US Medical Larynx Transplant (CR)
A rare voice box transplant lets cancer patient speak again, part of a pioneering study
By AP News
Published - Jul 09, 2024, 07:30 AM ET
Last Updated - Jul 09, 2024, 07:30 AM EDT
A Massachusetts man can speak again after surgeons removed his cancerous voice box and replaced it with a donated one, a pioneering move. Marty Kedian is only the third patient in the U.S. ever to undergo a larynx transplant — the first with active cancer — and one of a handful worldwide.
