Oesophageal cancer test ‘should be made more available in UK’
by Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#6JCC5)
Charities say deaths will be prevented if sponge on a string' test is widely adopted
A test that can detect oesophageal cancer at an earlier stage than current methods should be made more widely available to prevent deaths, charities have said.
The capsule sponge test, previously known as Cytosponge, involves a patient swallowing a dissolvable pill on a string. The pill then releases a sponge which collects cells from the oesophagus as it is retrieved.
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