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Epidemiology

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

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Tumours of the salivary glands:

  • constitute about 5% of head and neck tumours
  • affect major salivary glands five times more often than minor salivary glands
  • are more frequently malignant in the smaller glands
  • in the parotid account for 70% of the total

 

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