Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology (대한두경부종양학회지)
- Volume 3 Issue 1
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- Pages.15-24
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- 1987
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- 1229-5183(pISSN)
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- 2586-2553(eISSN)
Epidermoid Carcinoma of the Larynx - Twenty-year Experience with 263 Cases -
후두(候頭) 유표피암(類表皮癌) - 20년간(年間) 263 치험례(治驗例)를 중심(中心)으로 -
- Park Yoon-Kyu (Department of Surgery, Presbyterian Medical Center) ;
- Yoo Bong-Ok (Department of Surgery, Presbyterian Medical Center) ;
- Seel David J. (Department of Surgery, Presbyterian Medical Center) ;
- Lee Young-Sik (Department of Otolaryngology, Presbyterian Medical Center) ;
- Chun Kyung-Doo (Department of Otolaryngology, Presbyterian Medical Center)
- Published : 1987.09.01
Abstract
This study is limited to epidermoid carcinoma arising in the larynx. The 623 patients in this series comprised 1.6% of all malignant neoplasms seen during the 20-year period .from 1965 to 1984 ; it comprised 13.2% of all cancers of the head and neck registered during this period. The male: female ratio was 11:1, and the highest incidence was in the fifth decade of life. Analysis by anatomical site revealed that 51.7% were supraglottic, 36.1% glottic, and 6.8% subglottic in oriain. One-hundred eighty-nine(79%) were clinically Stage III or Stage IV lesions at the time of the first visit. Of the total of 263 cases, 113 refused treatment, 4 definite radiation for
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