Abstract:BackgroundThe life expectancy and presence of co-morbidities cause reservations in treatment decisions for elderly patients with cancer. In this study, we retrospectively evaluated 102 patients who are considered as middle-old aged (aged 75 - 84) by gerontologists.MethodsMedical records of patients were reviewed. One hundred and two patients with a diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose follow-up ended with death between March 2006 and May 2013 were examined.ResultsThe median age at diagnosis wa… Show more
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