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  • Title: Evaluation and treatment of high-risk patients with early-stage lung cancer.
    Author: Mehta HJ, Ross C, Silvestri GA, Decker RH.
    Journal: Clin Chest Med; 2011 Dec; 32(4):783-97. PubMed ID: 22054886.
    Abstract:
    Standard therapy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer is lobectomy for patients who are able to tolerate such surgery. However, the risk of postoperative morbidity is not trivial, with a 30% to 40% incidence of postoperative complications and a 1% to 5% incidence of operative mortality. Some patients, though technically resectable, refuse surgery or are considered medically inoperable because of insufficient respiratory reserve, cardiovascular disease, or general frailty. This group is considered either "high risk" or "medically inoperable."
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