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

Objective: To quantify the predictive value of unexpected weight loss 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 (update). Setting: Data from Clinical Practice Rese...

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Auteurs principaux: Nicholson, BD, Virdee, P, Aveyard, P, Price, SJ, Hobbs, FDR, Koshiaris, C, Hamilton, W
Format: Journal article
Langue:English
Publié: British Medical Journal Publishing Group 2024