Vulvar Cancer
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Vulvar cancer is the fourth most common gynecologic cancer and uncommon malignancy that usually affects post-menopausal women, and it can be misdiagnosed and considered an inflammatory condition so it is important to be familiar with vulvar malignancies. It forms a mass or ulcer on the vulva and usually causes itching. The incidence of vulvar cancer is increasing in the last decades. The two main categories of vulvar cancer; HPV dependant vulavr cancer that is common in younger women, and independant HPV that is found in women after menopause.
Anatomy Background[edit | edit source]
The vulva refers to the outer part of the external female genitalia, it includes the entrance to the vagina and the internal reproductive tract in addition to the urethra opening. It forms from c labia majora (outer lips), labia minora (inner lips), and clitoris.
Vulval Warts are a growth of epithelium caused by HPV infection and usually transmitted between sexual partners but they don not develop to a cancer.
Incidence[edit | edit source]
The incidence of vulvar cancer has increased by an average of 4.6% every 5 years in the last decades, in 2018 there was about 1200 reported case of death because of vulvar cancer.
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