Laryngeal Cancer

Treatment for laryngeal cancer includes: <b>Radiation therapy:</b> Radiation oncologists deliver high-energy radiation beams to kill cancer cells. The radiation targets only the tumor to minimize damage to surrounding healthy tissue. <b>Chemotherapy:</b> Medical oncologists use medications to kill or slow the growth of cancer cells. People often get chemotherapy intravenously (through a vein). <b>Immunotherapy:</b> This treatment uses your immune system, your body’s natural defenses, to help fight cancer. Immunotherapy is also called biologic therapy. <b>Targeted therapy:</b> This treatment targets cancer cells with specific types of proteins, preventing the cells from multiplying. <b>Surgery:</b> For early laryngeal cancer, surgery can remove the tumor while preserving your larynx. For advanced cancer, surgeons often need to do a laryngectomy, surgery that removes your entire larynx. You may have more than one treatment. For example, people sometimes have chemotherapy or radiation therapy after surgery to destroy any remaining cancer cells.