98P Clinical characteristic of women under 55 years old who qualified for surgical treatment of lung cancer: Analysis of 1574 cases

Abstract

For recent years an increasing female to male incidence ratio for lung cancer is observed. Only about 20-25 % of patients are diagnosed at a stage of disease when surgical treatment can be offered. This also concerns women. The results of our and other studies showed that women have better survival after surgical treatment of lung cancer compared with men. The aim of the study was to determine clinical characteristics of a group of young women suffering from lung cancer who had undergone surgical treatment.