Those patients can now be given this class of drugs.
Often, when patients are given six months to live, they stay alive longer.
However, of the five patients given the drug, only two survived.
Case Books were kept, with each patient being given a reference number.
He added that patients who were just starting treatment should be given other drugs.
In most cases, patients are given these medicines for 1 year.
He urged that all the patients be given the drug.
The 100 patients in the study were "just given a diet and sent on their way," he said.
Will patients be given access to their results, told if they have genes for a disease?
The patient was given 5 seconds of rest after each attempt.