To prevent laryngeal cancer (cancer of the larynx), attention must be paid to reducing individual risk factors.
Behavioral risk factors
- Consumption of stimulants
- Alcohol
- Tobacco (smoking, passive smoking)
Environmental pollution – intoxications (poisonings).
- Occupational exposure to asbestos* or tar/bitumen.
- Ionizing radiation (e.g. uranium* ).
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), e.g. benzo(a)pyrene.
- Sulfur-containing aerosols, intensive and multi-year exposure (occupational disease list; BK list).
* Recognized as an occupational disease