Prioritising primary care patients with unexpected weight loss for cancer investigation: diagnostic accuracy study

OBJECTIVE: To quantify the predictive value of unexpected weight loss (WL) for cancer according to patient’s age, sex, smoking status, and concurrent clinical features (symptoms, signs, and abnormal blood test results). DESIGN: Diagnostic accuracy study. SETTING: Clinical Practice Research Datalink...

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Autores principales: Nicholson, Brian D, Aveyard, Paul, Price, Sarah J, Hobbs, FD Richard, Koshiaris, Constantinos, Hamilton, Willie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. 2020
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7424394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32816714
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2651

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7424394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32816714
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2651

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