Vaginal cancer epidemiology and demographics

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Prevalance

  • Estimated new cases and deaths from vaginal (and other female genital) cancer in the United States in 2015:
  • New cases: 4,070.
  • Deaths: 910.
  • Carcinomas of the vagina are uncommon tumors comprising about 1% of the cancers that arise in the female genital system.
  • Estimated new cases and deaths from vaginal (and other female genital) cancer in the United States in 2008:
  • New cases: 2,210.
  • Deaths: 760.

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