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 | What is vaginal cancer? |
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Cancer originating in the vagina is a rare disease, accounting for less than 1 per cent of cancers in women. Many cancers involving the vagina have actually spread from adjacent tissues, usually from the uterus (womb) or cervix (neck of the womb). Cancer of the vagina is very rare among women of less than 50 years of age and the average age of a woman at diagnosis is 60-65.
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| What are the cause of vaginal cancer? |
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The cause of squamous cell carcinoma of the vagina is unknown, but up to 30% of patients have a prior history of cervical cancer.
About 75% of patients with squamous cell cancer of the vagina are over 50. Adenocarcinomas of the vagina more commonly affect younger women. The average age of diagnosis for adenocarcinoma of the vagina is 19.
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| What are the symptoms of vaginal cancer? |
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There aren't many clear symptoms. If you have a bloody discharge and bleeding during sexual intercourse or if you experience bleeding from the vagina after the menopause you should always be examined by your doctor or gynaecologist. Sometimes vaginal cancer develops silently, and is discovered during examination for another reason, such as cervical screening (smear test).
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| Risk Factor |
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Women whose mothers took diethylstilbestrol (DES) during the first trimester of pregnancy are at increased risk for developing clear cell adenocarcinoma.
Sarcoma botryoides of the vagina is a rare type of cancer that mainly occurs in infancy and early childhood.
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