A "pill-on-a-thread" designed to diagnose cancer is being trialled among heartburn patients in Halifax. People from across West Yorkshire were invited to take part in the oesophageal cancer trial at ...

An innovative test that involves a patient swallowing a dissolvable pill on a string should be made more widely available in order to prevent cancer deaths, a charity has said. The capsule sponge test ...

Capsule sponge-based surveillance could be used in lieu of endoscopy for low-risk Barrett esophagus (BE) surveillance, a prospective multisite UK study found. The biomarker risk panel collected by the ...

Endoscopies could be replaced by far less invasive capsule sponge tests for half of all patients with Barrett’s oesophagus, a known precursor to oesophageal cancer, according to a new study from ...

Endoscopies could be replaced by far less invasive capsule sponge tests for half of all patients with Barrett's esophagus, a known precursor to esophageal cancer, according to a new study from ...

With rates of esophageal cancer having quadrupled since the 1970s and fewer than 20% of patients surviving five years post-diagnosis, early detection is more critical than ever. The capsule sponge ...

Serious mature doctor holding a modern endoscope and preparing for the procedure A pill-on-a-string could revolutionize tests that monitor for throat cancer The capsule releases a small sponge, which ...

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