Lung surgery in the elderly today

Lung Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-119

  Rocco, G ^a,b   Weder, W ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Elderly; Lobectomy; Lung cancer; Octogenarians; Surgery; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; THORAX SURGERY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84875909591     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2013.01.004     Document Type: Review

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