title: Primary radiotherapy for treating all laryngeal cancer: a district hospital experience.
abstract: We report our experience of long-term follow-up of all patients treated during a ten-year period with primary radiotherapy irrespective of the disease stage of their laryngeal carcinoma. This policy was adopted in order to allow all patients the opportunity to save their larynx and to preserve their voice. In the present literature, surgery is favoured for treating advanced disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT Surgery, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough.
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Vinayak
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Jefferis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D017211:Treatment Failure