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Treatment for vaginal cancer may include surgery, radiation therapy, or chemotherapy. Read on to learn more about these options.

Chemotherapy may be used by itself either before or after surgery. It's the main treatment in women whose vaginal cancer has spread. Read on to learn more about this treatment.

Cancer of the vagina is rare. Certain factors thought to raise the risk for this type of cancer include advancing age, history of cervical cancer, and infection with the human papillomavirus.

Vaginal cancer starts in the cells of your vagina, also known as the birth canal. The most common type of vaginal cancer develops over many years.

Radiation therapy is a treatment for cancer that uses beams of energy, usually X-rays. This treatment is also called radiotherapy. Its goal is to kill or shrink cancer cells. Read on to learn more about how it's used to treat vaginal cancer.

A risk factor is anything that may increase your chance of having a disease. Risk factors for a certain type of cancer might include tobacco use, diet, family history, or many other things.

The stage of a cancer is how much and how far the cancer has spread in your body. Vaginal cancer may range from stage 0 to stage IV.

Surgery is the most common way to treat vaginal cancer. Learn more about the types of surgery used for precancer, early-stage cancer, and more advanced vaginal cancers.

Vaginal cancer often causes no symptoms in the early stages, before cancer has spread. Symptoms may appear in later stages.