{"id":17089,"date":"2021-02-16T09:11:41","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T09:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opa.org.uk\/?page_id=17089"},"modified":"2021-03-18T16:35:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T16:35:36","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/?page_id=17089","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A randomised factorial trial &#8211; Janusz A Z Jankowski\u00a0and aspirin in Barrett\u2019s oesophagus (AspECT):<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4__aspectlancet.pdf\">View the PDF article for the AspECT trial published in The Lancet<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Cytosponge<\/h3>\n<p>A \u2018pill on a string\u2019 developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge could help doctors detect oesophageal cancer \u2013 cancer of the gullet \u2013 at an early stage.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Cytosponge\u2019 sits within a pill which, when swallowed, dissolves to reveal a sponge that scrapes off cells when withdrawn up the gullet. It allows doctors to collect cells from all along the gullet, whereas standard biopsies take individual point samples.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cam.ac.uk\/research\/news\/pill-on-a-string-could-help-spot-early-signs-of-cancer-of-the-gullet\">https:\/\/www.cam.ac.uk\/research\/news\/pill-on-a-string-could-help-spot-early-signs-of-cancer-of-the-gullet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A randomised factorial trial &#8211; Janusz A Z Jankowski\u00a0and aspirin in Barrett\u2019s oesophagus (AspECT): View the PDF article for the AspECT trial published in The Lancet Cytosponge A \u2018pill on a string\u2019 developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge could help doctors detect oesophageal cancer \u2013 cancer of the gullet \u2013 at an early stage. The \u2018Cytosponge\u2019 sits within a pill which, when swallowed, dissolves to reveal a sponge that scrapes off cells when withdrawn up the gullet. It allows doctors to collect cells from all along the gullet, whereas standard biopsies take individual point samples. https:\/\/www.cam.ac.uk\/research\/news\/pill-on-a-string-could-help-spot-early-signs-of-cancer-of-the-gullet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17089","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Research - The OPA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Research - The OPA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A randomised factorial trial &#8211; Janusz A Z Jankowski\u00a0and aspirin in Barrett\u2019s oesophagus (AspECT): View the PDF article for the AspECT trial published in The Lancet Cytosponge A \u2018pill on a string\u2019 developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge could help doctors detect oesophageal cancer \u2013 cancer of the gullet \u2013 at an early stage. 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