TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Vaginal Cancer A1 - Hoffman, Barbara L. A1 - Schorge, John O. A1 - Bradshaw, Karen D. A1 - Halvorson, Lisa M. A1 - Schaffer, Joseph I. A1 - Corton, Marlene M. PY - 2016 T2 - Williams Gynecology, 3e AB - Cancer found in the vagina is most likely metastatic disease. Primary vaginal carcinoma is rare and makes up only 3 percent of all gynecologic malignancies (Siegel, 2015). This low incidence reflects the infrequency with which primary carcinoma arises in the vagina and the strict criteria for its diagnosis. According to International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging criteria, a vaginal lesion that involves adjacent organs such as the cervix or vulva, by convention, is deemed primary cervical or vulvar, respectively (Pecorelli, 1999). The most common histologic type of primary vaginal cancer is squamous cell carcinoma, followed by adenocarcinoma (Platz, 1995). SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1125290221 ER -