Progress of non-small cell lung cancer in the elderly patients

VernacularTitle:老年晚期非小细胞肺癌研究进展
Author: Xiaolong LI ; Wanling LU ; Yazheng DANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Carcinoma,non-small-cell lung; Aged
From: Journal of International Oncology 2013;(1):54-57
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: At present,there is no unified standards of treatment in elderly advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC),but to elderly patients with higher KPS scores,radiotherapy or chemotherapy alone has gradually become the main treatment measures.The concurrent chemoradiotherapy can benefit to part of the elderly patients,and it is worth further clinical research.Targeted therapy has exactly effect,and the adverse effect is mild,which provides a new treatment model for elderly advanced NSCLC patients.However,the hospital costs are relatively high,which can not be accepted by ordinary family.So targeted drugs and the model of combination treatment can not be applied extensively.