BACKGROUND: Radiotherapy is the treatment of choice for early @entity189 . Thirteen percent to 24% of @entity1 require salvage surgery. To evaluate time of recurrence, site, and locoregional control, we retrospectively reviewed 29 @entity1 treated from 1981 to 1996. METHODS: There were 28 @entity1 and 1 @entity1 . Mean age was 63 years. Twenty were T1 (69%) and 9 were T2 (31%). Median time of recurrence was 14.5 months. In 14 @entity1 (52%), a partial laryngectomy was done, and 13 @entity1 had a total laryngectomy. Two refused surgery. RESULTS: One @entity1 relapsed after salvage surgery. Five-year survival after salvage surgery was 92%, with no difference between partial and total laryngectomy (p = 0.2). CONCLUSIONS: Recurrences after failure to radiotherapy in T1-T2 @entity189 could be salvaged with partial laryngectomy in 52% of @entity1 , preserving laryngeal function, with adequate @entity5 control and acceptable morbidity. The selection of the surgical procedure is based on the @entity5 extension.

Partial laryngectomy as salvage surgery for radiation failures in T1-T2 XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['woman', 'patients', 'patient', 'men'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumor'] @entity189 :: ('MESH:D002277', 'Disease') :: ['glottic carcinoma']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['laryngeal cancer']
