Swelling in lymph nodes in the neck is a common sign of head and neck cancer. Weight loss: As head and neck cancer makes it painful to eat or swallow, patients can lose weight.

To access the gland, surgeons make an incision on the front of your neck. They do their best to cut along a natural crease, so any scarring will be hardly noticeable once it heals.

Around 40% of patients treated for head and neck cancer suffer from xerostomia due to radiation damage of the parotid gland, the researchers said. This causes problems with eating, sleeping, speech, ...

Dear Dr. Gott: I am 77. Since age 12, I have two swollen glands in my neck, one on each side of the windpipe. They don't hurt, they just worry me. Am I overconcerned? Dear Reader: Yep. In spades.A ...

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.

10. Sore thyroid gland or neck Infectious thyroiditis, which is when the thyroid is inflamed due to an infection, can sometimes cause neck pain that radiates up towards your jaw or ears.

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is the most common type of salivary gland cancer, but it’s rare. Only 1% of head and neck tumors are salivary gland cancer. Your salivary glands are small organs that ...