Cancer of the larynx; the advantages of more conservative treatment.

Properly administered irradiation therapy for cancer of the larynx in properly selected cases can be successful. Reported herein is the case of a woman 49 years of age with a Grade 3 squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx, who at first was scheduled for radical operation but was treated by irradiation therapy with an estimated total dose of 5292 r given in 29 treatments. The tumor and all subjective and objective symptoms disappeared. The patient was still well when last observed a year later.