Salivary Gland Cancer
Head and Neck Program
Stage III Salivary Gland Cancer
Treatment depends on whether the cancer is low grade (slow growing) or high
grade (fast growing).
If the cancer is low grade, treatment may be one of the following:
Surgery possibly followed by radiation therapy.
Chemotherapy (if surgery or radiation therapy are refused or if the cancer
does not respond to surgery or radiation therapy).
A clinical trial of specialized radiation therapy or new chemotherapy
drugs.
If the cancer is high grade, treatment may be one of the following:
Surgery.
Surgery followed by radiation therapy.
Specialized radiation therapy.
A clinical trial of radiation therapy, with or without radiosensitization drugs (drugs given with radiation
to make the cancer cells more sensitive to the radiation), or chemotherapy.