11.   Another wanted to learn about experimental treatment for an eye infection.

12.   At the cancer centers, she said, patients are often encouraged to enroll in studies using highly experimental treatments with little chance of success.

13.   Before trying experimental treatments, doctors tried every other drug combination they could think of to help her.

14.   Both patients, who were involved in experimental treatment for breast cancer, died after the overdoses.

15.   Both women received the overdoses while undergoing an experimental treatment for breast cancer that had spread after initial treatment.

16.   After several years of unsuccessful chemotherapy and radiation, he began a three-month experimental treatment last year.

17.   Burzynski also placed misleading information on insurance claim forms, so insurance companies would end up paying for experimental treatments that are not generally covered, Clark said.

18.   But for many patients, clinical trials of new drugs and experimental treatments offer their only hope of recovery.

19.   But it may be years after that before the experimental treatments become practical or routine.

20.   But studies have shown that many experimental treatments are actually less effective than standard treatments.