Neoplastic Process
laryngeal carcinoma
la·ryn·ge·al car·ci·no·ma [ luh-rin-jee-uhl, lar-uhn-jee-uhl kahr-suh-noh-muh ]
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(laryngeal cancer) Cancer that forms in tissues of the larynx (area of the throat that contains the vocal cords and is used for breathing, swallowing, and talking). Most laryngeal cancers are squamous cell carcinomas (cancer that begins in flat cells lining the larynx).NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(laryngeal carcinoma) A carcinoma of the larynx.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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(laryngeal carcinoma) Carcinoma that arises from the laryngeal epithelium. More than 90% of laryngeal carcinomas are squamous cell carcinomas. The remainder are adenoid cystic carcinomas, mucoepidermoid carcinomas and carcinomas with neuroendocrine differentiation.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Ninety percent of laryngeal cancer is squamous cell carcinoma. Smoking, alcohol abuse, lower socioeconomic status, and being male and > 60 years increase risk. Early diagnosis is common with vocal cord tumors because hoarseness develops early. However, supraglottic tumors (above the vocal cords) and subglottic tumors (below the vocal...Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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