Guidelines in Thoracic Surgery
Published Guidelines in Thoracic Surgery:
2024
2023
2021
- 2021 03 NCCN Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- 2021 03 NCCN Small Cell Lung Cancer
- 2021 03 NCCN Esophageal and Esophagogastric Junction Cancers
- 2021 Recommendations of the NCCN COVID-19 Vaccination Advisory Committee Version 2.0 (03.10.2021)
- 2021 European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Venous Thrombosis
- 2021 02 NCCN Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
2020
- 2020 SEOM clinical guidelines for the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma
- 2020 11 NCCN Bone Cancer
- 2020 10 NCCN Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- 2020 09 NCCN Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (Evidence Blocks)
- 2020 09 NCCN Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- 2020 08 NCCN Small Cell Lung Cancer (Evidence Blocks)
- 2020 08 NCCN Small Cell Lung Cancer
- 2020 08 NCCN Esophageal and Esophagogastric Junction Cancers
- 2020 07 NCCN Neuroendocrine and Adrenal Tumors
- 2020 05 NCCN Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- 2020 03 23 Rapid Advice for COVID-19 – Clinical Practice Guidelines (2020)
- 2020 03 27 FDA Policy for Face Masks and Respirators in COVID-19 (2020)
- 2020 03 23 Guidance on Cardiac Implications of COVID-19 (ACC, 2020)
- 2020 03 23 Guidance for Hospitals on Containing Spread of COVID-19 (CMS, 2020)
- 2020 03 23 COVID-19 Sample Collection and Testing – Clinical Practice Guidelines (CDC, 2020)
- 2020 03 23 Guidelines for Evaluating and Testing Persons Under Investigation for COVID-19 (CDC, 2020)
- 2020 03 17 Infection Control and Prevention of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes – Clinical Practice Guidelines
- 2020 03 The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Analysis of Resection Margin Status and Proposals for Residual Tumor Descriptors for Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
2019
- 2019 12 NCCN Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
- 2019 11 NCCN Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
- 2019 11 NCCN Thymomas and Thymic Carcinomas
- 2019 11 NCCN Small Cell Lung Cancer
- 2019 10 NCCN Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (Evidence Blocks)
- 2019 11 NCCN Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
- 2019 10 NCCN Small Cell Lung Cancer (Evidence Blocks)
- 2019 10 NCCN Small Cell Lung Cancer
- 2019 10 NCCN Soft Tissue Sarcoma (Evidence Blocks)
- 2019 09 NCCN Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- 2019 06 NCCN Adult Cancer Pain
- 2019 05 NCCN Lung Cancer Screening
- 2019 04 NCCN Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (Evidence Blocks)
- 2019 03 NCCN Thymomas and Thymic Carcinomas (Evidence Blocks)
- 2019 03 NCCN Thymomas and Thymic Carcinomas
- 2019 03 NICE Guidelines Lung cancer diagnosis and treatment
- 2019 NCCN Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- 2019 NCCN Small Cell Lung Cancer
2018
- 2018 03 BTS Guideline for the Investigation and Management of Pleural Mesothelioma
- 2018 NCCN Paliative Care
- 2018 Updated BTS Adult Bronchiectasis Guideline 2018: a multidisciplinary approach to comprehensive care
- 2018 NCCN Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- 2018 Screening for Lung Cancer
- 2018 Pan-Asian adapted Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer; a CSCO-ESMO initiative endorsed by JSMO, KSMO, MOS, SSO and TOS
- 2018 NICE Bronchial thermoplasty for severe asthma
- 2018 Metastatic non-small cell lung cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
- 2018 NCCN Lung Cancer – Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- 2018 NCCN Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
- 2018 NCCN Lung Cancer – Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (for patients)
- 2018 NCCN Thymomas and Thymic Carcinomas
- 2018 NCCN Esophageal Cancer (for patients)
- 2018 NCCN Lung Cancer Screening
- 2018 NCCN Esophageal and Esophagogastric Junction Cancers
- 2018 Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax and Postinterventional Pneumothorax: German S3-Guideline
- 2018 Current WHO Guidelines and the Critical Role of Immunohistochemical Markers in the Subclassification of Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC). Moving from Targeted Therapy to Immunotherapy
- 2018 CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE SUPP-012 for Cancer Pain
- 2018 Prognostic Value of National Comprehensive Cancer Network Lung Cancer Resection Quality Parameters
- 2018 Classification of Cough as a Symptom in Adults and Management Algorithms
- 2018 A review of guidelines for lung cancer
- 2018 Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- 2018 Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions
- 2018 Incorporating Coexisting Chronic Illness into Decisions about Patient Selection for Lung Cancer Screening
2017
- 2017 Recommendations for a Standardized Pulmonary Function Report
- 2017 Evaluating Molecular Biomarkers for the Early Detection of Lung Cancer: When Is a Biomarker Ready for Clinical Use?
- 2017 Guidelines for Management of Incidental Pulmonary Nodules Detected on CT Images
- 2017 Early and locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC): ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
- 2017 Lung Cancer Screening (for patients)
- 2017 Validity of the updated European Society of Thoracic Surgeons staging guideline in lung cancer patients
- 2017 Stereotactic body radiation therapy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: Executive Summary of an ASTRO Evidence-Based Guideline
- 2017 Soft tissue sarcoma: MCBS eUpdate
- 2017 Safety and Effectiveness of Indwelling Pleural Catheters for Non-Malignant Effusions: Evidence-Based answers to clinical concerns
- 2017 Risk assessment in relation to the detection of small pulmonary nodules
- 2017 Report from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database 2017: patterns of care and perioperative outcomes of surgery for malignant lung neoplasm
- 2017 Recommendations from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) regarding computed tomography screening for lung cancer in Europe
- 2017 Overview of the 8th Edition TNM Classification for Head and Neck Cancer
- 2017 Management of Persistent Air Leaks
- 2017 Physician Assessment of Pretest Probability of Malignancy and Adherence With Guidelines for Pulmonary Nodule Evaluation
- 2017 Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Diagnosis and Management
- 2017 JLCS medical practice guidelines for thymic tumors: summary of recommendations
- 2017 Indications for invasive mediastinal staging in patients with early non-small cell lung cancer staged with PET-CT
- 2017 Guidelines for Pathologic Diagnosis of Malignant Mesothelioma
- 2017 Guideline recommendations and antimicrobial resistance: the need for a change
- 2017 Guide to detecting epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations in ctDNA of patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer
- 2017 Endobronchial Valves for Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction
- 2017 European position statement on lung cancer screening
- 2017 Early and locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC): ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
- 2017 CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE SAR-003 FOR Soft-Tissue Sarcoma: Management of Metastatic Disease
- 2017 CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE SAR-004 FOR Desmoid Tumours
- 2017 CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE SUPP-008 FOR CANCER-RELATED FATIGUE
- 2017 BTS guideline for oxygen use in adults in healthcare and emergency settings
- 2017 British Thoracic Society Oxygen Guidelines: another clinical brick in the wall
- 2017 Invasive Mediastinal Staging Guideline Concordance
- 2017 British Thoracic Society Clinical Statement on Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations
- 2017 Official ERS/ATS clinical practiceguidelines: noninvasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure
- 2017 Assessment of the External Validity of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and European Society for Medical Oncology Guidelines for NoneSmall-Cell Lung Cancer in a Population of Patients Aged 80 Years and Older
- 2017 Adherence to Guidelines for Adult (Non-GIST) Soft Tissue Sarcoma in the Netherlands: A Plea for Dedicated Sarcoma Centers
- 2017 A review of the management of complex para-pneumonic effusion in adults
2016
- 2016 Management of pulmonary nodules in head and neck cancer patients e Our experience and interpretation of the British Thoracic Society Guidelines
- 2016 A benchmarking project on the quality of previous guidelines about the management of malignant pleural effusion from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) Pleural Diseases Working Group
- 2016 Variation in Pulmonary Resection Practices Between The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Databases
- 2016 UK guidelines for the management of soft tissue sarcomas
- 2016 Treatment of Unexplained Chronic Cough
- 2016 Technical Aspects of Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration
- 2016 Robotically Assisted Thoracic Surgery Proposed Guidelines for Privileging and Credentialing
- 2016 Routine preoperative tests for elective surgery
- 2016 NICE Major trauma: assessment and initial management
- 2016 NICE Tuberculosis
- 2016 NICE Fractures (non-complex): assessment and management
- 2016 NICE Fractures (complex): assessment and management
- 2016 Lymph Node Dissection in Thymic Malignancies: Implication of the ITMIG Lymph Node Map, TNM Stage Classification, and Recommendations
- 2016 Evaluation of Pulmonary Nodules Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines for Asia
- 2016 Empirical treatment of adults with hospital-acquired pneumonia: lights and shadows of the 2016 Clinical Practice ATS/IDSA Guidelines
- 2016 Current practices in the management of malignant pleural effusions: a survey among members of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- 2016 CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE GI-009 FOR ESOPHAGEAL CANCER
- 2016 Chest Wall Thickness and Decompression Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Comparing Anatomic Locations in Needle Thoracostomy
- 2016 A change in the NICE guidelines on antibiotic prophylaxis
2015
- 2015 Treatment of Small-Cell Lung Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology Endorsement of the American College of Chest Physicians Guideline
- 2015 Thymic epithelial tumours: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
- 2015 The ITMIG thymic initiative: A State of the Art for the Study of Thymic Malignancies
- 2015 The British Thoracic Society guidelines on the investigation and management of pulmonary nodules
- 2015 Technical Aspects of Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report
- 2015 Return of the pulmonary nodule: the radiologist’s key role in implementing the 2015 BTS guidelines on the investigation and management of pulmonary nodules
- 2015 Noninterventional statistical comparison of BTS and CHEST guidelines for size and severity in primary pneumothorax
- 2015 NICE Insertion of endobronchial nitinol coils to improve lung function in emphysema
- 2015 Management of large primary spontaneous pneumothorax in children: radiological guidance, surgical intervention and proposed guideline
- 2015 Malignant pleural mesothelioma: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
- 2015 Finding the fifth intercostal space for chest drain insertion: guidelines and ultrasound
- 2015 Combined endobronchial and esophageal endosonography for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Guideline, in cooperation with the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)
- 2015 An Official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Clinical Practice Guideline: Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- 2015 Cancers of unknown primary site: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
- 2015 BTS guidelines for the management of pleural infection in children
- 2015 British Thoracic Society guidelines for home oxygen use in adults
- 2015 British Thoracic Society community acquired pneumonia guideline and the NICE pneumonia guideline: how they fit together
- 2015 Adult Bronchoscopy Training
- 2015 ACR Appropriateness Criteria Imaging in the Diagnosis of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- 2015 2nd ESMO Consensus Conference in Lung Cancer: locally advanced stage III non-small-cell lung cancer
2014
- 2014 The new IASLC-ATS-ERS lung adenocarcinoma classification from a clinical perspective – current concepts and future prospects
- 2014 Summary of the British Thoracic Society Guidelines for advanced diagnostic and therapeutic flexible bronchoscopy in adults
- 2014 Revised ESTS guidelines for preoperative mediastinal lymph node staging for non-small-cell lung cancer
- 2014 NICE Pneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management
- 2014 Metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC): ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
- 2014 Guidelines for treatment and prevention of venous thromboembolism among patients with cancer
- 2014 ACC/AHA Guideline on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Management of Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery
- 2014 Guideline for the Acquisition and Preparation of Conventional and Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration Specimens for the Diagnosis and Molecular Testing of Patients with Known or Suspected Lung Cancer
- 2014 Guideline for referral of patients with suspected lung cancer by family physicians and other primary care providers
- 2014 CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE SAR-001 FOR Follow-Up Surveillance of Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- 2014 Community-Acquired Pneumonia
- 2014 Clinical use of pulse oximetry: Official guidelines from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand
- 2014 CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE LU-002 NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER STAGE II
- 2014 CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE LU-001 FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER STAGE I
- 2014 CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE LU-010 FOR MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION
- 2014 CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE GI-011 FOR MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH EARLY ESOPHAGEAL CANCER, DYSPLASTIC AND NON-DYSPLASTIC BARRETT’S ESOPHAGUS
- 2014 Bone sarcomas: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
- 2014 Anatomy and Neurophysiology of Cough
- 2014 Algorithm for the Management of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer- Stage II
- 2014 Algorithm for the Management of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer- Stage I
- 2014 Algorithm for the Management of Malignant Pleural Effusion
- 2014 2nd ESMO Consensus Conference on Lung Cancer: early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer consensus on diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
2013
- 2013 Straightening Out Chest Tubes What Size, What Type, and When
- 2013 Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC): ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
- 2013 Oesophageal cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
- 2013 NICE Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in adults: diagnosis and management
- 2013 AARC Clinical Practice Guideline: Effectiveness of Nonpharmacologic Airway Clearance Therapies in Hospitalized Patients
- 2013 CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE LU-004 FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER STAGE IV
- 2013 British Thoracic Society guideline for diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy in adults
- 2013 American Cancer Society Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines
- 2013 Algorithm for the Management of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer – Stage IV
2012
- 2012 Pectus Carinatum Guideline (American Pediatric Surgical Association)
- 2012 The role of surgical cytoreduction in the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma: Meeting summary of the International Mesothelioma Interest Group Congress
- 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery guidelines for lung cancer screening using low-dose computed tomography scans for lung cancer survivors and other high-risk groups
- 2012 NICE Palliative care for adults: strong opioids for pain relief
- 2012 Management of pulmonary contusion and flail chest: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma practice management guideline
- 2012 American College of Chest Physicians and Society of Thoracic Surgeons Consensus Statement for Evaluation and Management for High-Risk Patients With Stage I Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
- 2012 CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE LU-008 FOR THYMIC NEOPLASMS
- 2012 CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE LU-005 FOR SUPERIOR SULCUS (PANCOAST) TUMOURS
- 2012 CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE LU-006 FOR SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER: LIMITED STAGE
- 2012 CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE LU-007 FOR SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER: EXTENSIVE STAGE
- 2012 CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE LU-003 FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER STAGE III
- 2012 MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE LU-009 Version 2
- 2012 British Thoracic Society national bronchiectasis audit 2010 and 2011
- 2012 Algorithm for the Management of Thymic Neoplasms
- 2012 Algorithm for the Management of Superior Sulcus (Pancoast) Tumours
- 2012 Algorithm for the Management of Small Cell Lung Cancer- Limited Stage
- 2012 Algorithm for the Management of Small Cell Lung Cancer- Extensive Stage
- 2012 Algorithm for the Management of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer- Stage III
- 2012 Algorithm for the Management of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
2011
- 2011 American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement on the Use of Topical Anesthesia, Analgesia, and Sedation During Flexible Bronchoscopy in Adult Patients
- 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Practice Guideline on the Prophylaxis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation Associated With General Thoracic Surgery: Executive Summary
- 2011 Minimally invasive oesophagectomy
- 2011 NICE Lung cancer: diagnosis and management
2010
- 2010 Pleural procedures and thoracic ultrasound: British Thoracic Society pleural disease guideline 2010
- 2010 NICE Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for primary or secondary lung cancers
- 2010 NICE Photodynamic therapy for Barrett’s oesophagus
- 2010 NICE Metastatic malignant disease of unknown primary origin in adults: diagnosis and management
- 2010 NICE Barrett’s oesophagus: ablative therapy
- 2010 Management of spontaneous pneumothorax: British Thoracic Society pleural disease guideline 2010
- 2010 Management of a malignant pleural effusion: British Thoracic Society pleural disease guideline 2010
- 2010 Investigation of a unilateral pleural effusion in adults: British Thoracic Society pleural disease guideline 2010
2007
2003
- 2003 British Thoracic Society guidelines on respiratory aspects of fitness for diving
- 2003 GUIDELINES FOR EMERGENCY TRACHEAL INTUBATION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC INJURY
- 2003 Is preparation for bronchoscopy optimal?
- 2003 Guidelines for radiologically guided lung biopsy
- 2003 BTS guidelines for the management of pleural infection
- 2003 BTS guidelines for the insertion of a chest drain
- 2003 ATS Statement: Guidelines for the Six-Minute Walk Test
You can arrange an appointment with the doctor
In the morning the Thoracic Surgeon, Dr Athanasios Kleontas MD is at the Interbalkan Medical Center of Thessaloniki, while in the evening he is at his private office (73, Ermou St).
+30 2310 - 400000
Office 11, 2nd floor. Dec 1742
ATHANASIOS D. KLEONTAS
PATIENT VISITATION HOURS
Doctor is available (by mobile) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
You meet him only by appointment at his private office:
Monday to Friday : 18.00 - 21.00