The Application of Number Needed to Treat (NNT) to Clinical Problems in Radiotherapy |
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| Authors: | Ashesh B. Jani Leon Myrianthopoulos Srinivasan Vijayakumar |
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| Affiliation: | a The Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
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| Abstract: | The goals of this report are: 1) to review the number needed to treat (NNT) concept, which, although well established in many sectors of medicine, is still relatively new to the radiotherapy community; 2) to discuss several clinical radiotherapy examples illustrating the inherent advantages of the NNT approach; and 3) to discuss potential future roles of the NNT concept within radiotherapy. |
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| Keywords: | Number needed to treat (NNT) Radiotherapy Medical decision making |
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