Vulvar Cancer

Vulvar Cancer: Symptoms

You can have vulvar cancer without having any symptoms, but some possible, common symptoms of vulvar cancer are: Vulvar itching that does not improve. A change in skin color around the vulva. Your skin may become more red, lighter, or darker in color than the surrounding skin. A change in the feel of your skin around [...]

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Vulvar Cancer: Risk Factors

Vulvar cancer is rare. It accounts for 4% of reproductive cancers and only 0.6% of all cancers in women.  Nearly 90% of vulvar cancers begin in the squamous cells.  Squamous carcinomas that are small and have not spread are highly curable by surgery alone.  The second most common type of vulvar cancer is melanoma.  Only a [...]

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