The movement to discredit the Wegener name is beginning to gather momentum. The chest physiciansâ group has rescinded its prize. Dr. Matteson and others, including some of the tens of thousands of American patients with Wegenerâs granulomatosis, seek a more descriptive term.
Lung cancer can affect nerves that line to the larynx (the voice box) There are some cancers that can cause hoarseness. These include cancers of larynx, throat, lungs, lymphomas, and thyroid. Even sometime a hoarse voice can be the first symptom of these cancers. The metastatic cancer can have an effect, too.
Other causes of chronic hoarseness include: 1  Cancer. 2  Vocal cord paralysis, which can result from injury, stroke, a lung tumor or other health conditions. 3  Bowing of the vocal cords in old age. 4  Symptoms. Risk factors.