Affiliation:
1. From the Department of Head and Neck Surgery, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston.
2. Dr Newman is now with the Department of Otolaryngology, USAF Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Tex.
Abstract
Laryngeal carcinoma usually occurs in men between the ages of 50 and 70. In general, epithelial malignancies other than those involving the skin are rare in the young adult. Those squamous carcinomas arising in the lip, tongue, and tonsil appear to have a poorer prognosis than in the older adult. This study is a review of the medical records of 33 patients under the age of 35 years with squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx. The follow-up of the entire series was at least 24 months with an overall survival rate of 81%. These results contrast to five-year survival rates of 79%, 45%, and 14% of the lip, tongue, and tonsil, respectively, in patients from a similar age group.
Subject
Otorhinolaryngology,Surgery
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10 articles.
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