The cervical plexus block is a regional anaesthetic technique that has become increasingly established as an alternative to general anaesthesia for carotid endarterectomy. This procedure involves the ...

An experimental vaccine against one strain of the human papilloma virus blocked most infections and, more important, prevented development of a precursor to cervical cancer, researchers said Monday.

TRENTON, N.J. — The first major study of an experimental vaccine to prevent cervical cancer found it was 100 percent effective, in the short term, at blocking the disease and lesions likely to turn ...

An experimental vaccine against cervical cancer has cleared its final clinical hurdle, showing in a trial of more than 12,000 women that it is 100 percent effective in blocking the major forms of the ...

The first major study of an experimental vaccine to prevent cervical cancer found it was 100 percent effective in the short term at blocking the disease and lesions likely to turn cancerous, drug ...