Authors
Ibrahim Alsanie, Shahad Rajab, Hannah Cottom, Oluyori Adegun, Reshma Agarwal, Amrita Jay, Laura Graham, Jacqueline James, A William Barrett, Willie van Heerden, Mariano de Vito, Alessandra Canesso, Akinyele Olumuyiwa Adisa, Abdul-Warith Olaitan Akinshipo, Oluseyi Folake Ajayi, Mark Chukwuemeka Nwoga, Chukwubuzor Udokwu Okwuosa, Olufemi Gbenga Omitola, Efetobo Victor Orikpete, Merva Soluk-Tekkesin, Ibrahim O Bello, Ahmed Qannam, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Maria Eduarda Pérez-de-Oliveira, Alan Roger Santos-Silva, Pablo Agustin Vargas, Eu-Wing Toh, Syed Ali Khurram
Publication date
2022/12
Journal
Head and neck pathology
Volume
16
Issue
4
Pages
1043-1054
Publisher
Springer US
Description
Background
Salivary gland tumours (SGT) are a relatively rare group of neoplasms with a wide range of histopathological appearance and clinical features. To date, most of the epidemiological studies on salivary gland tumours are limited for a variety of reason including being out of date, extrapolated from either a single centre or country studies, or investigating either major or minor glands only.
Methods
This study aimed to mitigate these shortcomings by analysing epidemiological data including demographic, anatomical location and histological diagnoses of SGT from multiple centres across the world. The analysed data included age, gender, location and histological diagnosis from fifteen centres covering the majority of the world health organisation (WHO) geographical regions between 2006 and 2019.
Results
A total of 5739 cases were analysed including 65% benign and 35% malignant tumours. A slight …
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