Cancer patients try untested drugs in Britain

By MARIA CHENG, AP Medical Writer, Medicine & Health / Cancer

Patient Jill Bracey Cowley at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, Thursday, April 17, 2008. When Jill Bracey Cowley was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer eight years ago, doctors told her she had two years to live. Cowley, 70-year-old decided to take a gamble and try new drugs that hadn't yet been approved. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

(AP) -- When Jill Bracey Cowley was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer eight years ago, doctors told her she had two years to live. So she decided to take a gamble and try new drugs that hadn't yet been approved.

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