Radiation therapy for salivary gland tumors involves sending high-energy particles ... a CT scan to map the tumor in 3-D PET, CT, and MRI scans to generate an outline of the tumor The team uses this ...

Initially, not all salivary glands were thought to be impaired while those glands that demonstrated damage seemed to heal spontaneously without further subjective and objective symptomatology.

CT and MRI can also help your doctor stage your ... This type of surgery takes out the smaller salivary glands under your jaw or tongue. Most ACC starts on the outside of your gland.

The findings may have implications for radiotherapy, a cancer treatment that can cause damage to salivary glands and leave lasting complications. Doctors don’t regularly come across undiscovered bits ...

Malaria, responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year worldwide, is caused by a parasite transmitted through the ...

With a risk of cancer, the family paid privately for an MRI scan which confirmed a tumour ... which involved removing part of a major salivary gland in her cheek called the parotid gland.