Photoangiolytic Laser Treatment of Early Glottic Cancer: A New Management Strategy

Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2-24

  Zeitels, Steven M ^a   Burns, James A ^a   Lopez Guerra, Gerardo ^a   Anderson, R Rox ^a   Hillman, Robert E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

glottis; laryngeal cancer; laser; microlaryngoscopy; phonomicrosurgery; phonosurgery; vocal cord; vocal fold; voice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX TUMOR; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD; VOICE; ANGIOGENESIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY CANCER; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNX CANCER; LASER SURGERY; METASTASIS; MICROSURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHONATION; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIBRATION;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGOSCOPY; LASER THERAPY; LASERS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 54349109113     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: 19433572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940811700701     Document Type: Article

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