Dry Mouth or Thick Saliva
Radiation therapy to the head and neck areas, some types of chemotherapy, and certain other medicines can cause dry mouth or thick saliva. The glands that make saliva can become irritated and make less saliva, or your saliva can become very thick ... [... more]
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How Is Salivary Gland Cancer Found?
In many cases, this kind of cancer can be found early. Doctors and dentists should check the salivary glands during routine checkups. Often the patient or the doctor notices a lump in one of the salivary glands. Finding the cancer early greatly ... [... more]
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How Is Salivary Gland Cancer Treated?
There is a lot for you to think about when choosing the best way to treat or manage your cancer. Often there is more than one treatment to choose from. Take time to think about all of the choices. Two factors to consider are the type of cancer ... [... more]
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What Causes Salivary Gland Cancer?
While we don't yet know exactly what causes salivary gland cancer, there are some risk factors that appear to be linked to this type of cancer. A risk factor is something that increases a person's chance of getting a disease. Some risk factors, ... [... more]
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Moving On After Treatment
Because many types of salivary gland cancer grow slowly and sometimes come back 10 or more years after treatment, your doctors will want to watch you for a long time. Physical exams and imaging studies such as CT scans, MRI, and x-rays may be ... [... more]
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How Many People Get Salivary Gland Cancer?
Salivary gland cancers are not very common. For unknown reasons, the rate of this cancer is slowly rising. Last Revised: 12/22/2005 [... more]
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