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Failures of partial resections of the larynx with subsequent early recurrence of cancer are due to an incomplete removal of the primary tumour with all of its processes. In my experience the laryngeal surgeon who based his surgical decisions merely on the present UICC tumour classification would run the risk of planning an oncologically unsafe operation. The reason is that the pre-operative inspection of the endolarynx cannot clarify the real extension of the lesion in the depth of the laryngeal muscles and superstructure. Our scepticism was nourished by the histological examination of serial sections of 130 larynx specimens, removed by total laryngectomy for advanced cancer. The results were given in the doctoral theses of Menke (1974), Weede (1974), Strüwind (1977) and Sparmann (1980).
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Hommerich, K.W. (1984). The TNM-Classiflcation with Regard to Surgical Planning of Partial Resections of the Larynx. In: Wigand, M.E., Steiner, W., Stell, P.M. (eds) Functional Partial Laryngectomy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69577-3_19
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