The information in the cancer of the larynx information centre is based on the Cancerbackup booklet, Understanding cancer of the voicebox (larynx), which has been produced in accordance with the following sources and guidelines:

• Cetuximab for the treatment of head and neck cancer. National Institute for Clinical Excellence. June 2008.
• Diagnosis and management of head and neck cancer. The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, November 2006.
• UK Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer in Adults and Children. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, June 2005.
• Service Guidance for the NHS in England and Wales. Improving Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancers. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, November 2004.
• Cancer of the Head and Neck. Myers et al Elsevier Science 2003.
• Clinical radiation oncology. Gunderson and J.Tepper: Churchill Livingstone 2007.
• Principles and Practice of Oncology 8th Ed. T. De Vita et al. 2008
• Martindate: The Complete Drug Reference (35th edition). Eds Sweetman et al. Pharmaceutical Press, 2007.
• Treatment of laryngeal cancer section from the Up to date website: www.uptodate.com
• Laryngeal cancer section of Cancer Research UK website: www.cancerhelp.org.uk

Guidelines are constantly being updated and those noted above may have been revised since the booklet was produced. You can access up-to-date guidelines in the health professionals section of the website.