Image of the Salivary Glands Anatomy of the salivary glands. The three main pairs of salivary glands are the parotid glands, the sublingual glands, and the submandibular glands. Huntsman Cancer ...

Around 40% of patients treated for head and neck cancer suffer from the ... However, this does not seem logical according to the anatomy of the salivary gland and, in previous work, we discovered ...

Damaging salivary glands during radiotherapy treatment for head and neck cancer ... However, this does not seem logical according to the anatomy of the salivary gland and, in previous work ...

Valstar, a surgeon in the department of head and neck ... salivary gland Many great scientific discoveries “come as a surprise — an incidental finding,” said Joy Reidenberg, a professor of ...

Doctors don’t regularly come across undiscovered bits of human anatomy, but a team of physicians ... Institute (NCI), was probing for damage to salivary glands after radiotherapy for cancer in the ...

The evidence suggested they were salivary glands, so medical records from 723 head and neck cancer patients were analyzed. "Radiation therapy can damage the salivary glands, which may lead to ...

The submandibular glands ... cancers of the salivary glands, especially those that have spread to other parts of the body. Submandibular glands are one of the sections of your anatomy that you ...

Symptoms often include pain or swelling in your face, neck, or under your tongue, and dry mouth. Treatment of salivary gland disorders depends on the cause and may include medication or surgery.

Any modern anatomy book will show just three major types of salivary glands: one set near the ears ... radiation therapy for cancer of the head or neck so often end up with chronic dry mouth ...

Avoiding the contralateral submandibular gland during radiation ... it was on the opposite side of the neck as the cancer. Submandibular glands are major salivary glands located beneath the ...