A study which examines the epidemiology of cancer of the larynx as well as the clinical course of the disease through treatment and recurrence to death. The text aims to provide both confirmation of aspects of the behaviour of this cancer and useful clinical data and guidance.

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Introduction and methods; epidemiology - demographic aspects; multiple primaries, social class and occupation; histology; incidence by sub-site; stage - supraglottis, glottis, subglottis; survival - larynx, treatment; survival related to treatment; second treatments. Appendices: Birmingham and West Midlands Regional Cancer Registry; standarized rates; census and inter-censal populations; TNM classification of malignant tumours - larynx.