Nieves Martinez Lago, Consultant Medical Oncologist at University Hospital Complex of Santiago de Compostela, shared a post on X about a paper by Caiqi Liu et al. published in Cancer Letters:
“How to communicate medical numbers
Better decisions start with better framing:
- Use numbers
- Keep denominators consistent
- Prefer absolute over relative risks
- Show numerator and denominator
- Add context for unfamiliar values
Clear numbers = clearer decisions.
Title: Electroacupuncture combined with fruquintinib and sintilimab in microsatellite-stable metastatic colorectal cancer: A phase II study
Authors: Caiqi Liu, Jianhua Nie, Shun Li, Sainan Ma, Dan Su, Zhigang Ma, Jiebing Tang, Chunhui Zhang, Changjie Lou, Jinghong Su, Huijia Zhang, Ruihan Zhou, Xiaowei Sun, Guangyu Wang, and Tongsen Zheng.
You can read the Full Article in Cancer Letters.
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