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Larynx Cancer

Larynx Cancer - Treatments

Early stage cancers of the larynx are treated with radiotherapy and this allows the patients to have their voice boxes preserved. 70% to 95% of patients treated this way achieve local control. Surgery can salvage cases where radiotherapy fails. More advanced tumours may be treated with radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy or surgery followed by radiotherapy. Patients who have had their larynxes removed by surgery can continue to speak in one of the following three ways:

 

  • Oesophageal speech (using air from the stomach)
  • Amplification by an electronic device placed against the neck while speaking or
  • Having a prosthetic device inserted into the tracheostome.
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Lim Chwee Ming Assoc Prof

Assoc Prof Lim Chwee Ming

Head & Senior Consultant

2​MBBS(S’pore), MRCS(Edin), Mmed(ORL), FAMS(ORL)

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Dr Constance Teo Ee Hoon

Senior Consultant

​MBBS(S’pore), MRCS(Edin), Mmed(ORL), FAMS(ORL)

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Dr Gerald Tay Ci An

Senior Consultant

MBBS, MMed(Surgery), FRCS(Edinburgh)

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Dr Kimberley Kiong

Senior Consultant

MBBS(S’pore), MRCS(Edin), MMED(ORL), FAMS(ORL)

Clinical Interests: Head & Neck Surgery

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Dr Rahul Harshad Nagadia

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MBBS (Australia)
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MDS (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery) (Singapore)


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Dr Siti Radhziah Binte Sudirman

Senior Consultant

​MBBS, MRCS (Ireland), MMED (ORL)

Clinical Interests: Head & Neck Surgery

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Dr Tan Choon Chieh

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MBBS (Australia), FRCS (Edin), M Med (Surg)

Clinical Interests: Head & Neck Surgery

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Clin Assoc Prof Tan Hiang Khoon

Senior Consultant

MBBS, FRCS (Ed), FAMS, PhD

Clinical Interests: Head & Neck, Thyroid (Endoscopic) & Parathyroid Surgery, Salivary Glands

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Dr Isabelle Jang Jia Hui

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​BSc (Hons), MD, MRCS(Glasg), MMed (ORL), FAMS (ORL)

Clinical Interests: Head & Neck

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Dr Szymon Mikulski

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MD, MMed (Surgery), FRCS (Edin)

Clinical Interests: Head & Neck, Salivary Gland Surgery, Thyroid Surgery, Parathyroid Surgery

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