• 1. Department of Geriatrics and National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;
DONG Birong, Email: birongdong123@outlook.com; LIU Lunxu, Email: lunxu_liu@aliyun.com; GE Ning, Email: grace7733@163.com
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As the aging process accelerates, the number of elderly patients with lung cancer continues to rise. These patients often present with multiple chronic diseases and geriatric syndromes, which lead to more complex perioperative management and significantly increased surgical risks. Developed following the standards of the grading of recommendations, assessment, development, and evaluation (GRADE) system and the reporting items for practice guidelines in healthcare (RIGHT), this guideline addresses 28 clinical issues concerning elderly lung cancer patients, such as frailty, malnutrition, and falls, and proposes 55 recommendations. It aims to provide standardized perioperative management strategies for elderly lung cancer patients, with the goal of reducing the incidence of postoperative complications and improving patients' quality of life through comprehensive geriatric assessment, comorbidity management, and early identification and intervention for complications.

Citation: LI Daiping, LIANG Rui, DONG Birong, LIU Lunxu, GE Ning, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University. Guideline for the comprehensive perioperative management of elderly patients with lung cancer (2025). Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2026, 26(9): 993-1012. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.202603063 Copy

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