Vulvar cancer is a rare type of cancer that affects your vulva. Several options, such as topical medication, surgery, and chemotherapy, are available to treat cancerous and precancerous cells near ...

Louise, 43, a Pilates instructor from London, first learned she had vulva cancer at the age of 27, before developing another form of the cancer 15 years later. She speaks to Glamour UK’s Elle Turner, ...

Vulvar cancer is staged based on the extent it has spread. During the early stage, the cancer remains in the vulva. In its most advanced stage, the cancer has spread to distant organs and tissue.

The appearance of vulvar cancer will vary depending on the type. In general, signs of vulvar cancer can include moles, lumps, or bumps on the vulva, flakiness or thickening of the skin in that area, ...

Most people have heard of cervical, ovarian, and perhaps womb cancer, but there is one gynaecological cancer that is seldom mentioned: vulval cancer. That silence is deadly. According to Cancer ...

"I didn't know I had a vulva until I was diagnosed with lichen sclerosus and stage three vulval cancer." Public understanding of female genital anatomy is poor. For the uninitiated, the vulva refers ...

Gynecological cancers affect the reproductive organs of people who were assigned female at birth (AFAB). They include cancers of the: Cervix Ovaries Uterus Vagina Vulva A sixth type is a very rare ...

Risk factors are things that raise your chances of getting a disease. For each person, there’s a mix of genetic, biological and lifestyle factors that play a part in vulvar cancer risk. This form of ...

Shame and stigma mean gynaecological side effects from cancer treatment — affecting women's sexual, urinary and reproductive health — are under-reported and under-researched.

A Florida woman learned that her husband had cheated on her and that he had given her human papillomavirus (HPV) Soon after, the woman was diagnosed with cancer of the vulva, cervix and anus, which ...

Girls who are vaccinated against HPV are not only well protected against cervical cancer; they are also less likely to develop severe precancerous lesions of the vulva and vagina, particularly if they ...

I didn’t know I had a vulva until I was diagnosed with lichen sclerosus and stage three vulval cancer. These are the words of Clare Baumhauer, co-founder of Vulval Cancer Awareness UK. She spoke of ...