https://www.selleckchem.com/products/Sunitinib-Malate-(Sutent).html In light of political discussions about minimum case volumes and certified lung cancer centers, this observational study investigates differences in therapy and survival between high vs. low patient volume hospitals (HPVH vs. LPVH). We identified 12,374 lung cancer patients treated in HPVH (>67 patients) and LPVH in 2013 from German health insurance claims. Stratified by metastasis status (no metastases, nodal metastases, systemic metastases), we compared HPVHs and LPVHs regarding likelihood of resection and systemic therapy, type of systemic therapy, and surgical outcomes, using multivariate logistic models. Three-year survival was modeled using Cox regression. We adjusted all regression models for age, gender, comorbidity, and residence area, and included a cluster variable for the hospital. Around 24 % of patients were treated in HPVHs. Irrespective of stratum and subgroup, three-year survival was significantly better in HPVHs. In patients with systemic metastases (OR = 1.84, CI=[1.22,2.76]) and without metastases (OR = 3.28, CI=[2.13, 5.04]), resection was more likely in HPVHs. Among patients with systemic therapy, the odds of receiving pemetrexed was higher in HPVHs, in patients with nodal metastases (OR = 1.57, CI=[1.01,2.45]). In resected patients without metastases the odds ratio of receiving a thoracoscopic lobectomy was 2.28 (CI=[1.04,4.99]) in HPVHs. Our data suggests that case volume is clinically relevant in resected and non-resected lung cancer patients, but optimal minimum case volumes may differ for subgroups. Our data suggests that case volume is clinically relevant in resected and non-resected lung cancer patients, but optimal minimum case volumes may differ for subgroups. Excessive adipose tissue is central to disease burden posed by the Metabolic Syndrome (MetS). Whilst much is known of the altered transcriptomic regulation of adipose tissue under fasting conditions, little is kn