Monomorphic adenomas refer to a group of rare tumors of the salivary gland that include basal cell adenomas and canalicular adenomas. Basal cell adenomas are observed predominantly in the parotid ...

The relative frequency of carcinoma and mixed tumors of the parotid and submaxillary salivary glands is unusually high in this series of cases as shown in Table 1. This is due to the fact that more ...

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Depending on the stage of your salivary gland tumor and the effects it’s having on your body, your physician may recommend a combination of treatment options. The right treatment for you also depends ...

Salivary cancer is a rare disease that has some of the greatest variances of all types of cancer. It wasn’t the first time Sharon Haber found a lump in her neck. She’d had them twice before – the last ...

Cannabis use disorder (CUD) was associated with a greater than fivefold increased risk for benign tumors of major salivary glands compared to not having CUD, a new retrospective study showed.

In an interview with Medscape, Bhuvanesh Singh, MD, a surgical oncologist with the Head and Neck Service, Department of Surgery, and the director of the Laboratory of Epithelial Cancer Biology at ...

Salivary gland cancer is a type of head and neck cancer. It grows in the salivary glands — organs on either side of your face that produce saliva, which helps you digest food. You have three pairs of ...

Former San Diego Padres great Tony Gwynn revealed he has cancer of the parotid salivary gland, and he suspects linkage between the disease and his use of chewing tobacco. This is stunning news, even ...

Treatment involves excision of the mucocele with associated minor salivary glands to decrease the chance for recurrence. Occasionally, mucoceles will rupture spontaneously and heal without surgical ...