The main symptom of vocal cord cancer in early stage is hoarseness, followed by the symptom of blood in sputum.
Vocal cord cancer is laryngeal cancer of the vocal folds, which mostly occurs in the middle of the front part of the vocal folds. Early symptoms are hoarseness, which is not typical and usually will not attract patients’ attention.
With the progress of the disease, patients may cough up sputum and have blood in sputum. When the swelling grows bigger, it will block the vocal folds, leading to respiratory difficulty or even suffocation. The rate of cervical lymph node metastasis of glottic laryngeal cancer is low, and lymph node enlargement in the neck area is seldom seen.
Patients with the above symptoms should go to ENT department of hospital for consultation, observe the morphology of the tumor through laryngoscopy, and confirm the diagnosis by biopsy pathology if highly suspected clinically.
Early stage tumors can be treated with surgery or radiotherapy, while middle and late stage tumors need surgery combined with radiotherapy and immunotherapy, and specific treatment can be consulted with professional physicians.