Obesity was linked to decreased prostate-specific antigen levels, but not to findings on digital rectal examination, in a multiethnic cohort of participants at a prostate cancer screening clinic. Medscape Medical News
This CME offering reviews emerging data about EGFR inhibitors alone and in combination with standard modalities for the treatment of patients with head and neck cancers. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
A Canadian study shows that doxycycline or tetracycline has a similarly high serologic treatment success rate vs benzathine penicillin in the treatment of primary syphilis. Medscape Medical News
Recurrent outbreaks of herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV2) can be effectively treated with a one-day course of valacyclovir, according to results of an open-label pilot study reported in the April issue of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Reuters Health Information
A new study finds that the incidence of smoking is twice as high in those diagnosed with neuropathic pain as in those diagnosed with nociceptive pain. Medscape Medical News
