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Thousands of NHS patients to swallow tiny cancer-testing cameras

Mar 11, 2021 Subscribe to our daily newsletter! Sign Up Thousands of NHS patients are to be given a camera which is small enough to swallow to help check if they have cancer. The health service in England is trialling the use of miniature cameras –  which are the size of a pill – as a diagnostic tool for bowel cancer and other gastrointestinal problems. The technology – a colon capsule endoscopy – can provide a diagnosis in hours and patients can be being examined while they go about their daily lives, saving the need for an invasive diagnostic test in hospital. The head of the NHS said that the “ingenious” cameras will allow more people to get cancer tests quickly and safely.

Thousands of NHS patients to swallow tiny cameras to check for bowel cancer

This tiny camera can be swallowed by patients to check for cancer Credit: PA Thousands of patients will be swallowing tiny cameras the size of a pill to check if they have bowel cancer. The NHS is trialling the new technology, a colon capsule endoscopy, and it is expected to be able provide a cancer diagnosis within hours while patients go about their daily lives. The capsule cameras, branded ingenious by an NHS boss will be a less invasive way of testing for bowel cancer, Crohn’s disease and other gastrointestinal problems. Traditional endoscopies involve having a long, thin tube inserted into the body.

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