A Study on Cases of Laryngeal Cancer

Abstract

A retrospective clinical study was conducted involving 95 patients with laryngeal cancer treated in our department between 2005 and 2011. The subjects consisted of 90 males and 5 females. The average age was 64.4 years old. As to the origin subsite, the glottis accounted for 74 (77.8%), the supraglottis in 20 (21.1%), and the subglottis in 1 (1.1%). The clinical stage according to the 2002 UICC TMN classification system was I in 36 cases (37.9%), II in 20 (21.1%), III in 16 (16.8%), and IV in 23 (24.2%).
The 5-year overall survival rate was 95.2% in stage I patients, 93.3% in stage II, 76.2% in stage III, and 63.2% in stage IV.
Relief medical treatment was performed for 11 patients among 13 patients in whom recurrence was noted with survival, and five patients were in the state of survival without desease.