Lung function in the elderly patients with a diagnosis of lung cancer - A challenge for the surgical treatment?

Monika Franczuk (Warsaw, Poland), Monika Franczuk, Piotr Rudzinski, Jerzy Usiekniewicz, Renata Langfort, Jacek Prokopowicz, Tadeusz Orlowski, Stefan Wesolowski

Source: International Congress 2015 – Surgery and lung cancer: results and complications
Session: Surgery and lung cancer: results and complications
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2520
Disease area: Airway diseases, Thoracic oncology

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Monika Franczuk (Warsaw, Poland), Monika Franczuk, Piotr Rudzinski, Jerzy Usiekniewicz, Renata Langfort, Jacek Prokopowicz, Tadeusz Orlowski, Stefan Wesolowski. Lung function in the elderly patients with a diagnosis of lung cancer - A challenge for the surgical treatment?. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, 2520

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