Abstract
1) One hundred and five cases of laryngeal carcinoma consisting of 68 glottic cases, 36 supraglottic cases and one subglottic case were treated at the department of otolaryngology, Sapporo Medical College, from January 1, 1976 to December 31, 1982.
2) The most frequent symptom of the glottic cases was hoarseness, and those of supraglottic cases were sore throat and hoarseness. The mean interval before visiting our clinic was 20 months in glottic cases and 6. 6 months in supraglottic cases.
3) Cumulative survivals of all cases were 67. 6% at 3 years and 59.7% at 5 years.
4) Radiotherapy was very effective for T1N0 and T2N0 cases. Combination of radiation and surgery was the most effective treatment for T3 cases.
5) Recurrence appeared in 61.5% within one year in the glottic cases.
6) The causes of death were neck lymph nodes recurrence (34.2%) failure in local tumor control (23.6%) and distant metastases (21.0%).
