Acquisition of robotic technology leads to increased rates of prostate cancer surgery
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 11:01
in Health & Medicine
A new study conducted by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center and Yale School of Medicine shows that when hospitals acquire surgical robotic technology, men in that region are more likely to have prostate cancer surgery. The study, "The Association between Diffusion of the Surgical Robot and Radical Prostatectomy Rates", was published this week in the online edition of the journal Medical Care.