Vulval Carcinoma - General - Professional

FIGO (1995) STAGING

Staging is based on surgico-pathological findings.

Stage 0

TIS Carcinoma in situ; intraepithelial carcinoma.

Stage I

T1 N0 M0 Tumour^(G) confined to the vulva and/or perineum, 2 cm or less in greatest dimensions, nodes are negative.

Cancers of the vulva^(G) are cancers in the skin covering the vulva. It is an uncommon cancer, with less than 100 cases reported each year in Queensland. Most of these cases are in women over 50 years of age, with the most common occurrence in the 70-79 year age group. It does, however, appear that vulval cancer is becoming more common in younger women between 30 and 50 years of age.