title: Surgical treatment of salivary gland tumors.
abstract: Two hundred fifteen patients (74.14%) with benign tumors and 75 patients (25.86%) with malignant tumors of the salivary glands were analyzed. One hundred eighty-five of these patients were followed for 1 to 20 years postoperatively. Of 150 benign tumors, recurrence was noted in 15 cases (9.75%). The 5-year recurrence rate was 7.82%. With the malignant tumors, recurrence was noted in 16 patients (51.6%). The 5-year recurrence rate was 27.75%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgery, SouthWestern Hospital, Chungking, Szechuan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: E Z
authors.initials: EZ
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*