Vaginal cancer
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Vaginal cancer is a type of cancer that forms in the tissues of the vagina. The vagina leads from the cervix (the opening of the uterus) to the outside of the body. The most common type of vaginal cancer is squamous cell carcinoma, which starts in the thin, flat cells lining the vagina. Another type of vaginal cancer is adenocarcinoma, cancer that begins in glandular cells in the lining of the vagina. Vaginal adenocarcinomas been found in a small percent of daughters whose mothers used diethylstilbestrol in the 1950s to prevent threatened abortions.
PRESENTATION: Vaginal cancer occurs primarily in those over age 50. The disease usually presents first with abnormal vaginal bleeding or discharge.
[edit] References
- National Cancer Institute: Vaginal Cancer (public domain)
- [Stenchever: Comprehensive Gynecology, 4th ed., Copyright © 2001 Mosby, Inc.]
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