Abstract: Objective: To conclude the experience of the surgical treatment of the elder patients with lung cancer and even more reduce the surgical mortality and inprove affect of surgical treatment. Methods: 40 cases of lung cancer, over 70 years old, had been treated surgically. Results: In this group most cases had diseases before the operation and the post-operative complications affected 35% of these patients. The most comon Complications were cardiac and lung diseases. Conclusion: The operative intervention of lung cancer in elder parients should be widely adopted. The age is not the absolute contraindication. The good perioperative management is most important to reduce the surgical mortality.