Changes in incidence and primary site of vulvar cancer
M Hampl, S Deckers-Figiel, D Rein, HG Bender · Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2008 · Heft 09
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Aims: To characterize the changes in incidence, age, tumor site of invasive vulvar cancer within a 28-year period. Methods: The clinical records of women treated for invasive vulvar cancer from 01/1980 until 06/2007 at the university of Düsseldorf were analyzed. We performed a retrospective analysis for three 9-year periods. For each cohort, the number of cases, age, tumor site and further characteristics were statistically evaluated. Results: A total of 224 patients were identified. The number and mean age changed significantly over time: between 1/1980 and 02/1989 53 women with a mean age of 65.6 y were treate…