The vaginal walls have a thin layer of cells called the epithelium made from squamous epithelial cells. Below the epithelium are connective tissue, involuntary muscle tissue, lymph vessels, and nerves. Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia (VaIN), or vaginal dysplasia, occurs when abnormal cells in the vagina become cancer. These abnormal cells also have a precancerous lesion of the cervix known as cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). 85% of cancers that incorporate the vagina spread from other... Learn More

Vulvar cancer starts in the vulva of women. Although the most common type is squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, melanoma, sarcoma, and verrucous carcinoma. Squamous cancer progresses through a “precancerous” condition, which may develop into cancer called vulva intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN). VIN is a premalignant growth of cells on the vulva that is still not cancerous but can develop into one.Usual-type VIN emerges in younger women and is concomitant with human papillomaviru... Learn More

Cervical cancer initiates in the lower portion of the uterus called the cervix. The cervix attaches the lower part of the uterus to the vagina and forms the birth canal. Cervical cancer develops on the surface of the cervix; if seen in the vagina, it is called the ectocervix, or in the canal, it is called the endocervix.  There are 2 main types of cervical cancer: squamous cell carcinoma, which is the majority (80% to 90%) of all cervical cancers and starts on the outer surface covering of... Learn More

Mouth cancer is a form of head and neck cancer that begins on the lips or in the mouth. Another name for mouth cancer is oral cavity cancer. The oral cavity comprises the lips, the inner lining of the lips, cheeks (buccal mucosa), teeth, gums, the front two-thirds of the tongue, the floor of the mouth below the tongue, and the bony roof of the mouth (hard palate). Mouth cancer can be oral verrucous carcinoma or oral melanoma. Based on the origin of the cancer, oral cavity cancer may be eith... Learn More

Leukemia occurs in the early blood-forming cells, leukocytes. While leukemia mostly starts in white blood cells, some leukemias also start in other blood cell types. Leukemia progresses when the genetic material (DNA) in the white blood cells is damaged or changed which impedes the maturation and functionality of these cells. They would just multiply and accumulate in the bone marrow stopping the production of normal white and red blood cells and platelets, this condition progresses to leukemia.... Learn More