title: Reply: To PMID 24726598.
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Division, European Institute of Oncology, University of Milan, Via G. Ripamonti, 435 20141 Milan, Italy. Electronic address: lorenzo.spaggiari@ieo.it.
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spaggiari
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiologic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marulli
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Unit, Community Hospital, Brescia, Italy.
authors.forename: Gian Luca
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Pariscenti
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Humanitas Research Hospital-Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alloisio
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Ospedale di Mestre, Venezia-Mestre, Italy.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fontana
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oliaro
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, IRCCS A.O.U. "San Martino" IST, Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Gian Battista
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Ratto
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Unit - Department of Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Facciolo
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgery, Università-A.S.L., Chieti, Italy.
authors.forename: Felice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mucilli
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Division, European Institute of Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casiraghi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiologic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rea
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000601:surgery*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*