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Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1871-5206
ISSN (Online): 1875-5992

Treatment of Elderly Patients Affected by Lung Cancer: Why to Treat, when to Treat and what we Know

Author(s): Alessandra Bearz, Massimiliano Berretta, Arben Lleshi, Eleonora Berto and Umberto Tirelli

Volume 13, Issue 9, 2013

Page: [1378 - 1382] Pages: 5

DOI: 10.2174/18715206113136660353

Price: $65

Abstract

In the recent years many advances have been achieved in the field of the treatment of lung cancer; with the development of novel therapeutic pathways due to the knowledge of oncologic drivers involved in the carcinogenesis of the lung, as well as the involvement of new radiotherapic and surgical techniques. Nevertheless, the standard treatment for elderly is still debated, mainly because of an underrepresentation of elderly patients in clinical trials. Herein we try to summarize the main guidelines for the treatment of lung cancer, with particular attention for the elderly patients, what we know and what has changed.

Keywords: Lung Cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, small cell lung cancer, elderly patients, surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, adjuvant treatment, locally advanced nsclc, metastatic lung cancer, clinical trials, multimodality treatment, cutoff point, geriatric oncology, comprehensive geriatric assessment.


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