TY - JOUR
T1 - Primary and Salvage Total Laryngectomy
AU - Agrawal, Nishant
AU - Goldenberg, David
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - Treatment of laryngeal cancer has evolved, and newer methods of laryngeal conservation, both surgical and nonsurgical, are the primary treatment of choice. Nevertheless, total laryngectomy is not extinct and still plays an important role in primary therapy for advanced stage laryngeal cancers and as salvage therapy for failures of organ preservation strategies.
AB - Treatment of laryngeal cancer has evolved, and newer methods of laryngeal conservation, both surgical and nonsurgical, are the primary treatment of choice. Nevertheless, total laryngectomy is not extinct and still plays an important role in primary therapy for advanced stage laryngeal cancers and as salvage therapy for failures of organ preservation strategies.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.otc.2008.02.001
DO - 10.1016/j.otc.2008.02.001
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18570958
AN - SCOPUS:44949213944
SN - 0030-6665
VL - 41
SP - 771
EP - 780
JO - Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
JF - Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
IS - 4
ER -