31.   Dr. Nugent instead recommended an experimental treatment involving an overnight intravenous feed that pumped nutrients into her body in lieu of food.

32.   Empire refers appeals about experimental treatments like bone marrow transplants to outside panels of independent experts.

33.   Experimental treatment remains one of the most contentious issues between insurance companies and patients.

34.   Experimental treatments are not without risks.

35.   Experimental treatments that target just one part of the problem, such as mopping up bacterial toxins, have had only limited success.

36.   For a score of less common disorders, companies including Cephalon, Medtronic and Bristol Myers Squibb Co. are focusing on more experimental treatments.

37.   Further progress is expected to result from some still experimental treatments, including immunotherapy, gene therapy and wafers of chemotherapeutic agents implanted in the tumor site.

38.   He had an artery in his leg that was so severely blocked that his leg would have to be amputated if the highly experimental treatment did not succeed.

39.   He had been undergoing experimental treatment for a week at the New Orleans hospital.

40.   He and his wife decided to give Melanie the experimental treatment.