Revolution in cancer diagnostics: Researchers develop “groundbreaking” capsule test. If esophageal cancer is detected early with the cancer test, surgery may be sufficient.

In Germany, around 6,100 men and 1,800 women suffer from it every year. The test was developed by Rebecca Fitzgerald, director of the Early Cancer Institute at the University of Cambridge. The project was commissioned by the English National Health Service (NHS) It is intended to relieve endoscopy capacity.