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Dr. Jane Yanagawa is a thoracic surgeon whose research centers on optimizing surgical outcomes for lung cancer and mediastinal diseases through comparative effectiveness and advanced minimally invasive techniques. Her most cited work, a 2019 study leveraging the Nationwide Readmissions Database, directly compared short-term readmission rates after open, video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS), and robotic lobectomy for lung cancer—a critical surrogate for quality of care. This analysis, with 42 citations, provides pivotal evidence for surgical decision-making. She has further advanced the field by examining national utilization and outcomes of robotic versus VATS thymectomy, and by exploring the technical feasibility of robotic bronchial anastomosis for sleeve resections, a challenging procedure that avoids pneumonectomy. Her work also extends to novel imaging, as demonstrated by a study on incidental elastofibroma detection using 68Ga-FAPI-46 and 18F-FDG PET/CT. With a growing body of work that directly informs clinical practice and surgical innovation, Dr. Yanagawa is a key voice in the evolution of thoracic oncology surgery.
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