The treatment of lung cancer in the middle and late stages of 80 years old needs to be based on the comprehensive judgment of physical condition, lung function, and pathological type of lung cancer, so as to formulate the next step of treatment plan, such as surgery, chemotherapy, targeted, immunotherapy and so on.
If the patient’s pathological type is non-small cell lung cancer, the general condition is good, and there is no clear contraindication for surgery, the patient can choose to undergo surgery, or surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. If the patient’s general condition is poor and the risk of surgery is high, adjuvant chemotherapy can be chosen, and targeted and immunotherapy can be performed if necessary.
For small cell lung cancer, it is recommended to perform adjuvant radiotherapy when the patient is in the middle stage of the tumor. It is best for patients to go to the thoracic surgery clinic accompanied by their family members, so that the outpatient doctors can further judge the patient’s physical condition and formulate the next treatment plan.
Thus, this case should be judged by a combination of factors and appropriate treatment should be chosen under the guidance of doctors.