Treatment changes for the rare illness include less invasive surgery. A RECENT GUIDELINE for the management of vulvar cancer, issued by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), outlines the ...

Staging means finding out how far vulvar cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group vulvar cancer into stages I (1) through IV (4). Stage I is the least advanced, and stage IV is the most ...

Clinical and demographic profiles and predictors of survival in epithelioid trophoblastic tumors: A population-based analysis. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting I.

Vulvar cancer, primarily affecting the vulva, is increasingly diagnosed due to factors like an aging population and HPV prevalence. Key market drivers include advanced treatments such as ...

Analysis of data from over 1.2 million US patients with gynecologic cancers between 2004 and 2020 revealed a significant shift towards surgical de-escalation, with increased use of minimally invasive ...

A patient turned advocate underscores the importance of education, especially for those facing a rare cancer. Stacey Hudson Padova had never heard of vulvar cancer until she received a diagnosis in ...

CHICAGO — Clinical practice guidelines are sometimes based on shoddy data that too often go unchallenged. Further, guidelines in gynecological cancer surgery have not always included the patient's ...

Gynecologic oncology has shifted towards surgical de-escalation, emphasizing minimally invasive techniques and sentinel lymph node methods to reduce tissue injury while preserving oncologic outcomes.

Gynecological cancers affect the reproductive organs of people who were assigned female at birth (AFAB). They include cancers of the: Cervix Ovaries Uterus Vagina Vulva A sixth type is a very rare ...

While some gynaecological cancers, such as cervical cancer, are more widely discussed, vulval cancer – which the HPV vaccine also helps protect against – is mentioned far less frequently. According to ...

A new study of female Medicare beneficiaries reveals that vulvar lichen sclerosus affects 7 out of every 1,000 women aged 65 and older, significantly higher than rates seen in younger populations. The ...