Potential one-step diagnosis and treatment for early lung cancer

According to Prof Shah, navigational bronchoscopy is currently successful in identifying lung cancer about 65% of the time, but this rate increases to close to 95% with the help of robotics. — dpa

There are hopes that lung cancer could be diagnosed and removed from patients in one sitting in the future thanks to robotics, according to doctors trialling the technology.

The method allows physicians to target and remove nodules on the lung with millimetre precision.