Vaginal cancer is a rare kind of cancer in women. In vaginal cancer, cancer (malignant) cells are found in the tissues of the vagina. The vagina is the passageway through which fluid passes out of the body during menstrual periods and through which a woman has babies. The vagina connects the cervix (the opening of the womb or uterus) and the vulva (the folds of skin around the opening to the vagina).

Causes:

• Previous treatment for dysplasia (abnormal cells on the cervix). 

• Genital warts (human papillomaviral infection). 

• Cigarette smoking

• irritate the vagina

• Prenatal exposure to the synthetic hormone diethylstilbestrol (DES).

• Vaginal adenosis

Symptoms:

1. Painless vaginal bleeding that's not associated with menstruation 
2. Bleeding after sexual intercourse 
3. Smelly vaginal discharge 
4. Pain during intercourse or in the pelvic area. 
5. Constant pelvic pain.

Treatments:

1. Surgery:

• Laser surgery. A narrow beam of light is used to kill very early stage cancer cells 
  Wide local excision. The surgeon takes out the cancer and some of the surrounding tissue.

• Vaginectomy. The surgeon removes the vagina and maybe lymph nodes from the pelvic area. 

• Radical hysterectomy. If cancer has spread outside of the vagina, the uterus, ovaries and fallopian tubes, as well as lymph nodes may be removed.

2. Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) is the use of high-energy rays to kill cancer cells. 
3. Chemotherapy