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.

Scientists have created the first vaccine that appears able to prevent cervical cancer. The vaccine, described in a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, works by making people ...

Merck's ($MRK) investigational, 9-valent HPV vaccine has the potential to block about 90% of invasive cervical cancer cases worldwide, new research shows. But getting ...

A CATHOLIC school has become the first in the country to block a project to vaccinate girls against cervical cancer. Governors of St Monica's High School in Bury - who have previously criticised the ...

Drugs that block the effects of the female hormone oestrogen may be an effective new weapon against cervical cancer, research suggests. Two of the drugs, currently used to treat breast cancer, were ...

An improved version of an experimental vaccine against cervical cancer and genital warts appears to prevent both conditions, at least in the short term, according to an international study. Gardasil, ...

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 ...