Vulvar cancer is not a disease of the elderly: Treatment and outcome at a tertiary referral centre in South Africa
Background. An increase in vulvar cancer in young women is attributed to infection with oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV). South Africa (SA) has a high prevalence of HPV, and it was therefore hypothesised that women with vulvar cancer here would be younger than in high-income countries (HICs).Obj...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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South African Medical Association
2017-11-01
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Series: | South African Medical Journal |
Online Access: | http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/download/12105/8277 |