I was diagnosed with oral cavity cancer and will need surgery. I spoke to another patient who underwent a similar procedure, ...

Do it 10 times. This easy exercise stimulates blood circulation around the parotid glands, helping them work better. Because it's so simple and can be done anywhere, anytime, it's easy to ...

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a rare malignancy of the secretory glands with a high tendency to invade adjacent tissue and spread to the lung, bone or liver. No treatments other than surgery or ...

Thyroid cancer is cancer of the thyroid gland in the neck. Thyroid cancer affects women more often than men. It has a good prognosis. Risk factors include a family history of this cancer, radiation ...

When a child develops a brain tumor, early diagnosis is essential. Alan Cohen, M.D., director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, shares the most common signs and symptoms ...

Scientists in China have developed a modified virus found in birds that causes cancer cells to produce sugars the immune system can easily recognize and attack. The experimental therapy was tested ...

Neck dissection was conducted when positive lymph nodes were detected clinically or pathologically. For non-parotid gland tumors, neck dissections encompassed levels I to III, while parotid gland ...

The tissue adjacent to a tumor behaves differently than areas farther away: The tumor’s cancerous cells influence their surroundings, blocking the body’s immune defenses and creating a sort of haven ...

Introduction: Salivary gland tumors represent only 3%–6% of all head and neck neoplasms, and approximately 70% of these tumors are located in the parotid gland. Most of these tumors are found in the ...

Two days later, at exploratory laparotomy, an annular constricting tumor of the mid-transverse ... On the 6th postoperative day the right parotid gland was noted to be swollen, tender and firm ...

It is a rapidly spreading cellulitis of the sublingual and submandibular spaces but does not have lymphatic involvement or abscess formation. It presents acutely, can be life threatening ...