Curative resection for lung cancer in octogenarians is justified.

CONCLUSIONS: Curative lung resections in selected octogenarians can be safely performed up to pneumonectomy for all tumour stages with a perioperative mortality, morbidity, and 5-year survival rate comparable to younger cohorts.
PMID: 28275477 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - March 10, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Thorac Dis Source Type: research