Primary subglottic carcinoma.

Primary subglottic carcinoma is rare with a uniformly poor prognosis. We present our experience of eight such cases treated over a period of ten years. One patient had a mucoepidermoid carcinoma while the rest had a squamous cell carcinoma. A combination of surgery and radiotherapy was employed in five cases, while one case each underwent radiotherapy only, surgery only and salvage surgery following radical irradiation. Three cases died of locoregional failure within a year. The remaining five patients have been disease-free for six months to 3.5 years.