User:Mr. Ibrahem/Vaginal cancer

Vaginal cancer is when cancer forms from healthy tissue within the vagina. Symptoms may include abnormal vaginal bleeding, pelvic pain, pain with sex, a mass within the vagina, and pain with urination. If the cervix is involved, it is classified as cervical cancer rather than vaginal cancer.

Risk factors include human papilloma virus (HPV), diethylstilbestrol exposure in utero, smoking, and a prior hysterectomy for a tumor. Squamous cell carcinomas make up about 85% of cases while adenocarcinoma make up about 7.5%. Definitive diagnosis is by biopsy. Cancer may also spreads from elsewhere to the vagina and this is more common.

Prevention includes the HPV vaccine, safe sex, and not smoking. Treatment depends on the stage of disease. Options may include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy. Vaginal cancer represent less than 2% of female genital cancers. It is most common in those 50 to 70 years of age. The overall five year survival is 47%.