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Salivary gland tumours
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Salivary gland tumours

John S. Phillips, Rajiv Bhalla, Vinidh Paleri, Steven M. Powell, Khanh K. Nguyen and Nitin A. Pagedar
Oxford Textbook of Otolaryngology, pp.438-443
Oxford Textbooks in Surgery, Oxford University Press
2025
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780192871633.003.0058

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Abstract

The group of salivary gland neoplasms is diverse and demonstrates a variety of histological types. They account for up to 6% of head and neck tumours with malignant lesion having a population incidence of 1/100,000 cases. The cause of salivary tumours is unclear although some risk factors have been identified for malignancy including radiation exposure, previous radioactive iodine treatment, history of other malignancy, and a preexisting benign salivary tumour.

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