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Vulvar Cancer

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Target Volume Delineation and Field Setup

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The treatment of vulvar cancer consists of upfront surgery, typically radical vulvectomy or wide local excision in select patients with small well-lateralized tumors. Most patients undergo bilateral inguinofemoral dissections, particularly those found to have tumor invasion >3 mm, lymphovascular invasion (LVI) and/or high-grade disease.

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  1. Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

    Arno J. Mundt M.D., Catheryn Yashar M.D. & Loren K. Mell M.D.

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    Nancy Y. Lee

  2. NUHS Tower Block, Level 7, Department of Radiation Oncology, National University Cancer Institute, 1E Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119228, Singapur, Singapore

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Mundt, A.J., Yashar, C., Mell, L.K. (2013). Vulvar 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_23

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