Affiliations

• ¹ 3 University General Hospital, "AHEPA" University Hospital , Thessaloniki, Greece.
• ² Thoracic Surgery Department, "Interbalkan" European Medical Center , Thessaloniki, Greece.
• ³ Department of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University , Shanghai, P. R. China.
• ⁴ Sana Clinic Group Franken, Department of Cardiology/Pulmonology/Intensive Care/Nephrology, "Hof" Clinics, University of Erlangen , Hof, Germany.
• ⁵ Pulmonary Department (NHS), G.H. "G. Papanikolaou" Thessaloniki , Thessaloniki, Greece.
• ⁶ Oncology Department, (NHS), General Hospital of Kavala , Kavala, Greece.
• ⁷ Radiology Department, "G. Papageorgiou" University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki , Thessaloniki, Greece.
• ⁸ Oncology Department, General Hospital of Volos , Volos, Greece.
• ⁹ Department of Pulmonology, University Hospital Zurich , Zurich, Switzerland.