What is Laryngeal carcinoma?
What is Laryngeal carcinoma?
- Laryngeal carcinoma: Cancer of the laryngeal area. Smoking and alcohol increase the risk of this cancer.
- Laryngeal carcinoma: Carcinoma that arises from the laryngeal epithelium. More than 90% of laryngeal carcinomas are squamous cell carcinomas. The remainder are adenoid cystic carcinomas, mucoepidermoid carcinomas and carcinomas with neuroendocrine differentiation. --2002
Source - Diseases Database
Laryngeal carcinoma is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Laryngeal carcinoma, or a subtype of Laryngeal carcinoma,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Laryngeal carcinoma: Introduction
How serious is Laryngeal carcinoma?
Prognosis of Laryngeal carcinoma: Cancer can develop in any part of the larynx, but the cure rate is affected by the location of the tumor.
Complications of Laryngeal carcinoma:
see complications of Laryngeal carcinoma
What causes Laryngeal carcinoma?
Causes of Laryngeal carcinoma: see causes of Laryngeal carcinoma
What are the symptoms of Laryngeal carcinoma?
Symptoms of Laryngeal carcinoma:
see symptoms of Laryngeal carcinoma
Complications of Laryngeal carcinoma:
see complications of Laryngeal carcinoma
Laryngeal carcinoma: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Laryngeal carcinoma.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Laryngeal carcinoma.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Laryngeal carcinoma:
see treatments for Laryngeal carcinoma
Research for Laryngeal carcinoma:
see research for Laryngeal carcinoma
Name and Aliases of Laryngeal carcinoma
Main name of condition: Laryngeal carcinoma
Other names or spellings for Laryngeal carcinoma:
Laryngeal neoplasm, Laryngeal cancer
Laryngeal cancer, Laryngeal neoplasm
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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