With the advancement in modern medical technology， the treatment level for lung cancer patients and subsequent survival rate have been greatly improved. Survival time has been gradually replaced by quality of life （QOL） to evaluate treatment outcomes of cancer patients. In future clinical studies， QOL assessment can be used as a prognostic factor in predicting patient survival time， and even as the ultimate goal to evaluate the effectiveness of lung cancer treatment. Currently there have been few studies about the correlation between surgical treatment for lung cancer and QOL in the world， and most of those studies have some shortcomings and limitations. This review summarizes the correlation between surgical treatment for patients with non-small cell lung cancer and QOL mainly from following aspects：firstly， QOL definition and common assessment tools to evaluate QOL of lung cancer patients， secondly， the impact of surgical treatment on QOL of patients with non-small cell lung cancer， lastly， the application of QOL evaluation and new prospect.
ObjectiveTo evaluate the effect of fast track surgery (FTS) on clinical parameters and postoperative complications in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). MethodFifty Patients with AAA treated in our hospital between December 2009 and May 2015 were enrolled in this study. Ten patients between December 2009 and December 2012 received conventional standard care (conventional group), while 50 between January 2013 and May 2015 received FTS (FTS group). The first exhaust time, the first time of off-bed activities, the duration of hospital stays, and the complications after AAA surgery were analyzed. ResultsThe first exhaust time of patients in the FTS group and conventional group was (2.5±0.9) and (4.0±1.1) days; the first time of off-bed activities was (2.9±1.0) and (4.1±0.9) days; and the duration of hospital stays was (13.5±2.1) and (17.9±2.8) days. All those differences were significant (P<0.05). The incidences of incision infection, renal inadequacy, lower limb swelling, and weakened gastric function in the FTS group were significantly lower than those in the conventional group (P<0.05). On the third day after surgery, C-reactive protein in the FTS and conventional group was respectively (57.5±9.0) and (65.0±13.1) mg/L, and interleukin-6 was respectively (10.2±3.9) and (15.5±5.1) pg/L, both of which were significantly different between the two groups (P<0.05). ConclusionsFast track surgery is effective and safe in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm, and it may lower trauma stress after surgery and incidence of postoperative complications.