RECENT ADVANCES IN THE TREATMENT OF CARCINOMA OF THE LARYNX
Abstract
The problem in carcinoma of the larynx, as in carcinoma elsewhere in the body, is early diagnosis; next comes the choice of therapy. New and Waugh1 considered the curability of carcinoma of the larynx in 107 cases in which operation was performed at the Mayo Clinic prior to 1938; an operative mortality of less than 1 per cent and 64.5 per cent of five year cures were reported. They state that almost all of the patients who had had a conservative operation developed a useful voice and...