The larynx is the tube that connects the bottom of the throat to the windpipe (trachea). It is divided into three sections called the supraglottis, glottis, and subglottis. Structures in the larynx ...

A University of Sheffield researcher has uncovered new evidence that could help improve treatment options for patients with ...

A person's own voice might soon be a means of detecting whether they're suffering throat cancer, a new study says. Men with cancer of the larynx, or voice box, have distinct differences in their ...

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 ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

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 ...

A team of head and neck surgeons from Mayo Clinic has found that robotic surgery can treat cancer of the larynx, according to research presented April 29 at the Combined Otolaryngological Spring ...

Chemoradiation for patients with stage-four (T4) laryngeal cancer appears to be an effective and reasonable treatment option, according to a study in Head & Neck (November 3, 2011). Patients with T4 ...