http://laryngealcancersite.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:20:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Early stage laryngeal cancer can be effectively cured by radiotherapy or conservative laryngeal surgery. In the UK, radiotherapy is the preferred first line treatment. However, up to 25% of patients with T2 tumours will demonstrate locally persistent or recurrent disease at the original site, requiring salvage surgery to achieve a ... http://laryngealcancersite.com/2008/04/21/laryngeal-cancer-5/ Talking is part of nearly everything we do, so it's natural to be scared if your voice box must be removed. Losing the ability to talk - even for a short time - is hard. Patients and their families and friends need understanding and support during this time. Within a ... http://laryngealcancersite.com/2008/04/21/laryngeal-cancer-4/ The city of São Paulo exhibits one of the highest incidences of laryngeal cancer in world and Brazil presents remarkable occurrence, compared with other Latin American countries. Around 8,000 new cases and 3,000 deaths by laryngeal cancer occur annually in the Brazilian population. In the city of São Paulo, incidence ... http://laryngealcancersite.com/2008/04/21/the-epidemiology-of-laryngeal-cancer-in-brazil/ The larynx, also called the voice box or Adam's apple, is the part of the body that allows humans to produce sounds and speech. The larynx contains the vocal cords (glottis), which vibrate when air passes through. The epiglottis is a small flap of cartilage found at the top of ... http://laryngealcancersite.com/2008/04/21/the-facts-on-cancer-of-the-larynx/ Q:  I saw your previous column with the question from the laryngectomy patient. I also had a laryngectomy about 4 years ago. I joined two groups of laryngectomees and have gotten a lot of helpful information from both, plus the nice feeling that I am not the only one with this, ... http://laryngealcancersite.com/2008/04/21/laryngeal-cancer-3/ About 10,000 U.S. men and women each year are diagnosed with cancer of the larynx, or voice box, according to background information in the article. For many years, total removal of the larynx (laryngectomy) followed by radiation therapy was the standard treatment. "Unfortunately, patients treated with total laryngectomy experience a ... http://laryngealcancersite.com/2008/04/21/what-factors-are-associated-with-survival-in-advanced-laryngeal-cancer/ Background Validation of the use of the lognormal model for predicting long-term survival rates using short-term follow-up data. Methods 907 cases of laryngeal cancer were treated from 1973–1977 by radiation and surgery (248), radiation alone (345), and surgery alone (314), in registries of Connecticut and Metropolitan Detroit of the SEER database, with known ... http://laryngealcancersite.com/2008/04/21/long-term-survival-rates-of-laryngeal-cancer-patients-treated-by-radiation-and-surgery-radiation-alone-and-surgery-alone-studied-by-lognormal-and-kaplan-meier-survival-methods/ The most prevalent subsite within the laryngeal cancer site the glottis, the vocal apparatus of the larynx, resulting in hoarseness is an early symptom of even small tumors. A cancer or carcinoma located above the glottis, is not as prevalent, and these patients often have a combination of symptoms such ... http://laryngealcancersite.com/2008/04/21/quality-of-life-assessment-for-laryngeal-cancer-patients/ The aim of this study was to evaluate the aspiration rate following nonsurgical therapy, i.e. chemoradiation or radiation alone for laryngeal cancer. Modified barium swallow was performed in 43 patients who complained of dysphagia following chemoradiation (n = 22) or radiation alone (n = 21) for laryngeal cancer. Patients were ... http://laryngealcancersite.com/2008/04/21/aspiration-rate-following-non-surgical-therapy-for-laryngeal-cancer/ About 10,000 U.S. men and women each year are diagnosed with cancer of the larynx, or voice box, according to background information in the article. For many years, total removal of the larynx (laryngectomy) followed by radiation therapy was the standard treatment. “Unfortunately, patients treated with total laryngectomy experience a ... http://laryngealcancersite.com/2008/04/21/type-of-treatment-sex-race-and-insurance-status-are-associated-with-survival-rates-among-patients-with-advanced-laryngeal-cancer-according-to-a-report-in-the-december-issue-of-archives-of-otolaryng/