Tin dɛm we yu nid fɔ no bɔt vagina kansa! Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis.

Sɔntɛnde wi kin yɛri bɔt difrɛn kayn kansa wae uman kin gɛt. Pan dɛn wan ya, vagina kansa nɔ kin bɔku smɔl, bɔt na sɔntin we wi fɔ rili no bɔt. Yu kin fil fɔ fred smɔl we yu yɛri dis, bɔt nɔ wɔri. Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ no. So, witout fred, mek wi tok abaut dis in som ditel?

Wetin na vagina kansa?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, vagina kansa na kansa na di sɛl dɛn we de layn yu vagina. as yu no, di vagina na כgan we lεk tכb we de kכnekt yu sεviks (di lכw pat pan yu uterus) to yu εksternal jεnitalia (di vulva).

כltεm, i kin apin se kansa kin bigin כda say na di bכdi, lεk sεvikal kεnsar כ uterin kεnsar, εn i kin spre to di vagina. Bɔt i nɔ kin izi smɔl fɔ mek kansa bigin na di vagina insɛf. Na dat mek wi kin kɔl am vagina kansa .

Wetin na di kayn vagina kansa?

Okay, naw lɛ wi si if difrɛn kayn vagina kansa de. Yɛs, dɛn de. Dɛn gi dɛn di nem frɔm di kayn sɛl dɛn we de na di vagina usay di kansa bigin.

• Squamous cell carcinoma : Dis na di kayn we we dɛn kin gɛt mɔ. Flat sɛl dɛn de we de layn insay yu vagina , we dɛn kɔl squamous cells. Dis na di sɛl dɛm usay dis kansa kin bigin. Na lɛk 90% pan ɔl di vagina kansa dɛn na dis kayn.
• Adenocarcinoma: Dis kin stat na di gland sεl dεm na di vagina. I kin apin mɔ pan pipul dɛn we dɔn pas 50. Bɔt wan spɛshal kayn kansa de we dɛn kɔl klia sɛl adenokarsinoma . Dis kayn kansa kin mɔs pan uman dɛn we nɔ rich 50 ia yet we dɛn bin dɔn gɛt wan mɛrɛsin we dɛn kɔl diethylstilbestrol (DES) we dɛn bin de na di bɛlɛ. Trade, dɛn bin de yuz DES fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt prɔblɛm dɛn we dɛn gɛt bɛlɛ.
• Melanoma: Yu vagina gɛt sɛl dɛn we dɛn kɔl melanosayt we de gi am kɔlɔ, ɛn dis kansa kin bigin na dɛn sɛl dɛn de. Bɔt, mɛlanoma na di vagina nɔ kin rili, rili shɔt.
• Sarkoma: dis kin stat na di kכnektiv tisu εn di mכsul tisu we de mek di wכl na di vagina. Lɛk mɛlanoma, dis sarkoma nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm. Difrɛn kayn sarkoma dɛn de bak. Rabdomyosarkoma we dɛn kɔl Rhabdomyosarkomadi kayn we we dεn kכmכn pas כl dεn kכl am ``Leiomyosarcoma``, we kin kכmכn pan pipul dεm we pas 50 ia.

Aw kɔmɔn dis kansa?

Naw yu kin de wɔnda aw dis vagina kansa kɔmɔn. Infakt, na kansa we nɔ kin bɔku. Na lɛk wan pan ɛvri 100,000 uman dɛn nɔmɔ kin gɛt dis sik, ɛn di wan we kin bɔku pas ɔl na squamous cell carcinoma. we i kam pan gaynik kεnsar, vagina kansa nכmכ de fכ 1% to 2%.

Udat kin gɛt kansa na in vagina?

Okay, so udat kin gɛt vagina kansa mɔ? Lɛ wi si if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya we kin mek yu gɛt prɔblɛm:

• If yu pas 60 ia: Yu risk fɔ gɛt vagina kansa de go ɔp we yu de ol. Di kayn kansa we kin bɔku pas ɔl, we na squamous cell carcinoma, na pipul dɛn we dɔn pas 60 ia. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, i kin kam pan pipul dɛn we nɔ rich 60 ia yet.
• If yu dɔn gɛt di human papillomavirus ( HPV ): HPV na vayrɔs we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs. I kin mek di risk fɔ gɛt kansa na di sɛvikal ɛn kansa na di vagina. If yu gɛt bɔku pipul dɛn we yu de du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs wit ɛn we yu nɔ gɛt di vaysin agens HPV, dat kin mek yu gɛt dis sik mɔ.
• If dɛn dɔn no se yu gɛt Vaginal Intraepithelial Neoplasia (VAIN): VAIN min se di sɛl dɛn we de na di layn na yu vagina nɔ nɔmal, bɔt nɔto kansa. Sɔm pipul dɛm wae gɛt VAIN kin dɔn gɛt vagina kansa, bɔt nɔr to ɔlman kin gɛt am. Dis na bikɔs di wan dɛn we de du risach nɔ stil no fɔ tru. Yu kin gɛt VAIN if yu gɛt HPV.
• If yu bin dɔn gɛt sɛvikal kansa ɔ sɛvikal displasia bifo: Yu kin stil gɛt vagina kansa afta yu dɔn trit yu sɛvikal kansa. Dɔn bak, if yu gɛt abnɔmal sɛl dɛn na yu sɛviks (cervical dysplasia), dat kin mek yu gɛt kansa na yu vagina bak .
• If yu dɔn gɛt di mɛrɛsin we dɛn kɔl diethylstilbestrol (DES): DES na wan sintetik ɛstrojen we dɛn bin gi fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt prɔblɛm dɛn we yu gɛt bɛlɛ bitwin 1940 ɛn 1971. If yu mama bin tek DES we i bin gɛt bɛlɛ wit yu, yu go gɛt wan kayn kansa we dɛn kɔl adenocarcinoma.
• If yu na pɔsin we de smok: We yu smok, dat kin mek yu gɛt kansa na yu vagina tu tɛm.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ vagina kansa?

I impɔtant fɔ no di sayn dɛm fɔ vagina kansa. Bɔt sɔmtɛm yu kin gɛt dis kansa ɛn nɔr sho ɛni sayn. We yu go fɔ chɛk yu ɔltɛm, yu dɔktɔ go fɛn sɛl dɛn we nɔ de ɛn tɛl yu se yu gɛt am. Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ mek yu de chɛk yu ɔltɛm. Yu dɔktɔ kin no dis kansa ivin if yu bɔdi nɔr tɛl yu natin.

Bɔt we di sayn dɛn de sho se yu gɛt dis sik, yu kin si tin dɛn lɛk:

• blɔd we de kɔmɔt na di vagina afta we yu dɔn du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs (dis na blɔd we nɔ gɛt natin fɔ du wit we yu de gɛt mɔnt ).
• blɔd we de kɔmɔt na di vagina afta we yu dɔn menɔpauz (dat na afta we yu gɛt mɔnt dɔn stɔp ɔltogɛda).
• Di wata we de kɔmɔt na di vagina we gɛt wata, we gɛt blɔd, ɔ we gɛt dɔti smel.
• Fɔ fil pen we yu de du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs.
• Fɔ fil sɔntin lɛk lump na di vagina.
• Pen we yu de pis ɔ fil se yu fɔ pis bɔku tɛm.
• Kɔnstipɛshɔn ɔ pas blak stɔl.
• Fɔ fil se yu nid fɔ defecate pan ɔl we di bɔdi ɛmti.
• Pelvik pen we de mek pɔsin fil pen.

Di impɔtant tin na dat fɔ gɛt wan ɔr mɔr pan dɛn sik ya nɔr kin min ɔltɛm se na siriɔs sik lɛk vagina kansa. Bɔt if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sik ya, i impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan fɔ mek dɛn chɛk yu.

Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt kansa na in vagina?

Risach pipul dɛn nɔ shɔ yet wetin rili de mek pɔsin gɛt kansa na in vagina. Bɔt lɛk aw i kin bi wit sɛvikal kansa, dɛn kin tink se sɔntin de bitwin vagina kansa ɛn di kayn HPV we gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm. Sɔm stɔdi dɔn sho se bɔku pipul dɛn we gɛt vagina kansa gɛt antibodi fɔ di kayn HPV we gɛt fɔ du wit sɛvikal kansa.

Aw dis kansa kin skata?

Yu no aw di kansa sɛl dɛn kin biev. Bifo di kansa sɛl dɛn gro, sheb, ɛn leta day lɛk nɔmal sɛl dɛn, dɛn kin kɔntinyu fɔ gro. dis sεl dεm de sheb εn sheb fכ mek tכmכro. As tεm de go, dεn tכmכro dεm ya kin spre (mεtastaz) to כda pat dεm na di bכdi, εn dεn kin invayd hεlty tisu dεm bak. Di vagina kansa sɛl dɛn kin biev di sem we.

Aw dɛn kin no se pɔsin gɛt kansa na di vagina?

We yu go to dɔktɔ wit di sayn dɛm, dɛn go aks yu fɔs bɔt yu sayn dɛm. Dɔn, dɛn go du bɔku tɛst fɔ si if kansa ɔ prɛkansa sɛl dɛn de. Di we aw dɛn kin tek pikchɔ kin ɛp fɔ no di stej (stej) we di kansa de, ɔ if di kansa dɔn skata.

Testing

Bɔku tɛm, yu go gɛt ɛgzam na yu bɛlɛ ɛn Pap smiɛl (Pap tɛst). If di dɔktɔ si se di sɛl dɛn we nɔ fayn, yu kin nid fɔ du ɔda tɛst dɛn lɛk fɔ mek dɛn tek kɔlposkɔpi ɛn fɔ tek yu vagina bayɔpsi. dis bayopsi na di onli tεst we kin definitivli kכnfכm if kεnsar de.

• Pεlvik εgzam: di dכkta go luk yu εksternal jεnitalia (vulva) εn put tu finga dεm insay yu vagina fכ chεk fכ eni abnכmaliti. di vagina go big sכmtεm yuz wan tin we dεn kכl spεkul fכ alaw fכ si klia wan di vagina kanal εn di sεviks.
• Pap smear: We yu de kip yu vagina opin wit spɛkul, yu dɔktɔ go yuz inschrumɛnt we tan lɛk spatula ɛn brɔsh fɔ skrap smɔl smɔl sɛl dɛn frɔm yu sɛviks. Dɛn go sɛn dɛn sɛl ya na lab fɔ tɛst fɔ si if dɛn gɛt sayn dɛn fɔ kansa ɔ di HPV vayrɔs.
• Kolposkopi: Insay dis tɛst, di dɔktɔ de yuz wan tin we gɛt layt we dɛn kɔl kolposkɔpi fɔ luk insay yu vagina ɛn yu sɛviks fɔ si if yu gɛt sɛl dɛn we nɔ de wok.
• Bayopsi: Bɔku tɛm dɛn kin du bayɔpsi di sem tɛm we dɛn kin du kɔlposkɔpi. Di dɔktɔ tek wan tisu sɛmpul ɛn sɛn am na lab fɔ chɛk if kansa sɛl dɛn de.

Stej we dɛn de mek

Stej na ɔda we fɔ mek yu dɔktɔ no aw fa yu kansa dɔn skata. di vagina kansa de stej insay tri men we dεm: aw fa di tכmכro dכn spre insay di vagina, if i dכn spre to limf no dεm, εn if i dכn spre to כda pat dεm na di bכdi (mεtastasized). dεn kכl dεn tri kεtכgכri dεm ya T (tכmכro), N (no dεm), εn M (mεtastasayz).

Di dɔktɔ kin no di stej we yu kansa gɛt bay we i yuz infɔmeshɔn frɔm di tɛst rizɔlt ɛn tɛst dɛn we kin luk insay di bɔdi.

Di we aw dɛn kin yuz imej fɔ no di stej we di kansa gɛt na:

• X-ray we dɛn kin du
• Kɔmpyuta Tomografi (CT) skan dɛn
• Magnɛtik Rɛsɔnans Imej (MRI) .
• Positron Emission Tomography (PET) skan dɛn we dɛn kin du

MRI kin gi di ditel bɔt di sayz fɔ di tumbu. PET skan kin sho di limf no dεm we nכ nכmal.

• Sistoskopi: Dɛn kin yuz dis fɔ si if di kansa dɔn skata to di blad. Fɔ dis tɛst, dɛn kin put wan smɔl tiub we gɛt layt ɛn we gɛt kamɛra insay yu blad.
• Proctoscopy: Dis kin si if di kansa dɔn spre to di smɔl intestin ɔ di rɛktum. bak, dɛn kin put wan smɔl tiub we gɛt layt ɛn we gɛt kamɛra insay yu rɛktum.

Aw dɛn kin trit vagina kansa?

Di tritmɛnt fɔ vagina kansa dipen pan di kayn kansa, di stej we di kansa de, ɛn yu ej. Along wit yu ej, if yu op fɔ bɔn pikin ɔ yu nɔ op fɔ bɔn pikin, i kin afɛkt bak di tritmɛnt disizhɔn dɛm.

Tipikli, dεn kin yuz lεzεr כpεrayshכn εn tכpikכl tritmεnt fכ trit di sεl dεm we de bifo kansa. Bɔku tɛm, invasive vagina kansa kin nid ɔpreshɔn, raytin, ɛn kemotɛrapi. Yu kin gɛt wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn tritmɛnt ya bak togɛda.

Ɔpreshɔn

• Waid lokal excision: Di dɔktɔ de pul di kansa tumor wit sɔm wɛlbɔdi tisu we de rawnd am.
• Vaginectomy (partial or radical): Dipen pan di saiz ɛn usay di tumor de, yu dɔktɔ kin pul wan pat ɔ ɔl di vagina. dipכnt pan aw fa di kansa dכn spre, yu dכkta kin se fכ pul di limf no dεm (limf no dεm dεsεkshכn) εn pul di uterus εn sεviks (hysterectomy).
• di pεlvik εksεntεrayshכn: Dis כpεrayshכn de pul sεvεra כgan dεm na yu bכdi. dis dεm na di lכw pat pan yu big intestinal (rεktum), blad, uterus, sεviks, vagina, ovaria, εn di limf no dεm we de nia yu. Dɛn kin mek wan ol (stoma ɔ ostomy bag) na yu bɛlɛ so dat yu go ebul fɔ pis ɛn pul dɔti. Dɛn kin tink bɔt dis ɔpreshɔn if di kansa dɔn kam bak.

Redyushɔn tɛrapi

Radieshɔn tɛrapi na fɔ yuz di ɛnaji bim dɛn we dɛn want, lɛk ɛkstrem rayt, fɔ kil di kansa sɛl dɛn ɔ fɔ stɔp dɛn fɔ sheb.

• Ekstanshal raytin tɛrapi: Wan mashin we de na do na yu bɔdi de dayrɛkt di raytin bim dɛn we gɛt bɔku ɛnaji to yu tumbu.
• Intanɛt rɛdyushɔn tɛrapi: Dɛn kin put waya ɔ kateshɔn we dɛn dɔn sial we gɛt redioaktiv tin insay yu vagina, insay ɔ nia di tɔŋ.

Kimotɛrapi

Kimotɛrapi na fɔ yuz drɔgs fɔ kil di kansa sɛl dɛn. Kimotɛrapi nɔmɔ nɔto fayn tritmɛnt fɔ vagina kansa. Bɔt dɛn kin gi kemotɛrapi di sem tɛm wit redyushɔn tɛrapi fɔ mek i wok fayn mɔ ɛn mɔ. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin yuz kemotɛrapi bak fɔ trit di tumbu dɛn we dɔn lɔs afta dɛn dɔn trit am ɛn afta dat dɛn kin kam bak.

Klinik trial dɛn we dɛn kin du

Yu dɔktɔ kin aks yu fɔ tek pat pan wan klinik trial fɔ tray nyu tritmɛnt dɛn fɔ kansa we dɛn de mek. Ɔganayzeshɔn dɛn lɛk di American Cancer Society ɛn di National Cancer Institute na fayn ples fɔ no bɔt di klinik trial dɛn we de go bifo fɔ trit di vagina kansa.

Aw fɔ ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt vagina kansa?

Okay, naw lɛ wi si wetin wi kin du fɔ ridyus wi risk fɔ gɛt vagina kansa. Pan ɔl we dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ stɔp am ɔltogɛda, dɛn tin ya kin ɛp fɔ ridyus di prɔblɛm:

• Gɛt rɛgyula pelvik ɛgzam ɛn Pap tɛst. Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt aw ɔltɛm yu fɔ mek dɔktɔ we de mɛn uman dɛn du dɛn tɛst ya.
• Gɛt di HPV vaysin. Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt fɔ gɛt vaysin agens HPV. Naw, tri vaysin dɛn de we FDA dɔn gri fɔ: Gardasil, Gardasil 9, ɛn Cervarix.
• Nɔ smok. Smok kin mek yu gɛt ɔl di kansa dɛn, ivin di vagina kansa.

Wetin na di lukin-grɔn fɔ vagina kansa?

Di prɔgnosis fɔ pɔsin we gɛt vagina kansa de dipen pan di stej we dɛn no se i gɛt am. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin trit di vagina kansa we dɛn kin no kwik kwik wan fayn fayn wan. Dɔn yu kin liv ful layf. Kansa wae dɛn kin no let, dat na, leta, kin at fɔ trit. Dɛn kin nid fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ tek kemotɛrapi ɛn ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn. Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ mek yu de chɛk yu uman dɛn ɔltɛm, ilɛksɛf yu nɔ fil se yu sik. Go to dɔktɔ jɔs afta yu notis ɛni sayn.

Sɔm kwɛstyɔn dɛn we dɛn kin aks bɔku tɛm

Yu tink se kansa na di vagina kin kam?

Yɛs, i pɔsibul fɔ gɛt kansa na di vagina. Bɔt i nɔ kin izi fɔ mek kansa bigin na di vagina insɛf. Bɔku tɛm, kansa we kin bigin ɔdasay na di bɔdi kin go na di vagina. di kansa dεm we de spre to di vagina bכku tεm kin stat na yu sεviks (sεvikal kεnsar) כ di layn na yu uterus (uterin kεnsar / εndometrial kεnsar).

Us kansa na di vagina blɔd na di sayn fɔ?

Di blɔd we de kɔmɔt na di vagina na di kɔmɔn sayn fɔ sɔm kayn kansa, lɛk vagina kansa, sɛvikal kansa, uterin kansa, ɛn ovarian kansa. Bɔt if yu blɔd nɔ de kɔmɔt fayn nɔto sayn fɔ kansa, bɔt i kin bi sayn fɔ bɔku ɔda tin dɛn. So, nɔ tink se yu gɛt kansa jɔs bikɔs yu gɛt abnɔmal blɔd. Bɔt, mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ ɛn mek dɛn chɛk yu.

Aw vagina kansa kin fil?

Di sayn we de sho se yu gɛt kansa na yu vagina na we yu de blɔd na yu vagina we nɔ de mek yu fil pen. Dis min se yu nɔ go fil ɛnitin atɔl if yu gɛt vagina kansa. Na smɔl tɛm nɔmɔ yu kin gɛt pen na yu bɛlɛ, yu kin fil pen we yu de pis , ɔ yu nɔ kin fil fayn bikɔs yu gɛt kɔnstipɛshɔn.

If dɛn no se yu gɛt kansa na yu vagina, i impɔtant fɔ tɔk ɔnɛs wit yu dɔktɔ bɔt di kayn kansa, if i dɔn skata, ɛn us tritmɛnt yu gɛt. Yu prɔgnosis de dipen pan bɔku tin dɛn. Yu dɔktɔ na di bɛst pɔsin fɔ ɛksplen aw dis diagnosis go afɛkt yu.

Insay da tɛm de, fɔ bil wan strɔng sɔpɔt nɛtwɔk we gɛt yu famili, padi dɛn, pipul dɛn we dɔn gɛt kansa, ɛn ɔda pipul dɛn we dɔn gɛt kansa na impɔtant pat bak pan yu plan fɔ kia fɔ yu. Tɔk to pɔsin we de gi advays fɔ tɔk bɔt aw yu de fil bɔt di sik we yu gɛt. I impɔtant fɔ mek dɛn mit yu filin nid dɛm, ɛn bak di klinik kia we yu de gɛt.

Di impɔtant tin dɛn we yu nid fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Okay, lɛ wi luk sɔm pan di men pɔynt dɛn we yu nid fɔ mɛmba frɔm ɔl dɛn tin ya:

• Pan ɔl we vagina kansa na kansa we nɔ kin bɔku , i impɔtant fɔ no bɔt am.
• Gɛt rɛgyula pelvik ɛgzam ɛn Pap tɛst. Dɛn tin ya kin no bɔt tin dɛn we nɔ fayn we dɛn bigin fɔ du am.
• Fɔ gɛt di HPV vaysin kin ridyus yu risk fɔ gɛt vagina kansa. Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt dis.
• Nɔ smok.
• If yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk we yu de blɔd na yu vagina we nɔ kɔmɔn, wata we nɔ de kɔmɔt fayn, ɔ we yu de fil pen we yu de du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs, nɔ ignore dɛn. Go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.
• If dɛn no se yu gɛt kansa, nɔ panik. Dɔktɔ dɛn, advaysa dɛn, ɛn sɔpɔt grup dɛn de fɔ ɛp yu. Gɛt di rayt infɔmeshɔn ɛn fes tritmɛnt wit trɛnk.