Open AccessClinical and quality of life outcomes following anatomical lung resection for lung cancer in high-risk patients
Author(s) -
Henrietta Wilson,
David C. Gammon,
Tom Routledge,
Karen Harrison-Phipps
Publication year - 2017
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_385_16
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , lung , quality of life (healthcare) , intensive care unit , retrospective cohort study , pulmonary function testing , surgery , nursing
Surgery remains the gold standard for patients with resectable nonsmall cell lung cancer. Current guidance identifies patients with poor pulmonary reserve to fall within a high-risk cohort. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical and quality of life outcomes of anatomical lung resection in patients deemed high risk based on pulmonary function measurements.