title: [Therapy of bronchial cancer in the elderly].
abstract: Multimorbidity and prognosis of tumor determine diagnostic and therapeutic management of bronchial carcinoma in the elderly. The knowledge of histopathological diagnosis is important for further therapy. Physiological alterations and decreased cardiopulmonary capacity allow surgical resections in a reduced extent, only. In elderly, chemotherapy of small-cell-cancer often shows side-effects. Therapeutic management with a palliative character should mostly be used in elderly.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Pneumologie, DRK-Krankenhaus Mark Brandenburg, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Freien Universität Berlin.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thalhofer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dorow
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000628:therapy*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000628:therapy*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Therapie der Bronchialkarzinome im Alter.