“…Nascimento et al excluded ACC of the ear canal, lacrimal glands, larynx, esophagus, and trachea from minor salivary ACC, while others included one or more of them in minor salivary ACC. 10,16,11,19 The present authors used the same definition of minor salivary gland ACC as Nascimento et al, 16 and further termed ACC from other secretary glands beyond major or minor salivary glands in the head and neck region as nonsalivary ACC. In this study, minor salivary ACC had inferior prognosis (log-rank test, EFS, P = 0.02; OS, P = 0.014) than major salivary ACC, compatible with that proposed by Nascimento et al.…”