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VAGINAL-CANCER


origination date: 22/05/2002
originator: Clara
subject field: medicine: disease
check date: 10/06/2002
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISAMALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-OTHER-AND-UNSPECIFIED-FEMALE-GENITAL-ORGANS
SUBCLASSESCLEAR-CELL-ADENOCARCINOMA-OF-THE-VAGINA
DESCENDANTSCLEAR-CELL-ADENOCARCINOMA-OF-THE-VAGINA
ANCESTORSALL
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
DISEASE-EVENT
EVENT
GYNECOLOGICAL-CANCER
HAVE-NEOPLASM
LIVING-EVENT
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-BY-BODY-PART
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-GENITOURINARY-ORGANS
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-OTHER-AND-UNSPECIFIED-FEMALE-GENITAL-ORGANS
PHYSICAL-EVENT
RELATIONSDIAGNOSED-WITH : SCHILLER-TEST


Spanish
cáncer de vaginaterm type: main entry term
reliability code: 10
part of speech: noun
number: singular
gender: masculine
definition: atípico cáncer ginecológico que presenta como síntomas hemorragia o secreciónes vaginales no relacionadas con la menstruación, dificultad o dolor al orinar, molestias durante las relaciones sexuales y dolor en la región pélvica. Las técnicas diagnósticas empleadas en el cáncer de vagina comprenden examen ginecológico, citología vaginal y biopsia. El tratamiento de elección es la cirugía, como terapia láser, escisión local amplia, vaginectomía, histerectomía radical y exenteración, aunque también se pueden aplicar radioterapia y quimioterapia. El cáncer de vagina representa menos del 2% de los cánceres ginecológicos y presenta una incidencia mayor en mujeres de 50 años. Sin embargo, existe un tipo de cáncer de vagina menos frecuente, denominado adenocarcinoma de células claras, que está asociado al dietilestibestrol y afecta a mujeres de 14 a 35 años. (es)
cáncer vaginalterm type: synonym
reliability code: 10
number: singular
part of speech: noun
gender: masculine
definition: véase cáncer de vagina (es)

English
vaginal cancerterm type: main entry term
reliability code: 10
part of speech: noun
number: singular
definition: rare gynecological cancer whose symptoms may include bleeding or discharge not related to menstruation, difficult or painful urination, pain during sexual intercourse, and pain in the pelvic area. Diagnostic procedures of vaginal cancer include pelvic exam, PAP smear, and biopsy. Treatment used is surgery, such as laser therapy, wide local excision, vaginectomy, radical hysterectomy, and exenteration, although radiation therapy and chemotherapy may also be used. Vaginal cancer accounts for less than 2% of gynecological cancers and occurs most often in women over the age of 50. However, an even rarer form of vaginal cancer called clear cell adenocarcinoma, which is associated with diethylsbestrol (DES), may be found in young women and adolescents. (en)