Talk:Laryngeal cancer

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NIH
An earlier version of this article was adapted from the public domain document Information about detection, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of laryngeal cancer. NIH Publication No. 02-1568 Posted: 05/05/2003, which can be found at http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancerinfo/wyntk/larynx

If
"If cancer of the larynx spreads (metastasizes), the cancer cells often spread to nearby lymph nodes in the neck. The cancer cells can also spread to the back of the tongue, other parts of the throat and neck, the lungs, and other parts of the body. When this happens, the new tumor has the same kind of abnormal cells as the primary tumor in the larynx. For example, if cancer of the larynx spreads to the lungs, the cancer cells in the lungs are actually laryngeal cancer cells. The disease is called metastatic cancer of the larynx, not lung cancer. It is treated as cancer of the larynx, not lung cancer. Doctors sometimes call the new tumor "distant" disease."

Contains a number of errors (does not spread to the base of tongue generally), simplifications (early glottic cancer, the commonest type of laryngeal cancer, generally does not metastasise to local nodes) and is stylistically inadequate. The whole article sounds like a clinic pamphlet for patients. Further on, the statement that "no one knows what causes laryngeal cancer" is rubbish. The aetiology is very clear for this and most other squamous cancers of the aerodigestive tract. I will edit if there are no objections.Jellytussle 01:18, 13 December 2005 (UTC)


 * It looks like most of the language has been in there for two years unchanged, so the page is probably overdue for an overhaul. Considering its source, I'm not surprised it sounds like a clinic pamphlet for patients. Not terrible for Wikipedia in 2003, but woefully inadequate as we approach 2006. Contributions from someone with your background would be greatly appreciated, and we thank you for your assistance. --Arcadian 04:02, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Made a start on this. Will flesh it out later. I think risk factors should probably be moved to a general heading on the Head and Neck Cancer page. Squamous H&N cancers have fairly common aetiology, and there is a risk of repetition if this is discussed independently for each subsite.Jellytussle 00:16, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

I have cut the following: "An earlier version of this article was adapted from the public domain document Information about detection, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of laryngeal cancer. NIH Publication No. 02-1568 Posted: 5 May 2003, which can be found at http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancerinfo/wyntk/larynx" as the article is now more or less completely rewritten. Needs discussion of specific treatments, trial evidence etc. When I have time or if anyone else cares to do so.Jellytussle 06:07, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Name
Would a better name for this article be laryngeal cancer, rahter than the more clumsy current title?--Peta 05:05, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Causes of laryngeal cancer
This para is very poor and I have deleted it as the relevant detail is already covered in the Risk Factors section. I would be grateful if the author could provide some references for cocaine or methamphetamine causing this disease. These are not commonly quoted aetiological factors.Jellytussle (talk) 13:24, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Images
I (someone with no medical training) find the images to be meaningless and unhelpful because neither images point out where the tumor is. The first image seems to be just an extracted laryngeal. Angry bee (talk) 04:41, 11 April 2011 (UTC)


 * I think the image at the top of the article is much too graphic - a patient with laryngeal cancer could be quite shocked and upset by this and I agree with Angry bee that it doesn't add any useful information to the article. Could it be replaced with an image of a scan or a diagram showing the location of the larynx? For example something similar to this image on CancerHelp UK PeachNellba (talk) 13:03, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Staging and Treatment
Hello all!

I made some minor modifications to bring staging descriptions and discussions of treatment options (surgical, adjunct, multi-disciplinary) more in line with the latest publications by the U.S. NCCN, the U.S. AJCC, the Japanese, and the European clinical practice guidelines. I added these five publications as new sources as well.

Please review and modify as you see fit! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Krsabhinav (talk • contribs) 02:01, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

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