The phrase "a small treatment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to a minor or less intensive form of medical or therapeutic intervention.
Example: "The doctor recommended a small treatment for my allergies, which should help alleviate my symptoms."
Alternatives: "a minor procedure" or "a brief therapy".
PigSAFE was adapted to give a LARGE treatment, 9.7 m2 in total with a nest area of 4.0 m2, and a SMALL treatment, same design but 7.9 m2 in total with a nest area of 3.3 m2.
Treatment cells of the two CWs had special clusters with regards to composition of bacteria and AOA, whereas composition of archaea and AOB were evenly distributed in the wetland enclosing a small treatment area.
The presence of a small treatment system of greywater prior to discharge into the main drain with high efficiency and low cost might reduce the pollutants in the greywater [3].
The bias when excluding switchers was greater in scenario 13 with a small treatment effect.
In Table 2, the presentation in SD units suggest a small treatment effect.
Imputation of pre-treatment high-density lipoprotein (HDL-c) demonstrated only a small treatment related shift.
Fourth, although this trial was adequately powered to detect a small treatment-group difference in averages, it has low power to catch an effect that occurs only in a small susceptible fraction of children.
When a smaller treatment effect was applied (10% reduction in mortality in patients alive but not in hospital within 6 hours of rectal treatment administration; 5% reduction in untreated case fatality rate), the cost per DALY averted for the comparison between an antibacterial only intervention and usual practice increased from $19 to $36 in SSA and from $97 to $191 in SEA.
The Branson & Whitehead method also seems to have larger bias in scenarios with a smaller treatment effect.
One lower-quality study demonstrated a smaller treatment effect of massage on improving pain (SMD = 1.18, 95% CI 0.26, 2.10) [ 29].
In fact, it has been speculated that by confining the dose delivery to a smaller treatment volume, a larger radiation fraction size could be used without an unacceptable increase in acute/late toxicity.
