ITMIG 2017—Prof. Frank Detterbeck: we are all here for the same goal
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Frank Detterbeck (Figure 1), MD, FACS, FCCP is a Professor of Surgery and Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Yale University and Associate Director of the Yale Cancer Center. He rose to the rank of professor of surgery at the University of North Carolina during a long tenure there before being recruited to Yale University in 2005. The major focus of his career has been on thoracic oncology. In particular, he has promoted evidence-based care and multidisciplinary teamwork. He has written extensively on these and other topics, with over 250 papers and book chapters. He specializes in the surgical treatment of lung cancer, lung metastases, esophageal cancer, thymoma, mediastinal tumors, chest wall tumors, Pancoast tumors, mesothelioma, and sarcoma. The majority of his thoracic/chest surgeries are performed using minimally invasive techniques. His clinical research includes cancer biology, cancer imaging techniques, prognostic markers of cancers, multimodality (multiple therapies for) treatment of cancer, and evidence-based medicine.
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The 8th International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group Annual Meeting (ITMIG 2017) was held from September 21st to 23rd, 2017 in Turin, Italy. This important conference highlighted the latest scientific and clinical developments related to the management of thymic malignancies and brought together established scientists and clinicians from all over the world who have interest in the field of thymic cancers research. The meeting was a great success. It was a great honor for the editorial team of Mediastinum to attend the meeting and conduct a brief interview with Prof. Frank Detterbeck. As a member of the ITMIG Scientific Program Committee, Prof. Detterbeck had shared with us the progress of ITMIG in recent years, some unique advances or features of this group and some of the hot issues in Thymic Malignancies Research.
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The authors would like to extend appreciation to Dr. Zhengcheng Liu from Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Chest Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University School of Medicine for his academic support to this interview.
Funding: None.
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- Lu A, Tang C. ITMIG 2017—Prof. Frank Detterbeck: we are all here for the same goal. Asvide 2018;5:039. Available online: http://asvidett.amegroups.com/article/view/22524
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Cite this article as: Lu A, Tang C. ITMIG 2017—Prof. Frank Detterbeck: we are all here for the same goal. Mediastinum 2018;2:7.