Treatment of Stages I and II Vulvar Cancer

For information about the treatments listed below, see the Treatment Option Overview section.

Treatment of stage I vulvar cancer and stage II vulvar cancer may include:

• surgery (wide local excision)
• surgery (radical local excision with removal of lymph nodes in the groin and upper thigh)
• surgery (modified radical vulvectomy or radical vulvectomy with removal of lymph nodes in the groin and upper thigh) followed by radiation therapy in some cases
• surgery (radical local excision and removal of sentinel lymph node) followed by radiation therapy in some cases
• radiation therapy alone

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