title: [Radiotherapy in carcinoma of the larynx (author's transl)].
abstract: At the present time there are two methods of treating cancer of the larynx: surgery and radiotherapy. Although surgery is often indicated after radiotherapy for a stage III laryngeal cancer, it should not be used systematically when the tumour seems to have disappeared or there is only a small remnant. In numerous cases this remnant disappears during the post-radiotherapy period. Radiotherapy is an effective means of treating cancer of the larynx. When there is chronic oedema or perichondritis after radiotherapy and there is suspicion of a relapse, laryngectomy should only be done after histological confirmation, even if this requires several biopsies. The pathogenesis of post-radiotherapy oedema is discussed.
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D007819:Laryngeal Edema / Q000209:etiology; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011379:Prognosis; D011832:Radiation Injuries
vernacular_title: A propos de la radiothérapie du cancer du larynx.