title: Current trends in the treatment of cancer of the larynx.
abstract: The case histories of 250 patients with cancer of the larynx presenting to the Peter MacCallum Hospital, the Alfred Hospital and the Royal Melbourne Hospital in the ten-year period 1966 to 1975 have been reviewed to determine: The results of primary irradiation treatment of T1N0 and T2N0 glottic cancer; The comparative results of primary irradiation plus salvage surgery as compared with primary radical surgery for T3N0 glottic and supraglottic cancer; and The surgical morbidity of secondary salvage laryngectomy following irradiation as compared with that of primary total laryngectomy. These findings are compared with those of a previous study of cancer of the larynx for the period 1956 to 1965.
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D007825:Laryngectomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged