The system, following a similar innovation for pancreatic cancer, could change the screening approach globally, researchers say

Diagnosis of gastric cancer currently requires an endoscopy, an invasive procedure where a camera and tiny biopsy instruments are inserted through the throat. Fewer than 30 per cent of patients in China were willing to follow doctors’ advice to have an endoscopy, said Cheng Xiangdong, a gastric surgeon at the Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, in a video published by Damo on Wednesday.

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