Weight loss as a predictor of cancer and serious disease in primary care: an ISAC-approved CPRD protocol for a retrospective cohort study using routinely collected primary care data from the UK

BACKGROUND: Unexpected weight loss is a symptom of serious disease in primary care, for example between 1 in 200 and 1 in 30 patients with unexpected weight loss go on to develop cancer. However, it remains unclear how and when general practitioners (GPs) should investigate unexpected weight loss. W...

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Autores principales: Nicholson, B. D., Aveyard, P., Hobbs, F. D. R., Smith, M., Fuller, A., Perera, R., Hamilton, W., Stevens, S., Bankhead, C. R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6460783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31093551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41512-017-0019-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6460783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31093551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41512-017-0019-9

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