[Preoperative irradiation of larynx and hypopharynx carcinoma].

30 patients with carcinoma of the larynx or hypopharynx were irradiated preoperatively with a dosis of 1,500 to 4,500 rads. The results are compared with those of an identical group of patients who were only operated. The operation was mostly partial (20 cases). In laryngeal cancer the cure rate after two years was 69% and 47%, in hypopharyngeal cancer 43% and 28% respectively.