Reza J. Mehran, CD, MDCM, MSc, FRCSC, FACS

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Rajaram R, Correa AM, Xu T, Nguyen QN, Antonoff MB, Rice D, Mehran R, Roth J, Walsh G, Swisher S, Hofstetter WL, Vaporciyan A, Cascone T, Tsao AS, Papadimitrakopoulou VA, Gandhi S, Liao Z, Sepesi B. Locoregional Control, Overall Survival, and Disease-Free Survival in Stage IIIA (N2) Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Analysis of Resected and Unresected Patients. Clin Lung Cancer 21(4):e294-e301, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32089476.
2. Mitchell KG, Nelson DB, Corsini EM, Vaporciyan AA, Antonoff MB, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Sepesi B, Walsh GL, Bhutani MS, Maru DM, Wu CC, Nguyen QN, Ajani JA, Swisher SG, Hofstetter WL. Morbidity following salvage esophagectomy for squamous cell carcinoma: the MD Anderson experience. Dis Esophagus 33(3), 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31313820.
3. Moran CA, Lindholm KE, Brunnström H, Langman G, Jang SJ, Spagnolo D, Chai SM, Laycock A, Falconieri G, Pizzolitto S, de Pellegrin A, Medeiros F, Edmunds L, Catarino A, Cunha F, Ro J, Pina-Oviedo S, Torrealba J, Coppola D, Petersson F, Oon ML, Elmberger G, Cajal SRY, Valero IS, Dalurzo L, Soares F, Campos AH, Vranic S, Skenderi F, Correa AM, Sepesi B, Rice D, Mehran R, Walsh G. Typical and atypical carcinoid tumors of the lung: A Clinicopathological correlation OF OF 783 cases with Emphasis on histological features. Hum Pathol. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32145220.
4. Lin SH, Hobbs BP, Verma V, Tidwell RS, Smith GL, Lei X, Corsini EM, Mok I, Wei X, Yao L, Wang X, Komaki RU, Chang JY, Chun SG, Jeter MD, Swisher SG, Ajani JA, Blum-Murphy M, Vaporciyan AA, Mehran RJ, Koong AC, Gandhi SJ, Hofstetter WL, Hong TS, Delaney TF, Liao Z, Mohan R. Randomized Phase IIB Trial of Proton Beam Therapy Versus Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer. J Clin Oncol:JCO1902503. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32160096.
5. Shewale JB, Correa AM, Brown EL, Leon-Novelo LG, Nyitray AG, Antonoff MB, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Walsh GL, Roth J, Vaporciyan AA, Swisher SG, Sepesi B. Time Trends of Perioperative Outcomes in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Resection Patients. Ann Thorac Surg 109(2):404-411, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31539514.
6. Pasalic D, Lu Y, Betancourt-Cuellar SL, Taku N, Mesko SM, Bagley AF, Chance WW, Allen PK, Tang C, Antonoff MB, Balter PA, Mehran RJ, Welsh JW, Liao Z, Gomez D, Erasmus JJ, Nguyen QN. Stereotactic ablative radiation therapy for pulmonary metastases: Improving overall survival and identifying subgroups at high risk of local failure. Radiother Oncol 145:178-185. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32044530.
7. Corsini EM, Datar SS, Mitchell KG, Zhou N, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Rajaram R, Rice DC, Roth JA, Sepesi B, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Blackmon SH, Loree JM, Morris VK, Antonoff MB. High mutational concordance between primary colorectal tumors and associated pulmonary metastases. J Surg Oncol. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32077113.
8. Nelson DB, Niu J, Mitchell KG, Sepesi B, Hofstetter WL, Antonoff MB, Giordano SH, Mehran RJ, Rice DC. Persistent Opioid Use Among The Elderly After Lung Resection: A SEER-Medicare Study. Ann Thorac Surg 109(1):194-202, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31445908.
9. Van Haren RM, Rajaram R, Correa AM, Mehran RJ, Antonoff MB, Hofstetter WL, Sepesi B, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Rice DC, Roth JA. Preoperative Heparin For Lung Cancer Resection Increases Risk Of Reoperation For Bleeding. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 32(2):337-343, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31857153.
10. Mitchell KG, Nelson DB, Corsini EM, Correa AM, Erasmus JJ, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Roth JA, Swisher SG, Sepesi B, Walsh GL, Vaporciyan AA, Rice DC, Nguyen QN, Antonoff MB. Surveillance After Treatment of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Call for Multidisciplinary Standardization. Innovations (Phila) 15(1):1556984519886281, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31875755.
11. Nelson DB, Mitchell KG, Weston BR, Betancourt S, Maru D, Rice DC, Mehran RJ, Sepesi B, Antonoff MB, Walsh GL, Swisher SG, Roth JA, Vaporciyan AA, Blum M, Hofstetter WL. Should endoscopic mucosal resection be attempted for cT2N0 esophageal cancer?. Dis Esophagus 32(10):1-6, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30888418.
12. Chen Y, Zhang R, Wang L, Correa AM, Pataer A, Xu Y, Zhang X, Ren C, Wu S, Meng QH, Fujimoto J, Jensen VB, Antonoff MB, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Pisimisis G, Rice DC, Sepesi B, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Swisher SG, Roth JA, Heymach JV, Fang B. Tumor characteristics associated with engraftment of patient-derived non-small cell lung cancer xenografts in immunocompromised mice. Cancer 125(21):3738-3748, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31287557.
13. Nelson DB, Cata JP, Niu J, Mitchell KG, Vaporciyan AA, Antonoff MB, Hofstetter WL, Giordano SH, Sepesi B, Mehran RJ, Rice DC. Persistent opioid use is associated with worse survival after lobectomy for stage i non-small cell lung cancer. Pain 160(10):2365-2373, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31149979.
14. Nelson DB, Tayob N, Nguyen QN, Erasmus J, Mitchell KG, Hofstetter WL, Sepesi B, Antonoff MB, Mehran RJ. Local failure after stereotactic body radiation therapy or wedge resection for colorectal pulmonary metastases. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 158(4):1234-1241.e16, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31395367.
15. Kadara H, Sivakumar S, Jakubek Y, San Lucas FA, Lang W, McDowell T, Weber Z, Behrens C, Davies GE, Kalhor N, Moran C, El-Zein R, Mehran R, Swisher SG, Wang J, Zhang J, Fujimoto J, Fowler J, Heymach JV, Dubinett S, Spira AE, Ehli EA, Wistuba II, Scheet P. Driver Mutations in Normal Airway Epithelium Elucidate Spatiotemporal Resolution of Lung Cancer. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 200(6):742-750, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30896962.
16. Mitchell KG, Ikoma N, Nelson DB, Maru DM, Erasmus JJ, Weston BR, Vaporciyan AA, Antonoff MB, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Swisher SG, Sepesi B, Walsh GL, Correa AM, Das P, Blum MA, Badgwell BD, Hofstetter WL. Mediastinal nodal involvement after neoadjuvant chemoradiation for Siewert II/III Adenocarcinoma. Ann Thorac Surg 108(3):845-851, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31102632.
17. Mitchell KG, Parra ER, Nelson DB, Zhang J, Wistuba II, Fujimoto J, Roth JA, Antonoff MB, MD Anderson Lung Cancer Immune Microenvironment Working Group (Mehran R). Tumor cellular proliferation is associated with enhanced immune checkpoint expression in stage I non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 158(3):911-919.e6, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31235357.
18. Corsini EM, Mitchell KG, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Sepesi B, Walsh GL, Swisher SG, Roth JA, Hofstetter WL, Vaporciyan AA, Morris VK, Antonoff MB. Colorectal cancer mutations are associated with survival and recurrence after pulmonary metastasectomy. J Surg Oncol 120(4):729-735, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31290159.
19. Nelson DB, Rice DC, Mitchell KG, Tsao AS, Gomez DR, Sepesi B, Mehran RJ. Return to intended oncologic treatment after surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 158(3):924-929, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31430846.
20. Nelson DB, Mehran RJ, Mitchell KG, Rajaram R, Correa AM, Bassett RL, Antonoff MB, Hofstetter WL, Roth JA, Sepesi B, Swisher SG, Walsh GL, Vaporciyan AA, Rice DC. Robotic Assisted Lobectomy For Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Comprehensive Institutional Experience. Ann Thorac Surg 108(2):370-376, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31004583.
21. Vreeland TJ, Beaudry Simoneau E, Dewhurst WL, Newhook TE, Westin SN, Mehran RJ, Chun YS, Aloia TA, Vauthey JN, Tzeng CD. Intraoperative Air Leak Test to Prevent Bile Leak After Right Posterior Sectionectomy with En Bloc Diaphragm Resection for Metastatic Teratoma. Ann Surg Oncol 26(8):2579, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31065963.
22. Corsini EM, Mitchell KG, Sceusi EL, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Sepesi B, Walsh GL, Swisher SG, Roth JA, Vaporciyan AA, Hofstetter WL, Antonoff MB. Multidisciplinary treatment of thymic neuroendocrine tumors: surgery remains a key component. J Thorac Dis 11(8):3391-3398, 2019. PMID: 31559043.
23. Nelson DB, Mehran RJ, Mitchell KG, Correa AM, Sepesi B, Antonoff MB, Rice DC. Enhanced recovery after thoracic surgery is associated with improved adjuvant chemotherapy completion for non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 158(1):279-286.e1, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31014665.
24. Nelson DB, Tam AL, Mitchell KG, Rice DC, Mehran RJ, Sepesi B, Antonoff MB, Vaporciyan AA, Hofstetter WL. Local Recurrence After Microwave Ablation of Lung Malignancies: A Systematic Review. Ann Thorac Surg 107(6):1876-1883, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30508527.
25. Martin LW, Mehran RJ. Intercostal nerve blockade for thoracic surgery with liposomal bupivacaine: the devil is in the details. J Thorac Dis 11(Suppl 9):S1202-S1205, 2019. PMID: 31245085.
26. Nelson DB, Tayob N, Mitchell KG, Correa AM, Hofstetter WL, Sepesi B, Walsh GL, Vaporciyan AA, Swisher SG, Antonoff MB, Roth JA, Rice DC, Vauthey JN, Mehran RJ. Surgical margins and risk of local recurrence after wedge resection of colorectal pulmonary metastases. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 157(4):1648-1655, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30635188.
27. Nelson DB, Rice DC, Mitchell KG, Tsao AS, Vaporciyan AA, Antonoff MB, Hofstetter WL, Walsh GL, Swisher SG, Roth JA, Gomez DR, Mehran RJ, Sepesi B. Defining the role of adjuvant radiotherapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma: a propensity-matched landmark analysis of the National Cancer Database. J Thorac Dis 11(4):1269-1278, 2019. PMID: 31179069.
28. Van Haren RM, Correa AM, Sepesi B, Rice DC, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Roth JA, Swisher SG, Antonoff MB. Ground Glass Lesions on Imaging: Evaluation of Reported Incidence Using Natural Language Processing. Ann Thorac Surg 107(3):936-940, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30612991.
29. Lillemoe HA, Kawaguchi Y, Passot G, Karagkounis G, Simoneau E, You YN, Mehran RJ, Chun YS, Tzeng CD, Aloia TA, Vauthey JN. Surgical Resection for Recurrence After Two-Stage Hepatectomy for Colorectal Liver Metastases Is Feasible, Is Safe, and Improves Survival. J Gastrointest Surg 23(1):84-92, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30084064.
30. Clemens MW, Butler CE, Mehran RJ. Surgical Management of Chest Wall Tumors. UpToDate, Inc, 2019.
31. Baity M, Wang L, Correa AM, Zhang X, Zhang R, Pataer A, Wu S, Meng QH, Antonoff MB, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Sepesi B, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Zhao M, Gu J, Fang B. Glutathione reductase (GSR) gene deletion and chromosome 8 aneuploidy in primary lung cancers detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Am J Cancer Res 9(6):1201-1211, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31285952.
32. Kim MP, Correa AM, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Erasmus JJ, Swisher SG. Occult stage IIIA-N2 patients have excellent overall survival with initial surgery. J Thorac Dis 10(12):6670-6676, 2018. PMID: 30746212.
33. Sanchez N, Shewale JB, Baker CM, Wilks SA, Correa AM, Sepesi B, Rice DC, Roth JA, Walsh GL, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Mehran RJ, Hofstetter WL. Early Foley catheter removal in thoracic surgical oncology patients receiving epidural analgesia. Perioperative Care and Operating Room Management 12:1-5, 2018.
34. Xi M, Hallemeier CL, Merrell KW, Liao Z, Murphy MAB, Ho L, Hofstetter WL, Mehran R, Lee JH, Bhutani MS, Weston B, Maru DM, Komaki R, Ajani JA, Lin SH. Recurrence Risk Stratification After Preoperative Chemoradiation of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg 268(2):289-295, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28628563.
35. Shewale JB, Mitchell KG, Nelson DB, Conley AP, Rice DC, Antonoff MB, Hofstetter WL, Walsh GL, Swisher SG, Roth JA, Mehran RJ, Vaporciyan AA, Weissferdt A, Sepesi B. Predictors of survival after resection of primary sarcomas of the chest wall-A large, single-institution series. J Surg Oncol. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30109699.
36. Mehran R, Deslauriers J. Carinal Pneumonectomy. Thorac Surg Clin 28(3):315-322, 2018. PMID: 30054069.
37. Nelson DB, Lapid DJ, Mitchell KG, Correa AM, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Sepesi B, Walsh GL, Vaporciyan AA, Swisher SG, Roth JA, Antonoff MB. Perioperative Outcomes for Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Differences between Men and Women. Ann Thorac Surg. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30118712.
38. Shiraishi Y, Fang P, Xu C, Song J, Krishnan S, Koay EJ, Mehran RJ, Hofstetter WL, Blum-Murphy M, Ajani JA, Komaki R, Minsky B, Mohan R, Hsu CC, Hobbs BP, Lin SH. Severe lymphopenia during neoadjuvant chemoradiation for esophageal cancer: A propensity matched analysis of the relative risk of proton versus photon-based radiation therapy. Radiother Oncol 128(1):154-160, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29248170.
39. Van Haren RM, Mehran RJ, Mena GE, Correa AM, Antonoff MB, Baker CM, Woodard TC, Hofstetter WL, Roth JA, Sepesi B, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Rice DC. Enhanced Recovery Decreases Pulmonary and Cardiac Complications Following Thoracotomy for Lung Cancer. Ann Thorac Surg 106(1):272-279, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29530770.
40. Nelson DB, Godoy MCB, Benveniste MF, Shewale JB, Spicer JD, Mitchell KG, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Sepesi B, Walsh GL, Vaporciyan AA, Swisher SG, Roth JA, Antonoff MB. Clinicoradiographic Predictors of Aggressive Biology in Lung Cancer with Ground Glass Components. Ann Thorac Surg 106(1):235-241, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29534957.
41. Nelson DB, Dhupar R, Katkhuda R, Correa A, Goltsov A, Maru D, Sepesi B, Antonoff MB, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Vaporciyan AA, Davila M, Davila R, Betancourt S, Ajani J, Hofstetter WL. Outcomes after endoscopic mucosal resection or esophagectomy for submucosal esophageal adenocarcinoma. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 156(1):406-413.e3, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29605441.
42. Shewale JB, Nelson DB, Rice DC, Sepesi B, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Swisher SG, Roth JA, Antonoff MB. Natural History of Ground Glass Lesions among Patients with Previous Lung Cancer. Ann Thorac Surg 105(6):1671-1677, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29432718.
43. Sepesi B, Ye Y, Mitchell KG, Zhang L, Gu J, Ji L, Antonoff MB, Hofstetter WL, Rice DC, Mehran RJ, Walsh GL, Vaporciyan AA, Swisher SG, Roth JA, Wu X. Genetic variants in cytokine signaling pathways and clinical outcomes in early-stage lung cancer patients. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 155(6):2635-2645.e15, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29548588.
44. Mehran RJ, Martin LW. Enhanced recovery pathways versus standard care: The difference lies in what is being targeted by the pathways. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 155(6):2757, 2018. PMID: 29776294.
45. Nelson DB, Rice DC, Niu J, Atay SM, Vaporciyan AA, Antonoff MB, Hofstetter WL, Walsh GL, Swisher SG, Roth JA, Tsao AS, Gomez DR, Giordano SH, Mehran RJ, Sepesi B. Predictors of trimodality therapy and trends in therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 53(5):960-966, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29211849.
46. Mehran RJ. Fundamental and Practical Aspects of Airway Anatomy from Glottis to Segmental Bronchus. Thorac Surg Clin 28(2):117-125, 2018. PMID: 29627044.
47. Weissferdt A, Kalhor N, Bishop JA, Jang SJ, Ro J, Petersson F, Wu B, Langman G, Bancroft H, Bi Y, Meng Y, Medeiros F, Brunnstrom H, Spagnolo D, Chai SM, Laycock A, Wakely PE, Elmberger G, Soares FA, Campos AH, Gumurdulu D, Alvarado-Cabrero I, Coppola D, Correa AM, Rice D, Mehran RJ, Sepesi B, Walsh G, Kaiser L, Moran CA. THYMOMA: A clinicopathological correlation of 1470 cases. Hum Pathol 73:7-15, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28851660.
48. Wang JF, Pu X, Zhang X, Chen K, Xi Y, Wang J, Mao X, Zhang J, Heymach JV, Antonoff MB, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Sepesi B, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Meng QH, Shaw KR, Eterovic AK, Fang B. Variants with a low allele frequency detected in genomic DNA affect the accuracy of mutation detection in cell-free DNA by next-generation sequencing. Cancer 124(5):1061-1069, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29178133.
49. Mehran RJ, Martin LW, Roth JA. Comparison of outcomes between muscle-sparing thoracotomy and video-assisted thoracic surgery in patients with cT1 N0 M0 lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 155(3):1307, 2018. PMID: 29452469.
50. Tsao AS, Lin H, Carter BW, Lee JJ, Rice D, Vaporcyan A, Swisher S, Mehran R, Heymach J, Nilsson M, Fan Y, Nunez M, Diao L, Wang J, Fujimoto J, Wistuba II, Hong WK. Biomarker-Integrated Neoadjuvant Dasatinib Trial in Resectable Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. J Thorac Oncol 13(2):246-257, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29313814.
51. Nelson DB, Rice DC, Niu J, Mehran RJ, Sepesi B. Reply to S.E. Vogl. J Clin Oncol 36(6):JCO2017764084, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29303625.
52. Vial MR, O'Connell OJ, Grosu HB, Hernandez M, Noor L, Casal RF, Stewart J, Sarkiss M, Jimenez CA, Rice D, Mehran R, Ost DE, Eapen GA. Diagnostic performance of endobronchial ultrasound-guided mediastinal lymph node sampling in early stage non-small cell lung cancer: A prospective study. Respirology 23(1):76-81, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28857362.
53. Passot G, Kim BJ, Glehen O, Mehran RJ, Kopetz SE, Goere D, Overman MJ, Pocard M, Marchal F, Conrad C, Aloia TA, Vauthey JN, Chun YS, BIG-RENAPE Working Group. Impact of RAS Mutations in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer After Potentially Curative Resection: Does Site of Metastases Matter?. Ann Surg Oncol 25(1):179-187, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29071660.
54. Zauderer MG, Tsao AS, Dao T, Panageas K, Lai WV, Rimner A, Rusch VW, Adusumilli PS, Ginsberg MS, Gomez D, Rice D, Mehran R, Scheinberg DA, Krug LM. A Randomized Phase II Trial of Adjuvant Galinpepimut-S, WT-1 Analog Peptide Vaccine, after Multimodality Therapy for Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. Clin Cancer Res 23(24):7483-7489, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28972039.
55. Atay SM, Correa AM, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Sepesi B, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh G, Antonoff MB. Perioperative Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Lobectomy on Clopidogrel. Ann Thorac Surg 104(6):1821-1828, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28987393.
56. Xi M, Xu C, Liao Z, Chang JY, Gomez DR, Jeter M, Cox JD, Komaki R, Mehran R, Blum MA, Hofstetter WL, Maru DM, Bhutani MS, Lee JH, Weston B, Ajani JA, Lin SH. Comparative Outcomes After Definitive Chemoradiotherapy Using Proton Beam Therapy Versus Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Esophageal Cancer: A Retrospective, Single-Institutional Analysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 99(3):667-676, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29280461.
57. Huang X, Cao M, Wu S, Wang L, Hu J, Mehran RJ, Roth JA, Swisher SG, Wang RY, Kantarjian HM, Andreeff M, Sun X, Fang B. Anti-leukemia activity of NSC-743380 in SULT1A1-expressing acute myeloid leukemia cells is associated with inhibitions of cFLIP expression and PI3K/AKT/mTOR activities. Oncotarget 8(60):102150-102160, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29254232.
58. Nelson DB, Rice DC, Niu J, Atay S, Vaporciyan AA, Antonoff M, Hofstetter WL, Walsh GL, Swisher SG, Roth JA, Tsao A, Gomez D, Giordano SH, Mehran R, Sepesi B. Long-Term Survival Outcomes of Cancer-Directed Surgery for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Propensity Score Matching Analysis. J Clin Oncol 35(29):3354-3362, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28817374.
59. Cata JP, Lasala J, Mena GE, Mehran JR. Anesthetic Considerations for Mediastinal Staging Procedures for Lung Cancer. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29174661.
60. Sun B, Brooks ED, Komaki RU, Liao Z, Jeter MD, McAleer MF, Allen PK, Balter PA, Welsh JD, O'Reilly MS, Gomez D, Hahn SM, Roth JA, Mehran RJ, Heymach JV, Chang JY. 7-year follow-up after stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer: Results of a phase 2 clinical trial. Cancer 123(16):3031-3039, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28346656.
61. Antonoff MB, Correa AM, Sepesi B, Nguyen QN, Walsh GL, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Mehran RJ, Hofstetter WL, Rice DC. Salvage pulmonary resection after stereotactic body radiotherapy: A feasible and safe option for local failure in selected patients. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 154(2):689-699, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28495066.
62. Arenas MAR, Fisher SB, Mehran RJ. A Large Right Shoulder Mass. JAMA Surg 152(7):701-702, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28492846.
63. Cata JP, Singh V, Lee BM, Villarreal J, Mehran JR, Yu J, Gottumukkala V, Lavon H, Ben-Eliyahu S. Intraoperative use of dexmedetomidine is associated with decreased overall survival after lung cancer surgery. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol 33(3):317-323, 2017. PMID: 29109628.
64. Martin LW, Mehran RJ. Perspectives on the effect of nodal downstaging and its implication of the role of surgery in stage IIIA (N2) non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Dis 9(7):E646-E652, 2017. PMID: 28840035.
65. Shi A, Liao Z, Allen PK, Ho L, Murphy MB, Maru DM, Swisher SG, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Cox JD, Komaki R, Lin SH. Long-term survival and toxicity outcomes of intensity modulated radiation therapy for the treatment of esophageal cancer: A large single-institutional cohort study. Adv Radiat Oncol 2(3):316-324, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29114598.
66. Bassuner JK, Rice DC, Antonoff MB, Correa AM, Walsh GL, Vaporciyan AA, Garg N, Sepesi B, Swisher SG, Hofstetter WL, Roth JA, Mehran RJ. Polytetrafluoroethylene or acellular dermal matrix for diaphragmatic reconstruction?. Ann Thorac Surg 103(6):1710-1714, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28366460.
67. Lin SH, Merrell KW, Shen J, Verma V, Correa AM, Wang L, Thall PF, Bhooshan N, James SE, Haddock MG, Suntharalingam M, Mehta MP, Liao Z, Cox JD, Komaki R, Mehran RJ, Chuong MD, Hallemeier CL. Multi-institutional analysis of radiation modality use and postoperative outcomes of neoadjuvant chemoradiation for esophageal cancer. Radiother Oncol 123(3):376-381, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28455153.
68. Vakil E, Faiz SA, Iliescu C, Balachandran DD, Ong P, Debiane LG, Mehran R. Managing Post-Pneumonectomy Tension Hydrothorax. Ann Am Thorac Soc 14(6):1031-1035, 2017. PMID: 28570153.
69. Yamashita S, Loyer E, Kang HC, Aloia TA, Chun YS, Mehran RJ, Eng C, Lee JE, Vauthey JN, Conrad C. Total Transthoracic Approach Facilitates Laparoscopic Hepatic Resection in Patients with Significant Prior Abdominal Surgery. Ann Surg Oncol 24(5):1376-1377, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27878479.
70. Chance WW, Nguyen QN, Mehran R, Welsh JW, Gomez DR, Balter P, Komaki R, Liao Z, Chang JY. Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for adrenal gland metastases: factors influencing outcomes, patterns of failure, and dosimetric thresholds for toxicity. Pract Radiat Oncol 7(3):e195-e203, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27743801.
71. Vial MR, Khan KA, O'Connell O, Peng SA, Gomez DR, Chang JY, Rice DC, Mehran R, Jimenez CJ, Grosu HB, Ost DE, Eapen GA. Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in the Nodal Staging of Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy Patients. Ann Thorac Surg 103(5):1600-1605, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28027732.
72. Sepesi B, Cuentes EP, Canales JR, Behrens C, Correa A, Antonoff M, Gibbons DL, Heymach J, Hofstetter W, Mehran R, Rice DC, Roth J, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh G, Weissferdt A, Kalhor N, Moran C, Swisher SG, Wistuba I. Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes and Overall Survival in Surgically Resected Stage II and III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 98(1):223, 2017. PMID: 28586974.
73. Antonoff M, Ragalie W, Sepesi B, Roth J, Walsh G, Hofstetter W, Swisher SG, Rice DC, Vaporciyan AA, Mehran R. Patient-Reported Symptoms: Differences Between Men and Women Following Pulmonary Resection. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 98(1):240, 2017. PMID: 28587019.
74. Konda P, Ai D, Guerra CE, Rodriguez-Restrepo A, Mehran RJ, Rice D, Hofstetter W, Heir J, Kwater P, Gottumukkala V, Hernandez M, Cata JP. Identification of Risk Factors Associated With Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury After Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 31(2):474-481, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27720491.
75. Xu Y, Thall PF, Müller P, Mehran RJ. A Decision - Theoretic Comparison of Treatments to Resolve Air Leaks After Lung Surgery Based on Nonparametric Modeling. Bayesian Anal 12(3):639-652, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28959372.
76. Yan X, Wang L, Zhang R, Pu X, Wu S, Yu L, Meraz IM, Zhang X, Wang JF, Gibbons DL, Mehran RJ, Swisher SG, Roth JA, Fang B. Overcoming resistance to anti-PD immunotherapy in a syngeneic mouse lung cancer model using locoregional virotherapy. Oncoimmunology 7(1):e1376156, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29296537.
77. Mehran RJ, Walsh GL, Zalpour A, Cata JP, Correa AM, Antonoff MB, Rice DC. Intercostal Nerve Blocks With Liposomal Bupivacaine: Demonstration of Safety, and Potential Benefits. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 29(4):531-537, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29698654.
78. Mehran RJ, Martin LW, Baker CM, Mena GE, Rice DC. Pain Management in an Enhanced Recovery Pathway After Thoracic Surgical Procedures. Ann Thorac Surg 102(6):e595-e596, 2016. PMID: 27847094.
79. Spicer JD, Shewale JB, Antonoff MB, Correa AM, Hofstetter WB, Rice DC, Vaporciyan AA, Mehran RJ, Walsh GL, Roth JA, Swisher SG, Sepesi B. The Influence of Reconstructive Technique on Perioperative Pulmonary and Infectious Outcomes Following Chest Wall Resection. Ann Thorac Surg 102(5):1653-1659, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27526650.
80. Xiaobo C, Majidi M, Feng M, Shao R, Wang J, Zhao Y, Baladandayuthapani V, Song J, Fang B, Ji L, Mehran R, Roth JA. TUSC2 (FUS1) - erlotinib Induced Vulnerabilities in Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Wildtype Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Targeted by the Repurposed Drug Auranofin. Sci Rep 6:35741, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27845352.
81. Mak KS, van Bommel AC, Stowell C, Abrahm JL, Baker M, Baldotto CS, Baldwin DR, Borthwick D, Carbone DP, Chen AB, Fox J, Haswell T, Koczywas M, Kozower BD, Mehran RJ, Schramel FM, Senan S, Stirling RG, van Meerbeeck JP, Wouters MW, Peake MD, Lung Cancer Working Group of ICHOM. Defining a standard set of patient-centred outcomes for lung cancer. Eur Respir J 48(3):852-60, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27390281.
82. Cata JP, Jones J, Sepesi B, Mehran RJ, Rodriguez-Restrepo A, Lasala J, Feng L, Gottumukkala V. Lack of Association Between Dexamethasone and Long-Term Survival After Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 30(4):930-5, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27521965.
83. Mehran RJ, Roth JA. Quality of life after video-assisted surgery for lung cancer. Lancet Oncol 17(8):e315-6, 2016. PMID: 27511151.
84. Antonoff MB, Ragalie W, Correa AM, Spicer JD, Sepesi B, Roth JA, Walsh GL, Hofstetter WL, Swisher SG, Rice DC, Vaporciyan AA, Mehran RJ. Results of Postdischarge Nursing Telephone Assessments: Persistent Symptoms Common Among Pulmonary Resection Patients. Ann Thorac Surg 102(1):276-81, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27083250.
85. Lee BM, Rodriguez A, Mena G, Gottumukkala V, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Feng L, Yu J, Cata JP. Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and Use of NSAIDs During the Perioperative Period as Prognostic Indicators in Patients With NSCLC Undergoing Surgery. Cancer Control 23(3):284-94, 2016. PMID: 27556669.
86. Jakubek Y, Lang W, Vattathil S, Garcia M, Xu L, Huang L, Yoo SY, Shen L, Lu W, Chow CW, Weber Z, Davies G, Huang J, Behrens C, Kalhor N, Moran C, Fujimoto J, Mehran R, El-Zein R, Swisher SG, Wang J, Fowler J, Spira AE, Ehli EA, Wistuba II, Scheet P, Kadara H. Genomic Landscape Established by Allelic Imbalance in the Cancerization Field of a Normal Appearing Airway. Cancer Res 76(13):3676-83, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27216194.
87. Di Guilmi J, Salvo G, Mehran R, Sood AK, Coleman RL, Lu KH, Vaporciyan A, Ramirez PT. Role of Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy in Advanced Ovarian Cancer: A Literature Review. Int J Gynecol Cancer 26(4):801-6, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26937753.
88. Lin SH, Zhang N, Godby J, Wang J, Marsh GD, Liao Z, Komaki R, Ho L, Hofstetter WL, Swisher SG, Mehran RJ, Buchholz TA, Elting LS, Giordano SH. Radiation modality use and cardiopulmonary mortality risk in elderly patients with esophageal cancer. Cancer 122(6):917-28, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26716915.
89. Sepesi B, Schmidt HE, Lada M, Correa AM, Walsh GL, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Vaporciyan AA, Ajani JA, Watson TJ, Swisher SG, Low DE, Hofstetter WL. Survival in Patients With Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Undergoing Trimodality Therapy Is Independent of Regional Lymph Node Location. Ann Thorac Surg 101(3):1075-80; Discussion 1080-1, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26680311.
90. Li H, Hu J, Wu S, Wang L, Cao X, Zhang X, Dai B, Cao M, Shao R, Zhang R, Majidi M, Ji L, Heymach JV, Wang M, Pan S, Minna J, Mehran RJ, Swisher SG, Roth JA, Fang B. Auranofin-mediated inhibition of PI3K/AKT/mTOR axis and anticancer activity in non-small cell lung cancer cells. Oncotarget 7(3):3548-58, 2016. PMID: 26657290.
91. Cata JP, Gutierrez C, Mehran RJ, Rice D, Nates J, Feng L, Rodriguez-Restrepo A, Martinez F, Mena G, Gottumukkala V. Preoperative anemia, blood transfusion, and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in patients with stage i non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer Cell Microenviron 3(1):e1116, 2016. PMID: 26949721.
92. Walsh GL, Mehran RJ. A Brief History of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 28(3):719-726, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28285679.
93. Antonoff MB, Hofstetter WL, Correa AM, Bell JM, Sepesi B, Rice DC, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Mehran RJ, Swisher SG, Meyers BF. Clinical Prediction of Pathologic Complete Response in Superior Sulcus Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Ann Thorac Surg 101(1):211-7, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26279367.
94. Merrell KW, Hallemeier CL, James SE, Bhooshan N, Wang L, Correa AM, Liao Z, Thall PF, Komaki RU, Suntharalingam M, Mehta MP, Mehran RJ, Haddock MG, Chuong MD, Lin SH. Comparison of Overall Survival for Esophageal Cancer Patients Treated With Neoadjuvant Proton or Photon Chemoradiation: A Multi-institutional Analysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 93(3):S13-S14, 2015.
95. Mak KS, Van Bommel ACM, Stowell C, Abrahm JL, Baker M, Baldotto C, Baldwin DR, Borthwick D, Carbone DP, Chen AB, Haswell T, Koczywas M, Kozower BD, Mehran RJ, Schramel FM, Senan S, Stirling RG, Van Meerbeeck JP, Wouters MWJM, Peake MD. Defining a Standard Set of Patient Centered Outcomes for Patients With Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 93(3):E403, 2015.
96. Ai D, Lasala J, Mehran JR, Xu G, Banchs J, Cata JP. Preoperative Echocardiographic Parameters of Diastolic Dysfunction Did Not Provide a Predictive Value for Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Lung and Esophageal Cancer Surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 29(5):1127-30, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25976602.
97. Fang B, Mehran RJ, Heymach JV, Swisher SG. Predictive biomarkers in precision medicine and drug development against lung cancer. Chin J Cancer 34(1):26, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26134262.
98. Shewale JB, Correa AM, Baker CM, Villafane-Ferriol N, Hofstetter WL, Jordan VS, Kehlet H, Lewis KM, Mehran RJ, Summers BL, Schaub D, Wilks SA, Swisher SG, University of Texas MD Anderson Esophageal Cancer Collaborative Group. Impact of a Fast-Track Esophagectomy Protocol on Esophageal Cancer Patient Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness. Ann Surg 261(6):1114-23, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25243545.
99. Nguyen QN, Ly NB, Komaki R, Levy LB, Gomez DR, Chang JY, Allen PK, Mehran RJ, Lu C, Gillin M, Liao Z, Cox JD. Long-term outcomes after proton therapy, with concurrent chemotherapy, for stage II-III inoperable non-small cell lung cancer. Radiother Oncol 115(3):367-72, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26028228.
100. Choi JE, Villarreal J, Lasala J, Gottumukkala V, Mehran RJ, Rice D, Yu J, Feng L, Cata JP. Perioperative neutrophil:lymphocyte ratio and postoperative NSAID use as predictors of survival after lung cancer surgery: a retrospective study. Cancer Med 4(6):825-33, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25756351.
101. Zenali MJ, Weissferdt A, Solis LM, Ali S, Tang X, Mehran RJ, Wistuba II, Moran CA, Kalhor N. An update on clinicopathological, immunohistochemical, and molecular profiles of colloid carcinoma of the lung. Hum Pathol 46(6):836-42, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25776025.
102. Rice DC, Cata JP, Mena GE, Rodriguez-Restrepo A, Correa AM, Mehran RJ. Posterior Intercostal Nerve Block With Liposomal Bupivacaine: An Alternative to Thoracic Epidural Analgesia. Ann Thorac Surg 99(6):1953-60, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25912739.
103. Chang JY, Senan S, Paul MA, Mehran RJ, Louie AV, Balter P, Groen HJ, McRae SE, Widder J, Feng L, van den Borne BE, Munsell MF, Hurkmans C, Berry DA, van Werkhoven E, Kresl JJ, Dingemans AM, Dawood O, Haasbeek CJ, Carpenter LS, De Jaeger K, Komaki R, Slotman BJ, Smit EF, Roth JA. Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy versus lobectomy for operable stage I non-small-cell lung cancer: a pooled analysis of two randomised trials. Lancet Oncol 16(6):630-7, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25981812.
104. Mise Y, Kopetz S, Mehran RJ, Aloia TA, Conrad C, Brudvik KW, Taggart MW, Vauthey JN. Is Complete Liver Resection Without Resection of Synchronous Lung Metastases Justified?. Ann Surg Oncol 22(5):1585-92, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25373535.
105. Hao C, Wang L, Peng S, Cao M, Li H, Hu J, Huang X, Liu W, Zhang H, Wu S, Pataer A, Heymach JV, Eterovic AK, Zhang Q, Shaw KR, Chen K, Futreal A, Wang M, Hofstetter W, Mehran R, Rice D, Roth JA, Sepesi B, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan A, Walsh GL, Johnson FM, Fang B. Gene mutations in primary tumors and corresponding patient-derived xenografts derived from non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer Lett 357(1):179-85, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25444907.
106. Kim MP, Correa AM, Hofstetter W, Mehran R, Rice DC, Roth JA, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Erasmus JJ, Swisher SG. Limitations of 18F-2-Deoxy-d-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography in N1 Detection in Patients With Pathologic Stage II-N1 and Implications for Management. Ann Thorac Surg 99(2):414-20, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25497068.
107. Chance WW, Rice DC, Allen PK, Tsao AS, Fontanilla HP, Liao Z, Chang JY, Tang C, Pan HY, Welsh JW, Mehran RJ, Gomez DR. Hemithoracic Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy After Pleurectomy/Decortication for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Toxicity, Patterns of Failure, and a Matched Survival Analysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 91(1):149-56, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25442335.
108. Dai B, Yan S, Lara-Guerra H, Kawashima H, Sakai R, Jayachandran G, Majidi M, Mehran R, Wang J, Bekele BN, Baladandayuthapani V, Yoo SY, Wang Y, Ying J, Meng F, Ji L, Roth JA. Exogenous Restoration of TUSC2 Expression Induces Responsiveness to Erlotinib in Wildtype Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Lung Cancer Cells through Context Specific Pathways Resulting in Enhanced Therapeutic Efficacy. PLoS One 10(6):e0123967, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26053020.
109. Dhupar R, Correa AM, Ajani J, Betancourt S, Mehran RJ, Swisher SG, Hofstetter WL. Concordance of studies for nodal staging is prognostic for worse survival in esophageal cancer. Dis Esophagus 27(8):770-6, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24152134.
110. Mise Y, Mehran RJ, Aloia TA, Vauthey JN. Simultaneous lung resection via a transdiaphragmatic approach in patients undergoing liver resection for synchronous liver and lung metastases. Surgery 156(5):1197-203, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24953274.
111. Sheu T, Heymach JV, Swisher SG, Rao G, Weinberg JS, Mehran R, McAleer MF, Liao Z, Aloia TA, Gomez DR. Propensity score-matched analysis of comprehensive local therapy for oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer that did not progress after front-line chemotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 90(4):850-7, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25216859.
112. Stephens N, Rice D, Correa A, Hoffstetter W, Mehran R, Roth J, Walsh G, Vaporciyan A, Swisher S. Thoracoscopic lobectomy is associated with improved short-term and equivalent oncological outcomes compared with open lobectomy for clinical Stage I non-small-cell lung cancer: a propensity-matched analysis of 963 cases. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 46(4):607-13, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24603446.
113. Schier R, El-Zein R, Cortes A, Liu M, Collins M, Rafat N, Teschendorf P, Wu HK, Heymach J, Mehran R, Riedel B. Endothelial progenitor cell mobilization by preoperative exercise: a bone marrow response associated with postoperative outcome. Br J Anaesth 113(4):652-60, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24880828.
114. Cata JP, Keerty V, Keerty D, Feng L, Norman PH, Gottumukkala V, Mehran JR, Engle M. A retrospective analysis of the effect of intraoperative opioid dose on cancer recurrence after non-small cell lung cancer resection. Cancer Med 3(4):900-8, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24692226.
115. Suraokar MB, Nunez MI, Diao L, Chow CW, Kim D, Behrens C, Lin H, Lee S, Raso G, Moran C, Rice D, Mehran R, Lee JJ, Pass HI, Wang J, Momin AA, James BP, Corvalan A, Coombes K, Tsao A, Wistuba II. Expression Profiling Stratifies Mesothelioma Tumors and Signifies Deregulation of Spindle Checkpoint Pathway and Microtubule Network with Therapeutic Implications. Ann Oncol 25(6):1184-92, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24669013.
116. Tsao AS, Harun N, Fujimoto J, Devito V, Lee JJ, Kuhn E, Mehran R, Rice D, Moran C, Hong WK, Shen L, Suraokar M, Wistuba I. Elevated PDGFRB gene copy number gain is prognostic for improved survival outcomes in resected malignant pleural mesothelioma. Ann Diagn Pathol 18(3):140-5, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24747001.
117. Mehran R, Nilsson M, Khajavi M, Du Z, Cascone T, Wu HK, Cortes A, Xu L, Zurita A, Schier R, Riedel B, El-Zein R, Heymach JV. Tumor endothelial markers define novel subsets of cancer-specific circulating endothelial cells associated with antitumor efficacy. Cancer Res 74(10):2731-41, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24626092.
118. Chang JY, Li QQ, Xu QY, Allen PK, Rebueno N, Gomez DR, Balter P, Komaki R, Mehran R, Swisher SG, Roth JA. Stereotactic ablative radiation therapy for centrally located early stage or isolated parenchymal recurrences of non-small cell lung cancer: how to fly in a "no fly zone". Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 88(5):1120-8, 2014. PMID: 24661665.
119. Schier R, Schick V, Amsbaugh A, Aguilar J, Hernandez M, Mehran RJ, Riedel B, Hinkelbein J. Brachial artery reactivity and vascular reactive hyperemia for preoperative anaesthesia risk assessment - an observational study. BMC Anesthesiol 14:47, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24971042.
120. Hellmann MD, Chaft JE, William WN Jr, Rusch V, Pisters KM, Kalhor N, Pataer A, Travis WD, Swisher SG, Kris MG; University of Texas MD Anderson Lung Cancer Colloborative Group (Mehran RJ). Pathological response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in resectable non-small-cell lung cancers: proposal for the use of major pathological response as a surrogate endpoint. Lancet Oncology 15(3):e42-50, 2014. PMID: 24384493.
121. Ganeshan DM, Correa AM, Bhosale P, Vaporciyan AA, Rice D, Mehran RJ, Walsh GL, Iyer R, Roth JA, Swisher SG, Hofstetter WL. Diaphragmatic Hernia After Esophagectomy in 440 Patients With Long-Term Follow-Up. Ann Thorac Surg 96(4):1138-45, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23810174.
122. Francis AM, Sepesi B, Correa AM, Blum MA, Erasmus JJ, Lee JH, Maru DM, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Welsh JW, Swisher SG, Hofstetter WL, University of Texas MD Anderson Esophageal Cancer Group. The influence of histopathologic tumor viability on long-term survival and recurrence rates following neoadjuvant therapy for esophageal adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg 258(3):500-7, 2013. PMID: 24022442.
123. David E, Thall PF, Kalhor N, Hofstetter WL, Rice DC, Roth JA, Swisher SG, Walsh GL, Vaporciyan AA, Wei C, Mehran RJ. Visceral pleural invasion is not predictive of survival in patients with lung cancer and smaller tumor size. Ann Thorac Surg 95(6):1872-7, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23643547.
124. Gebhardt R, Mehran RJ, Soliz J, Cata JP, Smallwood AK, Feeley TW. Epidural versus ON-Q local anesthetic-infiltrating catheter for post-thoracotomy pain control. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 27(3):423-6, 2013. PMID: 23672860.
125. Gomez DR, Hong DS, Allen PK, Welsh JS, Mehran RJ, Tsao AS, Liao Z, Bilton SD, Komaki R, Rice DC. Patterns of failure, toxicity, and survival after extrapleural pneumonectomy and hemithoracic intensity-modulated radiation therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma. J Thorac Oncol 8(2):238-45, 2013. PMID: 23247629.
126. Schier R, Marcus HE, Mansur E, Lei X, El-Zein R, Mehran R, Purugganan R, Heir JS, Riedel B, Gottumukkala V. Evaluation of Digital Thermal Monitoring as a Tool to Assess Perioperative Vascular Reactivity. J Atheroscler Thromb 20(3):277-86, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23197179.
127. Guo C, Lu H, Gao W, Wang L, Lu K, Wu S, Pataer A, Huang M, El-Zein R, Lin T, Roth JA, Mehran R, Hofstetter W, Swisher SG, Wu X, Fang B. Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-2 level is increased in blood of lung cancer patients and associated with poor survival. PLoS One 8(9):e74973, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24069370.
128. Schier R, Hinkelbein J, Marcus H, Smallwood A, Correa AM, Mehran R, El-Zein R, Riedel B. A novel technique for the assessment of preoperative cardiovascular risk: reactive hyperemic response to short-term exercise. Biomed Res Int 2013:837130, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23691513.
129. Blackmon SH, Stephens EH, Correa AM, Hofstetter W, Kim MP, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Swisher SG, Walsh GL, Vaporciyan AA. Predictors of Recurrent Pulmonary Metastases and Survival After Pulmonary Metastasectomy for Colorectal Cancer. Ann Thorac Surg 94(6):1802-9, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23063195.
130. Sepesi B, Swisher SG, Walsh GL, Correa A, Mehran RJ, Rice D, Roth J, Vaporciyan A, Hofstetter WL. Omental reinforcement of the thoracic esophagogastric anastomosis: An analysis of leak and reintervention rates in patients undergoing planned and salvage esophagectomy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 144(5):1146-51, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22939861.
131. Marks JL, Hofstetter W, Correa AM, Mehran RJ, Rice D, Roth J, Walsh G, Vaporciyan A, Erasmus J, Chang J, Maru D, Lee JH, Lee J, Ajani JA, Swisher SG. Salvage Esophagectomy After Failed Definitive Chemoradiation for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. Ann Thorac Surg 94(4):1126-32; discussion 1132-3, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22921233.
132. Blackmon SH, Correa AM, Skoracki R, Chevray PM, Kim MP, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Yu P, Walsh GL, Hofstetter WL. Supercharged Pedicled Jejunal Interposition for Esophageal Replacement: A 10-Year Experience. Ann Thorac Surg 94(4):1104-11; discussion 1111-3, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22939245.
133. Ajani JA, Correa AM, Hofstetter WL, Rice DC, Blum MA, Suzuki A, Taketa T, Welsh J, Lin SH, Lee JH, Bhutani MS, Ross WA, Maru DM, Macapinlac HA, Erasmus J, Komaki R, Mehran RJ, Vaporciyan AA, Swisher SG. Clinical parameters model for predicting pathologic complete response following preoperative chemoradiation in patients with esophageal cancer. Ann Oncol 23(10):2638-42, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22831985.
134. Hayashi Y, Correa AM, Hofstetter WL, Vaporciyan AA, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Suzuki A, Lee JH, Bhutani MS, Welsh J, Lin SH, Maru DM, Swisher SG, Ajani JA. Patients with high body mass index tend to have lower stage of esophageal carcinoma at diagnosis. Dis Esophagus 25(7):614-22, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22150920.
135. Harvin JA, Lahat G, Correa AM, Lee J, Maru D, Ajani J, Marom EM, Welsh J, Bhutani MS, Walsh G, Roth J, Mehran R, Vaporciyan A, Rice D, Swisher S, Hofstetter W. Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery for esophageal adenocarcinoma: Significance of microscopically positive circumferential radial margins. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 143(2):412-20, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22172216.
136. Gomez DR, Cox JD, Roth JA, Allen PK, Wei X, Mehran RJ, Kim JY, Swisher SG, Rice DC, Komaki R. A prospective phase 2 study of surgery followed by chemotherapy and radiation for superior sulcus tumors. Cancer 118(2):444-51, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21713767.
137. Kim JY, Correa AM, Vaporciyan AA, Roth JA, Mehran RJ, Walsh GL, Rice DC, Ajani JA, Maru DM, Bhutani MS, Welsh J, Marom EM, Swisher SG, Hofstetter WL. Does the Timing of Esophagectomy After Chemoradiation Affect Outcome?. Ann Thorac Surg 93(1):207-12; discussion 212-3, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21962263.
138. Chang JY, Liu H, Balter P, Komaki R, Liao Z, Welsh J, Mehran RJ, Roth JA, Swisher SG. Clinical outcome and predictors of survival and pneumonitis after stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer. Radiat Oncol 7:152, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22963661.
139. Mehran RJ. Lung cancer: an update on current surgical strategies. Tex Heart Inst J 39(6):844-5, 2012. PMID: 23304030.
140. Hemmati SH, Correa AM, Walsh GL, Swisher SG, Roth JA, Rice DC, Mehran RJ, Vaporciyan AA. The prognostic factors of chest wall metastasis resection. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 40(2):328-33, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21466960.
141. Brouquet A, Vauthey JN, Contreras CM, Walsh GL, Vaporciyan AA, Swisher SG, Curley SA, Mehran RJ, Abdalla EK. Improved survival after resection of liver and lung colorectal metastases compared with liver-only metastases: a study of 112 patients with limited lung metastatic disease. J Am Coll Surg 213(1):62-9, 2011. PMID: 21700179.
142. Stephens EH, Blackmon SH, Correa AM, Roth JA, Rice DC, Hofstetter W, Benjamin R, Mehran R, Swisher SG, Walsh GL, Vaporciyan AA. Progression after chemotherapy is a novel predictor of poor outcomes after pulmonary metastasectomy in sarcoma patients. J Am Coll Surg 212(5):821-6, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21435923.
143. Mehran R, Rice D, El-Zein R, Huang JL, Vaporciyan A, Goodyear A, Mehta A, Correa A, Walsh G, Roth J, Swisher S, Hofstetter W. Minimally invasive esophagectomy versus open esophagectomy, a symptom assessment study. Dis Esophagus 24(3):147-52, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21040152.
144. Palacio D, Mehran RJ, Marom EM. Esophageal luminal clot mimicking intramural esophageal hematoma. Ann Thorac Surg 91(2):e29, 2011. PMID: 21256262.
145. Gaur P, Sepesi B, Hofstetter WL, Correa AM, Bhutani MS, Watson TJ, Swisher SG, M. D. Anderson Esophageal Cancer Group (Mehran RJ), University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Foregut Group. Endoscopic esophageal tumor length: a prognostic factor for patients with esophageal cancer. Cancer 117(1):63-9, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20803613.
146. Hayashi Y, Correa AM, Hofstetter WL, Vaporciyan AA, Rice DC, Walsh GL, Mehran RJ, Lee JH, Bhutani MS, Dekovich A, Swisher SG, Ajani JA. The influence of high body mass index on the prognosis of patients with esophageal cancer after surgery as primary therapy. Cancer 116(24):5619-5627. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21061356.
147. Casal RF, Jimenez CA, Mehran RJ, Eapen GA, Ost D, Sarkiss M, Morice RC. Infected mediastinal bronchogenic cyst successfully treated by endobronchial ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration. Ann Thorac Surg 90(4):e52-3, 2010. PMID: 20868780.
148. Gaur P, Sepesi B, Hofstetter WL, Correa AM, Bhutani MS, Vaporciyan AA, Watson TJ, Swisher SG, Members of the MD Anderson Esophageal Cancer Group (Mehran RJ) and the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Foregut Group. A clinical nomogram predicting pathologic lymph-node involvement in esophageal cancer patients. Ann Surg 252(4):611-7, 2010. PMID: 20881767.
149. Kim MP, Correa AM, Lee J, Rice DC, Roth JA, Mehran RJ, Walsh GL, Ajani JA, Maru DM, Chang JY, Marom EM, Macapinlac HA, Lee JH, Vaporciyan AA, Rice T, Swisher SG, Hofstetter WL. Pathologic T0N1 esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant therapy and surgery: an orphan status. Ann Thorac Surg 90(3):884-90; discussion 890-1, 2010. PMID: 20732513.
150. Swisher SG, Hofstetter W, Komaki R, Correa AM, Erasmus J, Lee JH, Liao Z, Maru D, Mehran R, Patel S, Rice DC, Roth JA, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Ajani JA. Improved long-term outcome with chemoradiotherapy strategies in esophageal cancer. Ann Thorac Surg 90(3):892-8; discussion 898-9, 2010. PMID: 20732514.
151. Katz RL, He W, Khanna A, Fernandez RL, Zaidi TM, Krebs M, Caraway NP, Zhang HZ, Jiang F, Spitz MR, Blowers DP, Jimenez CA, Mehran RJ, Swisher SG, Roth JA, Morris JS, Etzel CJ, El-Zein R. Genetically abnormal circulating cells in lung cancer patients: an antigen-independent fluorescence in situ hybridization-based case-control study. Clin Cancer Res 16(15):3976-87, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20651054.
152. Kim MP, Correa AM, Swisher SG, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Walsh GL, Erasmus J, Moran C, Vaporciyan AA, Roth JA. Non-small cell lung cancer resection in lymphoma patients. Ann Thorac Surg 90(1):210-6, 2010. PMID: 20609777.
153. Gaur P, Hofstetter WL, Bekele BN, Correa AM, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Vaporciyan AA, Rice TW, Swisher SG. Comparison between established and the Worldwide Esophageal Cancer Collaboration staging systems. Ann Thorac Surg 89(6):1797-1803, 1804.e1-3; discussion 1803-4, 2010. PMID: 20494031.
154. Behrens C, Feng L, Kadara H, Kim HJ, Lee JJ, Mehran R, Hong WK, Lotan R, Wistuba II. Expression of interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase-1 in non-small cell lung carcinoma and preneoplastic lesions. Clin Cancer Res 16(1):34-44, 2010. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 20028769.
155. Morice RC, Jimenez CA, Eapen GA, Mehran RJ, Keus L, Ost D. Using quantitative breath sound measurements to predict lung function following resection. J Cardiothorac Surg 5:81, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20939900.
156. Bolton WD, Hofstetter WL, Francis AM, Correa AM, Ajani JA, Bhutani MS, Erasmus J, Komaki R, Maru DM, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Swisher SG. Impact of tumor length on long-term survival of pT1 esophageal adenocarcinoma. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 138(4):831-6, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19660349.
157. Braiteh F, Correa AM, Hofstetter WL, Rice DC, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Roth JA, Mehran RJ, Swisher SG, Ajani JA. Association of age and survival in patients with gastroesophageal cancer undergoing surgery with or without preoperative therapy. Cancer 115(19):4450-8, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19562780.
158. Rice DC, Steliga MA, Stewart J, Eapen G, Jimenez CA, Lee JH, Hofstetter WL, Marom EM, Mehran RJ, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Swisher SG. Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration for Staging of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. Ann Thorac Surg 88(3):862-8; discussion 868-9, 2009. PMID: 19699913.
159. Raso MG, Behrens C, Herynk MH, Liu S, Prudkin L, Ozburn NC, Woods DM, Tang X, Mehran RJ, Moran C, Lee JJ, Wistuba II. Immunohistochemical expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors identifies a subset of NSCLCs and correlates with EGFR mutation. Clin Cancer Res 15(17):5359-68, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19706809.
160. Blackmon SH, Shah N, Roth JA, Correa AM, Vaporciyan AA, Rice DC, Hofstetter W, Walsh GL, Benjamin R, Pollock R, Swisher SG, Mehran R. Resection of pulmonary and extrapulmonary sarcomatous metastases is associated with long-term survival. Ann Thorac Surg 88(3):877-84; discussion 884-5, 2009. PMID: 19699915.
161. Kassis ES, Vaporciyan AA, Swisher SG, Correa AM, Bekele BN, Erasmus JJ, Hofstetter WL, Komaki R, Mehran RJ, Moran CA, Pisters KM, Rice DC, Walsh GL, Roth JA. Application of the revised lung cancer staging system (IASLC Staging Project) to a cancer center population. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 138(2):412-418.e1-2, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19619787.
162. Bolton WD, Rice DC, Correa AM, Hofstetter W, Komaki R, Mehran R, Pisters K, Roth JA, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Swisher SG. Influence of Age on Choice of Therapy and Surgical Outcomes in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. AM Surg 75(7):598-603, 2009. PMID: 19655604.
163. Bolton WD, Rice DC, Goodyear A, Correa AM, Erasmus J, Hofstetter W, Komaki R, Mehran R, Pisters K, Roth JA, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Weaver J, Rhines L. Superior sulcus tumors with vertebral body involvement: a multimodality approach. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 137(6):1379-87, 2009. PMID: 19464452.
164. Blackmon SH, Rice DC, Correa AM, Mehran R, Putnam JB, Smythe WR, Walkes JC, Walsh GL, Moran C, Singh H, Vaporciyan AA, Reardon M. Management of primary pulmonary artery sarcomas. Ann Thorac Surg 87(3):977-84, 2009. PMID: 19231448.
165. Yendamuri S, Swisher SG, Correa AM, Hofstetter W, Ajani JA, Francis A, Maru D, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Walsh GL, Vaporciyan AA. Esophageal tumor length is independently associated with long-term survival. Cancer 115(3):508-16, 2009. PMID: 19117343.
166. Leung KK, Maru D, Abraham S, Hofstetter WL, Mehran R, Anandasabapathy S. Optical EMR: confocal endomicroscopy-targeted EMR of focal high-grade dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus. Gastrointest Endosc 69(1):170-2, 2009. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18582880.
167. Chang JY, Balter PA, Dong L, Yang Q, Liao Z, Jeter M, Bucci MK, McAleer MF, Mehran RJ, Roth JA, Komaki R. Stereotactic body radiation therapy in centrally and superiorly located stage I or isolated recurrent non-small-cell lung cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 72(4):967-71, 2008. PMID: 18954709.
168. Yendamuri S, Vaporciyan AA, Zaidi T, Feng L, Fernandez R, Bekele NB, Hofstetter WL, Jiang F, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Spitz MR, Swisher SG, Walsh GL, Roth JA, Katz RL. 3p22.1 and 10q22.3 deletions detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH): a potential new tool for early detection of non-small cell lung Cancer (NSCLC). J Thorac Oncol 3(9):979-84, 2008. PMID: 18758299.
169. Yendamuri S, Komaki RR, Correa AM, Allen P, Wynn B, Blackmon S, Hofstetter WL, Rice DC, Roth JA, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Mehran RJ. Comparacion de la cirugia limitada con la radioterapia conformal tridemensional en pacientes de alto riesgo con cancer de pulmon no microcitico en estadio I. J Thorac Oncol 2(2):45-52, 2008.
170. Rice DC, Stevens CW, Correa AM, Vaporciyan AA, Tsao A, Forster KM, Walsh GL, Swisher SG, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Roth JA, Liao Z, Smythe WR. Outcomes after extrapleural pneumonectomy and intensity-modulated radiation therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma. Ann Thorac Surg 84(5):1685-92; discussion 1692-3, 2007. PMID: 17954086.
171. Yendamuri S, Komaki RR, Correa AM, Allen P, Wynn B, Blackmon S, Hofstetter WL, Rice DC, Roth JA, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Mehran RJ. Comparison of limited surgery and three-dimensional conformal radiation in high-risk patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Oncol 2(11):1022-8, 2007. PMID: 17975494.
172. Cavalcanti JL, Núñez RF, Yeung HW, Mehran RJ, Macapinlac HA. Incidental finding of prostate cancer and adenomatous colon polyp in a patient with lung cancer. Clin Nucl Med 32(11):871-3, 2007. PMID: 18075426.
173. Jackson TA, Mehran RJ,Thakar D, Riedel B, Nunnally ME, Slinger P. Case 5-2007 postoperative complications after pneumonectomy: clinical conference. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 21(5):743-51, 2007. PMID: 17905288.
174. Hofstetter W, Correa AM, Bekele N, Ajani JA, Phan A, Komaki RR, Liao Z, Maru D, Wu TT, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Francis A, Blackmon S, Swisher SG. Proposed modification of nodal status in AJCC esophageal cancer staging system. Ann Thorac Surg 84(2):365-73; discussion 374-5, 2007. PMID: 17643602.
175. Blackmon SH, Correa AM, Wynn B, Hofstetter WL, Martin LW, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Swisher SG, Walsh GL, Roth JA, Vaporciyan AA. Propensity matched analysis of three techniques for intrathoracic esophagogastric anastomosis. Ann Thorac Surg 83(5):1805-13; discussion 1813, 2007. PMID: 17462404.
176. Olson G, Masten B, Schuyler M, Archibeque C, Tarleton R, Mehran R, Lipscomb M. Characterization of myeloid and plasmacytoid dendritic cells in human lung. J Immunol 177(11):7784-93, 2006. PMID: 17114449.
177. Herrera LJ, Correa AM, Vaporciyan AA, Hofstetter WL, Rice DC, Swisher SG, Walsh GL, Roth JA, Mehran RJ. Increased risk of aspiration and pulmonary complications after lung resection in head and neck cancer patients. Ann Thorac Surg 82(6):1982-7; discussion 1987-8, 2006. PMID: 17126095.
178. Gamm DM, Harris A, Mehran RJ, Wood M, Foster CS, Mootha VV. Mucous membrane pemphigoid with fatal bronchial involvement in a seventeen-year-old girl. Cornea 25(4):474-8, 2006. PMID: 16670490.
179. Campen MJ, Babu NS, Helms GA, Pett S, Wernly J, Mehran R, McDonald JD. Nonparticulate components of diesel exhaust promote constriction in coronary arteries from ApoE-/- mice. Toxicol Sci 88(1):95-102, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16093524.
180. Martin LW, Swisher SG, Hofstetter W, Correa AM, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Roth JA. Intrathoracic leaks following esophagectomy are no longer associated with increased mortality. Ann Surg 242(3):392-9; discussion 399-402, 2005. PMID: 16135925.
181. Deslauriers J, Mehran RJ. Posterolateral Thoracotomy. Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 8(2):51-57, 2003.
182. Mehran R, Ghosh R, Maziak D, O'Rourke K, Shamji F. Surgical treatment of thymoma. Can J Surg 45(1):25-30, 2002. PMID: 11837917.
183. Wherrett CG, Mehran RJ, Beaulieu MA. Cerebral arterial gas embolism following diagnostic bronchoscopy: delayed treatment with hyperbaric oxygen. Can J Anaesth 49(1):96-9, 2002. PMID: 11782337.
184. Hyland MJ, Ashrafi AS, Crépeau A, Mehran RJ. Is video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery superior to limited axillary thoracotomy in the management of spontaneous pneumothorax?. Can Respir J 8(5):339-43, 2001. PMID: 11694914.
185. Gowan RT, Mehran RJ, Cardinal P, Jones G. Thoracic complications of Lemierre syndrome. Can Respir J 7(6):481-5, 2000. PMID: 11121093.
186. Rasuli P, Mehran R, French G, Turek M, Lalonde KA, Cardinal P. Percutaneous retrieval of a vena cava filter from the right atrium: case report. Can Assoc Radiol J 51(1):30-5, 2000. PMID: 10711293.
187. Jetty P, Mehran RJ. Inadvertent suture through the chest tube: a simple solution to a frustrating problem. Ann Thorac Surg 69(1):261-2, 2000. PMID: 10654527.
188. Mehran R, Schneider R, Franchebois P. The minor hepatic veins: anatomy and classification. Clin Anat 13(6):416-21, 2000. PMID: 11111892.
189. Mehran RJ, Deslauriers J. Late complications. Postpneumonectomy syndrome. Chest Surg Clin N Am 9(3):655-73, x, 1999. PMID: 10459434.
190. Chopra P, Killorn P, Mehran RJ. Cholelithoptysis and pleural empyema. Ann Thorac Surg 68(1):254-5, 1999. PMID: 10421159.
191. Valestaqui R, Mehran RJ. Traumatic hernia of the pericardium. J Trauma 46(3):513-4, 1999. PMID: 10088861.
192. Jonker D, Mehran R, Maroun J, Crepeau A. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy before surgery for resectable carcinoma of the lower esophagus. Dis Esophagus 12(2):144-8, 1999. PMID: 10466048.
193. Devin B, McCarthy A, Mehran R, Auger C. Necrotizing fasciitis of the retroperitoneum: an unusual presentation of group A Streptococcus infection. Can J Surg 41(2):156-60, 1998. PMID: 9576000.
194. Mehran R, Connelly P, Boucher P, Côté M. Modern war surgery: the experience of Bosnia. 2: The clinical experience. Can J Surg 38(4):338-46, 1995. PMID: 7634200.
195. Mehran R, Connelly P, Boucher P, Berthiaume E, Côté M. Modern war surgery: the experience of Bosnia. 1: Deployment. Can J Surg 38(3):266-74, 1995. PMID: 7788606.
196. Mehran RJ, Duranceau A. The use of endoprosthesis in the palliation of esophageal carcinoma. Chest Surg Clin N Am 4(2):331-46, 1994. PMID: 7519522.
197. Mehran RJ, Deslauriers J, Piraux M, Beaulieu M, Guimont C, Brisson J. Survival related to nodal status after sleeve resection for lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 107(2):576-82; discussion 582-3, 1994. PMID: 8302077.
198. Deslauriers J, Mehran RJ, Guimont C, Brisson J. Staging and management of lung cancer: sleeve resection. World J Surg 17(6):712-8, 1993. PMID: 8109107.
199. Lee C, Mehran RJ, Lessard ML, Kerrigan CL. Leeches: controlled trial in venous compromised rat epigastric flaps. Br J Plast Surg 45(3):235-8, 1992. PMID: 1596666.
200. Mehran RJ, Graham AM, Ricci MA, Symes JF. Evaluation of muscle flaps in the treatment of infected aortic grafts. J Vasc Surg 15(3):487-94, 1992. PMID: 1538505.
201. Mehran RJ, Ricci MA, Graham AM, Carter K, Symes JF. Porcine model for vascular graft studies. J Invest Surg 4(1):37-44, 1991. PMID: 1863586.
202. Ricci MA, Mehran RJ, Petsikas D, Mohamed F, Guidoin R, Marois Y, Christou NV, Graham A, Symes JF. Species differences in the infectability of vascular grafts. J Invest Surg 4(1):45-52, 1991. PMID: 1863587.
203. Ricci MA, Mehran R, Christou NV, Mohamed F, Graham AM, Symes JF. Species differences in the clearance of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. J Invest Surg 4(1):53-8, 1991. PMID: 1863588.

Invited Articles

1. Welsh J, Amini A, Likhacheva A, Erasmus J J, Gomez D, Davila M, Mehran RJ, Komaki R, Liao Z, Hofstetter WL, Lee H J, Bhutani MS, Ajani JA. Update: Modern Approaches to the Treatment of Localized Esophageal Cancer. Curr Oncol Rep 13(3):157-67, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21365188.
2. Tsao AS, Mehran R, Roth JA. Neoadjuvant and intrapleural therapies for malignant pleural mesothelioma. Clin Lung Cancer 10(1):36-41, 2009. PMID: 19289370.
3. Mehran RJ. Minimally invasive surgical treatment of esophageal carcinoma. Gastrointest Cancer Res 2(6):283-6, 2008. PMID: 19259276.
4. Mehran RJ. Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). Chest 127:1872, 2005.
5. Shamji FM, Deslauriers J, Daniel TM, Matzinger FR, Mehran RJ, Todd TR. Postpneumonectomy syndrome with an ipsilateral aortic arch after left pneumonectomy. Ann Thorac Surg 62(6):1627-31, 1996. PMID: 8957363.
6. Mehran RJ, Deslauriers J. Indications for surgery and patient work-up for bullectomy. Chest Surg Clin N Am 5(4):717-34, 1995. PMID: 8574559.
7. Deslauriers J, Mehran RJ. Role of thoracoscopy in the diagnosis and management of pleural diseases. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 5(4):284-93, 1993. PMID: 8268264.

Other Articles

1. Mehran RJ, Zalpour A, Cata JP, Mena GE, Correa AM, Rice DC Safety of Liposomal Bupivacaine when used as an intercostal nerve block in Thoracic Surgery. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 99(6):1953-1960, 2015.

Abstracts

1. Van Haren RM, Mehran RJ, Correa AM, Antonoff MB, Baker CM, Hofstetter WL, Mena GE, Roth JA, Sepesi B, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Rice DC. Enhanced Recovery Protocol Decreases Pulmonary and Cardiac Complications Following Thoracotomy for Primary Lung Cancer. STS 2018, 2018.
2. Nelson DB, Myrna Godoy M, Shewale J, Arlene Correa A, Spicer J, HofstetterWL, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Sepesi B, Walsh GL, Vaporciyan AA, Swisher SG, Roth JA, Antonoff M. Clinicoradiographic Predictors of Aggressive Behavior in Resected Malignant Ground Glass Opacity Lesions. 2017 WTSA, 2017.
3. Chun YS, Mehran RJ, Tzeng CD, Kee BK, Dasari A, Sepesi B, Conrad C, Aloia TA, Kopetz S, Vauthey JN. LUNA: A randomized phase II trial of liver resection plus chemotherapy or chemotherapy alone in patients with unresectable lung and resectable liver metastases from colorectal adenocarcinoma. American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2017.
4. Nelson DB, Correa A, Dhupar R, Goltsov A, Maru D, Sepesi B, Antonoff M, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Walsh GL, Vaporciyan AA, Swisher SG , Roth JA, Davila R, Betancourt S, Skinner H, Blum M, Hofstetter WL. Endoscopic Mucosal Resection for Submucosal Esophageal Cancer. 2017 American Association for Thoracic Surgery, 2017.
5. Nguyen QN, Lu Y, Tang C, Chance WW, Mehran R, Balter P, Welsh JW, Hahn SM, Jeter MD, Komaki RU, Gomez DR, Chang JY, Liao Z. Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiation for Pulmonary Metastases: Should We Consider Dose Escalation for More Unresponsive Histologies?. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 98(1):237, 2017. PMID: 28587012.
6. Sivakumar S, Jakubek Y, McDowell T, Lang W, Garcia MM, Chow C, Weber Z, behrens C, Kalhor N, Moran C, El-zein R, Davies G, Fujimoto J, Mehran R, Swisher SG, Wang J, Spira AE, Fowler J, San Lucas FA, Wistuba II, Ehli E, Scheet P, Kadara H. Mutational landscape in the normal-appearing airway cancerization field of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer. AACR 2017, 2017.
7. Antonoff MB, Ragalie W, Sepesi B, Roth J, Walsh GL, Hofstetter W, Swisher S, Rice DC, Vaporciyan A, Mehran R. Patient-Reported Symptoms: Differences Between Men and Women Following Pulmonary Resection. 2017 Multidisciplinary Thoracic Cancers Symposium, 2017.
8. Sepesi B, Cuentes EP, Canales J, Behrens C, Correa A, Antonoff M, Gibbons D, Heymach J, Hofstetter W, Mehran R, Rice D, Roth J, Vaporciyan A, Walsh G B, Weissferdt A, Kalhor N, Moran C, Swisher S, Wistuba I. Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes and Overall Survival in Surgically Resected Stage II and III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. 2017 Multidisciplinary Thoracic Cancers Symposium, 2017.
9. Bassuner J, Rice DC, Antonoff MB, Correa A, Walsh GL, Vaporciyan AA, Garg N, Sepesi B, Swisher SG, Hofstetter WL, Roth JA, Mehran R. Polytetrafluoroethylene or collagen matrix for diaphragmatic reconstruction?. STS 53rd Annual Meeting, 2017.
10. Rice DC, Atay S, Mehran RJ, Vaporciyan AA, Sepesi B. Accuracy of Intraoperative Lymph Node Sampling for Predicting Final N Stage in Patients Undergoing Cytoreduction for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. 53rd Annual Society of Thoracic Surgeons:360, 2017.
11. Atay SM, Niu J, Giordano SH, Antonoff M, Heymach J, Hofstetter WL, Mehran R, Rice D, Roth JA, Vaporciyan A, Walsh G, William W, Swisher S, Sepesi B. Perioperative Outcomes and Downstaging Following Neoadjuvant Therapy For Lung Cancer - Analysis of the National Cancer Database. IASLC 2016, 2016.
12. Chang J, Sun B, Liao Z, Jeter M, Welsh J, Balter P, Mehran R, Heymach J, Komaki R, Roth J. Long-Term Outcomes of Prospective Phase II Clinical Trial for Stereotactic Ablation Radiotherapy in Recurrent NSCLC. IASLC WCLC 2016, 2016.
13. Atay SM, Correa A, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Sepesi B, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan A, Walsh G, Antonoff M. Perioperative Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Pulmonary Lobectomy on Clopidogrel. STSA 63rd Annual Meeting, 2016.
14. Sceusi E, Atay S, Correa A, Swisher S, Vaporciyan A, Roth J, Walsh G, Hofstetter W, Mehran R, Rice D, Sepesi B, Antonoff M. Outcomes for Patients with Surgically Resected Thymic Neuroendocrine Tumors. NANETS symposium: Exploring Novel Mechanisms and Therapies for Neuroendocrine Cancers, 2016.
15. Sepesi B, Parra Cuentas E, Rodriguez Canales J, Behrens C, Correa A, Antonoff M, Gibbons M, Heymach J, Hofstetter W, Mehran R, Rice D, Roth J, Vaporciyan A, Walsh G, Weissferdt A, Kalhor N, Moran C, Swisher S, Wistuba I. The Expression of Programmed Death 1 Ligand (PD-L1) in the Tumor and Tumor Infiltrating Macrophages Predicts Overall and Disease Free Survival in Surgically Resected Pathologic Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. WTSA 2016, 2016.
16. Sceusi E, Miguel LJ, Mehran RJ, Kalhor N, Shaw KR, Futreal A, Correa AM, Moran C, Wistuba II, Junya F, Rao X, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Wang J, Antonoff MB, Hofstetter WL, Rice DC, Sepesi B, Walsh GL, Roth JA. Well Differentiated Neuroendocrine Carcinoma (Typical Carcinoid) with Mediastinal Lymph Node Metastases: Surgical Outcomes and Whole Exome Sequencing (WES). American Association for Thoracic Surgery 96th Annual Mtg, 2016.
17. Antonoff MB, Correa A, Sepesi B, Nguyen Q, Walsh G, Swisher S, Vaporciyan A, Mehran R, Hofstetter W, Rice D. Salvage pulmonary resection following SBRT: A feasible and safe option for local failure. AATS 96th Annual Meeting, 2016.
18. Sanchez NE, Shewale JB, Baker CM, Wilks SA, Correa AM, Sepesi B, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Walsh GL, Swisher SG, Vaporciayan AA, Hofstetter WL. Implications of Early Foley Removal in Thoracic Surgical Oncology Patients Utilizing Epidural Analgesia. STSA 2015, 2015.
19. Spicer JD, Shewale JB, Antonoff MB, Correa AM, Hofstetter WL, Rice DC, Vaporciayan AA, Mehran RJ, Walsh GL, Roth JA, Swisher SG, Sepesi B. The Influence of Reconstructive Technique on Perioperative Outcomes Following Chest Wall Resection. STSA 2015, 2015.
20. Lin SH, Merrell KW, Bhooshan N, Correa AM, James SE, Haddock MG, Liao Z, Komaki RU, Suntharalingam M, Mehta MP, Chuong MD, Hallemeier CL, Mehran RJ. Radiation Modality Use and the Incidence of Postoperative Complications and Length of Hospitalization After Trimodality Therapy for Esophageal Cancer: A Multi-institutional Analysis. ASTRO's 57th Annual Meeting 2015, 2015.
21. Chance WW, Nguyen Z, Mehran RJ, Welsh JW, Gomez DR, Palter P, Komaki RU, Liao Z, Chang JY. Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy for Treatment of Adrenal Gland Metastasis: Toxicity, Patterns of Failure, and Factors Impacting Outcomes. ASTRO 57th Annual Meeting, 2015.
22. Merrell KW, Hallemeier CL, James SE, Bhooshan N, Wang L, Correa AM, Liao Z, Thall PF, Komaki RU, Suntharalingam M, Mehta MP, Mehran RJ, Haddock MG, Chuong MD, Lin SH. Comparison of Overall Survival for Esophageal Cancer Patients Treated With Neoadjuvant Proton or Photon Chemoradiation: A Multi-institutional Analysis. ASTRO 57th Annual Meeting, 2015.
23. Mak KS, Van Bommel ACM, Stowell C, Abrahm JL, Baker M, Baldotto C, Baldwin DR, Borthwick D, Carbone DP, Chen AB, Haswell T, Koczywas M, Kozower BD, Mehran RJ, Schramel FM, Senan S, Stirling RG, Van Meerbeeck JP, Wouters MWJM, Peake MD. Defining a Standard Set of Patient Centered Outcomes for Patients With Lung Cancer. ASTRO 57th Annual Meeting 2015, 2015.
24. Spicer JD, Shewale JB, Sepesi B, Antonoff MA, Correa AM, Hofstetter WL, Rice DC, Vaporciyan AA, Mehran RJ, Walsh GL, Roth JA, Swisher SG. The Role of Pneumonectomy After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for N2 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Canadian Surgery Forum 2015, 2015.
25. Spicer JD, Shewale J, Correa AM, Heymach JV, Antonoff MB, Hofstetter W, Mehran R, Roth J, Rice D, Sepesi B, Vaporciyan AA, William W, Walsh G, Swisher S. Pre-Operative Chemotherapy Followed by Surgery for N2 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A 15-Year Experience. IASLC 2015, 2015.
26. Chang JY, Mehran R, Balter P, McRae S, Feng L, Berry DA, Komaki R, Roth JA. Phase II Clinical Trial of Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR) in Surgically Operable Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (STARS). IASLC WCLC 2015, 2015.
27. Jakubek Y, Lang W, Vattathil S, Garcia M, Huang L, Lu W, Chow, CW, Weber Z, Davies GE, Behrens C, Kalhor N, Moran C, Fujimoto J, Mehran RJ, Fowler J, Ehli EA, Wistuba II, Scheet P, Kadara H. The landscape of DNA allelic imbalance in the normal-appearing airway field of cancerization. AACR Annual Meeting 2015, 2015.
28. Antonoff MB, Ragalie W, Correa AM, Spicer JD, Sepesi B, Roth JA, Walsh GL, Hofstetter WlL, Swisher SG, Rice DC, Vaporciyan AA, Mehran RJ. Indications For Counseling And Intervention After Pulmonary Resection: Results Of Post-discharge Nursing Telephone Assessments. Western Thoracic Surgical Association Annual Meeting 2015, 2015.
29. Mehran RJ, Rice DC. Video assisted thoracic surgery, robotic assisted thoracic surgery or muscle sparing thoracotomy, does it really matter?. UNM School of Medicine, Surgery Symposium on 50th Year Celebration, 2015.
30. Hallemeier CL, Chuong M, Merrell KW, James SE, Haddock MG, Bhooshan N, Mehta M, Correa AM, Liao Z, Mehran R, Lin SH. Impact of neoadjuvant proton vs. photon chemoradiotherapy (CRT) on post-operative outcomes in patients with esophageal cancer treated with trimodality therapy – a multi-institutional analysis. Particle Therapy Cooperative Group, 2015.
31. Antonoff MB, Mehran RJ. Video: Mediastinal Cystectomy by Robotic Assisted Thoracic Surgery: Does Lack of Haptic Sensation Impact Outcome?. 95th Annual Meeting of American Association for Thoracic Surgery, 2015.
32. Shah AY, Campbell MT, Nautiyal KD, Hashemi N, Matin SF, Vaporciyan AA, Rhines LD, Moon B, Lewis VO, Lin PP, Prabhu SS, Rao G, Corn PG, Pagliaro LC, Mehran RJ, Wood CG, Jonasch E, Tannir NM. Long-term survivorship in patients with metastatic renal cell cancer (mRCC) managed with metastasectomy: A retrospective study from the MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC). 2015 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, 2015.
33. Sepesi B, Schmidt HE, Lada M, Walsh GL, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth JA, Vaporciyan AA, Ajani JA, Watson TJ, Swisher SG, Low DE, Hofstetter WL. Surgical Therapy is an Important Multimodality Component in Patients with Distal Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Independent of Regional Lymph Node Location. Southern Thoracic Surgical Association 61st Annual Meeting, 2014.
34. Chang JY, Xu Q, Li Q, Rebueno N, Balter P, Gomez DR, Komaki R, Mehran RJ, Swisher SG, Roth JA. Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) for centrally located early-stage or isolated parenchymal recurrences of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): How to fly in a “no fly zone”. IASLC 2013, 2014.
35. Kusko R, Anderlind C, Whang G, Zhang S, Wallace WD, Wasler T, Ebright M, Garcia MM, Eisenberg R, Lee G, Liu G, Elashoff D, Kalhor N, Moran C, Mehran R, Fujimoto J, Massion PP, Dbinett S, Wistuba I, Lenburg M, Kadara H, Spira A. Mapping the airway-wide molecular field of injury in smokers with lung cancer. AACR Annual Meeting 2014, 2014.
36. Farnia B, Lin S, Tang C, Allen P, Liao Z, Chang J, Welsh J, Komaki R, Mehran R , Gomez D. Conformal Fields in Postoperative Radiation Therapy for NSCLC Are Not Associated With High Rates of Regional Nodal Recurrence. ASTRO 56th Annual Meeting, 2014.
37. Sepesi B, Correa AM, Mehran R, Rice DC, Roth JA, Vaporciyan AA, Ajani JA, Walsh GL, Swisher SG, Hofstetter WL. Trends and Improving Outcomes of 882 Surgical Patients with Gastro-Esophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma - A Single Institution Experience. The International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus 2014, 2014.
38. Chance WW, Rice DC, Allen PK, Tsao AS, Fontanilla HP, Ziao Z, Chang JY, Tang C, Welsh JS, Mehran RJ, Gomez DR. Postoperative Hemithoracic Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) With an Optional Integrated Boost for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Toxicity, Patterns of Failure, and a Matched Survival Analysis. ASTRO 56th Annual Meeting 2014, 2014.
39. Zauderer MG, Rimner A, Rosenzweig K, Wu AJC, Yorke E, Sima CS, Bhattacharjee N, Patel Z, Gomez DR, Tsao AS, Rice DC, Mehran RJ, Adusumili PS, Rusch VW, Krug LM. A multicenter phase II toxicity study of lung-sparing intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting, 2014.
40. Sepesi B, Hofstetter WL, Rice DC, Mehran R, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Roth JA, Swisher SG. Experience with Primary and Metastatic Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma. 2014 Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Cancer Symposium, 2014.
41. Francis AM, Correa AM, Betancourt-Cuellar SL, Kim JY, Sepesi B, Ajani JA, Komaki R, Erasmus J, Maru D, Munden RF, Mehran R, Rice DC, Roth JA, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Hofstetter WL, Swisher SG. Esophageal Tumor Thickness on Computed Tomography as a Predictor of Residual Tumor in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Following Preoperative Chemoradiation. Academic Surgical Congress 2014, 2014.
42. Kim MP, Correa AM, Blackmon SH, Hofstetter W, Mehran R, Rice DC, Roth JA, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Swisher SG. Preoperative Flourodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography Scan with Positive N1 Disease Does Not Predict Worse Survival in Pathologic Stage II Patients. IASLC 2013, 2013.
43. Francis AM, Sepesi B, Correa A, Mehran R, Rice DC, Roth JA, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Welsh J, Swisher SG, Hofstetter WL. Long-Term Survival and Recurrence Rates Following Trimodality Therapy of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma – The Influence of Histologic Tumor Viability. ASA 2013 Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2013.
44. Ganeshan DM, Correa A, Bhosale P, Vaporciyan AA, Rice D, Mehran RJ, Walsh GL, Iyer R, Roth JA, Swisher SG, Hofstetter WL.. Diaphragmatic Hernia After Esophagectomy in 440 Patients with Long-term Follow-up. STSA 2012, 2012.
45. Cerny J, Jackson T, Purugganan R, Mehran RJ, Thakar DR. Exchanging a Single-Lumen ETT for a Doble-Lumen ETT Using Two Cook Catheters. 2012 American Society of Anesthesiologists, 2012.
46. Sepesi B, Swisher SG, Walsh G, Correa A, Mehran R, Rice D, Roth J, Vaporciyan A, Hofstetter WL.. Omental Reinforcement of the Thoracic Esophagogastric Anastomosis – An Analysis of Leak and Reintervention Rates in Planned and Salvage Esophagectomy Patients. AATS 92nd Annual Meeting, 2012.
47. Marks JL, Hofstetter W, Correa A, Mehran RJ, Rice D, Roth J, Walsh G, Vaporciyan A, Erasmus J, Chang J, Maru D, Lee JH, Lee J, Ajani JA, Swisher SG.. Salvage Esophagectomy After Failed Definitive Chemoradiation For Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. STS 48th Annual Meeting, 2012.
48. Chang JY, Liu H, Zhang X, Balter P, Liao Z, Jeter M, Swisher S, Mehran R, Roth J, Komaki R. Four-dimensional CT- and On-board Volumetric Image-guided Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR) for Stage I Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. 2011 Annual Meeting ASTRO 81(2):S623, 2011.
49. Schier R, Singh Heir J, El-Zein R, Mehran R, Teschendorf P, Riedel B, Gottumukkala V. Effect of surgical injury on vascular function – a prospective study using a novel non-invasive technique. 2011 European Society of Anesthesiologists meeting 28:40, 2011.
50. Schier R, El‐Zein R, Teschendorf P, Heymach JV, Mehran R J, Riedel B. Circulating endothelial progenitor cell response to exhaustive exercise ‐ a potential role in perioperative risk prediction: 4AP4‐3. European Journal of Anesthesiology 28:49, 2011.
51. Suzuki A, Xiao L, Hayashi Y, Welsh J, Lin SH, Maru D, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Lee JH, Bhutani MS, Macapinlac HA, Liao ZX, Ajani JA. Prognostic significance of post-treatment standardized uptake value (pSUV) of positron emission tomography (PET) to predict overall survival (OS) and relapse-free survival (RFS) in patients with esophageal or gastroesophageal cancer treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy. 2011 ASCO Annual Meeting, 2011.
52. Harvin JA, Lahat G, Correa AM, Lee JJ, Maru D, Ajani A, Marom E, Welsh J, Walsh GL, Roth JA, Mehran RJ, Vaporciyan AA, Rice DC, Swisher SG and Hofstetter WJ. Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Followed by Surgery for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: Significance of Microscopically Positive Circumferential Margins. AATS 91st Annual Meeting - May 2011, 2011.
53. Kim JY, Correa AM, Swisher SG, Rice DC, Walsh GL, Vaporciyan AA, Mehran RJ, Roth JA, Bhutani M, Maru D, Welsh J, Ajani J, Rohren E, Hofstetter WL.. Does the Timing of Esophagectomy after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Affect Outcome?. STS 47th Annual Meeting - Jan. 2011, 2011.
54. Hayashi Y, Correa AM, Hofstetter WL, Vaporciyan AA, Rice DC, Walsh GL, Mehran RJ, Suzuki A, Lee JH, Bhutani MS, Lin SH, Welsh J, Maru D, Swisher S, Ajani. JA. The association between body mass index and baseline clinical stage of esophageal carcinoma. 2011 ASCO Annual Meeting, 2011.
55. Shier R, Mehran R, Smallwood A, Correa A, Riedel B. Prognostic Value of Preoperative Brachial Artery Reactivity Testing in Major Thoracic Surgery. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2008, 2008.

Book Chapters

1. Huynh TTT, Pisimisis GT, Antonoff MB, Mehran RJ. Management of Vascular Complications. In: Principles of Gynecologic Oncology Surgery. Elsevier: Philadelphia, PA, 303-317, 2019.
2. Mehran RJ, Deslauriers J. Left-sided pulmonary resections. In: Operative Thoracic Surgery. 6th. CRC Press, 155-169, 2018.
3. Shroff GS, Kalhor N, Mehran RJ, de Groot PM, Carter BW. Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer. In: Diagnostic Imaging for Thoracic Surgery - A Manual for Surgeons and Radiologists. 1st. Springer: 2018, 175-188, 2018.
4. Huynh TTT, Pisimisis GT, Broadbent KC, Mehran RJ. Carotid artery disease in patients with cancer. In: Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease: A Concise Clinical Atlas. 1st. Springer, 117-134, 2018.
5. Mehran RJ. The Role of Surgery in Patients with Clinical N2 Disease. In: Thorac Surg Clin. 3. Elsevier: Philadelphia, PA, 327-35, 2013.
6. Mehran R, Roth JA. Resection of pulmonary metastases. In: Atlas of Advanced Operative Surgery. 1st. Elsevier Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 43-49, 2013.
7. Truong M, Gomez D, Chang J, Mehran R. Pleural Diseases. In: Oncologic Imaging for the Practicing Radiologist, Medical Oncologist and Surgeon. Elsevier: Philadelphia, PA, 79-94, 2012.
8. Komaki R, Tsao A, Mehran R. Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. In: 60 Years of Survival Outcomes at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Chapter 6. Springer: New York, 45-62, 2012.
9. Hematti H, Mehran RJ. Anatomy of the Thoracic Duct. In: Thorac Surg Clin. 2. Elsevier, 229-238, 2011.
10. McAleer MR, Mehran RJ, Tsao A. Mesothelioma. In: Lung Cancer Prevention, Management, and Emerging Therapies. Humana Press, a part of Springer Science+Business Media: New York, NY, 435-465, 2011.
11. Mehran R, Roth JA. Resection of pulmonary metastases (open/thorascopic). In: Atlas of Advanced Operative Surgery. Elsevier, Inc, 2007.
12. Mehran RJ. Left-sided pulmonary resections. In: Operative Thoracic Surgery. 5th. Hodder Arnold: London, England, 137-151, 2006.
13. Mehran RJ. Multidisciplinary care of the thoracic surgical patient. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 1-7, 2005.
14. Mehran RJ. Perioperative assessment. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 9-43, 2005.
15. Mehran RJ. Specific perioperative assessment. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 45-138, 2005.
16. Mehran RJ. Rehabilitation and preparation for a general thoracic surgical procedure. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 139-148, 2005.
17. Mehran RJ. Intraoperative care. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 149-268, 2005.
18. Mehran RJ. Bronchoscopy by surgeons. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 149-158, 2005.
19. Mehran RJ. Principles of anesthesia for pulmonary resection. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 159-168, 2005.
20. Deslauries J, Mehran RJ. Anesthesia for the patient with an anterior mediastinal mass. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 168-178, 2005.
21. Mehran RJ. Airway management during tracheal resection. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 178-188, 2005.
22. Mehran RJ. Thoracic anatomy. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 188-206, 2005.
23. Mehran RJ. Positioning and Incisions. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 206-227, 2005.
24. Mehran RJ. Principles of videothoracoscopy. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 227-238, 2005.
25. Mehran RJ. Prevention of postoperative complications after pulmonary surgery. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 238-249, 2005.
26. Mehran RJ. Prevention of postoperative complications after esophageal surgery. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 250-259, 2005.
27. Mehran RJ. Pleural drainage after thoracic procedures. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 259-268, 2005.
28. Mehran RJ. Principles of postoperative care. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 269, 2005.
29. Mehran RJ. Monitoring of the thoracic surgical patient. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 269-273, 2005.
30. Mehran RJ. Pain control. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 273-283, 2005.
31. Mehran RJ. Fluid management. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 283-291, 2005.
32. Mehran RJ. Pharmacologic interventions in the thoracic surgical patient. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 291-302, 2005.
33. Mehran RJ. Management of postoperative complications after pulmonary surgery: atelectasis and pneumonia. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 303-309, 2005.
34. Mehran RJ. Respiratory failure. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 309-321, 2005.
35. Mehran RJ. Mechanical ventilation for the surgeon. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 322-337, 2005.
36. Mehran RJ. Arrhythmias. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 337-344, 2005.
37. Mehran RJ. Prolonged air leaks and space problems. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 334-355, 2005.
38. Mehran RJ. Empyema and bronchopleural fistula. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 356-365, 2005.
39. Mehran RJ. Delirium. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 356-365, 2005.
40. Mehran RJ. Recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 372-381, 2005.
41. Mehran RJ. Other common and less common complications of pulmonary surgery. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 381-391, 2005.
42. Mehran RJ. Chylothorax. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 391-399, 2005.
43. Mehran RJ. Management of anastomotic leak after esophageal resection. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 401-405, 2005.
44. Mehran RJ. Follow-up and late surgical complications. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 407-414, 2005.
45. Mehran RJ. Closed drainage and suction system. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 415-427, 2005.
46. Mehran RJ. Principles of open drainage. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosy, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 428-434, 2005.
47. Mehran RJ. Management of the Patient with Massive Hemoptysis. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 435-444, 2005.
48. Mehran RJ. Management of the patient with parapneumonic effusion or empyema. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 444-454, 2005.
49. Mehran RJ. Management of the patient with primary or secondary pneumothorax. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 454-463, 2005.
50. Mehran RJ. Management of the patient with superior vena cava obstruction. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 463-475, 2005.
51. Mehran RJ. Management of the patient with a pancoast tumor. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 475-483, 2005.
52. Mehran RJ. Management of patient with supporative lung disease. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 483-495, 2005.
53. Mehran RJ. Management of the patient with malignant pleural effusion. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 495-506, 2005.
54. Mehran RJ. Management of the patient with chronic intercostal meuralgia. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 506-513, 2005.
55. Mehran RJ. Management of the patient with esophageal rupture. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 513-529, 2005.
56. Mehran RJ. Management of the adult patient with a tracheoesophageal fistula. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 529-538, 2005.
57. Mehran RJ. Management of the patient with emphysema. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 539-552, 2005.
58. Mehran RJ. Initial management of the patient with blunt trauma to the chest. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 553-563, 2005.
59. Mehran RJ. Initial management of the patient with penetrating trauma. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 564-574, 2005.
60. Mehran RJ. Management of rib fractures and flail chest. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc.,: Philadelphia, PA, 574-587, 2005.
61. Mehran RJ. Management of the patient with airway trauma. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 587-598, 2005.
62. Mehran RJ. Palliation for lung carcinoma. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 599-610, 2005.
63. Mehran RJ. Palliation for esophageal carcinoma. In: Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 611-621, 2005.
64. Deslauriers J, Mehran RJ, Desmeules M. Anatomy and physiology of the normal pleural space. In: Thoracic Surgery. Churchill Livingstone Inc. Medical Publishers: New York, 1133-1139, 2002.
65. Mehran RJ. Late sequalae of thoracic trauma. In: Thoracic Surgery. 2nd. Churchill Livingstone Inc. Medical Publishers: New York, 1883-1901, 2002.
66. Mehran RJ, Deslauriers J. Tuberculosis. In: Thoracic Surgery. 2nd. Churchill Livingstone Inc. Medical Publishers: New York, 547-576, 2002.
67. Deslauriers J, Mehran RJ, Jacques L.. Therapeutic thoracoscopy for pleural diseases. In: Thoracic Surgery. Churchill Livingstone Inc. Medical Publishers: New York, 1995.

Books (edited and written)

1. Mehran R. Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery (Chinese Edition). People's Health Publishing House; 1 edition, 2007.
2. Deslauriers J, Mehran R. Handbook of Perioperative Care in General Thoracic Surgery. Ed(s) Deslauriers J, Mehran R. 1. Elsevier Mosby, Inc: Philadelphia, PA, 677, 2005.

Letters to the Editor

1. Dietl CA, Mehran RJ. Infection of the post-pneumonectomy space after dental procedures. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 45: 521-522, 2004.