An elderly male presents with T3NO laryngeal carcinoma. What would be the management?
(A) Neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy (B) Concurrent chemoradiotherapy (C) Radical radiotherapy followed by chemotherapy (D) Radical radiotherapy without chemotherapy
(B) Ans. b. Concurrent chemoradiotherapyAn elderly male presents with T3N0 laryngeal carcinoma. Treatment is concunent chemoradiotherapy.'Advanced laryngeal cancers are ofien treated by combining radiation with concurrent chemotherapy for larynxpresemation and total laryngectomy for bulky T4 disease or salvage.''Concurrent radiation therapy plus Cisplatin resulted in a statistically higher percentage ofpatients with an intact larynxat I0 years.'