Lung cancer in the very elderly: incidence, presentation, and diagnostic decision-making. A retrospective analysis at a teaching community hospital

• Hauptverfasser: Sabarish Ayyappan (Verfasst von), Claudia Gonzalez (Verfasst von), Roopa Yarlagadda (Verfasst von), Yousef Zakharia (Verfasst von), Timothy J. Woodlock (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
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Background and objectives: Lung cancer presentation and decision-making in the very elderly patient population, 80 years of age and older, was studied given the projected increase in cancer incidence in the very elderly and yet only limited management guidelines. Design and setting: A 10-year experi...