Bay Area doctors using Ion robot by Sunnyvale-based Intuitive Surgical to detect lung cancer safer, faster than before [Video]

BURLINGAME, Calif. (KGO) — Doctors in Burlingame are utilizing a robot to help patients suffering from the country’s deadliest cancer.

Twenty years ago, Sutter Health Mills-Peninsula Medical Center became the first hospital in the Bay Area to offer early lung cancer detection.

Fast forward to today: a new way to fight the country’s deadliest cancer.

“The Ion brings us back to the forefront of lung cancer care and gives us all the tools that we need to best diagnose and treat patients,” said Sutter Health Pulmonary Disease Physician Dr. Alexander Zider.

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Developed by Sunnyvale-based Intuitive Surgical, the Ion robot can help doctors diagnose lung cancer faster and safer than ever before.

“The robot helps with the navigation out to where we’re going …