vaginal squamous cell carcinoma
Findings
No curated finding names vaginal squamous cell carcinoma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A squamous cell carcinoma arising from the vagina. Human papillomavirus infection is associated with the development of vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia and invasive squamous cell carcinoma. Signs and symptoms include painless bleeding, postcoital bleeding, and urinary tract symptoms. Morphologically it resembles squamous cell carcinomas in other anatomic sites. Radiation therapy is the preferred treatment for most cases. The prognosis is related to the stage of the disease.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006490), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
14 names
Resolves to: vaginal squamous cell carcinoma
- Also called
- carcinoma of vagina squamous cellepidermoid carcinoma of the vaginaepidermoid carcinoma of vaginaepidermoid cell carcinoma of the vaginaepidermoid cell carcinoma of vaginasquamous cell carcinoma of the vaginasquamous cell carcinoma of vaginavagina epidermoid carcinomavagina epidermoid cell carcinomavagina squamous cell carcinomavaginal epidermoid carcinomavaginal epidermoid cell carcinomavaginal squamous cell cancervaginal squamous cell cancer, NOS