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Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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Early-stage laryngeal SCC can be treated surgically via a variety of transoral techniques or non-surgically with radiation therapy; both have excellent oncologic outcomes. Transoral surgical techniques have improved swallowing outcomes but slightly worse voice quality when compared to radiation therapy for early disease. Endolaryngeal SCC rarely exhibits cervical metastasis, unless disease is advanced. Supraglottic SCC often exhibits cervical metastasis and has a poor prognosis compared to laryngeal SCC. Salvage laryngectomy is a highly effective therapy when the disease is contained within the larynx. Chondrosarcoma of the larynx most commonly involves the cricoid; in early lesions the cricoid is resected; for later-stage lesions total laryngectomy is required.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave Levy Place, 1189, New York, NY, 10029, USA

    Victor J. Schorn M.D. & Brett A. Miles D.D.S., M.D.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Fred Lin

  2. Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Schorn, V.J., Miles, B.A. (2014). Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. In: Lin, F., Patel, Z. (eds) ENT Board Prep. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8354-0_20

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