The National Cancer Institute estimated 3,580 new cases of vaginal cancer in the United States for 2009, and 900 deaths. The rate of incidence is less than 1 percent of all gynecological cancers, so it is considered a rare form of cancer. About 1 woman in 10 has a recurrence.
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Vulvar Cancer
Vulvar cancer develops when abnormal cells grow on the surface of a womans external genitalia.Developing slowly over years, cancer of the vulva affects the inner and outer vaginal lips called the labia minora and labia majora, the ...
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