Decrease in performance status after lobectomy mean poor prognosis in elderly lung cancer patients

Surgery remains the best treatment for obtaining cure in patients with resectable lung cancer, regardless of age. In elderly patients, however, the presumed fear of decreased performance status (PS) after lobectomy has resulted in the delivery of sub-optimal cancer surgery. Surgical decision making...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of thoracic disease 2017-06, Vol.9 (6), p.1525-1530
Hauptverfasser:	Kawaguchi, Yo, Hanaoka, Jun, Oshio, Yasuhiko, Hashimoto, Masayuki, Igarashi, Tomoyuki, Kataoka, Yoko, Kaku, Ryosuke, Namura, Yuki, Akazawa, Akira
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Sprache:	eng
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