Canadian doctors are using 'outdated' guidelines to screen for cancer, experts warn

Family doctors use national guidelines to decide whether and when to send their patients for routine cancer screenings — but experts say Canadians' lives are at risk because those guidelines use old data, lack expert advice, and are updated too infrequently.

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