Abstract:Surgery isusually the first choice forpatients with lung cancer, whereas the risk increases with age. A comprehensive evaluation of the patients should be applied in order to bring about the best outcome. By convention, the preoperative assessment includes:neoplasm staging, cardio-respiratory function assessment, nutritional status assessment, etc.The surgical planningincludes limited resection, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and so on.

Key words:Aged,Lung neoplasms,Surgical procedures, operative,Prognosis