The treatment of lateral T1 and T2 squamous cell carcinomas of the vulva confined to the labium majus or minus.

Objective: To determine the pattern of lymph node metastases, recurrence rate, and survival of patients with lateral T1 and T2 squamous cell cancer (SCC) of the vulva treated by radical vulvectomy or hemivulvectomy and inguinal lymphadenectomy.

Methods: An institutional review was performed to identify lateral T1 and T2 SCC of the vulva confined to the labium majus and minus.

Results: Sixty-one patients with lateral T1 and 61 patients with lateral T2 SCC of the vulva were treated from 1963 to 2003.