Carcinoma of the glottic larynx

During the years 1955 through 1964, 535 patients with histologically proved squamous cell cancer of the glottic larynx were recorded in the Tumor Registry of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Of these 521 were treated and form the basis of this report. All were retrospectively staged. Possible etiologic factors were tabulated associated diseases recorded, and results of treatment evaluated. In this almost wholly surgically treated series, the determinate five and ten year survival rates for previously untreated patients were 81.5 and 80 per cent, respectively. The incidence of cervical lymph node metastases increased and the prognosis worsened with increasing stage of disease. The previously treated patients had a much worse prognosis than did the primary patientsmcancer of the glottic larynx is eminently curable if detected early and treated adequately.