Open AccessComorbidities with non-small cell lung cancer: Is there an interdisciplinary consensus needed to qualify patients for surgical treatment?
Author(s) -
Marta Lembicz,
Piotr Gabryel,
Beata Brajer-Luftmann,
Wojciech Dyszkiewicz,
Halina BaturaGabryel
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/atm.atm_274_17
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , thoracotomy , pneumonectomy , univariate analysis , incidence (geometry) , risk factor , surgery , retrospective cohort study , multivariate analysis , physics , optics
Radical surgical treatment is the preferred action for patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Qualification for surgical treatment should consider a risk associated with the effect of comorbidities on the general condition of the patient. The aim of this article was an attempt to identify the risk factors for postoperative complications in patients treated for NSCLC, with a special focus on the coexisting diseases.