%A TAN Yuan-Yuan, ZOU Xin-Xin, XIE Yang, ZHANG Lei %T Surgical treatment of lung cancer in the elderly %0 Journal Article %D 2012 %J Journal of International Oncology %R %P 289-291 %V 39 %N 4 %U {https://gjzlx.sdfmu.edu.cn/CN/abstract/article_8766.shtml} %8 2012-04-08 %X Surgery is usually 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.