Facial Skin Lesions
A facial skin lesion could be a lump, crack, ulcer or abnormal discoloration of the skin that is not normally present...
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Head and Neck Cancer
Tumours / lumps around the head and neck can arise and be due to several factors. In most cases those arising from / within the skin are non-cancerous...
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Common Types of Head and Neck Cancer
Tumours can involve the major salivary glands, particularly the Parotid glands, which are situated just in front of the ear on the side of the face...
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Parotid Surgery
The parotid gland makes saliva; in fact you have 2 glands, one on each side, in front of your ears. Lumps occur in the parotid due to abnormal overgrowth...
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Submandibular Gland Surgery
The submandibular glands are a pair of salivary glands under the jaw bone. Each gland produces saliva which goes through a long duct to its opening under the...
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Neck Dissection
Most cancers which start in the head and neck region have the ability to spread to other parts of the body; these are called metastases ("mets") or "secondaries".
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