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Treatment Options for Low-Grade Stage I Major Salivary Gland Tumors
Source: Salivary Gland Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version, National Cancer Institute.
Source updated: May 13, 2025 · Captured 2026-09-09.
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Context: Treatment of Stage I Major Salivary Gland Cancer
Treatment options for low-grade stage I major salivary gland tumors include:
Surgery alone.
Postoperative radiation therapy should be considered when the resection margins are positive.
Low-grade stage I tumors of the salivary gland are curable with surgery alone.[1-3] Radiation therapy may be used for tumors for which resection involves a significant cosmetic or functional deficit or as an adjuvant to surgery when positive margins are present.[4] Neutron-beam therapy is effective in the treatment of patients with malignant salivary gland tumors who have a poor prognosis.[5-7]
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