title: [Good surgery results in older patients with stage 1 lung carcinoma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the influence of age on survival of patients undergoing resection for lung cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective.
  
  
  METHODS
  South-western part of the Netherlands.
  
  
  METHODS
  Follow-up information was gathered on patients who had undergone resection for stage I non-small cell lung cancer from 1984 through 1990 and had been registered by the Rotterdam Cancer Registry. Operative mortality, 2-year and 5-year survival in the age groups 20-59, 60-69 and 70 years and older were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 630 patients (median age of 66 years) one-third was 70 years or older. Operative mortality was mainly determined by the type of operation: 6% after pneumonectomy versus 1% after lesser resections. Five-year survival declined with age from 65% to 48% and 43% (p < 0.01). After adjustment for non-related causes of death this difference decreased: 68%, 55%, 61% (p = 0.15). The main prognostic factor was tumour size.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Chronological age has a limited influence on the survival of patients with lung cancer and does not preclude surgical treatment.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis
vernacular_title: Goede operatieresultaten bij oudere patiënten met longcarcinoom in stadium I.