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Organ preservation surgery for advanced hypopharyngeal cancer.

Shigeru HiranoIchiro TateyaMorimasa KitamuraShinpei KadaSeiji IshikawaTomoko KandaShinzo TanakaJuichi Ito
Published in: Acta oto-laryngologica. Supplementum (2011)
Five-year overall survival and disease-specific survival rates were 57.1% and 66.7%, respectively. The 5-year locoregional control rate was 66.7% and the larynx preservation rate was 100%. No patients presented with local recurrence at the pharyngolaryngeal segment, while two cases showed nodal recurrence, from which they died. Tracheal stoma was closed in 9 of 14 cases. Vocal function was excellent in five cases, moderate in five, and poor in three. Swallowing function was excellent to moderate in eight cases and poor in six.
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