Morphological Evaluation of Thyroid Cartilage Invasion in Early Glottic Tumors Involving the Anterior Commissure.

Introduction: The anterior commissure is an area of glottic cancer infiltration, even in early stages.

Objective: To evaluate the invasion by tumors into the anterior commissure cartilage in surgical specimens of frontolateral laryngectomy.

Methods: Forty-eight patients who had undergone frontolateral laryngectomy for T1b/T2 squamous cell carcinoma were included.