title: [Nodal affectation in laryngeal cancer and therapeutic procedures].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Try to establish a relationship between the presence or absence of lymphadenopathy in tumors of the larynx and the location of the tumor and discuss the treatment required in each case.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data collection sheets were designed for the 224 laryngeal cancer cases diagnosed in the province of Guadalajara between 1975 and 1998, among those data we included the presence or absence of lymph nodes at the time of diagnosis, as well as its location and treatment applied in each patient.
  
  
  RESULTS
  About in a half the cases studied had lymphadenopathy, being about in a half of the cases unilateral and about in a half of the cases bilaterals. The lymph nodes appeared more frequently in the supraglottic and hypopharyngeal tumors and less frequently in the glottic tumors. More extensive surgical interventions corresponded to supraglottic tumors and those affecting multiple levels of the larynx. Lymph node dissection was required in the 87% of supraglottic tumors and in 38.6% of the glottic tumors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The bigger size of the tumor correlated with more cases with lymphadenopathies and a more extensive treatment had to be applied.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina de Familia, Centro de Salud «Juan de Austria», Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, España. Electronic address: OBALLESTEROS@terra.es.
authors.forename: O F
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Martínez Ballesteros
authors.forename: I X
authors.initials: IX
authors.lastname: Vargas Carvajal
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Álvarez de Los Heros
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007012:Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms; D008198:Lymph Nodes; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging