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    Robotics could help cut NHS waiting lists for cancer, medics and experts say

    by Rebecca Thomas and Storm Newton Apr 30, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: Science Photo Library

    Hospital waiting lists for cancer diagnoses and treatment could be “transformed” using robotics, experts and NHS medics have claimed.

    Robots being trialled on lung cancer patients at top specialist hospital the Royal Brompton could halve the time it takes to diagnose and treat tumours, according to one of the medics leading the trial.

    The technology provides a 3D road map of a patient’s lungs, from the mouth to the location of the cancer, and could help surgeons remove tumours in one sitting.

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