title: Thoracic surgery in the elderly. Foreword.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. mferguso@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu
authors.forename: Mark K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology