title: A roundup of recently published articles relevant to thoracic oncology.
abstract: We selected six publications for the "best of the month," published recently in peer-reviewed journals, covering a broad range of topics including second-hand smoking, intensive care unit admissions for patients with lung cancer, role of aspirin in preventing lung cancer, bleeding events in patients undergoing treatment with bevacizumab and requiring full anticoagulation, level of evidence used to support the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines, and the use of prophylactic cranial irradiation in patient with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Morgensztern
authors.forename: Ramaswamy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Govindan
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D016371:Cranial Irradiation; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008495:Medical Oncology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*