Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology (Mar 2017)

Guidelines for the Surgical Management of Laryngeal Cancer: Korean Society of Thyroid-Head and Neck Surgery

  • ,
  • Soon-Hyun Ahn,
  • Hyun Jun Hong,
  • Soon Young Kwon,
  • Kee Hwan Kwon,
  • Jong-Lyel Roh,
  • Junsun Ryu,
  • Jun Hee Park,
  • Seung-Kuk Baek,
  • Guk Haeng Lee,
  • Sei Young Lee,
  • Jin Choon Lee,
  • Man Ki Chung,
  • Young Hoon Joo,
  • Yong Bae Ji,
  • Jeong Hun Hah,
  • Minsu Kwon,
  • Young Min Park,
  • Chang Myeon Song,
  • Sung-Chan Shin,
  • Chang Hwan Ryu,
  • Doh Young Lee,
  • Young Chan Lee,
  • Jae Won Chang,
  • Ha Min Jeong,
  • Jae-Keun Cho,
  • Wonjae Cha,
  • Byung Joon Chun,
  • Ik Joon Choi,
  • Hyo Geun Choi,
  • Kang Dae Lee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21053/ceo.2016.01389
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 43

Abstract

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Korean Society of Thyroid-Head and Neck Surgery appointed a Task Force to develop clinical practice guidelines for the surgical treatment of laryngeal cancer. This Task Force conducted a systematic search of the EMBASE, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, and KoreaMed databases to identify relevant articles, using search terms selected according to the key questions. Evidence-based recommendations were then created on the basis of these articles. An external expert review and Delphi questionnaire were applied to reach consensus regarding the recommendations. The resulting guidelines focus on the surgical treatment of laryngeal cancer with the assumption that surgery is the selected treatment modality after a multidisciplinary discussion in any context. These guidelines do not, therefore, address non-surgical treatment such as radiation therapy or chemotherapy. The committee developed 62 evidence-based recommendations in 32 categories intended to assist clinicians during management of patients with laryngeal cancer and patients with laryngeal cancer, and counselors and health policy-makers.

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