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This study aims to describe the clinical characteristics, diagnostic pathways, treatment modalities, and outcomes of PAS patients in a multicentre cohort.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This retrospective cohort study included patients from 7 institutions between 1994 and 2024. Clinical, radiological, histological, and treatment data were collected via a standardized REDCap-based platform. All patients underwent either multimodal treatment or single therapy approach, including systemic therapy, surgery, and\/or radiotherapy. Kaplan\u2013Meier survival analysis and log-rank testing were performed to assess overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>84 patients from 7 international centres were analysed. The mean age was 54.4 years, and 43.8% of patients were female. The most common presenting symptoms were dyspnoea (81.2%) and chest pain (50.0%). Pulmonary embolism was the most frequent initial misdiagnosis (49.1%). Histologically, PAS was diagnosed in 46 cases. Tumours were bilateral in 58.1% of patients with surgery only. Most commonly, endarterectomy was performed in 59.5%. After a median follow-up time of 39 months, 19 were excluded as they either had no treatment information or received monotherapy only. Additionally, 11 patients were excluded due to missing date of diagnosis and 17 due to missing overall follow-up date. There was moderate evidence that OS differed between treatment groups (75th quantile: 34 months for multimodal [95% CI, 26 to not reached] vs 11 months for surgery only [95% CI, 7-21]; log-rank P\u2009=\u2009.022). There was no evidence that PFS differed between treatment groups (median 19 months for multimodal [95% CI, 14-39] vs 16 months surgery only [95% CI, 11-21]; log-rank P\u2009=\u2009.69).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study represents the largest reported PAS cohort to date and underscores the diagnostic challenges and poor prognosis associated with this disease. Our findings offer evidence that multimodal treatment provides significant prognostic benefits. 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