VAGINAL CANCER

Course overview

VAGINAL CANCER IS AN UNCOMMON GYNECOLOGIC MALIGNANCY. THE DIAGNOSIS OF PRIMARY VAGINAL CANCER IS RARE BECAUSE MOST OF THESE LESIONS WILL BE METASTATIC FROM ANOTHER PRIMARY SITE. THE MAJORITY OF THESE METASTASES ARISE FROM OTHER REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS SUCH AS THE CERVIX, ENDOMETRIUM, OR OVARY, ALTHOUGH THEY CAN ALSO METASTASIZE FROM DISTANT SITES SUCH AS THE COLON, BREAST, AND PANCREAS. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE BACKGROUND, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND FUTURE MANAGEMENT OF VAGINAL CANCER AND HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPER KNOWLEDGE AND FAMILIARITY WITH THIS TOPIC BY THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM.