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Follow the links below to find information about female genital or gynaecological cancers, including cancer of the uterus, and cervical and ovarian cancer.
Updated February 2009
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Cancer of the Uterus
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Links to overviews on cancer of the uterus, as well as topic pages on risk factors and diagnosis of uterine cancer.
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Cervical Cancer
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Links to information on prevention, treatment and risk factors for cervical cancer.
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Ovarian Cancer
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Links to information on ovarian cancer, including prevention and detection, treatment and risk factors.
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Interventions for psychosexual dysfunction in women treated for gynaecological malignancy
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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This systematic review found very few good quality trials of interventions to treat or prevent psychosexual problems occurring in women after treatment for gynaecological cancer. They were mostly small studies and all examined different types of interve...
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Oct 2008
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Vulvar cancer
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Better Health Channel
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The external female genitals are called the vulva. Vulvar cancer is a type of cancer that affects the vulval region. It accounts for about three per cent of all gynaecological cancers.
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May 2008
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Vaginal cancer
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Better Health Channel
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Vaginal cancer is one of the rarest gynaecological cancers. The most commonly affected groups are women aged over 50 years, and women who were exposed in utero to the drug diethylstilbestrol (DES). Possible symptoms of vaginal cancer may include vaginal bleeding not associated with menstruation, bleeding after sexual intercourse, smelly vaginal discharge, pain when urinating or passing bowel motions or constant pelvic pain.
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May 2008
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Pregnancy related cancer
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Better Health Channel
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The main symptoms are of pregnancy related cancer are violent morning sickness or abnormal bleeding in pregnancy or after a curette for a miscarriage. Gestational trophoblastic disease is the term for a number of pregnancy conditions that involve the placental (afterbirth) tissue turning cancerous or cancer-like. The tumour is called a mole, and the pregnancy is known as a molar pregnancy.
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May 2008
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Fallopian tube cancer
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Better Health Channel
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Fallopian tube cancer is a rare gynaecological cancers. Older women who have gone through the menopause are the most commonly affected group. Early fallopian tube cancer often has no symptoms. Later symptoms may include watery or blood-stained vaginal discharge, swelling of the lower abdomen, a lump or pain in the lower abdomen, pressure against the bowel or bladder and unusual vaginal bleeding. Treatment options include radiation therapy, chemotherapy and surgery such as hysterectomy or bowel resection.
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Apr 2008
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Surgical interventions for early squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Vulvar cancer is rare, affecting mainly older women. Until the 1980s, affected women underwent extensive, mutilating surgery. Groin nodes on both sides as well as all vulvar tissue were removed. Recently surgeons have carried out a smaller operation, le...
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| Date: |
Mar 2008
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Vulval cancer
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The Cancer Council Victoria
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| Description: |
Vulval cancer is cancer that begins in cells in the vulva, which is the external female genital organs, including the clitoris, vaginal lips, and the opening to the vagina.
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Mar 2007
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Vaginal cancer
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The Cancer Council Victoria
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| Description: |
The most common vaginal cancer is squamous cell carcinoma, which starts in cells lining the vagina. Another is adenocarcinoma, which begins in glandular cells in the lining of the vagina.
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Mar 2007
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Primary groin irradiation versus primary groin surgery for early vulvar cancer
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| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
Cancer of the vulva is mainly a disease of elderly women. Surgery involves removal of the tumour and surrounding lymph nodes, occasionally followed by radiotherapy. Although survival rates are high if the tumour is found early enough, removal of the lym...
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Nov 2006
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Vulval conditions
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Women's Health Queensland Wide Inc
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| Description: |
A wide range of conditions can affect the vulva. These conditions can be loosely grouped into: dermatological, thrush and sexually transmitted infections, vulvodynia (vulval pain) and pre-cancerous and cancerous conditions.
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Jul 2006
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Neoadjuvant chemoradiation for advanced primary vulvar cancer
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| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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In patients with large tumours (i.e. tumours that would require urostomy or colostomy) the complications of radiotherapy and chemotherapy followed by surgery might outweigh complications of surgery alone. Such treatment is not justified in patients with...
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May 2006
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