Abstract: In recent years, the incidence rate and mortality rate of nonsmall cell lung cancer （NSCLC） in elderly patients have been increasing. The therapy scheme consists of surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and target therapy, with the purpose of prolonging survival time and improving life quality. But there is no unified standards of treatment in elderly nonsmall cell lung cancer.

Key words: Aged, Carcinoma, nonsmall cell lung, Therapy