Patient-Reported Outcomes in Thoracic Surgery: An International Survey of European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) and Japanese Association for Chest Surgery (JACS) Members
This study successfully collected responses from thoracic surgeons in both Europe and Japan. Although still underused, these findings highlight that surgeons increasingly recognize the value of PROMs, particularly in the context of multimodal treatment.
Authors
- HIDEHITO HORINOUCHI
- Shinnosuke Takamiya
- Cecilia Pompili (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6746-5441)
- Marcin Ostrowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8129-8299)
- Ichiro Yoshino
- Sara Lo Torto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6581-1692)
- Yuichiro Kikawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3852-5991)
- Hideo Ichimura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2779-0108)
- Alessandro Bertani
- Aki K Kobayashi
- Hiroyuki Suzuki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2383-5038)
- Nuria M Novoa
- Shun-Ichi Watanabe
- Masahiro Tsuboi
Institutions
- University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT)
- Kansai Medical University (JP)
- University of Leeds (GB)
- University of Hull (GB)
- National Cancer Centre Japan (JP)
- National Cancer Center (US)
- SHOWA Medical University Northern Yokohama Hospital (JP)
- Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda (ES)
- University of Tsukuba Hospital (JP)
- Policlinico Tor Vergata (IT)
- Japanese Red Cross Narita Hospital (JP)
- National Cancer Center Hospital East (JP)
- Fukushima Medical University Hospital (JP)
- Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione (IT)
- National Cancer Research Institute (GB)
- Hull York Medical School (GB)
- Gdańsk Medical University (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- Published
- 2026-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezag001
- Primary Topic
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00