Prognostic factors after transoral resection of early hypopharyngeal cancer.
Keisuke IritaniDaryl Anne A Del MundoShinobu IwakiKuriko MasudaMaki KanzawaTatsuya FurukawaMasanori TeshimaHirotaka ShinomiyaKoichi MorimotoNaoki OtsukiKen-Ichi NibuPublished in: Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology (2021)
Local recurrence was more frequent in patients with LVLs, but most of them were salvaged by repeated TOVS. Patients with venous invasion and/or tumor thickness greater than 4 mm should be followed up with special attention to lymph node metastasis.Level of Evidence: 3.