[Possibilities of increasing the number of patients with lung cancer undergoing radical treatment].
The report deals with certain factors preventing radical treatment of lung cancer as well as recommendations with respect to cutting down the number of totally-untreated patients and those who are not treated radically. Out of the total of 11,110 patients, radical treatment was carried out in 2,664; far-advanced cases--4,124; 2,527 patients refused to be operated on: surgery was contraindicated because of concomitant diseases in 840, and surgery was refused in consideration of advanced age in 1,157 cases. It was shown that the proportion of radically-operated cases can be increased by 176,2% (2,264 surgical cases taken as 100%) provided that patients' mistrust of surgery leading to refusal is overcome, contraindications for surgery due to concomitant diseases are established on a more realistic basis and radical treatment is not contraindicated for the mere reason of advanced age.
Berezkin
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Vagner
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Mizaushev
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010166:Palliative Care
Rezervy uvelicheniia chisla bol'nykh rakom legkogo, podlezhashchikh radikal'nomu lecheniiu.