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Ashesh B Jani1, Leon Myrianthopoulos, Srinivasan Vijayakumar
1Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, 5758 S. Maryland Ave., MC 9006, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. jani_1969@yahoo.com
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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