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
ConclusionsOur 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.
Source: PLoS Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Brian D. Nicholson Source Type: research
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