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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...
Autores principales: | Nicholson, Brian D, Aveyard, Paul, Price, Sarah J, Hobbs, FD Richard, Koshiaris, Constantinos, Hamilton, Willie |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
2020
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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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