February 26, 2010 — Larynx preservation is not only possible for head and neck cancer patients, it can prevent severe voice disability and the need for a tracheotomy and/or artificial nutrition in ...

The recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) is critical for speech as it provides nerve function to muscles in the larynx, or voice box. People have two RLNs, one on each side of the neck. Instead of ...

The cells that line the larynx or voice box have strategic immune functions that could have a major impact on diseases and conditions such as cancer and asthma, according to a British researcher who ...

A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering move, replaced it with a donated one. Transplants of the so-called voice box are extremely ...

THYROTOMY for carcinoma of the larynx has been practiced since 1870 with varied success. The results were very discouraging at first, as, for instance, in Billroth's Clinic, where eight cases were ...

There are four stages of laryngeal cancer. They are slightly different depending on where in your larynx the cancer starts. Laryngeal cancer happens when abnormal (cancerous) cells start to grow in ...

Humans and other primates have evolved 'significantly larger' voice boxes than other mammals to help with social interactions, a new study shows. Compared with other mammals of about the same size, ...

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Staging of cancer of the larynx is complex. There are 3 parts of the larynx and doctors stage each part separately. Each part is surrounded by slightly different structures and tissues in the voice ...