has a history of research and treatment of laryngeal cancer spanning over 40 years. In response to the rapid growth in cancer occurrence, morbidity, and mortality, and in particular head and neck cancers, after the Second World War Polish doctors developed numerous programmes and established facilities dedicated to tack ling this problem. Professor Stanisław Iwankiewicz, the rector of Wrocław Medical University in the 1970s and the director its Department of Laryngology, played a major role in the development of laryn geal cancer diagnosis and treatment methods in Poland. Building on its historical role in cancer research, treatment, and prevention,