[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.
Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021.
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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*