Malignant airway tumors present particular challenges for surgeons, namely: to distinguish
symptoms from those of the more frequent benign airway diseases; to separate metastatic …

Early detection along with improved surgical and interventional pulmonology techniques
has led to a decline in the death rates from tracheal cancer in recent years. However, further …

OBJECTIVE: We describe the surgical technique and peroperative management of tracheal
and carinal replacement with aortic allografts for large salivary gland–type carcinoma and …

Background Intratumoral injection is a palliative treatment that aims at further improvement
in the survival and quality of life of patients with advanced or recurrent carcinomas, or cancer …

Objectives Adenoid cystic carcinoma (acc) is often treated with surgery, with or without
adjuvant radiation therapy (rt). We evaluated disease characteristics, treatments, and …

Background Primary tracheal cancer comprises a heterogeneous and rare group of
neoplasms. Management of patients with primary tracheal carcinoma at our institution has …

BACKGROUND: Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the airway is a slowly growing tumor
and airway narrowing is one of the main causes of death. The purposes of this study were to …

Background Radical resection of primary tracheal tumors may be challenging when more
than one-half of the tracheal length is concerned. The present study evaluated the use of …

Background Only a small series of studies has investigated primary tracheobronchial
adenoid cystic carcinoma (TACC), and its prognosis and prognostic factors have not been …

Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a rare malignancy that usually originates in the salivary glands
of the head and neck but has rarely been known to originate in the trachea. This histology …