title: Results of resection for bronchogenic carcinoma in patients over the age of 80.
abstract: Thirty three patients aged over 80 years underwent resection for bronchogenic carcinoma. The operations performed were: lobectomy (21), segmentectomy (4), wedge resection (2), pneumonectomy (3), carinal resection (1). In two patients no resection was feasible. Three patients died within two months of surgery. The cumulative five year survival rate was 55%, 79% for patients with stage I carcinoma and 31% for stage III. It is considered that resection has an acceptable outcome in patients over 80 years.
authors.affiliation: Lung Cancer Study Group, Kyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shirakusa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsutsui
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iriki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuba
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Minoda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hirota
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kuono
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality