title: [Lung cancer in the elderly: diagnostic and treatment specifics].
abstract: The diagnosis and treatment of elderly patients with lung cancer must take into account a number of specificities. The geriatric assessment is a fundamental stage in the initial examination.The treatment of localised forms involves surgery, with a slightly higher morbimortality in elderly compared to younger patients, resulting in the need for a rigorous selection of patients. Advanced forms are treated with chemotherapy or targeted therapies, treatment which is adapted to the patient and the tumour.
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, hôpital Ambroise-Paré, AP-HP, Boulogne-Billancourt. etienne.giroux-leprieur@apr.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Etienne Giroux
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Leprieur
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011878:Radiotherapy
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents