London’s St Barts Hospital pioneers robot-assisted biopsies to enhance lung cancer detection. Advanced tech shows promising accuracy boost
Robot-assisted biopsies are being used for the first time by the NHS, in the hope that the technology could boost the diagnosis of lung cancer.
St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London has begun trialing robotic bronchoscopy, using technology that could increase detection rates by more than a quarter.
Lung cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK – but one of the hardest to spot due to its location.
The software and accompanying robotic catheter help the consultant plan a route and precisely navigate to the tumor in order to take biopsies of possible lung cancers.