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Patients with stage I and II tumors had the best results with radical radiotherapy alone 5 years survival for patients with stage I and stage II tumors was 90-95% and 75-85% respectively Patients with advanced stage III & IV disease were treated Unoperable stage IV cancer patients had poor outcome and received only palliative treatment
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Jaimanti, Panda, N.K., Sharma, S. et al. Survival patterns in treated cases of carcinoma larynx in north india - a 10 years followup study. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 56, 99–104 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02974307
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