A MAJOR trial has just been launched for a new cancer test that comes in the form of a sponge on a string. The trial will ...

Capsule endoscopy has revolutionized the investigation of small-bowel disease and seems to be superior to scintigraphy and conventional procedures for small-bowel evaluation. Nevertheless ...

It has a small wireless camera that sends pictures of the inside of your bowel to a data recorder. You might have a colon capsule endoscopy instead of a colonoscopy straight away. It can help to rule ...

Capsule sponge testing, a minimally invasive diagnostic tool, effectively triages gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) ...

A pivotal clinical trial of a 'pill-on-a-thread' test, which will decide if it becomes a new screening programme for ...

Currently, more than 24,000 capsule sponge tests have been performed in pilot programmes. These have helped to reduce ...

In spite of other medical diagnosis technologies, such as magnetic resonance imaging, endoscopy is still widely regarded as the most effective means of diagnosing early stages of cancer.

or patients receiving radiation for GI cancer, such as adenocarcinoma or lymphoma. Capsule retention can also occur in patients using NSAIDs. [30] ...

Today, CRC remains a primary target for endoscopic screening due to its high prevalence as the second leading cause of cancer ...