1.   As the study progresses, researchers and patient advocacy groups hope it might provide clues to help unravel the causes of this rare and mysterious illness.

2.   A national patient advocacy group estimates chronic fatigue syndrome affects half a million Americans.

3.   Abiomed has created an independent patient advocacy council that the company organized and financed but will not control.

4.   But the overwhelming reason pain is poorly treated, patient advocacy groups say, is failure to assess its presence and severity.

5.   Cancer researchers and patient advocacy groups expect the findings to show that the transplant procedure offers no significant advantage over standard chemotherapy.

6.   For instance, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, which led patient advocacy groups in the stem cell debate, is taking a lower profile this time.

7.   In the United States, the propriety of the ads has long been debated by doctors, government officials and patient advocacy groups.

8.   Kahanovitz said his patient advocacy group did call for abolishing the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.

9.   Only in pediatric cancer research did doctors, insurers and patient advocacy groups work together to make sure that children could enroll in clinical trials.

10.   Patient advocacy groups have sprung up to lobby to increase support for cancer and to influence how the money is spent.