Introducing the symptoms of early laryngeal cancer

What are the early symptoms of laryngeal cancer? Those symptoms can be used to diagnose early laryngeal cancer. Due to different types of laryngeal cancer, the symptoms of laryngeal cancer appear at different times and the severity of the disease is also different. The main symptom of laryngeal cancer is hoarseness, which is the earliest symptom of vocal cord cancer. It is usually persistent and gradually worsens.

1. Hoarseness: It is the earliest symptom of vocal cord cancer, which is usually persistent and gradually worsens. The early symptoms of subglottic cancer are not obvious, while hoarseness is a symptom of the later stage.

(ii) Foreign body sensation and pain in the throat: This is often an early symptom of supraglottic cancer. After the cancer ruptures, throat pain may occur, sometimes radiating to the ear on the same side. This is a late symptom.

(III) Coughing and blood in sputum: These symptoms occur after the cancer has ruptured and are common.

(iv) Difficulty breathing: This is a symptom of the later stages of the disease, indicating that the cancer has progressed to the point of blocking the throat.

(V) Cervical lymph node metastasis: It can metastasize to the middle deep cervical lymph nodes on the same side, and may metastasize to the contralateral side in the late stage.

There are three different types of cancer, depending on where the cancer is located.

(I) Supraglottic type

(ii) Glottal type

(III) Subglottic type

Stages of Laryngeal Cancer:

The letter T represents the size of the tumor and the extent of invasion of the primary tumor: T1: the tumor is limited to one side of the larynx; T2: the tumor is located on both sides of the larynx; T3: the tumor has caused obstruction of the movement of the vocal cord on one side; T4: the tumor has invaded outside the larynx.