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Guidelines in the Management of Advanced Carcinoma of the Larynx

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The term advanced laryngeal cancer generally designates stage T3 or T4 disease according to UICC/AJCC staging. These may attain advanced stage by virtue of advanced T classification (T3 or T4), N classification (N1–N3) or M classification (M1). However, it also allows early T classification (T1, T2) to be included in advanced lesions if they are associated with nodal metastasis.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, Formerly at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

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    Bidhu K. Mohanti

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Bahadur, S. (2019). Guidelines in the Management of Advanced Carcinoma of the Larynx. In: Bahadur, S., Thakar, A., Mohanti, B. (eds) Carcinoma of the Larynx and Hypopharynx . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3110-7_6

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