Early & Late Laryngeal Cancer (ECPG)

- Introduction, scope and audience

➡️ Introduction and definitions

Laryngeal carcinoma is the most common site of malignancy in the head and neck worldwide. The effects of the disease process and the treatment can have a significant impact on voice and swallow function and quality of life. Recent advances i.e., surgical, and non-surgical management options are available. 

➡️Scope:

The purpose of this guideline is to identify quality improvement opportunities in the assessment, diagnosis, and management of laryngeal cancer and to create explicit and actionable recommendations to implement these opportunities in clinical practice. Specifically, the goals are to improve diagnostic accuracy for laryngeal cancer, promote and guide management, and the more judicious use of the surgical and non-surgical management options available.

➡️Target audience:

Target users are ENT clinicians and specialists and residents to be used for management of adult patients with cancer larynx.‎