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. 2019 Sep 23:366:l5271.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.l5271.

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

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

Affiliations

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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

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

Brian D Nicholson et al. BMJ. 2019.

. 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

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Competing interests: We have read and understood the BMJ Group policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare.

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