THE ABSOLUTE EFFECT
Oncology evidence atlas

The Absolute Effect

From relative effects to real patients.

A clinician-facing atlas that translates clinical-trial results into absolute benefit, harm, NNT/NNH and patient-level visualizations.

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Explore the evidence

Tumour site → discipline → clinical setting. New evidence entries can be added without changing the site design.

How to read the evidence

Every entry should make the clinical consequence easier to see.

01 · What the trial reported

HR, RR, OR or another relative measure, exactly as reported.

02 · What changes for patients

Absolute difference at a defined time point or clinically meaningful unit.

03 · Put it in 100 patients

What does this mean if we treat 100 people? NNT/NNH when appropriate.

Statistical guardrail: an HR is not itself an absolute risk reduction. Survival differences and NNT must be tied to a time horizon and baseline risk; where appropriate, the database can later support RMST and other absolute measures.

About

AE

Dr Rishi P Nair

Clinical Oncology · Evidence-based oncology

The Absolute Effect is a clinician-facing evidence atlas designed to move beyond statistical significance and relative measures toward quantities that are easier to interpret at the bedside.

Customize this prototype

This first version stores your changes in the browser using localStorage. Later we can replace this with a secure database/admin login.

Evidence database

Currently there is 1 evidence entry. The data model is deliberately editable so we can add trials one at a time later.