Sharon Haber was diagnosed with salivary gland cancer after finding a lump on her neck. Haber had three lesions on her parotid gland — one of the three major salivary glands and the most common one on ...

Salivary gland cancer is a type of head and neck cancer. It grows in the salivary glands — organs on either side of your face that produce saliva, which helps you digest food.

Parotid Glands Located in front of your ears on either side of your head, these are your largest salivary glands. About 80 percent of salivary gland tumors start in these glands. About 75 percent of ...

Treatment Types Chemotherapy If you have a salivary gland tumor, your physician may recommend chemotherapy, or treatment with anti-cancer drugs. These medicines are distributed throughout the body ...

Because non-epithelial neoplasms are very rare (only 2% to 5% of salivary gland tumors), they will not be expounded upon herein. About one-third of epithelial-originating tumors are benign.

SOX10 Expression was Clearly Delineated in Two Distinct Subtypes of Human Salivary Gland Tumors Among all 90 cases of the13 tumor types examined, SOX10 was frequently expressed in the cases of ...

The parotid glands, the largest salivary glands, are found on each side of the face, just in front of the ears. About 7 out of 10 salivary gland tumors start here.

CXPA is a rare type of salivary gland cancer that develops from a benign tumor called pleomorphic adenoma. Learn about symptoms, causes, risk factors, treatment, and more.

The antibody-drug conjugate ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) has promising activity in HER2 amplified salivary gland tumors, according to data published in the Annals of Oncology.

When you have cancer or a parotid tumor, a parotidectomy can help put you on the road to recovery. Learn about the different types of parotidectomies and how they are done.

Chuan-Hai Jia, Sheng-Yu Wang, Qin Li, Jia-Ming Qiu, Xin-Ping Kuai, Conventional, diffusion, and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI findings for differentiating metaplastic Warthin's tumor of the parotid ...