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An Aid in Management

SAMUEL KAPLAN, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1950;51(5):696-698.

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IN THE choice of a therapeutic modality the only consideration, of course, is the effect it will have on the patient. In spite of this recognized fact, whenever cancer of the larynx comes up for discussion the surgeon and the radiologist often take opposite stands.

I believe that this state is not the result of personal consideration. It stems from two factors. The first factor is that the surgeons are not thoroughly acquainted with the radiologists' statistics and, perhaps, vice versa, and the second is that analysis of statistics are interpreted on the basis of an inadequate classification.

Cancer of the larynx is generally classified as intrinsic and extrinsic.¹ This classification is surgical rather than histologic. The intrinsic variety is limited to the true vocal cords and the ventricular bands. A cancer is considered intrinsic when it does not overflow the rim of the larynx. The extrinsic variety involves . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
VAN NUYS, CALIF.

From the Section of Otolaryngology, Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital.

Footnotes
Sponsored by the Veterans Administration and published with the approval of the Chief Medical Director. The statements and conclusions published by the author are a result of his own study and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration.

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