Objective: To determine the survival, loco-regional control, distant metastases and second primary in stage IV laryngeal carcinoma treated by surgery and radiotherapy.
Material: Retrospective study of 147 patients treated with surgery and radiotherapy with a 5 year minimun follow-up.
Results: Overall and cause specific survival at 5 and 10 years was 42%, 35% and 49%, 45.8% respectively. Loco-regional control was 57.7 % and 54.7% at 5 and 10 years. Local recurrences presented in 25.7%, regional recurrences in 74.2%, and distant metastases 10.9%. Second primary tumors developed in 12% of the patients, 50% of the cases in the lungs. Factors related to survival are evaluated.
Conclusions: In our experience, surgery with postoperative radiotherapy in N+, controls 45% of stage IV laryngeal carcinoma. Regional recurrencies are the main cause of failure, more frequent in N+ patientes, present in the first 36 months after treatment.