What is the best treatment for larynx cancer?
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What is the best treatment for larynx cancer?
In these cases, the best treatment may be surgery to remove the larynx and nearby tissues with cancer (such as the thyroid gland). Another option may be to start with just chemotherapy, which is called induction chemotherapy. If the tumor shrinks, radiation therapy or chemoradiation is then given.
What is laser treatment for throat cancer?
The surgeon puts a rigid tube (endoscope) into your mouth and down your throat as far as your voice box. They use a laser to cut away the cancer. The laser is a fine, hot beam of light. It is attached to a microscope, so your surgeon can see the cancer very clearly.
How treatable is cancer of the larynx?
If the cancer has not spread (metastasized) to surrounding tissues or lymph nodes in the neck, about one half of patients can be cured. If the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes and parts of the body outside the head and neck, the cancer is not curable. Treatment is aimed at prolonging and improving quality of life.
Where does laryngeal cancer spread first?
Laryngeal cancer forms in the tissues of the larynx (area of the throat that contains the vocal cords). The larynx includes the supraglottis, glottis (vocal cords), and subglottis. The cancer may spread to nearby tissues or to the thyroid, trachea, or esophagus.
Where does cancer of the larynx spread to?
How do you talk without a larynx?
A voice prosthesis is an artificial valve implanted into your neck. When you want to speak, you cover the stoma and breathe out through the valve. The valve produces a noise, which you can use to make words by moving your lips and mouth in the usual way.
Is larynx cancer the same as throat cancer?
Types of throat cancer Throat cancer is a general term that applies to cancer that develops in the throat (pharyngeal cancer) or in the voice box (laryngeal cancer). Though most throat cancers involve the same types of cells, specific terms are used to differentiate the part of the throat where cancer originated.
