Salivary tumors are uncommon and represent 2%-4% of head and neck neoplasms. The major salivary glands (i.e., parotid, submandibular, sublingual) are affected 80%-85% of the time.

4A: The tumors have spread into the skin surrounding the salivary gland, jawbone, ear canal, or facial nerve. They may have spread to one lymph node, no bigger than 3 cm.

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 ...

The hope is to eventually implement these processes in human trials. “Long term, we hope that our studies with the NIH-funded grant will facilitate better design and fabrication of bioengineered ...