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

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 cancer risk...

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Veröffentlicht in:PLoS medicine 2021-08, Vol.18 (8), p.e1003728-e1003728
Hauptverfasser: Nicholson, Brian D, Aveyard, Paul, Koshiaris, Constantinos, Perera, Rafael, Hamilton, Willie, Oke, Jason, Hobbs, F. D. Richard
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