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A trial looking at radiotherapy or endoscopic surgery for early stage cancer of the glottis (EaStER)

Overview

Cancer types:

Head and neck cancers, Laryngeal cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Pilot

Details

This trial looked at whether endoscopic surgery was as good as radiotherapy at stopping early stage cancer of the glottis coming back. This trial was supported by Cancer Research UK.

Recruitment start: 1 September 2005

Recruitment end: 31 January 2009

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Martin Birchall

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/04/024.

Last reviewed: 19 October 2015

CRUK internal database number: 538

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