The Results of Therapy of Early Glottic Carcinoma at the Clinic of Otolaryngology, Head and Heck Surgery, St. Anna University Hospital during the Fifteen Year Period

Czech version

Authors: J. Rottenberg
Authors‘ workplace: Klinika ORL a chirurgie hlavy a krku FN U Sv. Anny, Brno přednosta prof. MUDr. R. Kostřica, CSc.
Published in: Otorinolaryngol Foniatr, 54, 2005, No. 1, pp. 16-22.
Category: Original Article

Overview

Summary:
Early glottic carcinoma has one of the best prognoses in context of all diagnoses in oncology. The retrospective study of 73 patients affected with early glottic carcinoma T1 and T2 treated during the period of June 1988 to March 2003 at the Clinic of Otolaryngology, Head And Neck Surgery, St. Anna University Hospital was performed. The five year overall survival was achieved in 79.2%, the five year disease specific survival was 92.%, the five year disease free survival was achieved in 92.6% of cases. The larynx preservation rate in period of five years after the diagnosis was 81%.

Key words:
glottic carcinoma, treatment protocol, survival analysis.