{"id":3618,"date":"2023-11-21T11:33:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T09:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortakis.hpvinfocenter.gr\/hpv-and-cancer\/hpv-related-vaginal-cancer\/"},"modified":"2023-11-21T11:33:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T09:33:21","slug":"hpv-related-vaginal-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortakis.hpvinfocenter.gr\/en\/hpv-and-cancer\/hpv-related-vaginal-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"HPV-related vaginal cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>How common is vaginal cancer?<\/h4>\n<p>Vaginal cancer is rarer compared to cervical and vulvar cancer.<\/p>\n<h4>Is HPV the cause of vaginal cancer?<\/h4>\n<p>A percentage of vaginal cancers is caused by oncogenic types of HPV (60%). These cancers that are caused by HPV are usually preceded by premalignant lesions (HSIL\/VaIN 2, 3).<\/p>\n<h4>Which women are at a higher risk for vaginal cancer?<\/h4>\n<p>At risk for precancerous lesions and HPV-related vaginal cancers are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Women with a history of cervical precancerous lesions or cervical cancer.<\/li>\n<li>Women who have had their uterus removed due to cervical precancerous lesions or cervical cancer.<\/li>\n<li>Women with precancerous lesions or HPV-related cancer in the vulva and anus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The risk for carcinogenesis in the vagina from HPV increases in smokers and women under immunosuppression.<\/p>\n<h4>What about vaginal cancer prevention measures?<\/h4>\n<p>Prevention includes vaccination and check-ups. There are no special prevention programs for vaginal cancer (like there are for cervical cancer) because it is a rare cancer in the general population.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is recommended that women with a history of precancerous lesions or cancer in the lower genital tract are also preventively examined in the vagina, even if their uterus has been removed.<\/p>\n<h4>What is the treatment of vaginal cancer?<\/h4>\n<p>Treatment consists of the surgical removal of the vagina (colpectomy), partial or total, in combination with radiation therapy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How common is vaginal cancer? Vaginal cancer is rarer compared to cervical and vulvar cancer. Is HPV the cause of vaginal cancer? A percentage of vaginal cancers is caused by oncogenic types of HPV (60%). These cancers that are caused by HPV are usually preceded by premalignant lesions (HSIL\/VaIN 2, 3). Which women are at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2465,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortakis.hpvinfocenter.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3618"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortakis.hpvinfocenter.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortakis.hpvinfocenter.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortakis.hpvinfocenter.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortakis.hpvinfocenter.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mortakis.hpvinfocenter.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortakis.hpvinfocenter.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortakis.hpvinfocenter.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortakis.hpvinfocenter.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortakis.hpvinfocenter.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}