{"id":5081,"date":"2016-11-21T08:30:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T13:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=5081"},"modified":"2016-11-21T08:30:32","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T13:30:32","slug":"older-patients-can-benefit-from-lung-cancer-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=5081","title":{"rendered":"Older Patients Can Benefit From Lung Cancer Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Patti Neighmond for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Every year when Morton Pollner had his checkup, he worried that doctors would find something on his lung. For years, they didn&#8217;t. Then his luck ran out. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2016\/11\/21\/502512901\/older-patients-can-benefit-from-lung-cancer-surgery?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=37955556&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_eOuuwXeml8Mg4eS5Zn16S-vOKIuyIbR6Q33NROzLP7MMbDNSGgDoR5bZiKfPm3G1B8EjZwd49Rfatcyhjht75J6sGPg&amp;_hsmi=37955556\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"NPR logo\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Patti Neighmond for NPR) Every year when Morton Pollner had his checkup, he worried that doctors would find something<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-health-care-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5082,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5081\/revisions\/5082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}