Clinicopathologic Characteristics of the Patients in the Elderly Lung Carcinoma
10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2016.10.07
- VernacularTitle:高龄肺鳞癌患者的临床病理特征
- Author:
CHEN JIE
1
;
HAO XUEZHI
;
CHENG FANG
;
ZHANG TONGTONG
;
XING PUYUAN
;
LI JUNLING
Author Information
1. 北京市朝阳区三环肿瘤医院
- Keywords:
Lung neoplasms;
Squamous cell carcinoma;
Pathological characteristics
- From:
Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer
2016;19(10):675-678
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Background and objective As the prevalence of tobacco and the aging of the population, the incidence of lung cancer in the elderly rises. However, few elderly patients (older than 70 years old) with lung squamous cell carcinoma were involved into the clinical trials, which offered insuffcient clinical evidence for these patients. Lung squamous cell carcino-ma patients older than 80 years old were included in our study to analyze the clinical characteristics, treatment and prognostic factors, and to explore the optimal treatment choices for these patients.Methods We retrospectively analyzed the clinical fea-tures of 38 elderly patients with lung squamous carcinoma and summarized the treatment under the clear diagnosis and clini-cal staging.Results Elderly patients with squamous cell carcinoma can choose surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy based on diagnosis and clinical staging when their physical condition is permitted.Conclusion Because of the short life expectancy of patients more than 80 years old, fewer of them could receive completed and effective treatment, comparing with patients between 70 and 80 years old.
