MSK’s salivary gland tumor experts, including surgeon Bhuvanesh Singh (center), are among the most experienced in the nation. For many people with salivary gland tumors, surgery performed by an expert ...

The major salivary glands produce approximately one quart of saliva each day, which in turn plays a crucial role in food digestion, swallowing, speech, and protection of teeth against bacteria and ...

Radiation therapy for salivary gland tumors involves sending high-energy particles (usually photons or protons) through the skin toward the tumor. When the particles reach the tumor, they can destroy ...

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 ...

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.

Your salivary glands produce saliva and empty it into your mouth through slots called ducts. When these ducts become blocked, they can't produce enough saliva to moisten your food for proper eating.

A widely publicized paper has drawn scrutiny from physicians and anatomists about the authors’ claims regarding so-called tubarial glands. “I don’t think the paper should be retracted, it should just ...

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin are testing a groundbreaking cell therapy for Sjögren’s disease, a complex ...

A cyclical trend of interest in the ability to shoot spit from your salivary glands has TikTokers once again asking, “What is ...

The glands had a firm, rubbery consistence; they were neither tender nor inflamed, and the overlying skin was freely movable. Two patients had associated swelling of the submaxillary salivary glands.

Discover how the medicinal orchid Dendrobium officinale (Tiepi Shihu) improves salivary gland function, reduces inflammation, ...