[Non-small cell lung cancer in the elderly. What chemotherapy?].
Half the patients with lung cancer are over 65 and one third are over 70 years of age. The increased incidence with age and the increase in life expectancy explains the large number of lung cancers found in elderly people. The correct management comes up against many obstacles: a certain nihilism among patients and doctors, the false idea that cancer progresses less quickly in elderly people and finally the near absence of clinical trials in elderly subjects. This situation is changing with population based studies as well as therapeutic trials specifically in elderly people which should allow better adaption of treatment to age and co-morbidities without being sub-optimal.
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Département de pneumologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France. elisabeth.quoix@chru-strasbourg.fr
D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents