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Routine screenings for vulvar cancer: low effort, high return. (Obese Women at Increased Risk).
ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Vulvar cancers account for only 3%-5% of all gynecologic neoplasias, but routine screening is simple and worthwhile, particularly in patients at risk, Dr. William P. Irvin Jr. said at the annual Southern Obstetric and Gynecologic Seminar.
The typical patient with vulvar cancer has low parity and is white, postmenopausal, hypertensive, and obese, he said, noting that obesity is one of the greatest risk factors.
Obese women tend to be plagued with chronic inflammatory conditions of the vulva. Longstanding yeast infections, lichen sclerosus, vulvar dystrophy associated with cellular atypia, and granulomatous diseases of the vulva all appear to predispose patients to vulvar cancer, said Dr. Irvin of the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville.
When vulvar cancer is caught early, treatment is generally simple and is confined to wide local excision. The survival rate is 90% if it is caught at stage I. 'When it is caught later and lesions are more than 2 cm in diameter and more than 1 mm in depth, vulvectomy is usually necessary.
The 5-year survival rate is 80% with stage II disease, 30% with stage III disease, and 15% with stage IV disease.
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- Vulvar Cancer
- Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed. Jones, Cindy; Rowland, Belinda January 1, 2006 700+ words
Vulvar Cancer Definition Vulvar cancer refers to an abnormal, cancerous growth in the external female genitalia. Description Vulvar cancer is a rare disease that occurs mainly in elderly women. The...
- Specific factors identified to add to vulvar cancer-specific QOL subscale.
- Newspaper article from: World Disease Weekly November 16, 2004 700+ words
...Psychologists in Austria have identified factors specific to vulvar cancer to add to their newly developed vulvar cancer-specific quality of life subscale. "To develop a vulvar cancer-specific quality of life (QOL) subscale to accompany...
- Vulvar Pain May Be an Early Indication of Vulvar Cancer.
- Magazine article from: Urologic Nursing October 1, 2001 700+ words
...some cases the pain may be an indication of vulvar cancer. While vulvar cancer is uncommon, it is markedly increasing among...human papilloma virus and smoking. Whereas vulvar cancer typically has high 5-year survival rates...
- Sentinel Node Mapping Helps Assess Vulvar Cancer.(lymph node mapping)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News BOSCHERT, SHERRY March 15, 2000 700+ words
...proved highly accurate in diagnosing vulvar cancer metastases in two studies presented...inguinal femoral lymphadenectomy for vulvar cancer showed only one groin recurrence...hope to randomize 600 patients with vulvar cancer and negative sentinel nodes to complete...
- Findings from 34-year review: prognosis poor for recurrent vulvar...
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Brunk, Doug September 1, 2004 700+ words
...prognosis for women with recurrent vulvar cancer is best for those under age 70 with...medical records of 245 women treated for vulvar cancer at Medical University of Graz, Austria...study because "the relative rarity of vulvar cancer and the low proportion of recurrence...
- Lymphatic mapping helps spot sentinel nodes in vulvar cancer: 88% detected in...
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Worcester, Sharon September 15, 2003 700+ words
...Seminar. Several studies have demonstrated that lymphatic mapping is useful for identifying sentinel nodes in patients with vulvar cancer, for example, Dr. Drake commented. In a pilot study, Dr. Charles Levenback of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston...
- Extra copies of EGFR gene signal poor prognosis for vulvar cancer.
- Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly October 16, 2008 700+ words
...the EGFR gene itself were seen; and although infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV) is a known risk factor for vulvar cancer, there was no evidence of HPV infection in the EGFR-amplified tumors. Overall, patients with EGFR-amplified tumors...
- Medial thigh cutaneous flap allows valid one-stage vulvo-perineal...
- Newspaper article from: Cancer Weekly March 11, 2003 700+ words
...NewsRx.net) -- "From 1996 through 2001, researchers in Italy performed 26 vulvo-perineal reconstructions after vulvar cancer resection. "A unilateral or bilateral medial thigh septo-fascio-cutaneous island flap was used in all cases. The vascular...
