Guest Editors: Anthony W Kim (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA) and Takashi Harano (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA)

Guest Editors: Seshiru Nakazawa (Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan) and Hitoshi Igai (Japanese Red Cross Maebashi Hospital, Maebashi, Japan)

Guest Editor: Mark R. Katlic (Lifebridge Health System, Baltimore, USA)

Guest Editor: Kenji Tsuboshima (Nissan Tamagawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan)

Guest Editors: Michael Shackcloth and Amer Harky (Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK)

Troubleshooting VATS: Tips and Tricks

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

This special series on “Lymphadenectomy during VATS and RATS: State of the Art” was co-edited by Dr. Marco Chiappetta, from Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy; Dr. Francesco Facciolo, from IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.

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

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

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

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

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)

Guest Editors: Natalie S. Lui (Stanford University Hospitals and Clinics, USA) and Sean C. Wightman (Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, USA)

The "Meet the Professor" series features interviews with the global Key Opinion Leaders, providing a window into the new developments, breakthroughs, and achievements in the interviewees’ professional fields, both clinically and academically.

Guest Editor: Dominique Gossot (Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France)

Guest Editor: Todd Demmy (Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA)

Guest Editor: Yoshihisa Shimada (Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan)

Guest Editors: Marco Scarci (University College of London Hospitals, London, UK) and Ilaria Righi (University of Milan, Italy)

Guest Editors: Tommaso Claudio Mineo (Tor Vergata University, Italy) and Marcello Migliore (University of Catania, Italy)

Guest Editor: Dominique Gossot (Thoracic Department, Curie-Montsouris Thoracic Institute, IMM, Paris, France)

Guest Editors: Marco Scarci (University College London Hospitals, London, UK) and Roberto Crisci (Thoracic Surgery Unit, University of L’Aquila, “G. Mazzini” Hospital, Teramo, Italy)

Guest Editor: Alper Toker (Istanbul University, Turkey)

Guest Editors: Luca Bertolaccini and Piergiorgio Solli (Department of Thoracic Surgery, AUSL Romagna Teaching Hospital, Forlì, Italy)