The major salivary glands produce approximately one quart of saliva each day, which in turn plays a crucial role in food digestion, swallowing, speech, and protection of teeth against bacteria and ...

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 ...

The first hint of this new gland emerged while Wouter Vogel, a radiation oncologist at the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NCI), was probing for damage to salivary glands after radiotherapy for cancer ...

They might also order an amylase test if they suspect you have salivary gland disease or if there’s a blockage in the duct that carries digestive enzymes to your small intestine. This blockage ...

Journal of Clinical Medicine (2020). [4] FGFR2 is essential for salivary gland duct homeostasis and MAPK-dependent seromucous acinar cell differentiation. Nature Communications (2023).

TOPLINE: Cannabis use disorder (CUD) was associated with a greater than fivefold increased risk for benign tumors of major salivary glands compared to not having CUD, a new retrospective study ...

The mechanism of irradiation-induced hypofunction of the salivary glands is a process that is not fully understood. Here we examine the hypothesis that intracellular and redox-active ions of iron and ...

DIAGNOSIS IN ONCOLOGY August 15, 2011 Salivary Duct Carcinoma: Targeting the Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Pathway by Blocking Mammalian Target of Rapamycin With Temsirolimus Authors: Sarina A.

The aim of this study was to investigate the radiosensitivity of salivary gland tissue pretreated with isoproterenol to establish a status of depletion of secretory granules in acinar cells at the ...

Background: Salivary Duct Carcinoma (SDC) is a rare, highly aggressive subtype of salivary gland cancer, which is androgen receptor (AR) positive in most pts. In recurrent disease androgen deprivation ...

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, zero to less than five years, and five or more years, respectively).