Salivary Cancer

Salivary Cancer

Salivary gland tumours usually present as a lump or swelling in the affected gland which may or may not have been present for a long time. Symptoms are usually painless swelling of the parotid gland/ submandibular gland. Facial nerve palsy can also occur in parotid tumors

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Treatment depends on stage

Most patients with early-stage lesions that are resectable generally tend to undergo surgery as their initial therapeutic approach followed by adjuvant radiation as per final histopathology


Surgery

  • Radical Superficial Parotidectomy
  • Radical Total Parotidectomy