The main types of surgery for laryngeal cancer are laser surgery through the mouth, removing the voice box (larynx) and removing lymph nodes. The surgery you have depends on the stage and position of ...

And the scientific term for losing your voice is laryngitis. Mayo Clinic explains that laryngitis is 'an inflammation of your ...

Laryngeal cancer is a type of head and neck cancer that grows in the larynx (the voice box), which is a tube that separates ...

Across the country around 30,000 patients a year are diagnosed with cancer of the larynx. For those in the latter stages of the disease the only option can be to have the voice box removed ...

Larynx: Also known as the voice box, it's a hollow organ. The home of our vocal chords, it also forms an air passage to our lungs. Subglottal pressure: The air pressure in the lungs which provides ...

Finally, it's small enough to take a big, gulping swallow. The larynx is inside our throat. Sometimes it’s called the voice box. Inside this, we have a part called the vocal chords. As we sing ...