Throat Cancer: Treatment Options

Location, stage, desire to maintain patient’s quality of life (keeping the patient’s ability to talk, eat, and breathe as normal as possible) and patient’s age all play a factor in determining the treatment course.  The three standard treatments for laryngeal cancer are surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.  Over the past decade, Transoral Laser Microsurgery (TLM) has grown in popularity as an alternative treatment for throat cancer.