Vaginal cancer

Vaginal cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the vagina.
Age and exposure to the drug DES (diethylstilbestrol) before birth affect a woman's risk of developing vaginal cancer.
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The prognosis of vaginal cancer depends largely on the stage of disease and the type of tumor. The overall 5-year survival rate for squamous cell carcinoma is about 42%. The overall 5-year survival rate for patients with adenocarcinoma is about 78%.
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Vaginal cancer; Cancer - vagina; Tumor - vaginal
Treatment:
Treatment of vaginal cancer is individualized for each patient, and depends on the stage of the disease, the type of cancer, the area of vagina involved, ...
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Vaginal cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the vagina, which is also called the birth canal.
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In that year, the FDA issued a Drug Bulletin advising physicians to stop prescribing DES to pregnant women. The FDA warning was based on a study published in 1971 in the New England Journal of Medicine linking DES to a rare vaginal cancer in girls ...
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