51.   Last year, she was considering an experimental treatment that promised to be especially effective.

52.   --make health plans disclose their policies for determining whether to cover experimental treatments such as bone marrow transplants.

53.   Meanwhile, rapid advances in brain imaging and testing are making it easier to diagnose the disease and evaluate all the new experimental treatments.

54.   More progress is expected to result from some still experimental treatments, including immunotherapy, gene therapy and implanted wafers of chemotherapeutic agents.

55.   Not only do these experimental treatments not work, but in some cases, they can be dangerous, said Dr. Lee Armstrong, a pediatrician.

56.   Nurses caring for patients in experimental treatment regimens must be familiar with the protocols, or treatment blueprints.

57.   One observer said it is crucial that a broad screening tool not be used to nudge subjects toward an experimental treatment.

58.   One doctor suggested the experimental treatment.

59.   One thing that could change investor attitudes would be FDA approval for Iressa, an experimental treatment for lung cancer.

60.   Once, hospitals could use their excess revenues to cover the costs of experimental treatment, but these margins have gotten thinner.