Abstract:Objective To explore the effect of long-term evaluation of different operation methods on laryngeal cancer and the expression of protein p53 and c-myc in surgical margins. Methods A total of 74 cases of laryngeal cancer were treated in our hospital from December 2007 to December 2011, and divided into observation group and control group (37 cases in each group). The control group underwent total laryngectomy while the observation group was treated with partial laryngotomy. The postoperative inflammation indexes of blood, the levels of p53 and c -myc in surgical margins, recovery of laryngeal function,complication rate, recurrence rate, survival rate and quality of life were compared between the groups. Results Levels of IL-6 and CRP in the control group were higher than those in the observation group on the seventh day after surgery (P < 0.05). There were no significant differences in 3-year survival rate and 5-year survival rate after surgery in the groups (P > 0.05). The recurrence rate of the observation group was 21.62%, higher than that in the control group (5.41%) (P < 0.05). The positive rate of p53 in surgical margins of the observation group was 51.35%, higher than that in the control group (27.03%) (P < 0.05). There were no significant differences in the positive rate of c-myc in surgical margins between the observation group and the control group, and between recurrence and recurrence-free patients (P > 0.05). The complication rate between the groups had no significant difference (P > 0.05). The recovery of laryngeal function in the observation group was better than that in the control group (P < 0.05). The scores of entertainment, communication, swallowing,chewing and total score of life quality in the observation group were higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). Conclusions The recurrence rate of partial laryngotomy is higher than that of the total laryngectomy; but the partial laryngotomy has little effect on the function of larynx and higher quality of life.Detection of positive p53 in surgical margins has a great significance in predicting recurrence.