Even with standard treatment, patients have only a 25 to 45 percent chance of living 5 years.

They are not meant to take the place of standard medical treatment.

"And that is the standard treatment for this kind of thing?"

The trial may require more of your time than standard treatment.

The patients received standard treatment along with the special diet.

And the drug has more severe side effects than the standard treatment.

But those who received standard treatment had been homeless an average of 73 days.

In some cases when standard treatment doesn't help, you may have other treatments.

The 84-patient study, compared the behavior therapy with the standard treatment.

In other studies, patients were first given a course of standard treatment, followed by the high doses.