Avoiding the contralateral submandibular gland during radiation therapy is feasible and safe with advanced stage, node positive head and neck cancers and base of tongue lesions, according to research.

The major salivary glands produce approximately one quart of saliva each day, which in turn plays a crucial role in food digestion, swallowing, speech, and protection of teeth against bacteria and ...

Salivary gland tumors are relatively rare and morphologically diverse tumors with a wide variety of prognostically important histological subtypes. Although pathologists have investigated this diverse ...

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 ...

Salivary gland malignancies are rare tumors that comprise multiple histologic entities with diverse clinical behavior. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is the most frequent primary salivary malignancy, ...

When salivary glands undergo high-dose external-beam radiotherapy during treatment, it can result in patients experiencing xerostomia and dysphagia. These conditions can lead to several problems, ...

Dr. Junya Ebina and Professor Osamu Kano from the Department of Neurology, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, along with Professor Sunao Mizumura from the Department of Radiology, have reported that ...

Physicians in the Netherlands believe they have found a fourth pair of large salivary glands in the space where the nasal cavity meets the throat, according to a study in Radiotherapy and Oncology.

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 ...

While studying PET/CT scans of prostate cancer patients using a tracer that binds strongly to salivary tissue, the researchers spotted it. They noticed two glowing areas on either side of the ...

New research has found a link between cannabis use disorder (CUD) and benign salivary gland tumors. The corresponding study was published in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. Previous research ...