The Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre and The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Curr Oncol. 2006 Dec;13(6):230-4. doi: 10.3747/co.v13i6.108.
The value of radiotherapy for palliation is well known to oncologists but not necessarily to other physicians. Using terms such as symptom improvement ratio (sir) and number needed to treat (nnt) rather than traditional response rates might be more appropriate in describing the benefits of palliative radiotherapy to other health care professionals.
放疗姑息治疗的价值是众所周知的肿瘤学家,但不一定是其他医生。使用术语如症状改善率(SIR)和需要治疗的人数(NNT),而不是传统的反应率,可能更适合描述姑息性放疗对其他卫生保健专业人员的益处。