Standard Treatment There are a number of effective treatments, including the partial or complete removal of the vagina (vaginectomy), which occasionally requires a skin graft. The tumor may also be treated with laser therapy, intravaginal chemotherapy with 5-fluorouracil cream or intracavitary radiation with a cesium implant.
Five-Year Survival 100 percent
Investigational None.
Stage I (squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma)
TNM T1, N0, M0
The carcinoma is limited to the vaginal wall.
Standard Treatment Young women with lesions involving the upper third of the vagina can be treated by a radical vaginectomy, radical hysterectomy and removal of the pelvic lymph nodes on both sides.
