Combining simple blood tests to identify primary care patients with unexpected weight loss for cancer investigation: Clinical risk score development, internal validation, and net benefit analysis

BACKGROUND: Unexpected weight loss (UWL) is a presenting feature of cancer in primary care. Existing research proposes simple combinations of clinical features (risk factors, symptoms, signs, and blood test data) that, when present, warrant cancer investigation. More complex combinations may modify...

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Autores principales: Nicholson, Brian D., Aveyard, Paul, Koshiaris, Constantinos, Perera, Rafael, Hamilton, Willie, Oke, Jason, Hobbs, F. D. Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8407560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34464384
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003728

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8407560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34464384
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003728

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