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Women aged 24-45 years with no history of genital warts or HPV-related cervical disease received either the quadrivalent HPV vaccine (n = 1911) or placebo vaccine (n = 1908) in a multicenter, international, parallel group, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study.
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The standard surgical approach to ovarian cancer in medically fit patients is extirpation of the uterus, tubes, and ovaries, along with systematic staging or debulking of metastatic disease.
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The Guttmacher Institute, in collaboration with the World Health Organization, recently published an updated account of abortion rates worldwide.
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It is not a great mystery that primary ovarian cancer, when presenting with metastatic intra-abdominal and/or extra-abdominal disease, represents a formidable therapeutic challenge, as these women are usually highly symptomatic, frequently of poor nutrition, and in need of aggressive dual modality therapy: surgery and chemotherapy.
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A 2009 influenza a (h1n1) vaccine was evaluated in a large randomized placebo controlled study in China. The immunization schedule consisted of two doses administered 21 days apart.
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Until recently, the literature has offered little direction on how to manage patients who have short cervices in the second trimester.
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In this issue: Efficacy of once-daily insulin, aldo-sterone use in heart failure, erectile dysfunction Clinical Practice Guidelines, and FDA Actions.
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In a retrospective study of more than 5300 non-obstetric dilation and curettage (D&C) procedures between 1995 and 2006, these Austrian investigators found that the rate of intraoperative complications was only 1.9%.
