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| | Vaginal Cancer More info on this condition |
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| | Vaginal cancer is an extremely rare form of cancer, accounting for about 1 percent of gynecologic malignancies. The two most common types of vaginal cancer are squamous-cell carcinoma (95 percent) and adenocarcinoma. Squamous-cell carcinoma develops in the surface cells that line the vagina. This type of vaginal cancer generally arises in women between the ages of 60 and 80. Adenocarcinoma develops in glandular tissues during adolescence. The cause of most types of vaginal cancer is unknown. About 30 percent of women with vaginal cancer survive for five years without disease recurrence.
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