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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Franklin J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7194479 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
F1000Research 20200421
Oesophageal cancer is a common cancer that continues to have a poor survival. This is largely in part due to its late diagnosis and early metastatic spread. Currently, screening is limited to patients with multiple risk factors via a relatively invasive technique. However, there is a large proportion of patients diagnosed with oesophageal cancer who have not been screened. This has warranted the development of new screening techniques that could be implemented more widely and lead to earlier ide ...[more]