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18/10/2025

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04/10/2025

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This is – some of – our wonderful head and neck cancer team 👋 and today, they want to highlight one of the rarest form of cancers.

Every year in the UK, around 720 people are diagnosed with salivary gland cancer. A very rare but impactful condition that often goes unnoticed. It makes up just 0.3% of cancer globally – in fact, in Somerset, we’ll see just a handful of patients with this particular type of cancer each year.

We all know that raising awareness can have a huge impact on the outcomes of those diagnosed, but with the cancer being so rare, there hasn’t been a dedicated ‘day’ for raising awareness of salivary gland cancer…until now.

Today marks the launch of Salivary Gland Cancer Day, led by Salivary Gland Cancer UK!

Jo Greedy, our lead head and neck cancer nurse specialist, has shared the important things you need to know about salivary gland cancer:

“Signs and symptoms can often be mistaken for something else, and sometimes there are no signs at all. But some things we’d encourage people to look out for would be:

• a painless lump or swelling in your jaw, cheek, mouth or neck
• numbness in a part of your face
• drooping on one side of your face (facial palsy)
• pain in the area of the lump or swelling
• problems swallowing
• difficulty opening your mouth fully
• swelling on one side of your face.

“I would also really encourage people to ensure their dentist checks for any lumps, when you’re in for any appointments. With lumps in the neck often being hard to find, it’s always good to ask for a quick check while you’re there.”

If you have any clear symptoms of the above, or if you’re not too sure but you think you might, please make an appointment with your GP. With it being so rare, and symptoms very easily mistaken for other, more minor things, it can be easy for the condition to worsen. The earlier it is detected, the quicker it can be diagnosed…and the better the outcome will be 💜

19/09/2025

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07/09/2025

An excellent day in Seoul attending the Evertis implant conference

04/09/2025

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02/09/2025

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24/08/2025

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06/08/2025

Excellent outcome restoring this gentleman’s smile and replacing failing dentitions
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06/08/2025

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25/05/2025

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24/05/2025

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01/05/2025

Attending the ADI congress in sunny Brighton 🤟🏽🌞☀️🕶️