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Original Articles: General Thoracic

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Division of Thoracic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 600 N Wolfe St, Blalock 240, Baltimore, MD 21287

(Email: syang@jhmi.edu).

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In recent years, there has been a realization of the "epidemic" of lung cancer in the elderly. During the next 20 years, the number of people older than 65 years of age in the United States will double, and this group of people will comprise as much as 20% of the population in developed countries. The peak incidence of lung cancer, as with other cancers, has "aged" as well, with diagnosis now usually being made between the ages of 70 and 75 years. With people . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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