The larynx is the tube that connects the bottom of the throat to the windpipe (trachea). It is divided into three sections called the supraglottis, glottis, and subglottis. Structures in the larynx ...

Laryngeal cancer affects roughly 12,500 people in the U.S. annually, with about 4,000 deaths. Persistent hoarseness, sore throat, difficulty swallowing, and a lump in the neck or throat are potential ...

A person's own voice might soon be a means of detecting whether they're suffering throat cancer, a new study says. Men with cancer of the larynx, or voice box, have distinct differences in their ...

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 ...

Phoenix-based Mayo Clinic in Arizona performed the third total larynx transplant in the U.S. and the first to be performed on a patient with active cancer. The larynx, most commonly known as the voice ...

WASHINGTON — A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering move, replaced it with a donated one. Transplants of the so-called voice box ...

Val Kilmer kept his throat cancer secret for several years. He died of pneumonia on Tuesday, more than 10 years after his ...

A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after a successful larynx transplant performed at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Marty Kedian, a 59-year-old man from Haverhill, underwent the complex procedure ...

Cancer of the voice box or larynx is an important public health burden. In 2021, there were an estimated 1.1 million cases of laryngeal cancer worldwide, and approximately 100,000 people died from it.