Salivary cancer is a rare disease that has some of the greatest variances of all types of cancer. It wasn’t the first time Sharon Haber found a lump in her neck. She’d had them twice before – the last ...

The Peachtree City community is rallying around a couple facing a devastating health diagnosis and in need of immediate ...

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 ...

Former San Diego Padres great Tony Gwynn revealed he has cancer of the parotid salivary gland, and he suspects linkage between the disease and his use of chewing tobacco. This is stunning news, even ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center and School of Dentistry found that certain drugs can change the fundamental makeup of cancer stem cells in mouse models of mucoepidermoid ...

Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma (CXPA) is a rare type of salivary gland cancer. Surgery and radiation therapy are the most common treatment options. CXPA develops from a noncancerous tumor called ...

Acinic cell carcinoma is a rare type of salivary gland cancer. It’s often treatable with surgery, but some people develop high-grade cancer that can spread to distant body parts. Acinic cell carcinoma ...

Adam Yauch, 47, best known as MCA and a founding member of the Beastie Boys rap group, died Friday after a three-year battle with salivary cancer, Rolling Stone magazine reports. In 2009, Yauch ...

When Michelle's doctor mentioned cancer, she thought it was a 'total overreaction' WHEN Michelle Willard felt a marble-sized lump behind her right ear last September, cancer was the furthest thing ...