RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Results of resection for bronchogenic carcinoma in patients over the age of 80.
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 189
OP 191
DO 10.1136/thx.44.3.189
VO 44
IS 3
A1 T Shirakusa
A1 M Tsutsui
A1 N Iriki
A1 K Matsuba
A1 T Saito
A1 S Minoda
A1 T Iwasaki
A1 N Hirota
A1 J Kuono
YR 1989
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/44/3/189.abstract
AB Thirty three patients aged over 80 years underwent resection for bronchogenic carcinoma. The operations performed were: lobectomy (21), segmentectomy (4), wedge resection (2), pneumonectomy (3), carinal resection (1). In two patients no resection was feasible. Three patients died within two months of surgery. The cumulative five year survival rate was 55%, 79% for patients with stage I carcinoma and 31% for stage III. It is considered that resection has an acceptable outcome in patients over 80 years.