Mortalidad en el cáncer de laringe en estadios avanzadosMortality in advanced laryngeal carcinoma

Patients with advanced laryngeal carcinoma present a high mortality rate due to locoregional recurrence, distant metastases and second cancer. We present a report about the most important prognostic factors in mortality in patients included in III and IV stages. The most importants are the presence of metastatic lymph nodes (p=0.001), extracapsular spread (p=0.002) and N stage (p=0.005).