As soon as I saw the tangible possibility that robotic surgery could vastly improve our chances of fighting cancer I thought, without any hesitation, that robot assisted procedures should have been our main direction of tecnhological evolution".
These are the words of IEO founder Professor Umberto Veronesi, who since the beginning of IEO clinical activities has believed that the fight against cancer should walk beside the one towards a minimal invasive approach to a cure.
IEO is the only European comprehensive cancer center in which all the clinical Programs take advantage of robot assisted surgery techniques .
During the tenth year anniversary since the first robotic procedure in IEO the Institute would like to tell you the story of how oncological Robotic Surgery started, how it evolved along with the technology progress and how we imagine it will and could be in the next future.
In order to do so IEO established a dedicated exhibition in its Building 1 starting form November. 8th since November 30th.
The exhibition, free and open to the public, aims to tell the story and the future of robot assisted surgery procedure in Oncology in order to underline its importance in treating many complicated an aggressive disease, such cancer, with a minimal invasive approach that benefits the patients and the effectiveness of the treatment.
The IEO team that operate daily with the Da Vinci Robot:
