Question 146 (part 2) · LEK · Vulvar tumors
Which of the following is true about vulvar cancer:
- A. it mostly affects women before the age of 40.
- B. there are no precancerous conditions in this disease.
- C. currently radical vulvectomy is not performed.
- D. the risk factors include lichen sclerosus and an HPV infection.
- E. Bartholin’s gland carcinomas, melanomas and sarcomas are common.
Hint
Recall the two pathways of vulvar squamous cell carcinoma: one virus-driven, the other arising on a chronic dermatosis in older women.
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