Where this information about salivary gland cancer comes from

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Cancer Research UK
CancerStats Series

US National Cancer Institute
Information on the Treatment of Head and Neck Cancers
Viewed June 2010

US National Cancer Institute
Information on the treatment of salivary gland cancer
Viewed May 2010

The American Cancer Society
All About Salivary Gland cancer
Viewed May 2010

National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database
Link to the SEER head and neck information
Viewed May 2010

Improving outcomes in head and neck cancers
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), November 2004
Link to the NICE Head and Neck cancer guidelines

Referral for suspected cancer. A clinical practice guideline
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), June 2005
Link to the referral guidelines on the NICE website

Diagnosis and Management of Head and Neck Cancer (No 90)
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), October 2006
Link to the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)

Principles and practice of oncology (8th edition)
De Vita, V.T., Hellman, S. and Rosenberg S.A.
Lipponcott, Wiliams, Wilkins, 2008

The Textbook of Uncommon Cancers (3rd edition)
Raghavan et al
Wiley 2006

Treatment of Cancer (5th edition)
Price and Sikora
Arnold Publishing, 2008

Cancer and its management (6th edition)
Souhami R and Tobias J
London, Blackwell Science, 2010

Salivary gland tumours. Speight PM, Barrett AW, Oral diseases (2002) Vol. 8, 229–240

Major and minor salivary gland tumors. Guzzo M et al. Critical reviews in oncology and haematology 2010 May;74(2):134–48

Malignant tumours of the salivary glands. RJ Bensadoun et al. British Journal of Cancer (2001) 84 (Supplement 2), 42–48

Management of Frey syndrome. Remco de Bree et al. Head and Neck (2007) Aug;29 (8):773–8

Prognostic factors in malignant tumours of the salivary glands. Speight Paul M, Barrett A. William. The British Journal of maxillofacial surgery (2009) Dec;47(8):587–93

The range and demographics of salivary gland tumours diagnosed in a UK population. Jones AV, Craig GT, Speight PM, Franklin CD
Oral Oncology (2008) 44, 407–417

Dr James McCaul, Consultant Maxillofacial and Head and Neck Surgeon – MBChB, PhD, FRCS, FRCS(OMFS), FDSRCPS, BDS
Amen Sibtain, Consultant Clinical Oncologist – MD MRCP FRCR

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