Publications by authors named "A Piorek"
Article Synopsis
- Many patients with advanced cancer, like tracheal cancers, can't be cured, making palliative care vital.
- Existing studies mostly look at palliative care as part of broader cancer treatments and don't focus solely on tracheal tumors.
- This review presents the first detailed clinical guidelines for palliative treatment specifically for tracheal cancer, addressing unique challenges not covered by other cancer treatment guidelines.
Pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma (PBML) is a rare condition characterized by the spread of uterine leiomyomas to the lungs, typically observed in premenopausal women with a history of hysterectomy or myomectomy. This report presents a unique case of a postmenopausal woman, aged 65, that emphasizes the clinical, radiological, histologic, and immunohistochemical aspects of the disease. On presentation, the patient suffered from severe pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Primary tracheal tumors are very rare and their management is not definitely established. Due to its rarity, providing patient care in terms of optimal management poses a considerable challenge. The purpose of this study was to investigate treatment outcomes in patients with these rare tumors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Primary tracheal tumors are very rare and the literature on this subject is limited. The most common histological type of primary tracheal tumors is squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), followed by adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC). Limited knowledge exists regarding the behavior and outcomes of different histological types of tracheal cancers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The efficacy of nivolumab and atezolizumab in advanced pre-treated NSCLC was documented in prospective trials. We aim to confirm the benefits and indicate predictive factors for immunotherapy in daily practice.
Methods: This study was a retrospective analysis.