Guest Editors: Dania Nachira (Policlinico Universitario “A.Gemelli” IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC), Rome, Italy) and Venanzio Porziella (Policlinico Universitario “A.Gemelli” IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC), Rome, Italy)

Guest Editors: Sjoerd Lagarde (Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands), Bas Wijnhoven (Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) and Florian Lordick (Universitätsklinik Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany)

Guest Editors: Hon Chi Yip (Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China) and Philip Wai Yan Chiu (Institute of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)

Guest Editor: Riccardo Rosati (Vita-Salute University - San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy)

Guest Editors: Peter W. Dettmar (Technostics Ltd & RD Biomed Ltd, Castle Hill Hospital, East Yorkshire, UK) and Jeffrey Pearson (Newcastle University Biosciences institute, The Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)

Guest Editors: Christopher R. Morse and Uma M. Sachdeva (Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA)

Guest Editor: Sarah K. Thompson (Flinders Medical Centre & Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia)

Guest Editors: Fernando A. M. Herbella (Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil), Rafael Melillo Laurino Neto (Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil) and Rafael C. Katayama (Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil) 

Guest Editor: Luigi Bonavina (University of Milano Medical School, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Italy)