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Laryngeal cancer is the ninth most common cancer in males in Asia. This is the seventh most common cancer in Indian males with an incidence of 1.26–8.18 per 100,000 population in India [1]. The incidence is strongly related to advanced age (fifth decade onwards) and uncommon before 40 years of age [2]. Laryngeal cancer is strongly associated with socioeconomic status, being less common in affluent population. Worldwide, the most common site of laryngeal cancer is glottis (approximately 49%), preceding supraglottis (16%). In India, the most common subsite of involvement is combined supraglottis and glottis followed by supraglottis and glottis alone, as most of the patients present in advanced stage of disease [3]. The most common type of neoplasia is squamous cell carcinoma (85%).
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Kumar, R., Sagar, P. (2019). Surgical Anatomy and Tumour Spread in the Larynx and Hypopharynx. In: Bahadur, S., Thakar, A., Mohanti, B. (eds) Carcinoma of the Larynx and Hypopharynx . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3110-7_1
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