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Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Intratumoral Injection of Cisplatin for the Treatment of Isolated Mediastinal Recurrence of Lung Cancer
Published on: February 12, 2017
[Lung cancer in the elderly: diagnostic and treatment specifics]
1Service de pneumologie, hôpital Ambroise-Paré, AP-HP, Boulogne-Billancourt. etienne.giroux-leprieur@apr.aphp.fr
Abstract:
The diagnosis and treatment of elderly patients with lung cancer must take into account a number of specificities. The geriatric assessment is a fundamental stage in the initial examination.The treatment of localised forms involves surgery, with a slightly higher morbimortality in elderly compared to younger patients, resulting in the need for a rigorous selection of patients. Advanced forms are treated with chemotherapy or targeted therapies, treatment which is adapted to the patient and the tumour.
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