Diagnosis, Therapy and Follow-up of Vaginal Cancer and Its Precursors. Guideline of the DGGG and the DKG (S2k-Level, AWMF Registry No. 032/042, October 2018)

. 2019 Jul 16;79(10):1060–1078. doi: 10.1055/a-0919-4959

Consensus-based Recommendation 4.E9
The report detailing the histological findings of (radical) colpectomy specimens resected for vaginal cancer must include the following information: histological type using the WHO classification grading proof/absence of lymph node or vascular invasion (LN und V status) proof/absence of perineural infiltration (PNI status) staging (pTNM) depth of invasion in mm three-dimensional tumor size in cm minimum metric distance between the carcinoma and any associated VaIN measured from the edge of the resection to the VaIN minimum metric distance between the tumor and the soft-tissue edge of the resection (paracolpic tissue) R classification (UICC)

Consensus-based Recommendation 4.E9

Expert consensus

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The report detailing the histological findings of (radical) colpectomy specimens resected for vaginal cancer must include the following information:

histological type using the WHO classification
grading
proof/absence of lymph node or vascular invasion (LN und V status)
proof/absence of perineural infiltration (PNI status)
staging (pTNM)
depth of invasion in mm
three-dimensional tumor size in cm
minimum metric distance between the carcinoma and any associated VaIN measured from the edge of the resection to the VaIN
minimum metric distance between the tumor and the soft-tissue edge of the resection (paracolpic tissue)
R classification (UICC)