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SIMPLE TEST DETECTS GULLET CANCER

February 17, 2006

Researchers in Cambridge have developed a simple test for the fastest growing cancer in the western world. The test for cancer of the gullet should eventually lead to earlier diagnosis of a disease that kills more than 7,000 people each year. At present, the only way of checking for early signs is to push a tube down the gullet with a camera on it.
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