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- A Mayo Clinic study finds robotic technology can differentiate between benign and malignant lung nodules, enhancing early lung cancer detection.
- The study evaluated over 2,100 lung lesions.
- Early-stage lung cancer diagnoses increased from 46% in 2019 to nearly 69% by mid-2024.
- Co-author Dr. Janani Reisenauer notes the approach reduces hospital visits and recovery times.
- The five-year survival rate for small, localized tumors is 67%, compared with 12% for metastatic cases.
