DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CANCER OF THE LARYNX: WITH A STATISTICAL REVIEW OF FIFTEEN CASES

Abstract

During the past decade, rapid advances have been made in the treatment of cancer of the larynx. Education of the medical and lay public has led to an ever increasing number of early diagnoses. This, combined with the present surgical and radiotherapeutic armamentarium, makes possible the cure of cancer of the larynx in a higher percentage of cases. Fifteen patients with cancer of the larynx have come under my care for diagnosis and treatment in the last five years. In the study of their cases, attention was paid to the following matters: (1) etiologic factors, (2) classification, (3) the symptom complex, (4) diagnosis, (5) the histologic grading of the growth and (6) therapeutic procedures (this included both radiotherapeutic and surgical methods). ETIOLOGIC FACTORS The cause of cancer of the larynx remains as obscure as that of cancer in general. C. Jackson and C. L. Jackson¹ have uniquely presented this problem