Some Docs Would Order Cancer Screening for Very Sick Elderly

<p>WEDNESDAY, Jun 6 (HealthDay News) — A new investigate finds that many
doctors would suggest nonessential <span>colorectal cancer screening</span> for
elderly and <span>sick patients</span>, even yet such screening would expected cause
more mistreat than good.</p>
<p>The investigate was published online Jun 1 in a Journal of General
Internal Medicine.</p>
<p>The investigate enclosed 1,266 doctors (family practice, ubiquitous internal
medicine and obstetrics-gynecology physicians) who were given different
scenarios involving patients ages 50, 65 or 80 with 3 opposite levels
of health: no <span>illness</span>; tolerably critical illness (heart disease); or
severe illness (advanced <span>lung cancer</span>).</p>
<p>For any scenario, a doctors were asked that <span>colorectal screening</span>
test they would recommend, if any. Overall, a comparison a studious and the
more critical a unde...