Table 1.
Reggio Emilia Cancer Registry. Vulvar and vaginal cancer, years 1996–2021. Number of cases by age, period of diagnosis, morphology, method of diagnosis, and nationality.
|
All |
Vulva |
Vagina |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Overall | 328 | 264 | 80.5 | 64 | 19.5 | |
| Age at diagnosis | ||||||
| <50 | 13 | 4.0 | 6 | 2.3 | 7 | 10.9 |
| 50–69 | 84 | 25.6 | 66 | 25.0 | 18 | 28.1 |
| 70+ | 231 | 70.4 | 192 | 72.7 | 39 | 61.0 |
| mean | sd | mean | sd | mean | sd | |
| 74.9 | 12.8 | 76.1 | 11.9 | 70.2 | 15.1 | |
| Period of diagnosis | ||||||
| 1996–2000 | 74 | 22.6 | 54 | 20.5 | 20 | 31.2 |
| 2001–2005 | 59 | 18.0 | 51 | 19.3 | 8 | 12.5 |
| 2006–2010 | 62 | 18.9 | 50 | 18.9 | 12 | 18.8 |
| 2011–2015 | 63 | 19.2 | 53 | 20.1 | 10 | 15.6 |
| 2016–2021 | 70 | 21.3* | 56 | 21.2 | 14 | 21.9 |
| Morphology | ||||||
| Squamous cell carcinomas | 243 | 74.1 | 206 | 78.0 | 37 | 57.8 |
| Basal cell carcinomas | 19 | 5.8 | 19 | 7.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Adenocarcinomas | 11 | 3.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 10 | 15.6 |
| Ductal and lobular carcinomas | 13 | 4.0 | 13 | 4.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nevi and melanomas | 18 | 5.5 | 14 | 5.3 | 4 | 6.3 |
| Other | 24 | 7.3 | 11 | 4.2 | 13 | 20.3 |
| Method of diagnosis | ||||||
| Clinical/instrumental | 8 | 2.4 | 5 | 1.9 | 3 | 4.7 |
| Histological | 320 | 97.6 | 259 | 98.1 | 61 | 95.3 |
| Population | ||||||
| Italians | 319 | 97.3 | 260 | 98.5 | 59 | 92.2 |
| Non-Italians | 9 | 2.7 | 4 | 1.5 | 5 | 7.8 |