How long can you live after laryngeal cancer surgery

How long you can live with cancer depends on many factors, for example, first of all, the malignancy of the tumor. Then the time when the tumor occurred. The earlier the tumor is discovered, the more limited it is. There is no local tissue invasion and no distant metastasis. The prognosis of patients after early surgery is relatively good, and radiotherapy and chemotherapy can be performed according to the severity of the disease. However, if there is large-scale spread or distant metastasis, the treatment effect is not good, but the specific survival time should also be determined according to the condition.

Laryngeal cancer has a relatively good prognosis among malignant tumors because it has typical symptoms of hoarseness and is easy to detect. The treatment of early laryngeal cancer is relatively simple. The tumor can be removed with laser or plasma under a supported laryngoscope instead of a tracheotomy in the neck. With the development of medical equipment and the improvement of medical level, the cure rate of early laryngeal cancer is relatively high. The five-year survival rate can reach 80%. The five-year survival rate of advanced laryngeal cancer is 70. If the patient has unexplained hoarseness for more than 2 weeks, he should actively seek medical attention and use laryngoscopy to determine whether there is a tumor.

Many patients worry about how long they can live after laryngectomy. But after all, laryngeal cancer is a malignant tumor, and how long it can live depends on reality. If the disease is in the early stage, for patients with stage IA tumors or very early tumors, the operation is performed in time, the resection range is wide, the resection margin is negative and clean, and there is no local metastasis or distant metastasis, the survival time is longer. In recent years, a large number of patients have clamped the vocal cords for 3-5 years through plasma ablation, and the patients do not need radiotherapy and chemotherapy after surgery. If the invasion range is extensive, such as local metastasis, systemic metastasis and distant metastasis, surgery will not be considered. Local lymph node metastasis, supraglottic or subglottic type, the survival rate is not particularly high. Patients with subglottic invasion are more common. Total laryngectomy can be considered. After total laryngectomy, many social problems will arise.

Current clinical statistics show that the average 5-year survival rate of laryngeal cancer patients after surgery is about 70%. Among them, the 5-year survival rate of patients with early-stage laryngeal cancer after laser surgery or partial laryngectomy is about 90%, while the 5-year survival rate of patients with advanced laryngeal cancer, especially supraglottic laryngeal cancer, is lower, about 35%. Therefore, the earlier the tumor is detected and treated, the better the prognosis. In addition, whether laryngeal cancer patients undergo surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy, they must maintain an optimistic and positive attitude towards life.