Larynx preservation: advantages and limitations
Rakusić, Z.; Bisof, V.
Collegium Antropologicum 36(Suppl 2): 231-233
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0350-6134 PMID: 23397794 Document Number: 662996
For a long time standard treatment approach for resectable squamous cell carcinoma of larynx was surgery with or without subsequent radiotherapy. Surgery, particulary total laryngectomy, has been associated with serious impairment of quallity of life. Between nonsurgical approaches, concurrent cisplatin based chemoradiotherapy has become a very promising treatment modality for larynx preservation. However, concurrent chemotherapy has been associated with serious toxicity. The most recent treatment approach in larynx preservation is related to taxan based induction chemotherapy.