Treatment options for locally recurrent vulvar cancer

Ceska Gynekol. 2021;86(4):246-248. doi: 10.48095/cccg2021246.

Abstract

Objective: Summarizing of treatment options for locally recurrent vulvar cancer in patients after previous complex oncological treatment and presenting a case report from our department.

Methods: Presenting a case report of a patient after previous complex oncological treatment for spinocellular cancer of the vulva who presented with a locally recurrent tumor. The patient was treated with a wide radical local excision of the tumor followed by a posterior thigh flap graft.

Conclusion: Surgical intervention is the primary mode of treatment in locally recurrent cancers of the vulva. Wide radical local excision as a mode of treatment can be optimized by the use of grafts aiding in wound healing.

Keywords: Chemoradiotherapy; Chemotherapy; brachytherapy; chemother­apy; concurrent chemoradiotherapy; graft transplant; recurrent vulvar cancer; wide radical local excision.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
  • Vulvar Neoplasms* / surgery