Abstract: Background: Health-related quality of life (QOL) after resection of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is of primary interest to clinicians, secondary to clinical outcome. However, few studies have explored QOL following lung resection and, to our knowledge, no studies have specifically examined the QOL of elderly patients.Methods: A total of 131 patients with NSCLC underwent surgical resection (lobectomy or bilobectomy) between January 1998 and December 2004 and were enrolled in our...