[Lung cancer in patients over 70]

The validity of the surgical treatment has been established by the investigation of immediate and late results of the treatment of 118 patients with lung cancer aged from 70 to 84. The postoperative lethality was 17,8%, the 5-year survival being 25,8% of the patients discharged from the hospital. No biologically specific features of lung carcinoma in patients older than 70 were found which could promise longer life of such patients without surgery.