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The association between unexpected weight loss and cancer diagnosis in primary care: a matched cohort analysis of 65,000 presentations

BACKGROUND: We aimed to understand the time period of cancer diagnosis and the cancer types detected in primary care patients with unexpected weight loss (UWL) to inform cancer guidelines. METHODS: This retrospective matched cohort study used cancer registry linked electronic health records from the...

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Autores principales: Nicholson, Brian D., Hamilton, Willie, Koshiaris, Constantinos, Oke, Jason L., Hobbs, F. D. Richard, Aveyard, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7283307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32291391
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41416-020-0829-3