{"entity":{"id":"figo-2021-vulva","kind":"term","name":"FIGO 2021 staging of vulvar cancer","aka":["FIGO 2021 vulvar staging","FIGO vulvar staging"],"tldr":"The 2021 FIGO staging of vulvar cancer is simpler than before and was the first FIGO gynaecological staging derived from an analysis of patient data.","summary":"FIGO's committee worked with the US National Cancer Database, analysing 12,063 cases treated from 2010 to 2017 and grouping tumour characteristics with similar survival (Olawaiye and colleagues, International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2021). The result has two substages in stage I, none in stage II, three in stage III and two in stage IV; a new definition of depth of invasion; the same definition of lymph node metastasis as cervical cancer; and allows cross-sectional imaging findings. The AJCC lists its vulva chapter as a Version 9 protocol for 2024.","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"Olawaiye et al., FIGO staging for carcinoma of the vulva: 2021 revision (Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2021)","url":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.13880"},{"label":"American College of Surgeons, AJCC Current Staging System 2026 (which chapters are 8th edition and which Version 9)","url":"https://www.facs.org/media/c5ik5tkr/ajcc-current-staging-system-2026.pdf"}],"tags":[],"related":["staging-systems","ajcc-version-9"],"cancers":["vulvar"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"category":"Clinical"},"route":"/terms/figo-2021-vulva/","neighbours":{"term":[{"id":"ajcc-version-9","kind":"term","name":"AJCC Version 9 staging","route":"/terms/ajcc-version-9/"},{"id":"staging-systems","kind":"term","name":"Disease-specific staging and risk systems (FIGO, Ann Arbor, IPI, R-ISS, ELN, IMDC)","route":"/terms/staging-systems/"}],"cancer":[{"id":"vulvar","kind":"cancer","name":"Vulvar cancer","route":"/cancers/vulvar/"}]}}