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Eighteen patients with primary cancer and fifteen with intraparotid metastasis from cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma were included. A chart review was performed to collect clinical data (age, sex, smoking, alcohol consumption, tumor stage, type of surgical procedure, complications, recurrence and death). The majority of primary tumors were early (T1-2 N0, 83%) with mucoepidermoid carcinoma being the most common (33%). Secondary tumors were mostly staged P2 (53%) and N0 (67%). Subjects with secondary tumors were older than those with primary cancer. Post-operative permanent facial palsy was observed in 5 patients (17%) with primary cancer and 9 (60%) with secondary tumors (p = 0.010). Two-year overall survival for primary and secondary parotid cancer was 76.58% and 43.51%, respectively (p = 0.048), while 2-year disease-free survival was 76.05% and 38.50%, respectively (p = 0.152). In conclusion, secondary cancer of the parotid gland has worse survival than primary tumors. 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