title: Management of squamous cell vulvar cancer: a review.
abstract: Squamous cell vulvar cancer is a rare gynecologic malignancy. Standard treatment for early stage disease consists of wide radical excision of the primary tumor with inguinal-femoral lymphadenectomy or sentinel lymph node mapping/biopsy. Because of the general paucity of patients with advanced vulvar cancer, there is no standard therapy for advanced disease and therefore treatment should be individualized. Intergroup trials are needed to clarify the value of chemoradiation, neoadjuvant chemotherapy and targeted therapy in patients with advanced squamous cell cancer of the vulva to identify modalities with the best therapeutic index and lowest morbidity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA; Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: Gunter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Deppe
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mert
authors.forename: Ira S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Winer
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D059248:Chemoradiotherapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: review; squamous cell cancer; vulvar cancer