Patterns of distant metastases in vulvar cancer
K Prieske, N Haeringer, D Grimm, F Trillsch, C Eulenburg, E Burandt, B Schmalfeldt, S Mahner, V Mueller, L Woelber · Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2016 · Heft 10
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Background: While treatment of early stage vulvar cancer is standardized, little information is available regarding treatment of advanced, recurrent and especially metastatic disease. We therefore analyzed incidence and pattern of metastases in vulvar cancer in a large retrospective single center cohort. Methods: All patients with primary squamous cell cancer of the vulvar (n = 391, median age: 60 years; range 20 – 94) treated at the Gynecologic Cancer Center Hamburg-Eppendorf between 1996 and 2013 were retrospectively evaluated for occurrence of distant metastasis. Pattern of metastatic spread, prognosis and th…
