title: [Results of surgical treatment of vulvar cancer].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Vulvar cancer is a relatively rare genital malignancy. The mainstay of it's treatment is surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study of vulvar cancer patients treated between 1967 and 1995 at Department of Gynaecology, Medical University of Gdańsk.
  
  
  METHODS
  The type and outcome of surgical treatment was studied in 162 consecutive patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The surgery was limited to the vulva in 24% cases and in the reaming 76% of patients removed were also regional lymph nodes. Median survived of the whole group was 105 months and actuarial 5-year survival-60%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of treatment of vulvar cancer in presented series correspond well with the literature data.
authors.affiliation: II Kliniki Połoznictwa i Ginekologii AM w Gdańsku.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Konefka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Emerich
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Senkus-Konefka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Wstepna ocena wyników operacyjnego leczenia raka sromu.