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Everything we publish is designed to keep you up-to-date on the latest news, approaches, and ideas in chest medicine. From the most relevant research findings to the most significant clinical guidelines, these are the highly accredited resources you count on from CHEST.
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Used throughout the world, our multidisciplinary guidelines help translate quality evidence into applicable recommendations that enrich patient care and improve health outcomes.
FEATURED GUIDELINE
Management of Patients With Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
This CHEST guideline examines the literature on primary treatment of patients with stage I and II non-small cell lung cancer and consists of 17 evidence-based recommendations that surgeons can implement in their own practice.
Transfusion of Fresh Frozen Plasma and Platelets in Critically Ill Adults
This guideline provides recommendations for the transfusion of fresh frozen plasma or platelets in critically ill patients with thrombocytopenia, with and without active bleeding, who are undergoing invasive procedures.
Access CHEST’s full collection of guidelines, expert panel reports, and consensus statements.
Guideline topics
Airway Disorders
Chest Infections
Clinical Pulmonary
Critical Care
Interstitial Lung Disease
Interventional Pulmonary
Pulmonary Vascular
Thoracic Oncology
The CHEST® journal portfolio features the best in peer-reviewed, cutting-edge original research in the multidisciplinary specialties of chest medicine—pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine—and related disciplines. With a loyal readership base, the portfolio, including the journals CHEST, CHEST® Critical Care, and CHEST® Pulmonary, is one of the most highly regarded, and up-to-date sources of clinical knowledge in the field.
Exploring Racial Differences in Family Expressions of Emotion and Clinician Empathy in ICU Family Meetings
Little is known about how family member race impacts how emotions are expressed and supported in meetings with families of patients who are critically ill and their clinician. A study in CHEST® Critical Care examined the differences in family members' expression of emotion and clinicians' provision of empathy in ICU family meetings involving Black and White family members.
KRAS Mutation Status in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Distribution Across Occupational Categories
The molecular mechanisms underlying the contribution of occupational carcinogen exposure to lung cancer remain largely unexplored. A study in the journal CHEST® investigated how occupational exposure to specific carcinogens influences the molecular profile of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
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Each month, the journal CHEST Editor in Chief Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, adds context and commentary to important articles featured in the new issue.
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Whatever your specialty, CHEST has a topic collection that you’ll be interested in. Uncover insights from key opinion leaders, find CME opportunities, and discover original research articles.
Clinical advances, practice management updates, medical conference highlights—reading the CHEST Physician® publication is the easiest way to be in the know every month.
Originally aired: December 1, 2025
CHEST® journal Editor in Chief, Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, highlights key articles published in the December 2025 issue.
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