Sentences with phrase «salivary gland tumors»

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AFP reports that Israeli researchers found that frequent cell phone users — described as people who chatter on mobiles more than 22 hours a month — had a nearly 50 percent higher risk than others of developing a tumor on the parotid gland (the largest of the salivary glands on the side of the face just in front of the ear).

The Program specializes in the treatment of primary head and neck cancers, brain and spine tumors such as squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell cancer, glomus tumor, paragangliomas, acoustic neuromas, salivary gland and mucosal tumors, astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, glioblastomas, and hemangioblastomas, and metastatic tumors that may have arisen from elsewhere in the body such as the breast, lung, or prostate.

Cell Phones and Cancer A study from Israel shows that cellphone use may increase the risk of tumors of the salivary gland.

Benign tumors (adenomas) of salivary gland are too rare to predict behavior.

Tumors arising from the salivary glands are uncommon, although slightly more common in cats than in dogs.

Other swellings or tumors of salivary glands may be due to infections and cysts.

Infiltration of a salivary gland may also cause tumor - like swelling of the gland.

Mast cell tumors have been reported to develop infrequently in other sites like head, neck, conjunctiva, salivary gland, nasopharynx, larynx, oral cavity, gastrointestinal tract, ureter and spine.

There are many other causes of swelling in this area such as puncture wounds, abscesses, infections of the teeth, and tumors, but most common relate to the salivary glands.