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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

NHS England to trial AI and robotic tools to detect and diagnose lung cancer

A doctor in a hi-tech examination room
A thoracic surgeon demonstrates the AI and robot technology that will be trialled at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

NHS England is to trial a combination of AI and robot-assisted care to speed up the detection and diagnosis of lung cancer, the UK’s most lethal form of the disease.

The trial comes at the same time as the health service pledges to offer all smokers and ex-smokers the chance to be screened for lung cancer by 2030.

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