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Primary Carcinoma of the Vagina
Author(s) -
Blunt V. A. W.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1965.tb00284.x
Subject(s) - vagina , carcinoma , genital tract , medicine , vaginal cancer , primary (astronomy) , modalities , cervical carcinoma , series (stratigraphy) , gynecology , general surgery , surgery , cancer , pathology , cervical cancer , physiology , biology , social science , physics , astronomy , sociology , paleontology
Summary:1 A series of 44 patients with primary vaginal carcinoma has been reviewed and a comparison has been made with other published series. 2 Reasons are given for the need to adopt a more optimistic view of prognosis at the present time. 3 Different treatment modalities are discussed. Radical radiotherapeutic methods are considered to be the treatment of choice in most cases. 4 The need for cytological follow‐up in genital tract carcinoma is emphasized.