(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Northwestern Medicine put on a road show, of sorts, earlier this week as it displayed some of the surgical robots it uses to help in the fight against lung cancer.
Among the doctors and staff crowding into a black 18-wheeler in a parking lot near O’Hare was Nausheen Ali.
She was diagnosed and treated for non-small cell adenocarcinoma this spring and was excited about the chance to see the robotic tools used on her while she was sedated.
“I don't know what happened in between and I don't know, you know, what skill it took. I don't know how much was involved in it. So this is just, you know, it's an eye opener.”
Pulmonologist Dr. Benjamin Seides demonstrated how he uses an Ion bronchoscopy device for biopsies.
It has a split screen interactive display of a model of a lung based on a CT scan, and a camera inserted in the patient’s lung to help guide him to the location of a questionable spot or lesion.
“It permits us to get to places within the lung and to target lesions in the lung that were previously inaccessible,” Dr. Seides said.
The free event was also a chance for the public to sign up for lung cancer screenings.
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