Current Research

Research for vaginal cancer is ongoing. The following advances may still be under investigation in clinical trials and may not be approved or available at this time. Always discuss all diagnostic and treatment options with your doctor.

Relieving symptoms of radiation therapy. One side effect of pelvic radiation therapy is diarrhea. A drug currently under investigation, called octreotide (Sandostatin), may relieve this symptom for women with vaginal cancer.

New therapies. Researchers continue to investigate new treatments and new combinations of existing treatments for vaginal cancer.