Abstract
Forty-two patients over the age of 70 years underwent lung resection for malignant tumour during the 5-year period 1961 to 1966. From the standpoint of prognosis the distribution of the tumour types was rather more favourable than in younger persons, as no anaplastic carcinoma was present. The percentage of radically operable tumours corresponded to that in series not differentiated as to age. The operative mortality rate fell during the period, but is still higher than in the lower age groups. Thus, pneumonectomy carried a mortality of around 50 per cent; only 20 per cent of the lobectomized patients died in connexion with the operation. Pulmonary embolism and respiratory insufficiency predominated among the causes of death. A moderate degree of reduction in lung function or arteriosclerotic heart disorder prior to the operation appeared not to influence the course.The survival rate among patients treated with non-radical surgery corresponded to the spontaneous course of the disease, but some palliation ...
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