How can you know you have vaginal cancer?

Bleeding/GYN exam.: This often presents with no symptoms. The most common symptom is irregular vaginal bleeding, like after intercourse or between periods, or postmenopausal. Other symptoms are pain on urination, pain during intercourse, or pelvic pain. Probably the best way to find out if you have this is by routine gyn exam, pelvic exam, pap smear, colposcopy, etc.. Des exposure predisposes to this cancer.

Vaginal cancer: Your doctor would determine whether or not you have vaginal cancer. It is extremely rare. It can be found at early stages by a pap smear and biopsy. At later stages, it is seen and felt as a mass on pelvic exam.