Outcomes after lobectomy and pneumonectomy in lungcancer patients aged 70 years or older | Zendy

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Outcomes after lobectomy and pneumonectomy in lungcancer patients aged 70 years or older

Author(s) -

İlknur Aytekin,

Maruf Şanlı,

Ahmet Feridun Işık,

Bülent Tunçözgür,

Ahmet Uluşan,

Kemal Bakır,

Seval Kul,

Levent Elbeyli

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

turkish journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277

H-Index - 27

eISSN - 1303-6165

pISSN - 1300-0144

DOI - 10.3906/sag-1601-151

Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonectomy , lung cancer , physical therapy

For the early stage of nonsmall-cell lung cancer, surgical resection provides the best survival, but the surgical risk generally increases with age because of the increased prevalence of comorbidities, especially cardiovascular disorders. The aim of this study was to compare survival and mortality rates of two groups with different ages, younger and older than 70 years, who went curative resection for nonsmall-cell lung cancer.

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