Parotid Gland Cancer

What other body parts can cancer spread to the parotid gland?

Kandi5,
The incidence of distant metastases in head and neck cancer especially in the salivary glands is relatively low compared with other malignancies. However, the presence of distant metastases announces a poor prognosis in head and neck, with a median survival of 4.3 to 7.3 months. Patients with malignant salivary glands should have an x-ray or CT scan of the chest at their initial assessment to exclude the possibility of distant metastases. The likelihood of developing distant metastases is associated with high-grade tumors such as adenoid cystic carcinoma, salivary duct carcinoma, mucoepidermoid carcinoma high grade tumors located in the submandibular gland, the tongue and posterior pharyngeal tumors. A lower risk of developing distant metastases is known to all other histological entities of salivary gland tumors. However, all patients who have a malignant tumor histologically confirmed salivary gland should be followed throughout.


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