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The commonest tumors of the vagina are epithelial tumors. The classification of carcinomas of the vagina parallels that of the cervix, with HPV-associated and HPV-independent squamous cell carcinomas recognized as separate entities. In addition, the vagina is the site of benign tumors, adenocarcinomas, mixed epithelial and mesenchymal tumors, pure mesenchymal tumors, and metastatic tumors (Table 1).
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WHO Classification of Tumours Editorial Board. Female genital tumours. Lyon (France): International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2020. (WHO classification of tumours series, 5th ed., Vol. 4). https://publications.iarc.fr/592
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Arif, S. (2022). WHO Classification of Tumors of the Vagina. In: van Krieken, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28845-1_5596-1
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