Patients with laryngeal cancer who stopped smoking before receiving treatment had better survival outcomes, compared with patients who actively smoke. Patients newly diagnosed with laryngeal cancer ...

Cancer of the voice box or larynx is an important public health burden. In 2021, there were an estimated 1.1 million cases of laryngeal cancer worldwide, and approximately 100,000 people died from it.

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The increase in smoking and the consumption of tobacco products have resulted in increased incidences of laryngeal cancer. These factors coupled with the high mortality rate ...

For years, Marty Kedian had been without a voice. Kedian, who hails from Haverhill, Mass., has undergone dozens of surgeries while being treated for a rare form of laryngeal cancer. As a result, he ...

Throat cancer can often manifest in subtle ways, with symptoms that may be mistaken for less serious conditions.

Black patients with laryngeal cancer are less likely to get larynx preservation treatments than white patients, a new study shows (Archives of Otolaryngology -- Head & Neck Surgery, July 2012, Vol.

WASHINGTON — A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering move, replaced it with a donated one. Transplants of the so-called voice box ...

Seven years were required for the accrual of nine patients with T3 or T4, N0 or N1 cancers suitable for conservation laryngeal surgery, in addition to the 22 patients with T2N0 or N1 cancers who were ...

Phoenix-based Mayo Clinic in Arizona performed the third total larynx transplant in the U.S. and the first to be performed on a patient with active cancer. The larynx, most commonly known as the voice ...

Cancer of the voice box, or laryngeal cancer, is responsible for 83,000 deaths annually worldwide. It remains a relatively common cancer of the head and neck, and carries the largest gender ...