Weight loss as a predictor of cancer in primary care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

CONCLUSION: A primary care clinician's decision to code for weight loss is highly predictive of cancer. For such patients, urgent referral pathways are justified to investigate for cancer across multiple sites.
PMID: 29632004 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The British Journal of General Practice - April 9, 2018 Category: Primary Care Authors: Nicholson BD, Hamilton W, O'Sullivan J, Aveyard P, Hobbs FR Tags: Br J Gen Pract Source Type: research