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Vaginal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)     
Last Modified: 05/22/2008
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Stage IVB Vaginal Cancer

Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Adenocarcinoma
Current Clinical Trials



Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Patients should be considered candidates for one of the ongoing clinical trials to improve therapeutic results. Standard treatment is inadequate.

Standard treatment options:

  • Radiation (for palliation of symptoms) with or without chemotherapy.
Adenocarcinoma

Patients should be considered candidates for one of the ongoing clinical trials to improve therapeutic results.

Standard treatment options:

  • Radiation (for palliation of symptoms) with or without chemotherapy.
Current Clinical Trials

Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with stage IVB vaginal cancer 1. The list of clinical trials can be further narrowed by location, drug, intervention, and other criteria.

General information about clinical trials is also available from the NCI Web site 2.


Table of Links

1http://www.cancer.gov/Search/ClinicalTrialsLink.aspx?diagnosis=38071&tt=1&a
mp;format=2&cn=1
2http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials