From SEER database (2000-2018), patients with major salivary gland carcinoma who underwent surgical resection between 2004 and 2015 were analyzed. Histologies were recoded into two groups based on ...

Depending on the stage of your salivary gland tumor and the effects it’s having on your body, your physician may recommend a combination of treatment options. The right treatment for you also depends ...

Salivary gland malignancies are rare tumors that comprise multiple histologic entities with diverse clinical behavior. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is the most frequent primary salivary malignancy, ...

Explore how rare epithelial cells like tuft cells regulate inflammation, regeneration, and circadian rhythms in salivary glands using state-of-the-art molecular and imaging techniques. Our lab ...

The salivary glands produce saliva, which contains several enzymes that have a crucial role in the digestion of food, especially starches and fats. 1 However, hyposalivation may be caused by aging ...

Molecular Diagnostics Open access Published: 12 January 2012 Loss of PTEN is associated with elevated EGFR and HER2 expression and worse prognosis in salivary gland cancer T Ettl, K Baader, C ...

KEY POINTS Salivary gland cancer is an uncommon cancer that accounts for 0.5% of all malignancies and 7% of head and neck cancers. The incidence of salivary gland cancer is increasing and the ...

To confirm the diagnosis of SS, objective criteria including tear and saliva flow, autoantibody status including SS-A, and minor salivary gland histology are needed.

Now, Mishima and team have started to unravel this process. They found two transcription factors - Sox9 and Foxc1 - that are essential for stem cells to differentiate into salivary gland tissue.

The damage to humans’ glands is permanent, but another species has the ability to rebuild the organ within two weeks of an injury. In experiments in mice, when radiation destroys saliva-producing ...