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Vulvar cancerPrevention & detection | Diagnostics & staging | Treatments | Our team | For physicians | Vulvar cancer home | Gynecologic cancer home The vulva is the outside of the vagina consisting primarily of the skin folds of the labia majora and labia minora, as well as the clitoris and their associated tissues. Vulvar cancer occurs when cells divide and grow abnormally and cause tissue damage. Vulvar cancer is rare, accounting for less than one percent of all cancers in women. The vast majority of cancers of the vulva are a form of skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma. Melanoma is another type of skin cancer that occurs less frequently as vulvar cancer. Adenocarcinomas, including Paget's disease, are a type of cancer that begins in glandular cells of the vulva within its tissues instead of on its surface as skin cancers do. Sarcomas can occur at any age and develop in the connective tissue under the skin.
Aurora physicians were the first in Wisconsin to perform robotic-assisted gynecologic surgery. And as principal investigators with the national Gynecologic Oncology Group, they make the latest cancer treatments available to patients through clinical trials. Learn more about vulvar cancer or request a consultation.
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Aurora features specialized gynecologic oncologists at Aurora St. Luke's
Medical Center, the Aurora Women's Pavilion at Aurora West Allis Medical Center
and Aurora BayCare Medical Center who offer the most treatments for
gynecologic cancer in Wisconsin. 