Objective: To summarize the analysis of lung cancer in elderly patients with clinical characteristics, diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer in elderly patients with surgical experience. Methods: A retrospective analysis of our hospital 80 cases of lung cancer in elderly patients with clinical data and diagnosis and treatment. Results: 80 patients underwent surgical resection in 76 cases, resection rate 95.0%, no intraoperative deaths; 76 cases of surgery (resection), postoperative complications in 15 cases, the rate was 19.7%; All surgical patients were follow-up after 1 year, 3-year, 5-year survival rate was 93.6%, 66.8%, 53.2%.