Hope for robotics to help diagnose and treat lung cancer in one procedure

There are hopes that lung cancer could be diagnosed and removed from patients in one sitting in the future thanks to robotics, according to medics trialling the technology.

The method allows doctors to target and remove nodules on the lung with millimetre precision.

Using robotics in this way has the potential to be “transformational” for both patients and NHS waiting lists, experts said.

Before the procedure, a CT scan is performed and passed through software to create a detailed 3D road-map of the inside of the patient’s lungs from the mouth to the location of the cancer.