Adenocarcinoma of the larynx

Nine patients with primary adenocarcinoma of the larynx representing 0.1 per cent of 888 patients with primary laryngeal malignancy treated between 1955 and 1971 are reported. Following surgical therapy, four patients are alive without disease and five patients are dead due to their disease. Survival time was not related to histopathologic type, stage of disease, or mode of therapy. We cautiously advocate the use of the most conservative surgery feasible as the primary treatment of this poorly understood and highly fatal disease.