Cancer of the Larynx: Current Concepts in the Treatment of the Neck (ORL)

A discussion of cancer of the larynx and its treatment. In the first article, G.J. Petruzzelli examines the biology of tumour invasion, angiogenesis, and lymph node metastasis in laryngeal cancer. This is followed by an article dealing with the new imaging-based classification for describing the location of lymph nodes in the neck, with particular regard to cervical lymph nodes in relation to cancer of the larynx. The diagnostic procedures for detecting lymph node metastases in cancer of the larynx are presented, and then the fourth article is devoted to pathology of neck dissection in cancer of the larynx. The subsequent article concerns the classification and terminology of neck dissection. The sixth article considers surgical treatment of the neck in cancer of the larynx, and the last article is devoted to the nonsurgical treatment of advanced metastatic cervical disease in cancer of the larynx.