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

<br><strong>Background<br></strong> 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 inve...

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Auteurs principaux: Nicholson, BD, Aveyard, P, Koshiaris, C, Perera, R, Hamilton, W, Oke, J, Hobbs, FDR
Format: Journal article
Langue:English
Publié: Public Library of Science 2021