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American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts and Figures 2020. Atlanta, Ga: American Cancer Society; 2020.

American Joint Committee on Cancer. Vulvar Cancer. AJCC Cancer Staging Manual. 7th ed. New York, NY: Springer; 2010:379–386.

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Bosquet JG, Magrina JF, Gaffey TA, et al. Long-term survival and disease recurrence in patients with primary squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva. Gyn Onc 2005;97:828–833

Burke TW, Russell AH. Advanced-stage vulvar cancer. In: Gynecologic Cancer: Controversies in Management. Gershenson D, Gore M, McGuire W, Quinn M, Thomas G, eds. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Science, 2004: 105–112.

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Hassanzade M, Attaran M, Treglia G, Yousefi Z, Sadeghi R. Lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy in squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva: systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature. Gynecol Oncol. 2013 Jul;130(1):237-45. Epub 2013 Apr 20.

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Kenter GG, Welters MJ, Valentijn AR, et al. Vaccination against HPV-16 oncoproteins for vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia. N Engl J Med. 2009 Nov 5;361(19):1838–1847.

Kleinerman RA, Kosary C, Hildesheim A. New Malignancies Following Cancer of the Cervix Uteri, Vagina, and Vulva. In: Curtis RE, Freedman DM, Ron E, Ries LAG, Hacker DG, Edwards BK, Tucker MA, Fraumeni JF Jr. (eds). New Malignancies Among Cancer Survivors: SEER Cancer Registries, 1973-2000. National Cancer Institute. NIH Publ. No. 05-5302. Bethesda, MD, 2006. Accessed on 4/18/2014 at http://seer.cancer.gov/archive/publications/mpmono/MPMonograph_complete.pdf.

Kosary CL. Cancer of the Vulva. In: Ries LAG, Young JL, Keel GE, Eisner MP, Lin YD, Horner M-J (editors). SEER Survival Monograph: Cancer Survival Among Adults: U.S. SEER Program, 1988-2001, Patient and Tumor Characteristics. National Cancer Institute, SEER Program, NIH Pub. No. 07-6215, Bethesda, MD, 2007

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National Cancer Institute.  Cancer stat facts: vulvar cancer 2012-2014.  https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/vulva.html.  Accessed on January 5, 2018.

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PDQ database. Vulvar Cancer. Bethesda, Md: National Cancer Institute; 9/7/2012. Accessed at http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/vulvar/HealthProfessional on September 12, 2012.

Reade CJ, Eiriksson LR, Mackay H. Systemic therapy in squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva: current status and future directions. Gynecol Oncol. 2014 Mar;132(3):780-9. Epub 2013 Dec 1.

Richard SD, Krivak TC, Beriwal S, Zorn KK. Recurrent metastatic vulvar carcinoma treated with cisplatin plus cetuximab. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2008 Sep-Oct;18(5):1132–1135. Epub 2007 Nov 16.

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Rouzier R, Haddad B, Atallah D, et al. Surgery for vulvar cancer. Clin Obst Gyn 2005;48:869–878.

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Society of Gynecologic Oncologists Clinical Practice Guidelines: Vulvar cancer. Oncology. 1998;12:275–282.

Trimble EL, Kosary C, Mooney M, Saxman S. Melanoma of the Female Genital Tract. In: Gynecologic Cancer: Controversies in Management. Gershenson DM, McGuire WP, Gore M, Quinn MA, Thomas G, eds. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Science, 2004: 931-939.

Van der Avoort IAM, Shirango H, Hovenaars BM, et al. Vulvar squamous cell carcinoma is a multifactorial disease following two separate and independent pathways. Int J Gyn Path 2005;25:22–29.

Van der Velden J. Controversies in early vulvar cancer. In: Gynecologic Cancer: Controversies in Management. Gershenson D, Gore M, McGuire W, Quinn M, Thomas G, eds. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Science, 2004: 93–103.

van Seters M, van Beurden M, ten Kate FJ, et al. Treatment of vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia with topical imiquimod. N Engl J Med. 2008 Apr 3;358(14):1465–1473.

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