Palliative chemotherapy v supportive care for advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer*
| Weighted event rates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcomes at 12 months | Number of studies | Chemotherapy | Supportive care | RRR (95% CI) | NNT (CI) |
| *Abbreviations defined in glossary; RRR, NNT, and CI calculated from data in article. | |||||
| Death | 10 | 53% | 68% | 22% (7 to 34) | 7 (5 to 20) |
| Progression | 4 | 66% | 76% | 14% (4 to 23) | 10 (6 to 36) |