Looking for biomarkers of esophageal cancer and precancerous conditions (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Looking for biomarkers of esophageal cancer and precancerous conditions

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A small sponge compressed within a capsule was used to collect cells from the esophagus to look for biomarkers of esophageal cancer and precancerous conditions.

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Stephen Meltzer, M.D.

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