Treated Treatments are available for all patients with cancer of the vagina. Surgery is the most common treatment for all stages of cancer of the vagina. Wide local excision takes out the cancer and some of the tissue around it. You may need skin grafts and plastic surgery to make an artificial vagina after these operations. Radiation may be used alone or after surgery.
Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill cancer cells.
Chemotherapy may be taken by pill, or it may be put into the body by a needle in a vein. Chemotherapy is called a systemic treatment because the drugs enter the bloodstream, travel through the body, and can kill cancer cells outside the vagina. In treating vaginal cancer, chemotherapy may also be put directly into the vagina itself, which is called intravaginal chemotherapy. Treatment By Stage Treatment for cancer of the vagina depends on the stage of your disease, the type of disease, your age, and your overall condition. You may receive treatment that is considered standard based on its effectiveness in a number of patients in past studies, or you may choose to go into a clinical trial.