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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...
Autores principales: | Nicholson, B. D., Aveyard, P., Hobbs, F. D. R., Smith, M., Fuller, A., Perera, R., Hamilton, W., Stevens, S., Bankhead, C. R. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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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