Pulling a sponge by a piece of string out from your stomach, and up through to your mouth certainly would not be described by anyone as a good time, but this is precisely the technique Cyted has developed to deliver clinical insights that could predict and diagnose esophageal cancer.
Cyted’s Sponge On A String May Help Diagnose Esophageal Cancer
Cyted is using Medtronic’s cytosponge collection device combined with its own analysis platform to create a simple and cheap method to screen patients for early warning signs of esophageal cancer.
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