When should unexpected weight loss warrant further investigation to exclude cancer?

BMJ. 2019 Sep 23:366:l5271. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l5271.

Authors

Brian D Nicholson¹, Paul Aveyard¹, Willie Hamilton², F D Richard Hobbs¹

Affiliations

¹ Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford OX2 6GG, UK.
² Medical School, University of Exeter, UK.

PMID: 31548272
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l5271

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans
Neoplasm Staging
Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Neoplasms / pathology
Primary Health Care
Uncertainty
Weight Loss*

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