Clinical outcomes of transoral videolaryngoscopic surgery for hypopharyngeal and supraglottic cancer

Abstract Background Transoral videolaryngoscopic surgery (TOVS) was developed as a new distinct surgical procedure for hypopharyngeal cancer (HPC) and supraglottic cancer (SGC) staged at up to T3. However, long-term treatment outcomes of TOVS remain to be validated. Methods Under a straight broad in...

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Published in:	BMC Cancer
Main Authors:	Yorihisa Imanishi, Hiroyuki Ozawa, Koji Sakamoto, Ryoichi Fujii, Seiji Shigetomi, Noboru Habu, Kuninori Otsuka, Yoichiro Sato, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Mariko Sekimizu, Fumihiro Ito, Toshiki Tomita, Kaoru Ogawa
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2017-06-01
Subjects:	Transoral videolaryngoscopic surgery (TOVS) Hypopharyngeal cancer Supraglottic cancer Organ-function preservation Long-term treatment outcomes Survival
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-017-3396-0