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Surgery alone (40.9%), surgery with postoperative radiotherapy (36.4%) and radiotherapy alone (19.2%) were used most frequently treatments modalities. Of the 1129 cases with disease control and survival data, there was no evidence of disease in 78.7%, local recurrence was reported in 3.8%. Distant metastasis rate was 24.9% of 418 reported cases, lung (44.2%) was the most commonly involved organ. The 5, 10\u00a0years survival rate of patients treated with surgery alone and surgery with postoperative radiotherapy were 86.4%, 55.6% and 97.3%, 44.4%, respectively.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>TACC most common presenting symptoms were dyspnoea, cough and shortness of breath. Surgery alone and surgery with postoperative radiotherapy are predominant treatment modalities. 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