[Extracapsular spread in advanced laryngeal cancer].

UNLABELLED: The aim of the present study is to evaluate histopathological features of extracapsular spread detected in patients with laryngeal cancer.

PATIENTS AND

METHODS

Specimens of 47 patients with laryngeal cancer were processed as Whole-Organ Serial Sections at the ENT Department of the Complutense University of Madrid between 1994/97.

RESULTS

Extracapsular metastases were found in 21 patients. The risk for extracapsular spread was higher in those patients with: supraglottic or piriform sinus cancer, more than 2-3 neck metastatic nodes, tumor diameter of more than 2 cm and N2 stage.