If laryngeal cancer spreads

Cancer cells can spread from the larynx to other parts of the body. This spread is called metastasis.

Understanding how a type of cancer usually grows and spreads helps your healthcare team plan your treatment and future care. If laryngeal cancer spreads, it can spread to the following:

• throughout the larynx
• soft tissues of the neck
• thyroid and cricoid cartilage
• thyroid gland
• along the vocal cords
• base of the tongue
• pharynx
• windpipe (trachea)
• tongue muscles and neck muscles
• the space between the lungs (mediastinum)
• esophagus
• lymph nodes in the neck
• lung
• liver
• bone