150 cases with carcinoma of salivary gknds were analysed. The tumors of 61 cases were located in parotid, 14 in submaxillary, 5 in sublingual and 72 in minor salivary gknds. 49 cases were pathologically diagnosed as malignant mixed tumor ,25 adenocarcino- ma, 24 adenoid cystic carcinoma,22 mucoepidermoid carcinoma,22 acinic cell carcinoma, 5 squamous cell carcinoma , 2 papillary cystadenocarcinoma, 1 undif-ferentiated carcinoma. The 3,5 and 10 year survival rates of these 150 patients were 80. 7% ,69. 4%. 52. 1% respectively. The prognosis of acinic cell carcinoma and mucoepidermoid carcinoma was much better than that of squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcino-ma and undifferentiated carcinoma. According to the location of the tumors, the survival rates of the patients with the tumors in minor salivary glands and parotid glands were the highest and those in sublin-gual glands and submaxillary glands were the lowest . Postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy may increase the survival rate of the patients with carcinoma of salivary glands. The overall recurrent rate was 27. 6% ,the neck lymph node metastasis rate was 9.2%.