Most laryngeal cancers in the UK are glottic, meaning they start in the vocal cords within the larynx.

He had to undergo Larynx surgery on March 30 to remove a cyst that had formed on his vocal cords.

As a part of the vagus nerve, it comes from the brain, passes through the neck down to heart, rounds the dorsal aorta and returns up to the larynx, again through the neck.

Smoking is a major risk factor for heart attacks, strokes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (including emphysema and chronic bronchitis), and cancer (particularly lung cancer, cancers of the larynx and mouth, and pancreatic cancer).