Communicating Medical Numbers

To the Editor As a nuclear/medical physicist, my work includes analysis, interpretation, and explanation of probability and statistics. I believe the article by Dr Zikmund-Fisher and colleagues1 has overlooked 2 important aspects to communicating medical numbers.

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JAMA
Published
2026-01-26
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https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.23446
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Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques
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Communicating Medical Numbers

Mark P. Silverman
JAMA
Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques
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Communicating Medical Numbers

Mark P. Silverman
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Abstract

To the Editor As a nuclear/medical physicist, my work includes analysis, interpretation, and explanation of probability and statistics. I believe the article by Dr Zikmund-Fisher and colleagues1 has overlooked 2 important aspects to communicating medical numbers.

JAMAVol. 335(8)
Hartford Financial Services (United States), Trinity College (US)
Openalex Percentile: Top 78%
Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques
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