Laryngeal Cancer

Quality Of Life Better After Supracricoid Partial Laryngectomy Than With Complete Removal

Published in Cancer Weekly, April 3rd, 2001

by Deborah W. Heinrich, staff medical writer - Researchers at University of Pennsilvania report that patients with laryngeal cancer experience a better quality of life when treatment preserves part of the larynx, compared with total laryngectomy.

G.S. Weinstein and colleagues conducted a three-part study comparing supracricoid partial laryngectomy (SCPL) and total laryngectomy (TL) with tracheoesophageal puncture (TEP) ("Laryngeal preservation with supracricoid partial laryngectomy results in improved quality of life when compared with total laryngectomy," Laryngoscope, 2001;111(2):191-199).

Oncologic outcome for 25 patients after SCPL was an...

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