[Clinical report of six cases of vaginal sarcomas].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the clinical characteristics and treatment methods of primary sarcoma of the vagina.


METHODS
Retrospectively analysed the clinical data of 6 patients with vaginal sarcoma including 2 leiomyosarcoma, 1 angiosarcoma, 1 lymphoma, 1 alveolar soft tissue sarcoma and 1 rhabdomyosarcoma.


RESULTS
The age of the patients was 7-52 year-old. 3 of them were treated by local resection combined with chemotherapy and radiotherapy and alive over 5-year. The rest 3 died of this disease within two years and a half after diagnosis.


CONCLUSIONS
Local resection combined with chemotherapy and radiotherapy is the main therapeutic approach for vaginal sarcoma.
Zhang
R
R
Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021.
Sun
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*