Exclusive radiotherapy for primary squamous cell carcinoma of the vagina.

Purpose: To retrospectively analyze results of external beam therapy (EBT) with brachytherapy (BT) for primary vaginal squamous cell carcinoma (PVSCC).

Materials And Methods: From 1970 to 2001, 91 patients were included. FIGO stages were: I (29%), II (38%), III (29%) and IVa (4%).

[Sentinel lymph nodes in gynecologic cancers].

The detection of the sentinel lymph node is one of the most significant surgical advance in cancer research. This technique allow to decrease the morbidity of a surgical gesture which can be noxious in itself even without bringing a profit in survival. In the gynaecological cancers the detection of the sentinel lymph node is still at the stage of feasibility.