Radiation therapy for salivary gland tumors involves sending high-energy particles (usually photons or protons) through the skin toward the tumor. When the particles reach the tumor, they can destroy ...

MSK’s salivary gland tumor experts, including surgeon Bhuvanesh Singh (center), are among the most experienced in the nation. For many people with salivary gland tumors, surgery performed by an expert ...

It is performed to remove salivary gland tumors. The type of surgery you have depends on the salivary gland affected. You ...

Your tumor fuses together two genes to make extra ... This type of surgery takes out the smaller salivary glands under your jaw or tongue. Most ACC starts on the outside of your gland.

Salivary gland blockage can result from multiple causes including salivary stones, narrowing of the duct by scar tissue, dehydration, side-effects of certain medications, autoimmune diseases and ...

Initially, not all salivary glands were thought to be impaired while those glands that demonstrated damage seemed to heal spontaneously without further subjective and objective symptomatology.

The study, "PRMT5 inhibition has a potent anti-tumor activity against adenoid cystic carcinoma of salivary glands," is published in the Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research.

Given the age of the rat, the primary differential diagnoses we considered for this mass were abscess and granuloma. But because we saw serosanguineous fluid and not purulent or caseous exudate in ...