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 ...

Radiation therapy is the most common treatment for vaginal cancer. It’s often used in combination with surgical excision and chemotherapy. “The exact treatment used for vaginal cancer will primarily ...

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.

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 ...

The use of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and the addition of gemcitabine to cisplatin increased the complete pathologic response (CPR) in women with locally advanced squamous cell ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...