Therefore, learning more about this new gland could potentially benefit patients with head and neck cancer. When salivary glands undergo high-dose external-beam radiotherapy during treatment, it can ...

1% topical pimecrolimus cream for the prevention of rash associated with the use of the EGFR antagonist cetuximab. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract ...

In an interview with Medscape, Bhuvanesh Singh, MD, a surgical oncologist with the Head and Neck Service, Department of Surgery, and the director of the Laboratory of Epithelial Cancer Biology at ...

Treatment involves excision of the mucocele with associated minor salivary glands to decrease the chance for recurrence. Occasionally, mucoceles will rupture spontaneously and heal without surgical ...

This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full text component.

Salivary gland cancer is most likely to begin in the parotid gland, but especially if left untreated it may spread to the lymph nodes, lungs, and bones. Salivary gland cancers often begin in the ...

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. You have three pairs of ...

Certain factors, such as tobacco use, alcohol consumption, and exposure, may increase a person’s risk of salivary gland cancer. Avoiding these factors may help prevent it. Salivary gland cancer is a ...

Ranulas represent benign mucus extravasation cysts originating from the sublingual gland and manifest as fluid‐filled lesions on the floor of the mouth. Traditionally managed by surgical excision of ...