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## Abstract ## Background Early glottic cancer can be cured with transoral laser resection, but in cases with anterior commissure involvement, there is still controversy concerning the best treatment modality. ## Methods The impact of anterior commissure involvement on local control was analyzed in a retrospective review of 444 patients with early glottic cancer (pT1a–pT2a) treated between 1986 and 2004 with transoral laser microsurgical resection. ## Results The anterior commissure was involved in 153 cases; the 5‐year local control rate with and without anterior commissure involvement was 73% versus 89% for T1a and 68% versus 86% for T1b tumors. For T2a lesions, the 5‐year local control rate was 76%, irrespective of anterior commissure involvement. ## Conclusion In early glottic cancer treated by transoral laser microsurgery, a decrease in local control is evident in case of anterior commissure involvement for T1a and T1b but not for T2a tumors. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck, 2009

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Author

Ralph M. W. Rödel; Wolfgang Steiner; Roland M. Müller; Martina Kron; Christoph Matthias

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 1043-3074)

Published

2009

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)