I don't have vaginal cancer I have Lymphoma a type of blood cancer that travels the body by way of the lymph nodes. but have met victims and survivors of many kinds of cancer since my diagnosis. Malignant or not the tumor will be taken out. if malignant Based on the type of cancer cells it contains she will have to take strong antibiotics, chemo, or radiation or a combo of them. Cancer is not always a death sentence. I have a friend who is a 9 year survivor of cancer, Im a 3 and a half year survivor of cancer, The oldest cancer survivor I know is 15 years and still going strong and she had stage 4 uterine cancer (cancer of the uterus). So this does not nessesarily mean your mom is going to die of cancer. Its been found and now being treated. So take it one day at a time and hang in there.