Thousands of NHS patients to swallow tiny cancer-testing cameras

The health service in England is trialling the use of miniature cameras as a diagnostic tool for bowel cancer and other gastrointestinal problems
Thousands of NHS patients to swallow tiny cancer-testing cameras

The miniature camera is the size of a pill (NHS England/PA)

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.

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