Ear, nose & throat · UKMLA & AKT
Laryngeal cancer
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
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- Second most common head and neck cancer in the UK; >95% are squamous cell carcinomas
- Strong male predominance; peak age >60; rare under 40
- Risk factors: smoking (main), alcohol, HPV (especially HPV-16 - more dominant in oropharyngeal/tonsillar SCC, up to 93% of new oropharyngeal cancers in Western Europe)
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