Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

The most common type of laryngectomy, i.e., surgical removal of advanced laryngeal cancer, changes the patient's voice dramatically and can be very disruptive to their normal life. To improve the ...

PHOENIX, Ariz. — On Feb. 29, Mayo Clinic marked a milestone: its first larynx transplant. It is only the third transplant of its kind in the United States and the first done on a patient with cancer.

Total larynx removal with permanent tracheotomy is the current standard treatment for patients with cancer of the larynx. While larynx preservation using chemotherapy followed by radiation is an ...

An artificial “voice box” has provided long-term relief for a throat cancer patient in France. The 56-year-old man can now speak with an intelligible whisper and breathe normally, said lead researcher ...

The larynx is a small structure of cartilage that connects the throat to the windpipe. It is located in the front of the neck and houses the vocal cords, producing speech sounds and contributing to ...

The role of chemotherapy as part of a larynx sparing treatment strategy for advanced laryngeal cancer has evolved considerably over the last 20 years. During the ...

In the future, it is hoped that a smartphone will be able to record what the patient wants to say and then “clean up” and enrich this signal to produce a coherent and clear result The most common type ...

Head and neck cancer patients receiving induction chemotherapy followed by radiation to preserve their larynx have a low-risk of severe voice disability and almost half experienced no eating or ...