LARYNX 1997

Marseille, France
June 16-18, 1997

Tracheo-Esophageal Voice After Laryngectomy (BIOMED 1- BMT Concerted Action 94-1611)

H. F. Mahieu (1), J. Algaba (2), A. D. Cheesman (3), A. S. Dagli (4), D. Dehesdin (5), M. Remacle (6), N. Santiago Silva (7), H. K. Schutte (8), I. F. Herrmann (9), A. Staffieri (10), L. Traissac (11), A. Parker (12), C. A. Meeuwis (13)

(1) University Hospital VU, Department of ORL, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
(2) Universidad del Pais Vasco, Clinico ORL, San Sebastian, Spain
(3) Charing Cross Hospital, ENT Department, London, Great Britain
(4) Ankara Numune Hospital, Department of ORL, Head & Neck Surgery, Ankara, Turkey
(5) Ch. Nicolle Hospital, ENT Department, Rouen, France
(6) Cliniques Universitaires U.C.L. de Mont-Godine, Yvoir, Belgium
(7) Instituto Portugues de Oncologie, Lisboa, Portugal
(8) Universiteit van Groningen, Voice Research Lab, Groningen, The Netherlands
(9) European Hospital, Servizio ORL, Rome, Italy
(10) Clinica ORL, Policlinico "Citta di Udine", Udine, Italy
(11) Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Groupe Hospitalier Pellegrin, Bordeaux Cedex,
(12) Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, Great Britain
(12) Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, Great Britain
(13) Dr. Daniel den Hoedkliniek, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Laryngeal and pharyngeal cancers are by far the most frequent occuring cancers in the upper airway and digestive tract. Reported incidences in Europe vary between 11.4 per 100.000 inhabitants (Spain, Italy) and less than half that number in Denmark and the Netherlands. Between 5 to 20% of these cancers will require treatment with total laryngectomy, depending upon etiological background (e.g. smoking and drinking) and treatment protocols (e.g. radiotherapy vs surgery).


Full Paper

Bibliographic reference.  Mahieu, H. F. / Algaba, J. / Cheesman, A. D. / Dagli, A. S. / Dehesdin, D. / Remacle, M. / Silva, N. Santiago / Schutte, H. K. / Herrmann, I. F. / Staffieri, A. / Traissac, L. / Parker, A. / Meeuwis, C. A. (1997): "Tracheo-esophageal voice after laryngectomy (BIOMED 1- BMT concerted action 94-1611)", In LARYNX-1997, 99-104.