Throat cancer can often manifest in subtle ways, with symptoms that may be mistaken for less serious conditions.

Laryngeal cancer affects roughly 12,500 people in the U.S. annually, with about 4,000 deaths. Persistent hoarseness, sore throat, difficulty swallowing, and a lump in the neck or throat are potential ...

WASHINGTON — A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering move, replaced it with a donated one. Transplants of the so-called voice box ...

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Throat cancer occurs when cells in the organs used for breathing, speaking, and swallowing begin to divide rapidly and abnormally. Most throat cancer begins on the vocal cords. Later, it spreads to ...

Phoenix-based Mayo Clinic in Arizona performed the third total larynx transplant in the U.S. and the first to be performed on a patient with active cancer. The larynx, most commonly known as the voice ...

Tad Carper thinks one simple text message from Dak Prescott may have saved his life. As told in an uplifting feature written ...

A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after a successful larynx transplant performed at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Marty Kedian, a 59-year-old man from Haverhill, underwent the complex procedure ...

Black patients with laryngeal cancer are less likely to get larynx preservation treatments than white patients, a new study shows (Archives of Otolaryngology -- Head & Neck Surgery, July 2012, Vol.

Radiology tests can help doctors stage laryngeal cancer, determine treatment, and monitor progress. Radiology uses imaging tests to help diagnose and treat diseases. They help stage laryngeal cancer ...

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, Vol. 27, No. 4 (August 2001), pp. 233-239 (7 pages) Objectives A hospital-based case-referent study was conducted in Turkey to provide further ...