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TINY INTERNAL MICROSCOPE RULES OUT ESOPHAGEAL EARLEY CANCER.

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Physicians can easily rule out early esophageal cancer by adding Cellvizio, the world's most miniaturized microscope, to standard upper endoscopy procedures, according to data presented here Tuesday during a Distinguished Oral Presentation (#854) at Digestive Disease Week(r) (DDW) 2009. A separate pilot study (Abstract W1362) presented at DDW further confirmed these results and found that different users draw very similar conclusions when interpreting Cellvizio video sequences.

"Cellvizio's sharp, real-time, microscopic image sequences of the GI tract allow us to avoid taking biopsies of normal esophageal tissue, saving time, costs and reducing risk of biopsy-related complications when monitoring patients with Barrett's esophagus," said Alexander Meining, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine II, Technical University of Munich. "Cellvizio should lead to a shift away from the current random biopsy practice."

Barrett's esophagus is a condition of the esophagus usually resulting from prolonged gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) that potentially leads to esophageal cancer, the...

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