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Overview
- There is no general screening programme for vaginal cancer because it’s a very rare condition.
- When you have a cervical screening test, the doctor or nurse does a routine examination of your vagina at the same time. They can pick up pre cancerous conditions such as vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia (VAIN). Treatment for VAIN prevents vaginal cancer from developing.
- Screening is done by means of vaginal Pap smears in women who had previously undergone a hysterectomy for benign gynecologic disease.[1]
- In the United States, annual vaginal Pap smears have been recommended for the possible detection of vaginal cancer even for women who have previously undergone a hysterectomy, despite the fact that evidence of the value of such screening in this group of patients is virtually nonexistent.
- In 1995, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommended that such women be screened periodically, yet it acknowledged that no data were available to support the recommendation.7
References
- ↑ Noller KL (November 1996). "Screening for vaginal cancer". N. Engl. J. Med. 335 (21): 1599–600. doi:10.1056/NEJM199611213352111. PMID 8900096.