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Transoral Laser Microsurgery Fights Laryngeal Cancer

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Lynn Savage, Features Editor, [email protected]

Thanks to laser surgery refinements, “your life or your voice” is a choice fewer people in the world have to face. In the US alone, 10,000 people are diagnosed each year with laryngeal carcinoma, according to the American Cancer Society. This cancer affects the vocal cords and the connective tissues surrounding them. Of these, nearly 4000 will die of the disease. Smoking tobacco is the major force behind laryngeal cancer, also known as glottic cancer, although alcohol consumption seems to magnify the effect smoking has. When a patient is first diagnosed with glottic...Read full article

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    Published: March 2012
    BiophotonicsCO2 lasersendoscopic surgeryEuropean Institute of OncologyFeaturesglottic cancerItalylaryngeal carcinomalarynxMohssen AnsarinRoyal Derby HospitalTLMtransoral laser microsurgeryUKvocal cordsLasers

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