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A hand holds a 250 mL glass flask containing the slender working end of a robotic surgical device, with a blurred computer monitor in the background.

April 2, 2013

Telerobotic system designed to treat bladder cancer

An interdisciplinary collaboration of engineers and doctors at Vanderbilt and Columbia Universities has designed a robotic microsurgery system specifically designed to treat bladder cancer, the sixth most common form of cancer in the U.S. and the most expensive to treat.

By Vanderbilt Health News