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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.

Brian David NicholsonPaul N AveyardConstantinos KoshiarisRafael PereraWilliam T HamiltonJason Lee OkeFrederick David Richard Hobbs
Published in: PLoS medicine (2021)
Our findings suggest that combinations of simple blood test abnormalities could be used to identify patients with UWL who warrant referral for investigation, while people with combinations of normal results could be exempted from referral.
Keyphrases
  • primary care
  • weight loss
  • papillary thyroid
  • bariatric surgery
  • roux en y gastric bypass
  • squamous cell
  • gastric bypass
  • skeletal muscle
  • adipose tissue
  • glycemic control