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- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
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Vaginal cancer; Cancer - vagina; Tumor - vaginal
Symptoms
- Bleeding after sexual intercourse
- Painless vaginal bleeding and discharge
- Pain in the pelvis or vagina
About 5 - 10% of patients have no symptoms.
Signs and tests
In patients with no symptoms, the cancer may be found during a routine pelvic examination and
Other tests to diagnose vaginal tumors include:
Biopsy Colposcopy
Other tests that may be done include:
Chest x-ray -
CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis
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Vaginal tumors Treatment
Review Date: 01/31/2010
Reviewed By: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of
Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of
Medicine; and Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant
Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David
Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
