title: [Impairment of the vocal fold after radiotherapy as a significant sign of the persistent laryngeal cancer].
abstract: Among 30 patients suffered from laryngeal cancer and treated surgically after failed radiotherapy histologic study of vocal folds were performed. The aim of this study was to find a cause of impairment of the vocal fold after radiotherapy. In 27 cases histologic specimens shown the presence of the cancer in the impaired vocal fold, but only in specimens of 3 patients which had immobile fold, author find massive inflammatory process. These data show that impairment vocal fold after radiotherapy is a significant sign of the presence of the persistent laryngeal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Otolaryngologiczny Szpitala Miejskiego im. J. Brudzińskiego w Gdyni.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Piotrowski
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000379:methods; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000528:radiation effects*