title: eComment: Octogenarians: do we have to consider new age specific parameters in our practice?
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Paliouras
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klimatsidas
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Samanidis
authors.forename: Stavros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Daliakopoulos
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000375:Aging; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018579:Patient Selection; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome