'I'm sorry, said the doctor. I'm going to have to cut your throat' - Daily Mail 21st August 2007

About 2,200 people a year are diagnosed with cancer of the voice-box, or larynx. In conventional surgery, the voice-box is removed, leaving patients unable to speak. But a new technique leaves it intact. Here, Roger Stone, 53, a project engineer from Parwich, Derbyshire, tells ANGELA BROOKS about his experience, and, below, his surgeon explains the procedure

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