A Rare Case Series of Vaginal Melanoma- experience of National Cancer Institute Sri Lanka
Vaginal melanomas are extremely rare gynaecological malignancy with aggressive behavior resulting in poor outcome. The aetiology is not well understood so far. There is no standardized treatment owing to the extreme rarity of the disease, however surgical excision with adjuvant radiotherapy has been...
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| author | YMTY Wijeratne HDKC Hapuachchige S Kannangara |
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| description | Vaginal melanomas are extremely rare gynaecological malignancy with aggressive behavior resulting in poor outcome. The aetiology is not well understood so far. There is no standardized treatment owing to the extreme rarity of the disease, however surgical excision with adjuvant radiotherapy has been the widely practiced treatment. The role of lymphadenectomy is controversial. The six cases reported between November 2015 to November 2021 at the National cancer institute Sri Lanka were treated primarily by surgical excision including hysterocolpectomy, colpectomy, and wide local excision. Pelvic lymphadenectomy was not done in most cases. Only one patient has received adjuvant radiotherapy. Only one patient died during the follow-up and 2 had recurrences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-99fee114bec54d25bd09bb96d93c52d72024-01-27T05:34:26ZengWest Asia Organization for Cancer PreventionAsian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care2588-36822022-05-017240941310.31557/apjcc.2022.7.2.409-413834A Rare Case Series of Vaginal Melanoma- experience of National Cancer Institute Sri LankaYMTY Wijeratne0HDKC Hapuachchige1S Kannangara2Subspeciality trainee in Gynaecological Oncology3Consultant Gynae-oncological Surgeon, National Cancer Institute (Apeksha Hospital), Maharagama, Sri LankaConsultant Gynae-oncological Surgeon, National Cancer Institute (Apeksha Hospital), Maharagama, Sri Lanka.Vaginal melanomas are extremely rare gynaecological malignancy with aggressive behavior resulting in poor outcome. The aetiology is not well understood so far. There is no standardized treatment owing to the extreme rarity of the disease, however surgical excision with adjuvant radiotherapy has been the widely practiced treatment. The role of lymphadenectomy is controversial. The six cases reported between November 2015 to November 2021 at the National cancer institute Sri Lanka were treated primarily by surgical excision including hysterocolpectomy, colpectomy, and wide local excision. Pelvic lymphadenectomy was not done in most cases. Only one patient has received adjuvant radiotherapy. Only one patient died during the follow-up and 2 had recurrences.http://www.waocp.com/journal/index.php/apjcc/article/view/834vaginal melanomavaginal cancergenital mucosal melanomarare gynaecological cancers |
| spellingShingle | YMTY Wijeratne HDKC Hapuachchige S Kannangara A Rare Case Series of Vaginal Melanoma- experience of National Cancer Institute Sri Lanka Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care vaginal melanoma vaginal cancer genital mucosal melanoma rare gynaecological cancers |
| title | A Rare Case Series of Vaginal Melanoma- experience of National Cancer Institute Sri Lanka |
| title_full | A Rare Case Series of Vaginal Melanoma- experience of National Cancer Institute Sri Lanka |
| title_fullStr | A Rare Case Series of Vaginal Melanoma- experience of National Cancer Institute Sri Lanka |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Case Series of Vaginal Melanoma- experience of National Cancer Institute Sri Lanka |
| title_short | A Rare Case Series of Vaginal Melanoma- experience of National Cancer Institute Sri Lanka |
| title_sort | rare case series of vaginal melanoma experience of national cancer institute sri lanka |
| topic | vaginal melanoma vaginal cancer genital mucosal melanoma rare gynaecological cancers |
| url | http://www.waocp.com/journal/index.php/apjcc/article/view/834 |
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