Prevalence and Treatment of Vulvar Cancer From 2014-2018: A Nationwide Population-Based Study in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vulvar cancer is one of the rare gynecologic malignancies. Despite the recent increasing trend of vulvar cancer in western countries due to the increased infection of human papillomavirus, there has been no study for population-based incidence of vulvar cancer in Korea. We aimed to investigate the prevalence and treatment of vulvar cancer in South Korea between 2014 and 2018.

Methods

Data from patients diagnosed and treated with vulvar cancer between 2014 and 2018 were obtained from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service/National Inpatient Sample (National In-Patient Sample) in South Korea.

Results

A total of 4,636,542 women were identified through the HIRA-NIS database from 2014 to 2018, of which 259 patients were diagnosed and treated for vulv

SUBMITTER: Ouh YT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8787801 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature