Endoscopies could be replaced by far less invasive capsule sponge tests for half of all patients with Barrett’s oesophagus, a known precursor to esophageal cancer, according to a new study ...

Little is known about the aetiology of Barrett's oesophagus, a condition in which columnar epithelium replaces normal squamous epithelium above the juncture of the oesophagus with the stomach. An ...