Rare but curable, salivary gland cancer requires multidisciplinary teams to eradicate tumor and maximize the preservation of function and appearance, says Dr Bhuvanesh Singh, a surgical oncologist.

In general, people with salivary gland cancer have a better chance of survival when it’s caught early. Here’s a look at the 5-year relative survival rates in the United States from 2012 to 2018.

The major salivary glands (i.e., parotid, submandibular, sublingual) are affected 80%-85% of the time. Approximately 64% to 80% of all salivary gland tumors occur in the parotid gland.

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 ...

Acinic cell carcinoma is a rare type of salivary gland cancer. It’s often treatable with surgery, but some people develop high-grade cancer that can spread to distant body parts.

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Actuate Therapeutics, Inc. announced that data on their investigational drug elraglusib, designed to treat advanced salivary gland carcinoma by inhibiting glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta (GSK-3β ...

A man who spent 30 years on Nebraska’s death row for two cult murders died of a rare cancer in his salivary glands, according to a death certificate obtained Tuesday.