Bonus Content: WOMEN'S HEALTHVulvar cancer in the wake of increasing incidenceLikes, Wendy M. DNSc, APRN-BC Author Information Dr. Wendy M. Likes is an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Nursing, Memphis, Tenn. The Nurse Practitioner: February 2009 - Volume 34 - Issue 2 - p 45-50 doi: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000345276.74407.bf Buy Metrics In Brief According to the National Institutes of Cancer, there were an estimated 3,460 new cases of vulvar cancer in the United States in 2008 and approximately 870 deaths. Of concern is the dramatic rate at which vulvar cancer is rising. © 2009 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.