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Vulvar Cancer

  • Serah Choi
  • Tracy Sherertz
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Abstract

This chapter will discuss the clinical presentation, pathology, staging, management, and radiation techniques for vulvar cancers.

Keywords

Vulvar cancer Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia Bartholin’s tumors 
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Acknowledgment

We thank Stephen Shiao MD, PhD, Brian Missett MD, and Joycelyn L. Speight MD, PhD for their work on the prior edition of this chapter.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Radiation OncologyUniversity of California San FranciscoSan FranciscoUSA

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