It is important to have regular follow-up exams to check for recurrent vulvar cancer. Treatment of recurrent vulvar cancer may include the following:

• Wide local excision with or without radiation therapy.
• Radical vulvectomy and pelvic exenteration.
• Radiation therapy and chemotherapy given during the same period of time, with or without surgery.
• Radiation therapy followed by surgery or chemotherapy.
• Radiation therapy as palliative treatment to relieve symptoms and improve quality of life.
• A clinical trial of a new treatment.

Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.

Check for clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with recurrent vulvar cancer.

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