New probe shows promise for gastric cancer

In recent years, with the development of endoscopic techniques, blue laser endoscopy, or BLE, has quickly drawn attention as one of the most effective methods for the early diagnosis of gastric cancer, the study said.

It noted that gastric cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors and has a five-year survival rate of only about 19 percent at stage IV. Accurate early diagnosis using the new probe could improve patient survival rates, it said.