Abstract
Radiation therapy (RT) is the treatment of choice of most patients with vaginal cancer. Select early-stage patients with small volume disease limited to the upper vagina, however, can be treated with either a partial or radical vaginectomy.
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Mundt, A.J., Yashar, C., Mell, L.K. (2013). Vaginal Cancer. In: Lee, N., Lu, J. (eds) Target Volume Delineation and Field Setup. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28860-9_22
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