Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in Spanish: Carcinoma de la vagina in situ, estadio 0
Stage 0 vaginal carcinoma in situ (VA-jih-nul KAR-sih-NOH-muh in SY-too)
Abnormal cells are found in tissue lining the inside of the vagina (birth canal). These abnormal cells may become cancer and spread into nearby normal tissue.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.