Vulvar Cancer Research

Winship, a leading research center, is pioneering how the medical community prevents, detects, diagnoses and treats all types of cancer, including vulvar cancer.

With rare cancers like vulvar cancer, research moves the field forward in important ways. Currently, researchers at Winship are:

• Studying the link between human papillomavirus (HPV) and vulvar cancer.
• Examining if certain gene mutations cause HPV-negative vulvar cancer to develop and if those mutations can be targeted to treat the cancer.
• Testing immunotherapy on early-stage vulvar cancer.
• Investigating minimally invasive treatments.
• Improving diagnostics and targeted therapies for vulvar cancer.
• Researching lymph node mapping.

As a Winship patient, you might be eligible to join a clinical trial. Your medical care team can match you with one that fits your diagnosis. Most clinical trials are an addition to standard therapy, so you don’t have to choose one over the other. All trials are based in Georgia, but we welcome participants from throughout the state and beyond.

Winship leads research at four locations in Georgia:

• Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University (Clifton campus)
• Winship Cancer Institute at Emory Midtown
• Winship at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital
• Emory Proton Therapy Center