• Stage 0 - very earliest stage of vaginal cancer, also known as carcinoma in-situ (CIS), vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia (VAIN), or pre-cancer, because the cancer cells are trapped in the vaginal skin and have not yet grown into the deeper tissues or spread away from the vagina
• Stage 1 - cancer has started to grow into the deeper tissues of the vagina but has not spread beyond the vagina
• Stage 2 - cancer has started to spread outside the vagina into the surrounding tissues BUT has not reached the walls of the pelvis
• Stage 3 - cancer has spread outside the vagina and reached nearby lymph nodes or pelvic side walls
• Stage 4 - advanced vaginal cancer, with spread to other body organs outside the vagina
