Here are some tests that are usually employed in the screening of cancer of larynx.

Physical exam:

The physical exam is the best way to check the patient’s neck, thyroid, larynx, and lymph nodes for abnormal lumps or swelling.  In order to look into throat the doctor normally said the patient to press down his/her tongue.

Indirect laryngoscopy:

When a doctor sees any kind of abnormalities and swelling then he moves ahead to suggest some test; in this regard this test is performed by him.  The doctor looks down the throat with the mean of a long handed but small mirror. He examines the vocal cord moves and some abnormal areas.   This test is administered in the doctor’s office and in order to provide the patient relief, the physicians spray a local anesthesia in the patient’s throat.

Direct laryngoscopy:

Sometimes it becomes impossible for the doctor to diagnose the larynx cancer through in- direct laryngoscopy; in this case he turned to other test named as direct laryngoscopy. In this exam, a thin , flexible lighted tube (laryngoscope) is inserted to throat via nose or mouth.   Through this way physician can easily see that areas of throat that can’t be visible in mirrors. For maintaining the patient’s comfort and ease during this method doctors uses a local anesthesia by taking  which  the patient goes to sleep.

CT scan:

Computed tomography scanning is used to create the series of  detailed images of neck area. In this test an x-rays machine is attached to a computer. In order to get the clear picture of tumor , the doctor often inject a special dye into the body of patient and due to this dye the larynx and its associated areas are shown more obviously . This imaging test is perfect for the screening of tumor.

Biopsy:

When the doctor sees the abnormal areas during the exam then they suggest the biopsy.  The biopsy means the removal a tissues as a sample from the larynx . This sample is evaluated by pathologist with the help of microscope. According to specialist, Biopsy is only the best way to find out ,whether a tumor is cancerous or non-cancerous.  You may get the complete introduction of Larynx cancer from this article; what is larynx cancer?

Smoking affects many parts of the working system, those include stomach, lung, mouth, pancreas, bladder and esophagus with any of these getting infected many result in the cause of the cancer and so the chances are more when smoking is combined with Alcohol. As the humans count on the age the resistance in the body decreases and they become immune so ageing is the one of the factor for the Larynx cancer cause. Consumption of food which is low in calories counts under the fact the Poor Diet which lack in the Vitamins A, Vitamin C, and Vitamin E is the cause of spreading this cancer.

According to the records many people who got affected with the Head and Neck cancer have the chances of getting affected with the Larynx Cancer in the future and they need to go on for the diagnosis on a periodic check. People getting exposed to more sunlight mean exposure to the Ultraviolet Radiation may lead to the cancer of LIP. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a virus which has a family of hundred viruses with which when infected they stay in the human body for a periodic time based on the immunity and if they stay for a long period then they cause many forms of cancer.

At present there are no proven records that predict the exact cause of the Larynx cancer, the causes of the Larynx Cancer as doctors believe that this is with respect to the factors Age, smoking, Alcohol, Gender, Genes and mainly with the people are on a low diet of vitamin A have many chances being infected. One who is infected with this can have the symptoms like loss of weight, longtime cough, throat infection, Change in the voice not being clear, neck problems, breathing foul smell etc. The cancer can only be diagnosed by the doctor and can provide the report only after inspection.

To diagnose this sort of problem the doctor has to examine the patient physically, with the help of Laryngoscope, the doctor can check the infected portion first indirectly with the help of small mirror and later confirming with the direct method by passing on a small tube through the patients nose or mouth and checking the infected areas on the TV monitor and also with the results of CT scan. Once the tests are done the doctor suggests for the treatment or he will guide us to a specialist. After doing the diagnosis the treatment can be a surgery, Radiation therapy, chemotherapy.