title: Salivary gland tumours treated in the stomatological clinics in Bratislava.
abstract: During the period of 1951-1996 a group of 1021 patients (484 men and 537 women, mean age 53 years, range 2-87 years) with salivary gland tumours were analysed retrospectively. The mean follow-up period was 8 years (range 10 months-25 years). The frequency of benign tumours was 74% (n = 755) and malignant tumours 26% (n = 266). Lesions were sited in the parotid gland 83% (n = 847), in the submandibular gland 10.8% (n = 110), in the sublingual gland 3.2% (n = 33) and in the minor salivary glands 3% (n = 31). The most common benign tumours were pleomorphic adenoma in 53.9% (n = 550) and Warthin's tumour 9.7% (n = 99). Of the malignancies, the adenoid cystic carcinoma was most common (6.4% of cases, n = 65) and mucoepidermoid carcinoma occurred in 5.2% (n = 53). The predominant therapy was surgery alone or in combination with postoperative radiotherapy in 93.7% (957 cases), radiotherapy alone after fine needle aspiration biopsy for 4.7%, and 19 patients remained untreated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty Hospital, Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Satko
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stanko
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Longauerová
mesh_terms: D000235:Adenolymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000453:epidemiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000453:epidemiology; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D012744:Sex Ratio; D018154:Slovakia / Q000453:epidemiology