Validation of the 2021 FIGO staging schema for advanced vulvar cancer.
Koji MatsuoMaximilian KlarShin NishioMikio MikamiLynda D RomanJason D WrightPublished in: International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society (2022)
The 2021 FIGO staging schema results in one in four cases of advanced vulvar cancer being reclassified. Survival rates of patients with new stage IVA disease worsened significantly whereas those of patients with new stage IIIA disease were heterogenous based on the staging factors. The discriminatory ability of the revised 2021 FIGO staging schema for 5 year overall survival rate between patients with stage IIIA and IIIB tumors and those with IVA and IVB tumors is limited in this study population.