title: Are clinical classifications for laryngeal cancer satisfactory?
abstract: All clinical classifications for laryngeal cancer are compromises based on clinical and imaging evaluations, with no concern for important elements such as phenotype, host-tumor relationship, and any concomitant nonneoplastic disease. The various staging systems are critically examined along with a report on the outcome of an international survey on the applicability of the TNM system in relation to laryngeal neoplasms, promoted by The Laryngeal Cancer Association.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferlito
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: DeSanto
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging