Doctors in Burlingame are utilizing a robot to help patients suffering from the country's deadliest cancer.
Developed by Sunnyvale-based Intuitive Surgical, the Ion robot can help doctors diagnose lung cancer faster and safer than ever before.Doctors in Burlingame are utilizing a robot to help patients suffering from the country's deadliest cancer.
Developed by Sunnyvale-based Intuitive Surgical, the Ion robot can help doctors diagnose lung cancer faster and safer than ever before. Zider took controls of the robot to show us how it can perform a lung cancer diagnostic procedure, known as a bronchoscopy. Instead of using a large needle through the ribs to see into the lungs like before, the robot goes down the throat and helps doctors navigate the lung's branches in a less-invasive way.Today, a simple blood test developed by Guardant Health in Silicon Valley can detect colon cancer.
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