“…Four studies regarded patients affected by malignant cancer (HNSCC) [ 12 , 13 , 20 , 21 ], while four studies included only patients with benign pathologies, such as laryngeal papillomatosis, obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS), polypoid lesion of the vocal folds, keratotic lesions of the tongue, and submandibular stones [ 16 , 17 , 23 , 24 ]. In the remaining six papers, both malignant and benign diseases were included [ 11 , 14 , 15 , 18 , 19 , 22 ]. The tumour stage was reported in eight articles and ranged from I to IV [ 12 , 13 , 14 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 ].…”