Sökning: "Salivary gland cancer"
Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade orden Salivary gland cancer.
1. Detection of relapses after treatment for parotid gland carcinoma: the value of post treatment surveillance
Master-uppsats, Örebro universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaperSammanfattning : Introduction: Salivary glands are exocrine organs that produce and secrete saliva into theoral cavity. Cancer in the salivary glands is a rare but fatal disease with a five- year survivalrate of 75%. Cancer in the parotid glands, the largest salivary glands, affects about 100persons every year in Sweden. LÄS MER
2. Effektiviteten av läkemedelsbehandling för att minska muntorrhet och förebygga karies
Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kemi och biomedicin (KOB)Sammanfattning : Background: Dry mouth (xerostomia) is a common symptom which is connected with hypofunction of salivary glands induced by transient physiological conditions, pathology or as a side effect of drugs or radiation. Xerostomia almost always develops after destruction of salivary glands in connection with the treatment of head and neck cancer with ionizing radiation. LÄS MER