[First experience with intrasurgical brachytherapy in the combined treatment for locally advanced laryngeal cancer].

Results of combined radiosurgical treatment with larynx preservation, and pre- and postoperative distant external irradiation, were evaluated. Forty-eight patients with locally advanced laryngeal cancer received single-step individually-tailored tissue application, followed by high-dose brachytherapy. Discriminative function of the larynx was restored in all patients within 2 days involving swallowing disturbances in 8%. Breathing function was restored in 98% within 2 days to 6 months after completion of treatment. Three-year relapse-free survival was 95.8%.