11.   Opposition is most fierce in states such as California that have already found ways to curb the cost of treating Medicaid patients.

12.   Patients are treated in terms of priority.

13.   Patients can be treated with drugs, especially at the early stage of the disease.

14.   Ten patients had been treated for prostate cancer and one had experienced a spinal cord injury.

15.   The authors do not state whether they actually treated the patients found to have prostatic cancer.

16.   The average costs of treating patients at private hospitals are less than those in public hospitals.

17.   The drug could be invaluable for treating cancer patients.

18.   The hospital treats patients with severe personality disorders.

19.   The line between legal and illegal is very fine for doctors treating dying patients.