Geospatial Mapping of Head and Neck Cancer Research: Assessing Access, Disparities, and Characteristics of Head and Neck Cancer Clinical Trials Across the United States.

Objective: To report geographic distribution and characteristics of head and neck cancer (HNC) clinical trials in the United States.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of U.S.

Lyme disease chemoprophylaxis prescribing before and after pharmacist prescriptive authority in Nova Scotia.

Background: Lyme disease is a bacterial infection transmitted to humans through bites from infected species of ticks. Prophylaxis with a single dose of oral doxycycline following a bite from an infected tick reduces the risk of developing Lyme disease. Pharmacists in Nova Scotia (NS) were among the first in Canada to prescribe for this indication.

Laryngeal Preservation Strategies.

Over the last 2 decades, the paradigm of laryngeal cancer management has pivoted toward preserving laryngeal function without sacrificing oncologic outcomes. Transoral laser microsurgery has diminished the role of open laryngeal surgery. For early-stage laryngeal cancer, the common primary modalities are endoscopic laryngeal surgery and narrow field radiation.