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Tumours of the vagina and tumours of the vulva

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Management of Rare Adult Tumours

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Primary cancers of the vagina are rare gynaecological tumours, accounting for approximately 1% to 2% of cancers of the female reproductive tract. Vulvar tumours are more frequent, accounting for 3% to 5% of the female reproductive tract cancers. As the treatment of vaginal and vulvar cancers differs dramatically, they will be approached in two different sections.

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  1. Hôpital Henri-Mondor, 51, avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94000, Créteil Cedex, France

    Yazid Belkacémi MD PhD (Professor Radiation Oncology, Deputy Head of the Department of Radiation Oncology) (Professor Radiation Oncology, Deputy Head of the Department of Radiation Oncology)

  2. Centre hospitalier universitaire Vaudoir, Rue du Bugnon, CH-1011, Lausanne, Switzerland

    René-Olivier Mirimanoff MD (Professeur Radiation Oncology, Head of the Department of Radiation Oncology) & Mahmut Ozsahin MD PhD (Associate Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology) (Professeur Radiation Oncology, Head of the Department of Radiation Oncology) &  (Associate Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology)

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Haie-Meder, C. (2009). Tumours of the vagina and tumours of the vulva. In: Belkacémi, Y., Mirimanoff, RO., Ozsahin, M. (eds) Management of Rare Adult Tumours. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-287-92246-6_35

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