The larynx contains the vocal cords, which comprise two fibrous sheets of tissue. A flap of cartilage called the epiglottis, at the top of the larynx, stops food going down the windpipe to prevent ...

Laryngeal cancer can form in any of the three main parts of your larynx- the upper part known as the supraglottis, where more than one in three laryngeal cancers start, the middle part known as ...