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[Results of surgical therapy of bronchial carcinoma in advanced age]. 1996

P Schneider, and J Schirren, and C Trainer, and I Vogt-Moykopf

Chirurgische Abteilung, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg.

Surgery is the treatment of choice in patients with non-small cell lung cancer stages I-IIIA. This is not restricted to younger patients, it may also be true for elderly ones. 6907 patients suffering bronchial carcinoma were analysed at the Thoraxklinik Heidelberg-Rohrbach (10/1984-12/1994). 2464 patients underwent resection of bronchial carcinoma. The age distribution was as follows: 0-64 years (n = 1734), 65-74 years (n = 662), 75-85 years (n = 67), older than 85 years (n = 1). Lobectomy was the most common type of resection for all patients. The frequency of pneumonectomy was lower in older patients, while the relative proportion of segmental resections was higher. The 30-day mortality was 6% for patients younger than 64 years and 10% for patients older than 65 years. For the latter group, the 5-year-survival probability was 44% for the combined p-stages I and II, and 19% for p-stage IIIA. In conclusion, the results indicate that, under the condition of a precise preoperative risk-to-benefit evaluation, surgical treatment of bronchial carcinoma is also indicated for elderly patients.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008175	Lung Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the LUNG.	Cancer of Lung,Lung Cancer,Pulmonary Cancer,Pulmonary Neoplasms,Cancer of the Lung,Neoplasms, Lung,Neoplasms, Pulmonary,Cancer, Lung,Cancer, Pulmonary,Cancers, Lung,Cancers, Pulmonary,Lung Cancers,Lung Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Lung,Neoplasm, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Cancers,Pulmonary Neoplasm
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D009367	Neoplasm Staging	Methods which attempt to express in replicable terms the extent of the neoplasm in the patient.	Cancer Staging,Staging, Neoplasm,Tumor Staging,TNM Classification,TNM Staging,TNM Staging System,Classification, TNM,Classifications, TNM,Staging System, TNM,Staging Systems, TNM,Staging, Cancer,Staging, TNM,Staging, Tumor,System, TNM Staging,Systems, TNM Staging,TNM Classifications,TNM Staging Systems
D011013	Pneumonectomy	The excision of lung tissue including partial or total lung lobectomy.	Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction,Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction,Lung Volume Reduction,Lung Volume Reduction Surgery,Partial Pneumonectomy,Partial Pneumonectomies,Pneumonectomies,Pneumonectomy, Partial,Reduction, Lung Volume,Volume Reduction, Lung
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D001984	Bronchial Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the BRONCHI.	Neoplasms, Bronchial,Bronchial Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Bronchial
D002289	Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung	A heterogeneous aggregate of at least three distinct histological types of lung cancer, including SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA; and LARGE CELL CARCINOMA. They are dealt with collectively because of their shared treatment strategy.	Carcinoma, Non-Small Cell Lung,Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer,Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma,Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma,Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer,Carcinoma, Non Small Cell Lung,Carcinomas, Non-Small-Cell Lung,Lung Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell,Lung Carcinomas, Non-Small-Cell,Non Small Cell Lung Carcinoma,Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinomas
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man