A scoping review of unexpected weight loss and cancer: risk, guidelines, and recommendations for follow-up in primary care

Javiera Martinez-Gutierrez; Lucas De Mendonca; Philip Ly; Alex Lee; Barbara Hunter; Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis; Sophie Chima; Deborah Daly; George Fishman; Fong Seng Lim; Benny Wang; Craig Nelson; Brian Nicholson; Jon Emery

doi:10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0025

Research

A scoping review of unexpected weight loss and cancer: risk, guidelines, and recommendations for follow-up in primary care

Javiera Martinez-Gutierrez, Lucas De Mendonca, Philip Ly, Alex Lee, Barbara Hunter, Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis, Sophie Chima, Deborah Daly, George Fishman, Fong Seng Lim, Benny Wang, Craig Nelson, Brian Nicholson and Jon Emery

BJGP Open 6 August 2024; BJGPO.2024.0025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0025

Javiera Martinez-Gutierrez

1 Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

2 Centre for Cancer Research, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

3 Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

4 Data Connect, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia

Find this author on Google Scholar
Find this author on PubMed
Search for this author on this site
ORCID record for Javiera Martinez-Gutierrez

Lucas De Mendonca

1 Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Find this author on Google Scholar
Find this author on PubMed
Search for this author on this site

Philip Ly

5 The Daffodil Centre, The University of Sydney, a joint venture with Cancer Council NSW, Sydney, Australia

Find this author on Google Scholar
Find this author on PubMed
Search for this author on this site

Alex Lee

1 Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

2 Centre for Cancer Research, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

4 Data Connect, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia

Find this author on Google Scholar
Find this author on PubMed
Search for this author on this site

Barbara Hunter

1 Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Find this author on Google Scholar
Find this author on PubMed
Search for this author on this site

Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis

1 Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Find this author on Google Scholar
Find this author on PubMed
Search for this author on this site

Sophie Chima

1 Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Find this author on Google Scholar
Find this author on PubMed
Search for this author on this site
ORCID record for Sophie Chima

Deborah Daly

1 Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

6 Primary Care Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials Group (PC4), Melbourne, Australia

Find this author on Google Scholar
Find this author on PubMed
Search for this author on this site

George Fishman

6 Primary Care Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials Group (PC4), Melbourne, Australia

Find this author on Google Scholar
Find this author on PubMed
Search for this author on this site

Fong Seng Lim

7 Singapore Primary Care Cancer Network (SPriNT), Singapore, Singapore

8 Department of Family Medicine, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore

Find this author on Google Scholar
Find this author on PubMed
Search for this author on this site

Benny Wang

7 Singapore Primary Care Cancer Network (SPriNT), Singapore, Singapore

Find this author on Google Scholar
Find this author on PubMed
Search for this author on this site

Craig Nelson

9 Western Health Chronic Disease Alliance, Western Health Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

10 Department of Medicine – Western Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Find this author on Google Scholar
Find this author on PubMed
Search for this author on this site

Brian Nicholson

11 Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Find this author on Google Scholar
Find this author on PubMed
Search for this author on this site

Jon Emery

1 Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

2 Centre for Cancer Research, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

4 Data Connect, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia

12 The Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Find this author on Google Scholar
Find this author on PubMed
Search for this author on this site

Article
Figures & Data
Info
eLetters
PDF

Article Figures & Data

There are no figures or tables available.

Supplementary Data

JMG_10.3399BJGPO.2024.0025.pdf -
Supplementary material is not copyedited or typeset, and is published as supplied by the author(s). The author(s) retain(s) responsibility for its accuracy.