5 typical symptoms of laryngeal cancer

The clinical manifestations of laryngeal cancer vary, depending on the specific location of the cancer, but most laryngeal cancer patients have the following symptoms:

1. Foreign body sensation and pain in the throat

This symptom often occurs in patients with supraglottic laryngeal cancer and is also an early and persistent symptom. When the tumor ulcerates and breaks in the vocal cord, pain and foreign body sensation in the throat will occur, and in the late stage, the pain will spread to the ear on the same side.

2. Hoarseness

Patients with laryngeal cancer often experience persistent hoarseness, which gradually worsens as the disease progresses. The symptoms of hoarseness in subglottic laryngeal cancer are not obvious and often appear in the late stages of the disease.

3. Coughing and blood in sputum

Symptoms of coughing and blood in sputum appear early, but because the amount of blood is not serious, it sometimes does not attract enough attention. When the tumor ulcerates or breaks, the symptoms of blood in sputum and cough will worsen.

4. Difficulty breathing

Patients with advanced laryngeal cancer often experience varying degrees of dyspnea, which is caused by the further spread of the tumor as it grows, causing partial or complete obstruction of the laryngeal cavity.

5. Cervical lymph node metastasis

In the late stage of the disease, symptoms of cervical lymph node metastasis often appear. Initially, the disease will metastasize to the lymph nodes in the middle deep neck on the same side, and then gradually spread to the opposite side as it proliferates.