Don't ignore those symptoms. Head and neck cancers are far more manageable, and often curable, with less aggressive treatment ...

Excessive stones may prevent the secretion of saliva, which leads to the mouth and, in turn, results in infection, swelling, ...

About 19% of salivary stones form in the parotid glands. Submandibular glands are located just under both sides of your jaw.

Your surgeon usually removes some surrounding tissue along with the cancer. The exact details of surgery depend on the size and location of the cancer. Salivary gland cancers often spread to the lymph ...

A widely publicized paper has drawn scrutiny from physicians and anatomists about the authors’ claims regarding so-called tubarial glands. “I don’t think the paper should be retracted, it should just ...

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 ...

Initially, not all salivary glands were thought to be impaired while those glands that demonstrated damage seemed to heal spontaneously without further subjective and objective symptomatology.

During a salivary gland biopsy, your surgeon removes a small amount of abnormal tissue from the gland where cancer is suspected. The tissue sample is then sent to a pathologist who examines it under a ...

The findings may have implications for radiotherapy, a cancer treatment that can cause damage to salivary glands and leave lasting complications. Doctors don’t regularly come across undiscovered bits ...

It is possible that the patient had a mucosal radiation reaction to the 131 I, which was concentrated in the oral cavity by secretions from all the major and minor salivary glands. An ...