Introduction:

Laryngeal cancer has a considerably high frequency, the affection of the main organ of phonation entails important psychological and socioeconomic repercussions, since the ability to communicate is affected.

Objective:

To clinically and epidemiologically characterize larynx cancer in the province of Pinar del Río.

Methods:

An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, descriptive study was carried out on patients with a diagnosis of laryngeal cancer seen in the outpatient clinic of Otorhinolaryngology in the province of Pinar del Río, in the period between 2018-2020, we worked with the entire universe, descriptive statistics were used.

Results:

the most affected sex was male (65 %), the age group with the highest incidence of this disease was 70-79 (31,7 %), the main risk factor presented by these patients was smoking (90 %), the predominant symptoms were dysphonia (50 %), dyspnea (26 %) and dysphagia (24 %), according to the anatomical location the cancer of the glottic region (60 %) had a higher incidence in stage I (51,6 %).

Conclusions:

Laryngeal cancer constitutes a current health problem for the world, the earlier the diagnosis is made, the more chances of survival for patients.

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