Open AccessPrognosis of vulval cancer with lymph node status and size of primary lesion: A survival study
Author(s) -
Pankaj Deka,
Debabrata Barmon,
Sushrata Shribastava,
Amal Chandra Kataki,
Jyoti Sharma,
Mouchumee Bhattacharyya
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of mid-life health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 0976-7819
pISSN - 0976-7800
DOI - 10.4103/0976-7800.127784
Subject(s) - medicine , lymph node , vulva , lymph node metastasis , incidence (geometry) , basal cell , survival rate , radiation therapy , oncology , cancer , metastasis , surgery , physics , optics
Squamous cell cancer of the vulva is a rare disease with an annual incidence of two to three per 100,000 women. Lymph node metastasis is the most important prognostic factor for the recurrence and survival in vulval carcinoma.