From: Outcome in recurrent head neck cancer treated with salvage-IMRT
N patients | treatment | estimated loco-reg RR (examples) | n R | n treated R | cure rate R (n) | survival (n) | NNT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100 | OP only | 10% | 10 | 10 | 50% (5) | 95% (95) | 21 |
100 | postop RT | 5% | 0.5 | 0.5 | 50% (0.25) | 99.75% (99.75) | |
100 – 10 M+ | OP only | 10% | 10 | 10 | 50% (5) | 85% (85) | 21 |
100 – 10 M+ | postop RT | 5% | 0.5 | 0.5 | 50% (0.25) | 89.75% (89.75) | |
100 | OP only | 30% | 30 | 30 | 50% (15) | 85% (85) | 8 |
100 | postop RT | 15% | 5 | 5 | 50% (2.5) | 97.5% (97.5) | |
100 – 20 M+ | OP only | 30% | 30 | 30 | 50% (15) | 65% (65) | 8 |
100 – 20 M+ | postop RT | 15% | 5 | 5 | 50% (2.5) | 77.5% (77.5) |