The incidence of malignancy in neoplasms of the submandibular salivary gland

Schoeman, Bernardus Johannes; Clifford, S.D.

dc.contributor.author	Schoeman, Bernardus Johannes
dc.contributor.author	Clifford, S.D.
dc.date.accessioned	2008-05-06T11:37:49Z
dc.date.available	2008-05-06T11:37:49Z
dc.date.issued	2007-11
dc.description.abstract	OBJECTIVE: To test the validity of the reported high incidence (50%) of malignancy in neoplasms of the submandibular salivary gland, and to compare it with that of the parotid gland. METHODS: This is a retrospective analysis of major salivary gland neoplasms in 127 patients who were treated between August 1988 and December 2004 (15½ years) at Kalafong Hospital, Pretoria. RESULTS: All but 1 of the patients were black. There were 100 benign and 27 malignant tumours. Thirty tumours were in the submandibular gland, including 3 malignant tumours, i.e. 10%. Of 97 parotid gland tumours, 24 (24.7%) were malignant. CONCLUSION: The 10% incidence of malignancy in neoplasms of the submandibular gland in our series is much lower than the 50% reported in the literature. We postulate that race (black ethnicity) is probably a factor in this low incidence.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Schoeman, BJ & Clifford, SD 2007, 'The incidence of malignancy in neoplasms of the submandibular salivary gland', vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 134-135. [http://www.hmpg.co.za/journaldetail.php?journalno=8]	en
dc.identifier.issn	0038-2361
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/5152
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Health and Medical Publishing Group	en
dc.rights	Health and Medical Publishing Group	en
dc.subject	Neoplasms	en
dc.subject	Submandibular salivary gland	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Tumors--Surgery
dc.subject.lcsh	Cancer
dc.subject.lcsh	Submandibular gland
dc.subject.lcsh	Blacks--Race identity
dc.title	The incidence of malignancy in neoplasms of the submandibular salivary gland	en
dc.type	Article	en