Bostok et al conducted a SEER-Medicare review of surgical management of early stage lung cancer in octogenarians. Which of the following findings is NOT true:
a. Octogenarians were twice as likely to experience in hospital mortality, 90-day mortality and death at one year compared with those aged 65 to 69 years.
b. Octogenarians were discharged to skilled nursing facilities more than three times as often than those aged 65 to 69 years that was associated with a greater one-year mortality risk than those discharged to home or home health.
c. Sublobar resection was associated with lower mortality compared with lobar resection
d. Mortality after resection for patients with NSCLC improved for all age groups over the study period from 2006-2018