Betty Caroline Tong | Scholars@Duke

Betty Caroline Tong
Associate Professor of Surgery

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Surgery 2015
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers 2017

Contact Information

Box 3531MED Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
Room 3589, Duke South - White Zone, Durham, NC 27710
betty.tong@duke.edu (919) 613-4690
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Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- M.H.S., Johns Hopkins University 2009
- M.D., Duke University 1999
- M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology 1995
Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Surgery 2010 - 2015
- Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Surgery 2008 - 2009
- Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Surgery 2008
Expertise
Subject Headings
Research
Selected Grants
- Access to screening facilities for U.S. populations at risk for lung cancer: A geospatial analysis of access to CT facilities for individuals eligible for lung cancer screening awarded by Ge-Aur Radiology Research 2017 - 2018
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Expert Panel on Thoracic Imaging:, , de Groot, PM, Chung, JH, Ackman, JB, Berry, MF, Carter, BW, Colletti, PM, Hobbs, SB, McComb, BL, Movsas, B, Tong, BC, Walker, CM, Yom, SS, and Kanne, JP. "ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Noninvasive Clinical Staging of Primary Lung Cancer." Journal of the American College of Radiology : Jacr 16, no. 5S (May 2019): S184-S195. Full Text
  - Berger, M, Oyeyemi, D, Olurinde, MO, Whitson, HE, Weinhold, KJ, Woldorff, MG, Lipsitz, LA, Moretti, E, Giattino, CM, Roberts, KC, Zhou, J, Bunning, T, Ferrandino, M, Scheri, RP, Cooter, M, Chan, C, Cabeza, R, Browndyke, JN, Murdoch, DM, Devinney, MJ, Shaw, LM, Cohen, HJ, Mathew, JP, and INTUIT Investigators, . "The INTUIT Study: Investigating Neuroinflammation Underlying Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 67, no. 4 (April 2019): 794-798. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Fernandez, FG, Kosinski, AS, Tong, BC, Furnary, AP, Feng, L, Onaitis, M, Boffa, D, Wright, CD, Cowper, P, Jacobs, JP, Habib, RH, and Putnam, JB. "Lack of correlation between short- and long-term performance after lung cancer surgery." The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 157, no. 4 (April 2019): 1633-1643.e3. Full Text
  - Yang, C-FJ, Shah, SA, Lin, BK, VanDusen, KW, Chan, DY, Tan, WD, Ranney, DN, Cox, ML, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Right-Sided Versus Left-Sided Pneumonectomy After Induction Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 107, no. 4 (April 2019): 1074-1081. Full Text
  - Klinger, RY, Cooter, M, Bisanar, T, Terrando, N, Berger, M, Podgoreanu, MV, Stafford-Smith, M, Newman, MF, Mathew, JP, and Neurologic Outcomes Research Group of the Duke Heart Center, . "Intravenous Lidocaine Does Not Improve Neurologic Outcomes after Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial." Anesthesiology (March 11, 2019). Full Text
  - Tong, BC, Kim, S, Kosinski, A, Onaitis, MW, Boffa, DJ, Habib, RH, Putnam, JB, Furnary, AP, Cowper, P, Wright, CD, Jacobs, JP, and Fernandez, FG. "Penetration, Completeness, and Representativeness of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database for Lobectomy." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 107, no. 3 (March 2019): 897-902. Full Text
  - Crowson, MG, Tong, BC, Lee, H-J, Song, Y, Misono, S, Jones, HN, and Cohen, S. "Vocal Fold Paralysis/Paresis as a Marker for Poor Swallowing Outcomes After Thoracic Surgery Procedures." Dysphagia (February 23, 2019). Full Text
  - Hong, JC, Boyer, MJ, Spiegel, DY, Williams, CD, Tong, BC, Shofer, SL, Moravan, MJ, Kelley, MJ, and Salama, JK. "Increasing PET Use in Small Cell Lung Cancer: Survival Improvement and Stage Migration in the VA Central Cancer Registry." Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : Jnccn 17, no. 2 (February 2019): 127-139. Full Text
  - Tailor, TD, Choudhury, KR, Tong, BC, Christensen, JD, Sosa, JA, and Rubin, GD. "Geographic Access to CT for Lung Cancer Screening: A Census Tract-Level Analysis of Cigarette Smoking in the United States and Driving Distance to a CT Facility." Journal of the American College of Radiology : Jacr 16, no. 1 (January 2019): 15-23. Full Text
  - Yang, C-FJ, Kumar, A, Klapper, JA, Hartwig, MG, Tong, BC, Harpole, DH, Berry, MF, and D'Amico, TA. "A National Analysis of Long-term Survival Following Thoracoscopic Versus Open Lobectomy for Stage I Non-small-cell Lung Cancer." Annals of Surgery 269, no. 1 (January 2019): 163-171. Full Text
  - Crowson, MG, Tong, BC, Lee, H-J, Song, Y, Harpole, DH, Jones, HN, and Cohen, S. "Prevalence and resource utilization for vocal fold paralysis/paresis after esophagectomy." The Laryngoscope 128, no. 12 (December 2018): 2815-2822. Full Text
  - Ackerson, BG, Tong, BC, Hong, JC, Gu, L, Chino, J, Trotter, JW, D'Amico, TA, Torok, JA, Lafata, K, Chang, C, and Kelsey, CR. "Stereotactic body radiation therapy versus sublobar resection for stage I NSCLC." Lung Cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 125 (November 2018): 185-191. Full Text
  - Mulvihill, MS, Cox, ML, Becerra, DC, Watson, JA, Voigt, SL, Yerokun, BA, Speicher, PJ, D'Amico, TA, Tong, B, and Hartwig, MG. "Higher Use of Surgery Confers Superior Survival in Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 106, no. 5 (November 2018): 1533-1540. Full Text
  - Boffa, DJ, Kosinski, AS, Furnary, AP, Kim, S, Onaitis, MW, Tong, BC, Cowper, PA, Hoag, JR, Jacobs, JP, Wright, CD, Putnam, JB, and Fernandez, FG. "Minimally Invasive Lung Cancer Surgery Performed by Thoracic Surgeons as Effective as Thoracotomy." Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 36, no. 23 (August 2018): 2378-2385. Full Text
  - Hussaini, SMQ, Madut, D, Tong, BC, Pavlisko, EN, Schell, WA, Perfect, JR, and Thielman, NM. "Pulmonary blastomycosis presenting as primary lung cancer." Bmc Infectious Diseases 18, no. 1 (July 18, 2018): 336-null. Full Text
  - Shammas, RL, Mela, N, Wallace, S, Tong, BC, Huber, J, and Mithani, SK. "Conjoint Analysis of Treatment Preferences for Nondisplaced Scaphoid Fractures." The Journal of Hand Surgery 43, no. 7 (July 2018): 678.e1-678.e9. Full Text
  - Donington, JS, Kim, YT, Tong, B, Moreira, AL, Bessich, J, Weiss, KD, Colson, YL, Wigle, D, Osarogiagbon, RU, Zweig, J, Wakelee, H, Blasberg, J, Daly, M, Backhus, L, and Van Schil, P. "Progress in the Management of Early-Stage Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer in 2017." Journal of Thoracic Oncology 13, no. 6 (June 1, 2018): 767-778. (Review) Full Text
  - Gulack, BC, Kirkwood, KA, Shi, W, Smith, PK, Alexander, JH, Burks, SG, Gelijns, AC, Thourani, VH, Bell, D, Greenberg, A, Goldfarb, SD, Mayer, ML, Bowdish, ME, and Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN), . "Secondary surgical-site infection after coronary artery bypass grafting: A multi-institutional prospective cohort study." The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 155, no. 4 (April 2018): 1555-1562.e1. Full Text
  - Klinger, RY, James, OG, Borges-Neto, S, Bisanar, T, Li, Y-J, Qi, W, Berger, M, Terrando, N, Newman, MF, Doraiswamy, PM, Mathew, JP, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) Study Group, , and Neurologic Outcomes Research Group (NORG), . "18F-florbetapir Positron Emission Tomography-determined Cerebral β-Amyloid Deposition and Neurocognitive Performance after Cardiac Surgery." Anesthesiology 128, no. 4 (April 2018): 728-744. Full Text
  - Wood, DE, Kazerooni, EA, Baum, SL, Eapen, GA, Ettinger, DS, Hou, L, Jackman, DM, Klippenstein, D, Kumar, R, Lackner, RP, Leard, LE, Lennes, IT, Leung, ANC, Makani, SS, Massion, PP, Mazzone, P, Merritt, RE, Meyers, BF, Midthun, DE, Pipavath, S, Pratt, C, Reddy, C, Reid, ME, Rotter, AJ, Sachs, PB, Schabath, MB, Schiebler, ML, Tong, BC, Travis, WD, Wei, B, Yang, SC, Gregory, KM, and Hughes, M. "Lung Cancer Screening, Version 3.2018, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology." Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : Jnccn 16, no. 4 (April 2018): 412-441. Full Text
  - Fernandez, FG, Kosinski, AS, Furnary, AP, Onaitis, M, Kim, S, Habib, RH, Tong, BC, Cowper, P, Boffa, D, Jacobs, JP, Wright, CD, and Putnam, JB. "Differential effects of operative complications on survival after surgery for primary lung cancer." The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 155, no. 3 (March 2018): 1254-1264.e1. Full Text
  - Yang, C-FJ, McSherry, F, Mayne, NR, Wang, X, Berry, MF, Tong, B, Harpole, DH, D'Amico, TA, Christensen, JD, Ready, NE, and Klapper, JA. "Surgical Outcomes After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Ipilimumab for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 105, no. 3 (March 2018): 924-929. Full Text
  - Tandberg, DJ, Tong, BC, Ackerson, BG, and Kelsey, CR. "Surgery versus stereotactic body radiation therapy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer: A comprehensive review." Cancer 124, no. 4 (February 2018): 667-678. (Review) Full Text
  - Onaitis, MW, Furnary, AP, Kosinski, AS, Kim, S, Boffa, D, Tong, BC, Cowper, P, Jacobs, JP, Wright, CD, Putnam, JB, and Fernandez, FG. "Prediction of Long-Term Survival After Lung Cancer Surgery for Elderly Patients in The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 105, no. 1 (January 2018): 309-316. Full Text
  - Tong, BC. "Lung cancer screening: No more excuses." The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 155, no. 1 (January 2018): 369-370. Full Text
  - Yi, JS, Ready, N, Healy, P, Dumbauld, C, Osborne, R, Berry, M, Shoemaker, D, Clarke, J, Crawford, J, Tong, B, Harpole, D, D'Amico, TA, McSherry, F, Dunphy, F, McCall, SJ, Christensen, JD, Wang, X, and Weinhold, KJ. "Immune Activation in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Plus Ipilimumab." Clinical Cancer Research : an Official Journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 23, no. 24 (December 2017): 7474-7482. Full Text
  - Karhausen, JA, Smeltz, AM, Akushevich, I, Cooter, M, Podgoreanu, MV, Stafford-Smith, M, Martinelli, SM, Fontes, ML, and Kertai, MD. "Platelet Counts and Postoperative Stroke After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery." Anesthesia and Analgesia 125, no. 4 (October 2017): 1129-1139. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Miranda, LS, Datta, S, Melzer, AC, Wiener, RS, Davis, JM, Tong, BC, Golden, SE, and Slatore, CG. "Rationale and Design of the Lung Cancer Screening Implementation. Evaluation of Patient-Centered Care Study." Annals of the American Thoracic Society 14, no. 10 (October 2017): 1581-1590. Full Text
  - Anderson, KL, Mulvihill, MS, Yerokun, BA, Speicher, PJ, D'Amico, TA, Tong, BC, Berry, MF, and Hartwig, MG. "Induction chemotherapy for T3N0M0 non-small-cell lung cancer increases the rate of complete resection but does not confer improved survival." European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery 52, no. 2 (August 2017): 370-377. Full Text
  - Tong, BC. "In the eye of the beholder." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 154, no. 2 (August 2017): 649-. Full Text
  - Tandberg, DJ, Kelsey, CR, D'Amico, TA, Crawford, J, Chino, JP, Tong, BC, Ready, NE, and Wright, A. "Patterns of Failure After Surgery for Non-Small-cell Lung Cancer Invading the Chest Wall." Clinical Lung Cancer 18, no. 4 (July 2017): e259-e265. Full Text
  - Yang, C-FJ, Chan, DY, Speicher, PJ, Gulack, BC, Tong, BC, Hartwig, MG, Kelsey, CR, D'Amico, TA, Berry, MF, and Harpole, DH. "Surgery Versus Optimal Medical Management for N1 Small Cell Lung Cancer." The Annals of thoracic surgery 103, no. 6 (June 2017): 1767-1772. Full Text
  - Giattino, CM, Gardner, JE, Sbahi, FM, Roberts, KC, Cooter, M, Moretti, E, Browndyke, JN, Mathew, JP, Woldorff, MG, Berger, M, and MADCO-PC Investigators, . "Intraoperative Frontal Alpha-Band Power Correlates with Preoperative Neurocognitive Function in Older Adults." Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 11 (January 2017): 24-null. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Tong, BC. "Less is more." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 153, no. 1 (January 2017): 196-. Full Text
  - Gulack, BC, Yang, C-FJ, Speicher, PJ, Yerokun, BA, Tong, BC, Onaitis, MW, D'Amico, TA, Harpole, DH, Hartwig, MG, and Berry, MF. "A Risk Score to Assist Selecting Lobectomy Versus Sublobar Resection for Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer." The Annals of thoracic surgery 102, no. 6 (December 2016): 1814-1820. Full Text
  - Tong, BC, Wallace, S, Hartwig, MG, D'Amico, TA, and Huber, JC. "Patient Preferences in Treatment Choices for Early-Stage Lung Cancer." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 102, no. 6 (December 2016): 1837-1844. Full Text
  - Speicher, PJ, Fitch, ZW, Gulack, BC, Yang, C-FJ, Tong, BC, Harpole, DH, D'Amico, TA, Berry, MF, and Hartwig, MG. "Induction Chemotherapy is Not Superior to a Surgery-First Strategy for Clinical N1 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer." The Annals of thoracic surgery 102, no. 3 (September 2016): 884-894. Full Text
  - Yang, C-FJ, Mayne, NR, Wang, H, Meyerhoff, RR, Hirji, S, Tong, BC, Hartwig, M, Harpole, D, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, M. "Outcomes of Major Lung Resection After Induction Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Elderly Patients." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 102, no. 3 (September 2016): 962-970. Full Text
  - Tong, BC. "TEAM: Together Everyone Achieves More." The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 152, no. 2 (August 2016): 317-318. Full Text
  - Yang, C-FJ, Adil, SM, Anderson, KL, Meyerhoff, RR, Turley, RS, Hartwig, MG, Harpole, DH, Tong, BC, Onaitis, MW, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Impact of patient selection and treatment strategies on outcomes after lobectomy for biopsy-proven stage IIIA pN2 non-small cell lung cancer." European Journal of Cardio Thoracic Surgery : Official Journal of the European Association for Cardio Thoracic Surgery 49, no. 6 (June 2016): 1607-1613. Full Text
  - Yang, C-FJ, Meyerhoff, RR, Mayne, NR, Singhapricha, T, Toomey, CB, Speicher, PJ, Hartwig, MG, Tong, BC, Onaitis, MW, Harpole, DH, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Long-term survival following open versus thoracoscopic lobectomy after preoperative chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer." European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery 49, no. 6 (June 2016): 1615-1623. Full Text
  - Yang, C-FJ, Chan, DY, Speicher, PJ, Gulack, BC, Wang, X, Hartwig, MG, Onaitis, MW, Tong, BC, D'Amico, TA, Berry, MF, and Harpole, DH. "Role of Adjuvant Therapy in a Population-Based Cohort of Patients With Early-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer." Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 34, no. 10 (April 2016): 1057-1064. Full Text
  - Yang, C-FJ, Sun, Z, Speicher, PJ, Saud, SM, Gulack, BC, Hartwig, MG, Harpole, DH, Onaitis, MW, Tong, BC, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Use and Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Lobectomy for Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in the National Cancer Data Base." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 101, no. 3 (March 2016): 1037-1042. Full Text
  - Erhunmwunsee, L, and Tong, BC. "Preoperative Evaluation and Indications for Pulmonary Metastasectomy." Thoracic surgery clinics 26, no. 1 (February 2016): 7-12. (Review) Full Text
  - Kara, HV, Balderson, SS, Tong, BC, and D'Amico, TA. "Video assisted transaxillary first rib resection in treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS)." Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery 5, no. 1 (January 2016): 67-69. (Review) Full Text
  - Yang, C-FJ, Adil, SM, Meyerhoff, RR, Anderson, KL, Hirji, SA, Harpole, D, Tong, BC, Onaitis, MW, Hartwig, MG, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Impact of Radiation on Recurrence Patterns and Survival for Patients Undergoing Lobectomy for Stage IIIA-pN2 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer." JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY 10, no. 9 (September 2015): S573-S573. Link to Item
  - Yang, C-FJ, Chan, DY, Gulack, BC, Speicher, PJ, Hartwig, MG, Berry, MF, Tong, BC, Onaitis, MW, D'Amico, TA, and Harpole, D. "Survival after Surgery for pN1 and pN2 Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Comparison with Surgical Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer." JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY 10, no. 9 (September 2015): S399-S400. Link to Item
  - Yang, C-FJ, Chan, DY, Gulack, BC, Speicher, PJ, Onaitis, MW, Tong, BC, D'Amico, TA, Harpole, D, Berry, MF, and Hartwig, MG. "Wedge Resection vs Segmentectomy for Patients with T1A N0 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer." JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY 10, no. 9 (September 2015): S242-S242. Link to Item
  - Yang, C-FJ, Chan, DY, Speicher, PJ, Gulack, BC, Onaitis, MW, Hartwig, MG, Tong, BC, Berry, MF, D'Amico, TA, and Harpole, D. "Long-Term Survival after Surgery for Pathologic N1 and N2 Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Comparison with Nonoperative Management." JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY 10, no. 9 (September 2015): S193-S194. Link to Item
  - Berry, MF, Yang, C-FJ, Hartwig, MG, Tong, BC, Harpole, DH, D'Amico, TA, and Onaitis, MW. "Impact of Pulmonary Function Measurements on Long-Term Survival After Lobectomy for Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer." The Annals of thoracic surgery 100, no. 1 (July 2015): 271-276. Full Text
  - Wood, DE, Kazerooni, E, Baum, SL, Dransfield, MT, Eapen, GA, Ettinger, DS, Hou, L, Jackman, DM, Klippenstein, D, Kumar, R, Lackner, RP, Leard, LE, Leung, ANC, Makani, SS, Massion, PP, Meyers, BF, Otterson, GA, Peairs, K, Pipavath, S, Pratt-Pozo, C, Reddy, C, Reid, ME, Rotter, AJ, Sachs, PB, Schabath, MB, Sequist, LV, Tong, BC, Travis, WD, Yang, SC, Gregory, KM, Hughes, M, and National comprehension cancer network, . "Lung cancer screening, version 1.2015: featured updates to the NCCN guidelines." Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : Jnccn 13, no. 1 (January 2015): 23-34. Full Text
  - Lebastchi, AH, Tackett, JJ, Argenziano, M, Calhoon, JH, Gasparri, MG, Halkos, ME, Hicks, GL, Iannettoni, MD, Ikonomidis, JS, McCarthy, PM, Starnes, SL, Tong, BC, and Yuh, DD. "First nationwide survey of US integrated 6-year cardiothoracic surgical residency program directors." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 148, no. 2 (August 2014): 408-15.e1. Full Text
  - Stevenson, M, Christensen, J, Shoemaker, D, Foster, T, Barry, WT, Tong, BC, Wahidi, M, Shofer, S, Datto, M, Ginsburg, G, Crawford, J, D'Amico, T, and Ready, N. "Tumor acquisition for biomarker research in lung cancer." Cancer investigation 32, no. 6 (July 2014): 291-298. Full Text
  - Tong, BC, Kosinski, AS, Burfeind, WR, Onaitis, MW, Berry, MF, Harpole, DH, and D'Amico, TA. "Sex differences in early outcomes after lung cancer resection: analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Database." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 148, no. 1 (July 2014): 13-18. Full Text
  - Haney, JC, Hanna, JM, Berry, MF, Harpole, DH, D'Amico, TA, Tong, BC, and Onaitis, MW. "Differential prognostic significance of extralobar and intralobar nodal metastases in patients with surgically resected stage II non-small cell lung cancer." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 147, no. 4 (April 2014): 1164-1168. Full Text
  - Moremen, JR, Tong, BC, and Ceppa, DP. "Thoracoscopic superior segmentectomy." Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery 3, no. 2 (March 2014): 202-203. (Review) Full Text
  - Christensen, JD, and Tong, BC. "Computed tomography screening for lung cancer: where are we now?." N C Med J 74, no. 5 (September 2013): 406-410. Link to Item
  - Villamizar, NR, Darrabie, M, Hanna, J, Onaitis, MW, Tong, BC, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Impact of T status and N status on perioperative outcomes after thoracoscopic lobectomy for lung cancer." The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 145, no. 2 (February 2013): 514-520. Full Text
  - Tong, BC, Huber, JC, Ascheim, DD, Puskas, JD, Ferguson, TB, Blackstone, EH, and Smith, PK. "Weighting composite endpoints in clinical trials: essential evidence for the heart team." Ann Thorac Surg 94, no. 6 (December 2012): 1908-1913. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ceppa, DP, Kosinski, AS, Berry, MF, Tong, BC, Harpole, DH, Mitchell, JD, D'Amico, TA, and Onaitis, MW. "Thoracoscopic lobectomy has increasing benefit in patients with poor pulmonary function: a Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database analysis." Annals of Surgery 256, no. 3 (September 2012): 487-493. Full Text
  - Meyerson, SL, Tong, BC, Balderson, SS, D'Amico, TA, Phillips, JD, DeCamp, MM, and DaRosa, DA. "Needs assessment for an errors-based curriculum on thoracoscopic lobectomy." Ann Thorac Surg 94, no. 2 (August 2012): 368-373. Full Text Link to Item
  - Tong, BC, Gustafson, MR, Balderson, SS, D'Amico, TA, and Meyerson, SL. "Validation of a thoracoscopic lobectomy simulator." European Journal of Cardio Thoracic Surgery : Official Journal of the European Association for Cardio Thoracic Surgery 42, no. 2 (August 2012): 364-369. Full Text
  - Berry, MF, Onaitis, MW, Tong, BC, Balderson, SS, Harpole, DH, and D'Amico, TA. "Feasibility of hybrid thoracoscopic lobectomy and en-bloc chest wall resection." European Journal of Cardio Thoracic Surgery : Official Journal of the European Association for Cardio Thoracic Surgery 41, no. 4 (April 2012): 888-892. Full Text
  - Shah, AA, Barfield, ME, Kelsey, CR, Onaitis, MW, Tong, B, Harpole, D, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Outcomes after surgical management of synchronous bilateral primary lung cancers." Ann Thorac Surg 93, no. 4 (April 2012): 1055-1060. Full Text Link to Item
  - Wood, DE, Eapen, GA, Ettinger, DS, Hou, L, Jackman, D, Kazerooni, E, Klippenstein, D, Lackner, RP, Leard, L, Leung, ANC, Massion, PP, Meyers, BF, Munden, RF, Otterson, GA, Peairs, K, Pipavath, S, Pratt-Pozo, C, Reddy, C, Reid, ME, Rotter, AJ, Schabath, MB, Sequist, LV, Tong, BC, Travis, WD, Unger, M, and Yang, SC. "Lung cancer screening." Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : Jnccn 10, no. 2 (February 2012): 240-265. Full Text
  - Klapper, JA, and Tong, BC. "The Role of Thoracic Surgery in Palliative Care: A Review." Journal of Palliative Care & Medicine 02, no. 07 (2012): 133-133. Full Text
  - Tong, BC, and Harpole, DH. "Molecular markers for incidence, prognosis, and response to therapy." Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America 21, no. 1 (January 2012): 161-175. Full Text
  - Ceppa, DP, Welsby, IJ, Wang, TY, Onaitis, MW, Tong, BC, Harpole, DH, D'Amico, TA, and Berry, MF. "Perioperative management of patients on clopidogrel (Plavix) undergoing major lung resection." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 92, no. 6 (December 2011): 1971-1976. Full Text
  - D'Amico, TA, Tong, BC, Berry, MF, Burfeind, WR, and Onaitis, MW. "Incorporating research into thoracic surgery practice." Thorac Surg Clin 21, no. 3 (August 2011): 369-377. Full Text Link to Item
  - Berry, MF, Onaitis, MW, Tong, BC, Harpole, DH, and D'Amico, TA. "A model for morbidity after lung resection in octogenarians." European Journal of Cardio Thoracic Surgery : Official Journal of the European Association for Cardio Thoracic Surgery 39, no. 6 (June 2011): 989-994. Full Text
  - Swaminathan, M, Nicoara, A, Phillips-Bute, BG, Aeschlimann, N, Milano, CA, Mackensen, GB, Podgoreanu, MV, Velazquez, EJ, Stafford-Smith, M, Mathew, JP, and Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Research Endeavors (CARE) Group, . "Utility of a simple algorithm to grade diastolic dysfunction and predict outcome after coronary artery bypass graft surgery." Ann Thorac Surg 91, no. 6 (June 2011): 1844-1850. Full Text Link to Item
  - Berry, MF, Atkins, BZ, Tong, BC, Harpole, DH, D'Amico, TA, and Onaitis, MW. "A comprehensive evaluation for aspiration after esophagectomy reduces the incidence of postoperative pneumonia." The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 140, no. 6 (December 2010): 1266-1271. Full Text
  - Person, AK, Chudgar, SM, Norton, BL, Tong, BC, and Stout, JE. "Aspergillus niger: an unusual cause of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis." Journal of Medical Microbiology 59, no. Pt 7 (July 2010): 834-838. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Berry, MF, Villamizar-Ortiz, NR, Tong, BC, Burfeind, WR, Harpole, DH, D'Amico, TA, and Onaitis, MW. "Pulmonary function tests do not predict pulmonary complications after thoracoscopic lobectomy." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 89, no. 4 (April 2010): 1044-1051. Full Text
  - Tong, BC, Hanna, J, Toloza, EM, Onaitis, MW, D'Amico, TA, Harpole, DH, and Burfeind, WR. "Outcomes of video-assisted thoracoscopic decortication." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 89, no. 1 (January 2010): 220-225. Full Text
  - Berry, MF, Hanna, J, Tong, BC, Burfeind, WR, Harpole, DH, D'Amico, TA, and Onaitis, MW. "Risk factors for morbidity after lobectomy for lung cancer in elderly patients." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 88, no. 4 (October 2009): 1093-1099. Full Text
  - Burfeind, WR, Tong, BC, O'Branski, E, Herndon, JE, Toloza, EM, D'Amico, TA, Harpole, LH, and Harpole, DH. "Quality of life outcomes are equivalent after lobectomy in the elderly." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 136, no. 3 (September 2008): 597-604. Full Text Link to Item
  - Tong, BC, and Harpole, DH. "Audit, quality control, and performance in thoracic surgery: a North American perspective." Thorac Surg Clin 17, no. 3 (August 2007): 379-386. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Masasyesva, BG, Tong, BC, Brock, MV, Pilkington, T, Goldenberg, D, Sidransky, D, Harden, S, Westra, WH, and Califano, J. "Molecular margin analysis predicts local recurrence after sublobar resection of lung cancer." International Journal of Cancer 113, no. 6 (2005): 1022-1025. Full Text
  - Tong, BC, Dhir, K, Ha, PK, Westra, WH, Alter, BP, Sidransky, D, Koch, WM, and Califano, JA. "Use of single nucleotide polykorphism arrays to identify a novel region of loss on chromosome 6q in squamous cell carcinomas of the oral cavity." Head and Neck 26, no. 4 (2004): 345-352. Full Text
  - Tong, BC, and Barbul, A. "Cellular and physiological effects of arginine." Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry 4, no. 8 (2004): 823-832.
  - Xing, M, Usadel, H, Cohen, Y, Tokumaru, Y, Guo, Z, Westra, WB, Tong, BC, Tallini, G, Udelsman, R, Califano, JA, Ladenson, PW, and Sidransky, D. "Methylation of the thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor gene in epithelial thyroid tumors: a marker of malignancy and a cause of gene silencing." Cancer Research 63, no. 9 (May 2003): 2316-2321.
  - Tong, BC, Ha, PK, Dhir, K, Xing, M, Westra, WH, Sidransky, D, and Califano, JA. "Mitochondrial DNA alterations in thyroid cancer." Journal of Surgical Oncology 82, no. 3 (2003): 170-173. Full Text
  - Geetha, D, Tong, BC, Racusen, L, Markowitz, JS, and Westra, WH. "Bladder carcinoma in a transplant recipient: Evidence to implicate the BK human polyomavirus as a causal transforming agent." Transplantation 73, no. 12 (2002): 1933-1936.
  - Ha, PK, Pai, SI, Westra, WH, Gillison, ML, Tong, BC, Sidransky, D, and Califano, JA. "Real-time quantitative PCR demonstrates low prevalence of human papillomavirus type 16 in premalignant and malignant lesions of the oral cavity." Clinical Cancer Research 8, no. 5 (2002): 1203-1209.
  - Ha, PK, Tong, BC, Westra, WH, Sanchez-Cespedes, M, Parrella, P, Zahurak, M, Sidransky, D, and Califano, JA. "Mitochondrial C-tract alteration in premalignant lesions of the head and neck: A marker for progression and clonal proliferation." Clinical Cancer Research 8, no. 7 (2002): 2260-2265.
  - Maxwell, GL, Risinger, JI, Tong, B, Shaw, H, Barrett, JC, Berchuck, A, and Futreal, PA. "Mutation of the PTEN tumor suppressor gene is not a feature of ovarian cancers." Gynecol Oncol 70, no. 1 (July 1998): 13-16. Full Text Link to Item
  - Matsumoto, T, Delafontaine, P, Schnetzer, KJ, Tong, BC, and Nerem, RM. "Effect of uniaxial, cyclic stretch on the morphology of monocytes/macrophages in culture." Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 118, no. 3 (August 1996): 420-422. Full Text
  - Zimber, MP, Tong, B, Dunkelman, N, Pavelec, R, Grande, D, New, L, and Purchio, AF. "TGF-β Promotes the Growth of Bovine Chondrocytes in Monolayer Culture and the Formation of Cartilage Tissue on Three-Dimensional Scaffolds." Tissue Engineering 1, no. 3 (September 1, 1995): 289-300. Full Text
- Book Sections
  - Tong, BC, and Harpole, DH. "Molecular prognostication of lung cancer." In Principles and Practice of Lung Cancer: The Official Reference Text of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC): Fourth Edition, 147-162. February 13, 2012.
- Other Articles
  - Zwischenberger, BA, D'Amico, TA, and Tong, BC. "How I Teach a Thoracoscopic Lobectomy." The Annals of thoracic surgery 101, no. 3 (March 2016): 846-849. Full Text
  - Tong, BC. "A stitch (or scan) in time saves nine." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 150, no. 3 (September 2015): 529-530. Full Text
  - Tong, BC. "Imagine all the people.." The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 149, no. 6 (June 2015): 1488-1489. Full Text
  - Tong, BC. "Invited commentary." The Annals of thoracic surgery 98, no. 5 (November 2014): 1754-. Full Text
  - Berry, MF, Atkins, Z, Tong, BC, Harpole, DH, D'Amico, TA, and Onaitis, MW. "A comprehensive evaluation for aspiration after esophagectomy reduces the incidence of postoperative pneumonia." Dysphagia 26, no. 3 (2011): 326--. Full Text
  - Tong, BC. "Invited commentary." Ann Thorac Surg 90, no. 5 (November 2010): 1661-. Full Text Link to Item
- Conference Papers
  - Yang, C-FJ, Chan, DY, Yerokun, B, Wang, XF, Tong, BC, D'Amico, TA, Onaitis, MW, Hartwig, MG, Berry, MF, and Harpole, D. "Surgery versus optimal medical management of early-stage small cell lung cancer." : American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), May 20, 2016. Full Text

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