Guest Editor: Rishindra M. Reddy (Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA)

Guest Editors: Francesco Guerrera (University of Torino, Italy), Paolo Albino Ferrari (A. Businco Cancer Center, Italy) and Roberto Crisci (University of L'Aquila, "G. Mazzini" Hospital, Italy)

Guest Editors: Marcello Migliore (University of Catania, Policlinic University Hospital, Catania, Italy) and Michel Gonzalez (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, University of Lausanne, Switzerland)

Guest Editor: Mingyon Mun (Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan)

Guest Editor: Robert E. Merritt (Department of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA)

Guest Editor: Alper Toker (Department of Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia University Hospital, Heart and Vascular Institute, Morgantown, USA)

Guest Editor: Kazuo Yoshida (Department of Thoracic Surgery, Suwa Red Cross Hospital, Suwa, Japan)

Guest Editor: Hitoshi Igai (Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, Gunma, Japan)

Guest Editors: Jin-Shing Chen, Ke-Cheng Chen and Mong-Wei Lin (Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei)