancer Hospital Lixia Zhang, MD Department of Laboratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University. Zhaoqiang Zhang, DMD Department of Stomatology, the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University Zhongheng Zhang, MM Department of Critical Care Medicine, Jinhua Municipal Central Hospital, Jinhua Hospital of Zhejiang University Qing Zhou, MD Department of infection control, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China Zhi Rui Zhou, MD Department of Radiation Oncology, Tumor Hospital of Jilin Province Hongcheng Zhu, MD, PhD Department of Radiation Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China Kai Zhu Department of Radiology, Harbin Children's Hospital Editorial Assistants Maria Karina, MD, PhD, FRCP Department of Oncology, Milton Keynes Hospital, Milton Keynes, UK Parag Prakash Shah,PhD James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA Managing Editor Katherine L. Ji Editorial Office, Journal of Thoracic Disease Senior Editors Grace S. Li (Corresponding Editor) Editorial Office, Journal of Thoracic Disease Eunice X. Xu Editorial Office, Journal of Thoracic Disease Elva S. Zheng Editorial Office, Journal of Thoracic Disease Nancy Q. Zhong Editorial Office, Journal of Thoracic Disease Science Editors Melanie C. He Editorial Office, Journal of Thoracic Disease Tina C. Pei Editorial Office, Journal of Thoracic Disease Molly J. Wang Editorial Office, Journal of Thoracic Disease Rui Wang Editorial Office, Journal of Thoracic Disease