Role of adjuvant radiation or re-excision for early stage vulvar squamous cell carcinoma with positive or close surgical margins.

CONCLUSIONS: In our study, any additional treatment following primary surgical resection did not improve RFS or OS in stage IA and IB vulvar SCC. Larger studies are warranted in order to definitively determine the role of re-excision and adjuvant radiation in early stage disease.
PMID: 31171409 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Gynecologic Oncology - June 2, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Bedell SM, Hedberg C, Griffin A, Pearson H, Wilhite A, Rubin N, Erickson BK Tags: Gynecol Oncol Source Type: research