Many lung cancer patients have their lives saved by a revolutionary robotic surgery. Lung cancer is typically fatal since it's hard to detect early on. According to medical professionals at Main Line Health, robotic technology can diagnose and treat lung cancer concurrently.
According to CBS News, a new medical advancement known as "robotic bronchoscopy" enables medical professionals to access difficult-to-reach areas of the lung using image guidance and tiny tubes.
Older persons are primarily affected by lung cancer. In those under 40, it is uncommon.
Lung cancer can occur in persons who have never smoked. However, smoking is the most prevalent cause (accounting for about 72 percent of cases).
This is because smoking exposes users to hundreds of harmful compounds regularly.
The type of mutation the tumour has, its stage, and your general health all influence how it should be treated.
Robot Can Cure Lung Cancer
Perhaps the unique feature of this technique is that while patients are under general anesthesia, doctors can simultaneously treat any lung cancer that experts may detect.
"When they wake up, we say you have lung cancer and it's treated. And that is all the difference," Dr. Patrick Ross from Main Line Health told CBS (per reports).
According to medical professionals, those with a high risk of lung cancer may benefit particularly from this robotic technology. An updated analysis claims that those who used to smoke but can benefit from this technology do not have access to it. Additionally, current trends indicate that young people who do not smoke are developing lung cancer.
Air pollution is one factor that might increase a person's risk of lung cancer. Radon, a radioactive gas resulting from the natural breakdown of radioactive metals in rocks and soil, is another prominent cause of lung cancer and smoking.
Texas Grandmother Cured From Cancer With Robot's Help
In another news, Daily Mail said a Texas lady had been healed just hours after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
After overcoming cancer three times, April Boudreau, 61, underwent a yearly CT scan.
When a scan revealed a nodule on the grandmother's right lung, she went in for one of her routine examinations in January.
In the spring, she was summoned to a Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Forth Worth clinic, where more testing indicated that she had extremely early-stage lung cancer.
Doctors opted to do the surgery immediately after putting her under local anesthesia for the biopsies.
They performed minimally invasive thoracic surgery, or small incision thoracic surgery, to remove the tumor using a robotically guided ultra-thin catheter.
Ms. Boudreau was back to normal and strolling around the house three days later.
After surgery, Ms. Boudreau discovered that although she had previously had cancer, the condition had already been cured.
She just needed five minor incisions on her side for the procedure, and the next day she was free to leave the hospital.
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