<unk> al cancers can recur with symptoms of vaginal bleeding and/or discharge, pelvic pain, pain in the back and legs, leg swelling (edema), chronic cough and weight loss. It can recur in the vagina, pelvis, lymph nodes, lung, or liver. “If radiation was not given previously, recurrences that are confined to the pelvis may be treated with external beam radiation with chemotherapy and intracavitary or interstitial radiation therapy. If radiation therapy was already given, the only option is the removal of the vagina, uterus, and the bladder and/or rectum with the creation of an artificial bladder-a pelvic exenteration. The five-year survival rate after a pelvic exenteration is about 50 percent.” (womenscancercenter.com) Chemotherapy is useful in women with recurrent tumors which cannot be removed surgically or in women with metastatic diseases. Chances of survival of chemotherapy, if diagnosed in early stage, is greater than 50%.
Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix
Glassy cell carcinoma of the cervix
Squamous-cell carcinoma of the vagina
Clear-cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina
Villoglandular adenocarcinoma of the cervix
Endometrial stromal sarcoma
Endometrial stromal tumour
Vaginal melanoma