Stages of laryngeal cancer
Stage 0 (Carcinoma in Situ).
In phase 0, abnormal cells are found in the lining of the larynx. These irregular cells might end up being cancer and spread into close-by typical tissue. Stage 0 is also called cancer in situ.
Phase I.
In phase I, cancer has actually formed in the supraglottis, glottis, or subglottis area of the throat:.
Supraglottis: Cancer remains in one location of the supraglottis and the singing cords work typically.
Glottis: Cancer is in one or both singing cords and the vocal cords work generally.
Subglottis: Cancer is in the subglottis just.
Phase II.
In stage II, cancer has actually formed in the supraglottis, glottis, or subglottis area of the larynx:.
Supraglottis: Cancer is in more than one location of the supraglottis or has infected the area at the base of the tongue or to tissues near the vocal cables.
The vocal cords work typically.
Glottis: Cancer has actually spread to the supraglottis, subglottis, or both, and/or the singing cables do not work usually.
Subglottis: Cancer has spread to one or both vocal cables and the singing cords might not work generally.
Stage III.
In phase III, cancer has formed in the supraglottis, glottis, or subglottis area of the larynx:.
In phase III cancer of the supraglottis:.
cancer is in the throat only and the singing cords do not work, and/or cancer has actually spread out near or through the inner part of the thyroid cartilage. Cancer might have likewise spread to one lymph node on the very same side of the neck as the primary growth and the lymph node is 3 centimeters or smaller sized;
In phase III cancer of the glottis:
Cancer remains in the throat only and the vocal cables do not work, and/or cancer has actually spread near or through the inner part of the thyroid cartilage.
Cancer might have also spread to one lymph node on the very same
Stage IV.
Phase IV is divided into phase IVA, stage IVB, and stage IVC. Each substage is the same for cancer in the supraglottis, glottis, or subglottis.
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