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. 2021 Dec 30;14(1):167. doi: 10.3390/cancers14010167
CCHR Concurrent chemoradiation
CI Confidence interval
C-Kit Proto-oncogene C-Kit, a tyrosine kinase protein
CT Computerised tomography
dVIN Well-differentiated vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia
FIGO International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
FNAB Fine needle aspiration biopsy
Gy Gray
HPV Human papillomavirus
HR Hazard ratio
ICI Immune checkpoint inhibitors
IMRT Intensity-modulated radiation therapy
LAVC Locally advanced vulvar cancer
Mdm2 Murine double minute 2 gene
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging
mTOR Mammalian target of rapamycin
NACT Neoadjuvant chemotherapy
E6/E7 HPV oncogenic proteins E6 and E7
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
p53 p53 tumour suppressor gene
PET Positron emission tomography
PD-1 Programmed death-1
PD-L1 Programmed death-ligand 1
PD-L2 Programmed death-ligand 2
pRb Rb tumour suppressor gene
RCT Randomised controlled trial
SCC Squamous cell carcinoma
SIL Squamous intraepithelial lesion
TLR Toll-like receptor
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
VHSIL Vulvar high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion
VMAT Volumetric arc therapy
VSCC Vulvar squamous cell carcinoma