Blood test trend versus single threshold abnormality to discriminate cancer from non-cancer in patients with unexpected weight loss: A retrospective cohort study.
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- 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004956
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- 2026-09-17
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pmed.1004956,
title = {Blood test trend versus single threshold abnormality to discriminate cancer from non-cancer in patients with unexpected weight loss: A retrospective cohort study.},
author = {Nicholson BD and Bankhead CR and Zhu S and Oke JL and Wright Drakesmith C and Perera R and Hobbs FDR and Virdee PS.},
year = {2026},
journal = {PLoS Med},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pmed.1004956},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004956}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Blood test trend versus single threshold abnormality to discriminate cancer from non-cancer in patients with unexpected weight loss: A retrospective cohort study. AU - Nicholson BD AU - Bankhead CR AU - Zhu S AU - Oke JL AU - Wright Drakesmith C AU - Perera R AU - Hobbs FDR AU - Virdee PS. PY - 2026 JO - PLoS Med DO - 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004956 UR - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004956 ER -
APA
BD, N., CR, B., S, Z., JL, O., C, W. D., R, P., FDR, H., & PS., V. (2026). Blood test trend versus single threshold abnormality to discriminate cancer from non-cancer in patients with unexpected weight loss: A retrospective cohort study.. PLoS Med. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004956
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