Laryngeal cancer patients in the northeast of Brazil: surgical intervention and speech rehabilitation Pacientes com câncer de laringe no nordeste: intervenção cirúrgica e reabilitação fonoaudiológica

Purpose: to describe the number of cases of patients with laryngeal cancer in the Northeast and the possibilities of surgical and therapeutic interventions funded by the Public Service. Methods: a descriptive epidemiological study, which relied on secondary data obtained via query-based Datasus data, collected data for the period from January 2008 to December 2012 Results: increasing the number of cases of laryngeal cancer over the years, male predominance, increased number of hospitalizations, partial laryngectomy as a medical procedure most used and the most amount of speech associated with SUS was observed in Pernambuco. Conclusion: information strategy for health promotion and prevention of laryngeal cancer can help to minimize or even reverse the spread of the number of cases.