- Laryngeal cancer is a type of throat cancer that affects the voice box (larynx).
- The voice box is part of the throat found at the entrance to the windpipe.
- Laryngeal cancer is more common in men over the age of 40.
- How serious laryngeal cancer is depends on where it is in the larynx, how big it is, if it has spread and your general health.
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Laryngeal cancer is a type of throat cancer. There are other throat cancers, including nasopharyngeal, oropharyngeal and hypopharyngeal.