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(Created page with "* A cancer of older men * 40% of head and neck cancers * SCC * Etiology ** Smoking ** Alcohol * Types ** Supraglottic *** 40% of cases *** Gives late symptoms ** Glottic *** Best prognosis because gives early symptoms (hoarseness) *** Limited lymphatic drainage *** 60% of cases ** Subglottic *** 1% of cases *** Gives late symptoms *** Dyspnoea *** Stridor * Clinical features ** Hoarseness ** Foreign body sensation ** Dyspnoea ** Dysphagia ** Stridor * Staging ** TNM ***...")
 
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* A cancer of older men
* A cancer of older men
* 40% of head and neck cancers
* 40% of head and neck cancers
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*** IV – T4 OR N1 OR M1
*** IV – T4 OR N1 OR M1
* Treatment
* Treatment
** Early – radiotherapy, laser resection
** Early – radiotherapy or laser resection
** Late – laryngectomy
** Locally advanced cancer – radiochemotherapy or total laryngectomy
** Neck dissection
** Advanced cancer – total laryngectomy with adjuvant radiotherapy
 
** Neck dissection to remove lymph nodes is indicated if N1 is suspected
 
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