Why test for cancer when only symptom is weight loss an anxiety

Ah, I did wonder

Hope she is OK anyway, the investigations will not be that pleasant but it is good that the doctors are acting quickly; let's hope it is nothing to worry about.

No,it is not the same lady

Is this the lady you have posted about before Katwrites, the one who you said was behaving rather oddly if I remember the threads?

Let's hope that this time there is not really something wrong, and hope she gets the results quickly.

Someone close to me has been unwell with UTI's on and off since October
^So the doctor referred her to colo-rectal consultant whom she saw in 10 days.He said she has no symptoms but yet she has got an urgent referral for a colonoscopy just a week after seeing him.I am puzzled as she has no symptoms.

Those two statements seem to contradict each other

It's good to hear that they are investigating further after a series of UTIs.
Let's hope it is nothing serious.

I think she is enjoying the fuss as she has 2 other scans this week.She was going to the doctor for panic and he said she was depressed

They don't mess about when you have symptoms that could be cancer even if it's likely to be something else.

I had a very quick referral (a week from GP to hospital) recently for continued unexplained (invisible) blood in my urine not improved by antibiotics. This on the basis of two urine tests. I had an abdominal scan and a bladder camera which showed up nothing. I made a comment that I seemed to have wasted their time only to be told that two people with the same symptoms as me had been shown to have tumours so it was never a waste of time. I hope your friend’s referral has a similarly satisfactory outcome.

As she had been going backwards and forwards to the GP since October and as she had weight loss which can certainly be a cancer pointer be happy she is getting quick attention and hopefully all will be well then she can relax again

You really have no idea what the GP learnt from her history, or felt or saw on examination. They will refer if they think there is a "risk" of cancer, not necessarily because they think it is definitely there.

Maybe the fact that she has the referral has eased her anxiety?
I don't know if a gp would consider it worthwhile or prudent to request a medical procedure on those grounds though?

Doctors these days have protocols to follow. If your friend's health ticked some of the boxes then the dr would be duty-bound to refer her.

I wondered whether her anxiety was playing a dominant role.She admits she is feeling better and has put weight on but her anxiety is focussed on Alzheimers too.It'a since she turned 70.When she was most anxious she lost her appetite but it has come back now
Ironically people who do actually have symptom see to be seen less quickly in London.She is in the country

The doctor is being cautious as there are several symptoms, unexplained UTIs, unexplained weight loss and the patient is feeling something's not right by the sound of it ,better to be safe than sorry surely . Not sure why you would question the consultants obvious concerns. It wil mostly turn out to be nothing serious.