Preoperative Evaluation of the High-Risk Surgical Patient for Lung Cancer Resection
Tanoue L. Preoperative Evaluation of the High-Risk Surgical Patient for Lung Cancer Resection. Seminars In Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2000, Volume 21: 421-432. PMID: 16088753, DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-9404.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStage IConcurrent chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseNon-small cell lung cancerHigh-risk surgical patientsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseNon-small cell carcinomaLung cancer resectionObstructive pulmonary diseasePulmonary function testingCell lung cancerTreatment of choiceExercise capacityLung resectionOperative riskSurgical patientsCancer resectionLung functionPreoperative evaluationPulmonary diseaseSuch patientsSurgical morbidityCell carcinomaFunction testingLung cancerOptimal treatment