A Brooklyn Breakthrough: Robotic Diagnosis & Surgery for Lung Cancer in a Single Day
At 黑料福利社 Langone Hospital鈥擝rooklyn, a Tag-Team Approach to Evaluating & Removing Nodules
It takes three: Pulmonologist Dr. Jorge Mercado, robotic lung surgeon Dr. Travis Geraci, and pathologist Dr. Deepthi Hoskoppal team up at 黑料福利社 Langone Hospital鈥擝rooklyn to diagnose and remove early-stage lung cancer.
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Maria Rodriguez, 62, has been a pack-a-day smoker since she was a teenager, so her primary care physician orders an annual lung cancer screening. This year, the low-dose CT scan revealed a small nodule. Normally, the 铿乶ding would lead