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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Storm Newton

Using robots to take lung biopsies could be ‘transformative’ for cancer patients

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The opportunity to cure cases of lung cancer would be “vastly improved” by using robots, experts have said.

Doctors at the Royal Brompton Hospital and St Bartholomew’s Hospital are using a robotics-assisted bronchoscopy system as part of a clinical trial.

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