What is Salivary gland cancer?
What is Salivary gland cancer?
- Salivary gland cancer: Salivary gland cancer is a rare form of cancer in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the salivary glands in the mouth, neck or throat.
Salivary gland cancer is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Salivary gland cancer, or a subtype of Salivary gland cancer,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Salivary gland cancer: Introduction
Types of Salivary gland cancer:
Broader types of Salivary gland cancer:
How serious is Salivary gland cancer?
Prognosis of Salivary gland cancer: Prognosis depend on the following: 1) the stage of the cancer (especially the size of the tumor), 2) the type of salivary gland the cancer is in, 3) the type of cancer cells (how they look under a microscope), 4) the patient's age and general health.
Complications of Salivary gland cancer:
see complications of Salivary gland cancer
What causes Salivary gland cancer?
Causes of Salivary gland cancer: see causes of Salivary gland cancer
Risk factors for Salivary gland cancer:
see
risk factors for Salivary gland cancer
What are the symptoms of Salivary gland cancer?
Symptoms of Salivary gland cancer:
see symptoms of Salivary gland cancer
Complications of Salivary gland cancer:
see complications of Salivary gland cancer
Can anyone else get Salivary gland cancer?
Contagion of cancer: generally not; see details in contagion of cancer.
Salivary gland cancer: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Salivary gland cancer.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Salivary gland cancer.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Salivary gland cancer:
see treatments for Salivary gland cancer
Research for Salivary gland cancer:
see research for Salivary gland cancer
Society issues for Salivary gland cancer
Hospitalization statistics for Salivary gland cancer:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Salivary gland cancer:
- 0.002% (265) of hospital consultant episodes were for malignant neoplasm of major salivary gland other than parotid in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 95% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of major salivary gland other than parotid required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 56% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of major salivary gland other than parotid were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 44% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of major salivary gland other than parotid were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 8% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of major salivary gland other than parotid required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Salivary gland cancer:
Organs and body systems related to Salivary gland cancer include:
Name and Aliases of Salivary gland cancer
Main name of condition: Salivary gland cancer
Class of Condition for Salivary gland cancer: cancer
Other names or spellings for Salivary gland cancer:
Salivary gland cancer, adult, Cancer of the salivary gland
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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