PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Anuja Jhingran
TI  - Updates in the treatment of vaginal cancer
AID  - 10.1136/ijgc-2021-002517
DP  - 2022 Mar 01
TA  - International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer
PG  - 344--351
VI  - 32
IP  - 3
4099  - http://ijgc.bmj.com/content/32/3/344.short
4100  - http://ijgc.bmj.com/content/32/3/344.full
SO  - Int J Gynecol Cancer2022 Mar 01; 32
AB  - Vaginal cancer is a rare cancer. A lot of the data used in the treatment of this cancer are extrapolated from cervical cancer data. Radiation therapy plays a significant role in the treatment of vaginal cancer. The advances in radiation therapy in both external beam and brachytherapy have improved local control, survival, and toxicity. Brachytherapy plays an important role in treating vaginal cancer, but treatment should be individualized to each tumor. Imaging, particularly magnetic resonance imaging, plays an essential role in the management of patients with vaginal cancer, from diagnosis to staging to treatment management to surveillance.