Comparisons of means were by Student's t-test; proportions were compared by χ 2-tests or Fisher's exact test, where expected frequencies were less than five. Cancer-specific survival and recurrence ...

Parotid gland tumors develop in the parotid gland, which is the largest of the salivary glands. While many of these tumors are benign, most salivary gland cancers begin in the parotid gland. The ...

Malignant tumors of salivary glands are uncommon: the world annual incidence rates are between 4 and <0.05 per 100,000. 1 In Europe SGC has an incidence of 1.2 per 100,000, according to Surveillance ...

ASYMPTOMATIC enlargement of the parotid glands has been noted in this country in patients with liver disease. 1,2 On search, it has become evident that similarly enlarged glands may be found in a ...

The patients studied on the medical wards of the Boston City Hospital had been admitted primarily for treatment of severe liver disease or the complications of alcoholism. One patient was admitted to ...