How Dutch docs detected new pair of salivary glands

Finding could explain why cancer patients suffer from side effects despite precautions

Dr Wouter Vogel (left), a radiation oncologist at the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NCI), and Dr Matthijs Valstar, a surgeon at NCI’s department of head and neck oncology and surgery, led the research team in studying the new pair of salivary glands.
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MESENTERY (2016)

Known for over a century as a fragmented structure made of separate parts, the mesentery - connective tissues that link the stomach and intestines to the abdomen - was "promoted" to become the body's 79th organ in 2016.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 16, 2020, with the headline How Dutch docs detected new pair of salivary glands. Subscribe