title: Reply to "Improved postoperative mortality rates after thoracic surgery for lung cancer" [CLM-D-16-00187].
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX. Electronic address: rfmunden@houstonmethodist.org.
authors.forename: Reginald F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Munden
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Imaging, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Professor of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY. Electronic address: ginsberm@mskcc.org.
authors.forename: Michelle S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ginsberg