The incidence of benign tumor of any major salivary gland and that of the parotid salivary gland was higher in the CUD group than in the non-CUD group (0.08 vs 0.02% and 0.05 vs 0.01%, respectively).

Elevated relative risk of a benign parotid salivary gland tumor was also seen (relative risks, 5.16, 4.92, and 3.90 for any time, 0 to less than 5 years, and 5 or more years, respectively).

Even (or especially) Tony Gwynn himself ascribed his salivary gland cancer to his prodigious chaw habit, carried on over decades in baseball. The parotid gland is a salivary gland located just in ...

Salivary gland cancer is a rare disease where cancerous cells form in the tissues of the salivary glands. Signs & Symptoms These are signs of salivary gland cancer: Fluid draining from the ear A lump ...

Background: Salivary gland tumors are rare, comprising only 6 to 8 percent of head and neck neoplasms. Most of them are benign and commonly occur in the parotid gland. In the last decade elevated ...