Does this patient have cancer? The assessment of age, anemia, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate in cancer as a cause of weight loss. A retrospective study based on a secondary care university hospital in Romania
Background: ''Does this patient have cancer?'' is a question frequently asked when confronted by patients with involuntary weight loss. The aim of this study was to assess the value of age, erythrocyte edimentation rate (ESR), and anemia in the diagnosis of cancer as a cause of involuntary weight loss. Methods: A retrospective study of 7850 patients admitted to the Department of Internal Medicine from January to September 2003 was performed. Especially
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