title: Radiotherapy of carcinoma of the Larynx.
abstract: 123 patients suffering from carcinoma of the larynx were treated by radical radiotherapy at Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong between 1970 and 1977. The results are presented. 69(56.1%) were in the supraglottic, 53(43.1%) in the glottic, and 1(0.8%) in the subglottic regions. The incidence of cigarettes, heroin, and opium smoking, and that of alcohol consumption is analysed. The overall actuarial 5-year survival rate for supraglottic cancer was 47.7%, and 80.4% for glottic cancer. The solitary patient with subglottic cancer was alive 9 years after radical radiotherapy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D014140:Tracheotomy