Oncological and functional outcome after laryngectomy for laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer: a population-based analysis in Germany from 2001 to 2020

Abstract Prognostic factors for overall survival (OS), percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) dependency, and long-term speech rehabilitation via voice prosthesis (VP) after laryngectomy for laryngeal or hypopharyngeal cancer were investigated in a retrospective population-based study in Thuringi...

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Main Authors: Mussab Kouka, Louise Beckmann, Thomas Bitter, Holger Kaftan, Daniel Böger, Jens Büntzel, Andreas Müller, Kerstin Hoffmann, Jiri Podzimek, Klaus Pietschmann, Thomas Ernst, Orlando Guntinas-Lichius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58423-x