Advances in Radiation Therapy for Salivary Gland Neoplasms
13 Advances in Radiation Therapy for Salivary Gland Neoplasms ADAM RABEN Several chapters on the management of major and minor salivary gland cancers have been written over the last decade,…
Histology and Pathology of Sialolithiasis
6 Histology and Pathology of Sialolithiasis JOHN D. HARRISON The background to our present understanding of sialolithiasis starts in 1896, when Küttner1 published his observations on two patients who had…
Treatment of Salivary Lymphoma and Advanced Nonlymphoid Malignant Salivary Gland Neoplasms
12 Treatment of Salivary Lymphoma and Advanced Nonlymphoid Malignant Salivary Gland Neoplasms CHARLES J. SCHNEIDER The majority of lymphomas involving head and neck sites are secondary “nodal” lymphomas, which most…
Metastasis to Major Salivary Glands.
11 Metastasis to Major Salivary Glands PAUL SABINI AND ROBERT L. WITT Skin Cancer and the Salivary Glands Despite its prevalence, nonmelanoma skin cancer often manages to surprise both patients…
Medicolegal Perspectives in Salivary Gland Diseases.
17 Medicolegal Perspectives in Salivary Gland Diseases SHERRY C. MCREYNOLDS AND AXEL KOCH This chapter will address and compare how medical malpractice is proved in the United States and Germany,…
Embryology, Physiology, and Biochemistry of the Salivary Glands
3 Embryology, Physiology, and Biochemistry of the Salivary Glands KENNETH R. NISSIM, ROBERT L. WITT AND JONATHAN A. SHIP Embryology Salivary glands are present in amphibians upward. Parotid glands are…
Etiology, Pathogenesis, and Treatment of Radiation-induced Xerostomia
14 Etiology, Pathogenesis, and Treatment of Radiation-induced Xerostomia CHRISTOPHER A. SULLIVAN Xerostomia is a permanent and devastating sequela of head and neck radiation that affects ~40,000 patients annually in the…
