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ArticleCancers2024

Improving the Clinical Utility of Platelet Count for Cancer Detection in Primary Care: A Cohort Study in England, Canada, and Australia.

Luke T A Mounce, Raff Calitri, Willie Hamilton, Meena Rafiq, Jon D Emery, Vasily Giannakeas, Joanne Kotsopoulos, Sarah E R Bailey

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Article in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Diagnostic Risk Prediction Models for Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers: A Systematic Review.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Luke T A MounceUniversity of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter EX1 3DB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6089-0661
Raff CalitriUniversity of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter EX1 3DB, UK.
Willie HamiltonUniversity of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter EX1 3DB, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1611-1373
Meena RafiqDepartment of General Practice and Primary Care, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Melbourne, Grattan Street, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.
Jon D EmeryDepartment of General Practice and Primary Care, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Melbourne, Grattan Street, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.
Vasily GiannakeasResearch and Innovation Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2, Canada.
Joanne KotsopoulosResearch and Innovation Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2, Canada.
Sarah E R BaileyUniversity of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter EX1 3DB, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0020-4778

Funding

ICES, which is funded by an annual grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ministry of Long-Term Care (MLTC). N/AMr David Walton N/A philanthropic donationNIHR Advanced Fellowship NIHR301666PRiME-Women's College Hospital Clinical Catalyst Award N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The platelet count, a component of the full blood count, has been identified as a useful diagnostic marker for cancer in primary care. The reference range for the platelet count is 150 to 400 or 450 × 10

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cancerdiagnosisfamily medicinefull blood countplatelet countprimary care

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PMID39272932
PMCPMC11394200

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