Pemetrexed is the first maintenance therapy approved for advanced lung cancer; the pivotal trial is now published and a related editorial looks at treatment timing. Medscape Medical News
In patients with metallic intraocular foreign body injury, globe loss was more common in those who were younger, had an afferent pupillary defect, and/or had a pellet gun injury, among other predictors. Medscape Medical News
Obese patients face an increased rate of recurrence and overall burden of atrial fibrillation, according to a report in the December 31, 2010 online American Journal of Cardiology. Reuters Health Information