New research has found that weight loss is a strong predictor of cancer and recommends that health professionals act quickly, especially when weight loss is presented with other symptoms.
A new UK meta-analysis has found that unintended weight loss is the second highest risk factor for certain cancers, including colorectal, lung, pancreatic and renal.
Led by the Universities of Oxford and Exeter, the research is the first robust analysis to examine all available evidence to look at an association between weight loss and cancer.
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