[Comparative assessment of the five-year results of surgical, combined, radiation and chemoradiotherapy in laryngeal cancer (T3N0M0)].

Four modalities of specific treatment for laryngeal cancer were compared in 158 patients. Five-year survival after chemoradiotherapy using cisplatin, 5-FU and bleomycin plus irradiation (65-70 Gy) was 87% versus 69.7; 66.2 and 45.9% after surgical, combined and radiotherapy, respectively. Chemoradiotherapy failed in 22.4%, as compared with 28.9; 31.5 and 41.7% after the alternative modalities, respectively. Organ preservation was used in 30.3% of surgical cases and 58%--in combined treatment group.