title: [Prognosis of laryngeal cancer since 1960. Results of a literature review and a survey].
abstract: On the basis of the international literature the present author investigated whether the prognosis of laryngeal carcinomas has changed during the last 30 years (period 1960-1969 vs. period 1975-1984). The results were compared with the personal opinions of the heads of all German ENT departments. Despite the difficulties of a literature research it is obvious that the crude five year survival rate in cases of laryngeal carcinoma has improved from 57% to 67% since 1960. This applies to the advanced tumor stages III and IV. This result contradicts the view of those colleagues who are particularly experienced in cancer therapy. They rather doubt an improvement in the prognosis and believe that if there is any improvement, it would more often be true of the early tumor stages I and II.
authors.affiliation: HNO-Klinik, Universität Heidelberg.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ganzer
mesh_terms: D005860:Germany, West / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate
vernacular_title: Die Prognose des Kehlkopfkarzinoms seit 1960. Ergebnisse einer Literaturrecherche und einer Umfrage.