Pill camera to detect cancer

Category: Science

LONDON - Patients in the UK will soon be able to check if they have bowel cancer by swallowing a tiny capsule containing miniature cameras.

Pictures transmitted from inside their body during the painless procedure will help doctors judge whether a person has the highly treatable cancer.

The boss of the NHS in England, Simon Stevens, said the procedure is an example of “sci-fi” medicine.

Once the procedure is complete, patients will naturally excrete the capsule when they go to the toilet.

 

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