Research Article

Pre- and Posttherapeutic Staging of Laryngeal Carcinoma Involving Anterior Commissure: Review of 127 Cases

Table 2

Summary of various studies on the reclassification of laryngeal cancers after surgery. Endolarynx: no precision on the tumor site, CA: anterior commissure.

Study Type of study No. of patients Tumor location Reclassification rate

Remontet et al. [1] Prospective 40 Endolarynx 20%
Agada et al. [3] Prospective 1st cycle of an audit 38 Endolarynx 55%
Prospective 2nd cycle of an audit 38 Endolarynx 29%
Zbären et al. [4] Retrospective 42 Recidivism 36%
Barbosa et al. [5] Prospective 52 CA 25%
Our study Retrospective 127 CA 24,4%