Is surgery with curative intent feasible in old and very old patients with non-small cell lung cancer? – Experience of a certified lung cancer center over one decade - Top-Institutions - MDSpire

Is surgery with curative intent feasible in old and very old patients with non-small cell lung cancer? – Experience of a certified lung cancer center over one decade

  • By

  • Julia Zimmermann

  • Julia Walter

  • Nicole Samm

  • Fuad Damirov

  • Niels Reinmuth

  • Diego Kauffmann-Gerrero

  • Rudolf A. Hatz

  • Amanda Tufman

  • Christian P. Schneider

  • February 26, 2026

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Top Institutions in Surgery

Brief introduction explaining scope and methodology.

  • #1

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, NY

    Key Differentiators

    • Thoracic Surgery
    • Medical Oncology
    • Geriatric Oncology

  • #2

    MD Anderson Cancer Center
    MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, TX

    Key Differentiators

    • Thoracic Surgery
    • Radiation Oncology
    • Medical Oncology

  • #3

    Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center
    Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center

    Boston, MA

    Key Differentiators

    • Thoracic Surgery
    • Medical Oncology
    • Geriatric Oncology

  • #4

    Lung Cancer Centre Munich, Technical University of Munich
    Lung Cancer Centre Munich, Technical University of Munich

    Munich, Bavaria

    Key Differentiators

    • Thoracic Surgery
    • Pulmonology
    • Oncology

  • #5

    Johns Hopkins Hospital
    Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Baltimore, MD

    Key Differentiators

    • Thoracic Surgery
    • Medical Oncology
    • Geriatric Medicine

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Is surgery with curative intent feasible in old and very old patients with non-small cell lung cancer? – Experience of a certified lung cancer center over one decade

  • by Julia Zimmermann, Julia Walter, Nicole Samm, Fuad Damirov, Niels Reinmuth, Diego Kauffmann-Gerrero, Rudolf A. Hatz, Amanda Tufman, Christian P. Schneider

  • February 26, 2026

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