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Recent news coverage has heralded the arrival of a new ?camera you can swallow? that ?could help detect early stages of cancer of the oesophagus?.
The high-tech device, about the size of a large vitamin pill, uses optical lasers to photograph the insides of the stomach and oesophagus in detail. It is hoped that this new investigative technique may help spot early signs of cancers of the digestive system, such as oesophageal cancer (also known as cancer of the gullet). The researchers suggest the cancer camera is a quick, simple and pain free imaging method that patients may prefer to endoscopy ? the current method of investigating the lining of the digestive system ? where a thin tube with a camera and a light source at the end is passed down into the oesophagus.
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2013/01January/Pages/Pill-size-camera-may-make-cancer-diagnosis-easier.aspx
The high-tech device, about the size of a large vitamin pill, uses optical lasers to photograph the insides of the stomach and oesophagus in detail. It is hoped that this new investigative technique may help spot early signs of cancers of the digestive system, such as oesophageal cancer (also known as cancer of the gullet). The researchers suggest the cancer camera is a quick, simple and pain free imaging method that patients may prefer to endoscopy ? the current method of investigating the lining of the digestive system ? where a thin tube with a camera and a light source at the end is passed down into the oesophagus.
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2013/01January/Pages/Pill-size-camera-may-make-cancer-diagnosis-easier.aspx