# OnCo record idea-prev-capsule-sponge-pharmacy (idea). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-prev-capsule-sponge-pharmacy/>
  a schema:CreativeWork ;
  onco:kind "idea" ;
  schema:identifier "idea-prev-capsule-sponge-pharmacy" ;
  schema:name "A swallowable sponge test for reflux patients, offered in pharmacies"@en ;
  schema:description "A pill on a string collects cells from the food pipe and finds Barrett's oesophagus, a precursor of cancer. Offering it in pharmacies to people on long-term heartburn drugs would find it early."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-prev-capsule-sponge-pharmacy/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-08"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay9040> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/esophageal/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/early-detection/> ;
  onco:institutions <https://onco.cc/institutions/cruk/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-early-detection/>, <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-prevention-adoption/> ;
  onco:keyPapers <https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-crosby-science/> .