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Calls for sponge test to be made widely available to prevent cancer deaths

Source: PA Media

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, previously known as cytosponge, releases a sponge to collect cells from the oesophagus as it is retrieved.

It can be used to detect abnormalities that form as part

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