The VATS journal will serve as a dedicated place where key questions in the field of VATS surgery may be answered. Technical questions will easily be addressed using because of the ability to publish video. The inclusion of various platforms (VATS, robotics, endoscopy) will be very important. Questions of oncologic efficacy will be vetted carefully with an editorial board of cancer experts from both China, the US, and around the world. Worldwide generalizability of existing and new techniques will be assessed by submission from surgeons in a variety of contexts around the world: academic, community, urban, rural, Eastern, Western.
