New Flexible Robotic Scope Enables Physicians to Remove Large Colorectal Lesions Without Surgery
September 07, 2018
September 07, 2018
NEW YORK, Sept. 7 -- NYU Langone Health issued the following news release:
Each year, an estimated 140,000 individuals in the United States are diagnosed with colorectal cancer, a malignancy that often develops from a benign polyp into cancer over time. Screening by colonoscopy allows for the detection and removal of polyps, and therefore aids both the prevention and early detection of colorectal cancers. However, when colorectal polyps or other lesions are too large or difficult to . . .
Each year, an estimated 140,000 individuals in the United States are diagnosed with colorectal cancer, a malignancy that often develops from a benign polyp into cancer over time. Screening by colonoscopy allows for the detection and removal of polyps, and therefore aids both the prevention and early detection of colorectal cancers. However, when colorectal polyps or other lesions are too large or difficult to . . .